T H E NEW Y E A R

Tons of shows have been confirmed for the new year:

January 4, 2005 - NEKO CASE Rivoli. $20 at RT, SS, HS, TM. (There has been a ton o'Toronto blogger controversy about this show as ticketmaster had it billed as a Matt Pond PA show, see comments at Mike's For The Records relating to this show, and at Chromewaves)

January 12, 2005 - IMOGEN HEAP El Mocambo. $15 at RT, TM.

January 14, 2005 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS w/ Oxford Collapse, The Diableros. Horseshoe. $12 at TM

January 26 & 27, 2005 - CONSTANTINES & DEADLY SNAKES Horseshoe. $17.50 at HS, RT, SS, TM

January 31, 2005 - LOW Lee's Palace. $18.50 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

Febuary 6, 2005 - THE JUAN MACLEAN Horseshoe. $13.50 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

Febuary 11, 2005 - MATT POND PA w/ Dios (Malos) . Mod Club. $12.50 at RT, ST, TM.

Febuary 23, 2005 - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Lee's Palace. $15 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

March 11, 2005 NADA SURF W/ Rogue Wave Lee's Palace. $15 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

March 14, 2005 - STEREOLAB Phoenix. $21.50 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

May 2, 2005 - THE BOOKS Lee's Palace. $13.50 at RT, SS, HS, TM.

Eye Weekly has published their list of the best concerts of the year (my list will be up by year's end). Check the link to see what shows their writers loved (ps. The Bloc Party show at the Opera House was also one of my favourite shows, even though I was sick as hell that night.)

Now Magazine reviews one of the Stars shows last week and also lists the best "peace" songs of all time (I can't imagine how they got Xiu Xiu's Support Our Troops on the list. Genius.)

That's it for now.