Friday Five: The Dying Days of Summer

If I had to pick five songs that marked my summer, these come as no-brainers to me.

No doubt that Think About Life have made the top of my list for albums of the year, so far, but this song is deathly addictive.

Think About Life - Havin' My Baby

The Lovely Feathers recently had their "too hot for TV" video for 'Lowiza' premiered on Playboy.com (Click here to check it out). The level of irony is through the roof on this one, but doesn't that make them all the more "indie"?

The Lovely Feathers - Lowiza

Looking forward to The Balconies' CD release show next week in Wakefield at the Black Sheep Inn. Joining them will be Whale Tooth and Lei Vollebekk.

The Balconies - Serious Bedtime

Closing out this year's Williamsburg Waterfront free concerts with Jay-Z in attendance propelled Grizzly Bear to the height of indie superiority.

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

Diamond Rings is The D'Urbervilles' John O's most recent project. With a slot at this year's Pop Montreal and a thumbs-up from Pitchfork, Mr. O has cred from the get go.

Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs

Enjoy!

the D'Urbervilles' Release Party Mania

I absolutely cannot stop listening to We Are the Hunters. The new record from Toronto-and-area indie rocksters the D'Urbervilles was released last Tuesday on Out of This Spark records, also home to last year's incredible Friends in Bellwoods compilation (featuring Bry Webb of the Constantines and Oh Bijou's Casey Mecija covering the Velvet Underground classic 'Oh! Sweet Nuthin'. Check it out here) and the soon-to-be-released Forest City Lovers disc.

The album's 9 tracks are mostly new material, but does feature the stand-out tracks from their earlier self-titled EP, including a slightly revamped (for the better) "Spin the Bottle".

The band is about to embark on a pretty extensive Canadian tour in support of the new album, which kicks off real proper-like this Friday at the Ford Plant in Brantford, aka the best room to ever see any band ever.

The full tour details are below. If you plan to check the band out when they come to your town(which I highly encourage), do yourself a favour and come in time for the openers. They've done a fine fine job of lining up some incredible support, including Secret City Records' new project Plants and Animals, as well as Fox Jaws, labelmates Forest City Lovers, and indie songster Nich Worby. The tour finishes in style April 24th in Guelph with Born Ruffians.

29 Feb - Brantford, ON - the Ford Plant - CD Release w/ Plants and Animals
1 March - Waterloo, ON - Trepid House - CD Release w/ Bocce (all-ages)
7 March - Kingston, ON - the Grad Club - CD Release w/ Nich Worby
8 March - Peterborough, ON - the Spill - CD Release w/ the Spill
13 March - Guelph, ON - EBar - CD Release w/ Forest City Lovers
14 March - Toronto, ON - Tranzac- CD Release w/ Forest City Lovers
17 March - Windsor, ON - Phog Lounge - w/ Fox Jaws
18 March - London, ON - the Alex P. Keaton - w/ Fox Jaws
19 March - Barrie, ON - the Foundation - w/ Fox Jaws
20 March - Hamilton, ON - the Casbah Lounge - w/ the Magic
21 March - Oshawa, ON - the Velvet Elvis - w/ the Magic
22 March - Montreal, PQ - Friendship Cove - w/ the Adam Brown, the Magic
25 March - Fredericton, NB - ReNeu Boutique - w/ the Forest City Lovers
26 March - St. John, NB - A Khord - w/ Forest City Lovers
27 March - Halifax, NS - the Wardroom - w/ Forest City Lovers
28 March - Halifax, NS - Gus' Pub - w/ Forest City Lovers, the Just Barelys, Rich Aucoin
29 March - Charlottetown, PEI - JFK House - w/ Forest City Lovers
1 April - Ottawa, ON - Maverick's - w/ Forest City Lovers
3 April - Sault Ste. Marie, ON - the Arc
4 April - Thunder Bay, ON - the Apollo - w/ the Burning Hell
5 April - Winnipeg, MB - Music Trader - In-store performance
5 April - Winnipeg, MB - the Cavern
8 April - Medicine Hat, AB - the Ottoman
9 April - Lethbridge, AB - the Slice
12 April - Victoria, BC - Logan's Pub - w/ the Paper Cranes, Rugged Uncle, Slam Dunk
16 April - Prince George, BC - Pizza Rico's
17 April - Calgary, AB - Broken City - w/ Frosted Tipz
18 April - Canmore, AB - the Canmore Hotel - w/ Frosted Tipz
19 April - Edmonton, AB - the Pawn Shop - w/ Frosted Tipz
24 April - Guelph, ON - Vinyl - w/ Born Ruffians

the D'Urbervilles - Spin the Bottle
the D'Urbervilles - Hot Tips

- bbbykmbrly.