Now Magazine has a great cover piece on the incredible Loretta Lynn, just in time for her show this weekand at Massey Hall. Also check out the glowing review of last sunday's Dinosaur Jr. show at the Phoenix.

Franz Ferdinand.org has many great live MP3's including their new single and a cover of my favourite Pulp song "Mis-Shapes". Click on the audio tab. In other FF related news, Cut Copy are also on the bill for the Toronto show.

The Dirtbombs play Lee's again on September 22, tickets only $10.50 at the usual outlets.

Guelph's Hillside Festival (aka. Hipster Heaven) is getting a lot of press this week, due to the fact that all advance tickets for the entire weekand have sold out in advance (a first for the festival). Jam has an article here. Since I was suppose to be in Chicago this weekand for Lolllapalooza, I didn't get tickets, and now an KICKING myself. If anyone has extra tickets for saturday OR sunday, let me know...