17 Aug set

Got to hear the new Verve album, Forth, this week. Amazingly birlliant - the band is in top form on this one. Definitely a "day it comes out" purchase (August 26th).

Neil Halstead – No Mercy for the Muse – Oh! Mighty Engine – Brushfire
Califone – Our Kitten Sees Ghosts – Roots & Crowns – Thrill Jockey
Ether Aura – I Wasn't Her – Semblance – Analog Terror
Basia Bulat – December – Oh, My Darling – Hardwood

The Frequency – Talk to Me – We Are the Same Machine
Primal Scream – Beautiful Summer – Beautiful Future – B-Unique
Archive – Sane – Lights – Universal
The Dandy Warhols – Welcome to the Third World – Earth to… – World's Fair

Calico Horse – Happy Placebo Syringe Day – Mirror – Banter
Belleisle – Old Noise – Longstanding – Ships at Night
Winterpills – Handkerchiefs – The Light Divide – Signature Sounds
Tara Jane O'Neil – The Poisoned Mine – You Sound, Reflect – Quarter Stick

(Canadian Trip-Hop block)
iNSiDEaMiND – A Matter of Time – The Tiniest Spy single – Public Transit
Audio Lava – Leaf – New Music Canada Vol. 1 – CBC Radio 3
The Silk Demise – Bound (Fuel to the Fire mix) – web site download
Insurgent – Dissolving Behaviour – New Music Canada Vol. 1 – CBC Radio 3

Diamond Sea – Hey Pure-Ant – s/t EP
Fleeting Joys – Satellite – Despondent Transponder – Only Forever
iLiKETRAiNS – The Deception – Elegies to Lessons Learnt – Beggars Banquet
Lush – Starlust – Split­ – 4AD

Placebo – Special K – Black Market Music­ – Virgin
Catherine Wheel – I Want to Touch You – The Brit Box – Rhino
Echobelly – Today Tomorrow Sometime Never – Everyone's Got One – Fauve

The Cure – Torture – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me – Elektra