The Airwaves - "Gems". Diamonds, jades, sapphires, amethysts, rubies, ambers, opals, sunstones, garnets, pearls, topazes, agates, starlights, twilights, daylights, hands, necks, eyes, lips, touches, clinks, glints, glimmers, swerves, tremors, songs, sweats, sights, softs, laughs, hopes, wants, haves, and a lace of journeys that take me to one place, to one tonight, to you.

[buy ze limited edition EP from Catbird Records]

The Endless Bummer - "Ride On". Our dear friend Dave Barclay, of the Parka 3, the Diskettes, La Guerre des Tuques, Red Pony Clock, &c, the man who should one day chair the CBC, lover and songwriter, physicist and oceanographer, promoter and doter, has a new project called the Endless Bummer. It's jangle-shook pop, like always, hiding under the sheets or hiding in the berry-bushes. But its melodies are less ebullient than before, its hooks less hooked. The Bummer are wading in deeper waters, find more pleasure in singing together than in singing the catchiest catches. It's like an album about singing the other songs, a record about cheering the uncheered cheers. Finding new words to spell in keyboard, harmony, percussion and smile. And "Ride On" (first included as a Diskettes track on the Port City All Stars split tape) is about persisting, persisting, persisting, riding on & finding the thrill in it. "My U-lock will never be beat!" he calls. Take to the streets and go: the road doesn't ever end.

Do you live in Europe? The Endless Bummer are looking to book concerts, house-parties, beach-parties, fun-times, hang-outs, yays, especially in France and the UK. I can vouch for Mr Barclay. Write them!

[info / email to buy! / buy Diskettes]

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ok so double-booked nights are double-booked nights and sunday night i had to hoof it from Divan Orange before Sandro Perri had even finished his set (and :( long before ye Luyas hit the mammothine stage), bbbbut wow-jeez Receivers played probably the best set i had ever heard, shooting for stars, and as a monk would say "holy f'n s" Throw Me The Statue outlived their name and with double-drummer goodtime almost Cars/Weezer pummel played their hearts out with wow-zoom, and if you live in the USA you should see them on tour this month. (tonight: cambridge, MA.) hiiiighly recommended.

oh and hey if you live in montreal you can vote for SAID THE GRAMOPHONE as "best mtl blog" on yr Mirror best-of-city ballot. then again, you can also vote for someone else.

[photo by Ryan O'Sullivan]