We Must Cultivate Our Garden

Evenin' Folks.

Long time, no post. This is largely due to a conspicuous lack of Winnipeg concert announcements these days, at all levels (from the mammoth MTS Center down to the humble, but apt Albert). Kinda odd, but it's summer I guess.

This is a few days old and most of you have likely heard about this several times over, but I figure it's worth rehashing anyways: Winnipeg's The Weakerthans were short-listed for the esteemed Polaris Prize for their 2007 release Reunion Tour. Other nominees were:

• Basia Bulat
• Stars
• Holy Fuck
• Caribou
• Black Mountain
• Kathleen Edwards
• Plants and Animals
• Shad
• Two Hours Traffic

My personal favourite amongst the list is Basia Bulat, who dazzled me last fall during an opening gig for previous Polaris prize winner Final Fantasy, and whose album is a rarity amongst my ever-expanding collection: it gets better with each listen. For the historical record though, I won't be sad by any means if John K & co take home the 20K.

Winnipeg represent!

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Against Me! will rock the Garrick on September 10th with Japanther. Presale tix are go! already but I don't know what the password is. General sale Friday.

Swedish prog-death-metal band Opeth play there on September 29th as well.

Current rotation: Beck - Modern Guilt