Aug. 31 show

Toots and the Maytals – Love So Strong – Light Your Light
King Tubby and Friends – Beat Them in Dub – Dub Like Dirt – Blood and Fire
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Redemption Song – Streetcore – Hellcat
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Wintermitts – Petit Monstre – The Cascadia Fault –
Jonathan Seet – Watching You Sleep – Thanks to Science, We've Got Love – Mazurka Music
Moose – The Only Man in Town – Baby It's Over single – Saltwater
Editors – An End Has a Start – An End Has a Start – Epic
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Measured in Angles – The Opposite of Light – Lo Standards for Hi-Fi – Minidirge
The Locusts Have No King – Cruelty Is King – s/t – Sturgeon
Hot Springs – Fog and the Horn – Volcano – Aquarius
Lotus Child – Gossip Diet – Gossip Diet –
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M.I.A. – Bird Flu – Kala – Beggars
Justice – One Minute to Midnight – Cross – Vice
Front Line Assembly – The Blade (Worldwide Mix) – Monument – Roadrunner
Fauxliage – Magic – s/t – Nettwerk
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Tom Waits – Jockey Full of Bourbon – Rain Dogs – Island
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach – Hey Ho, Let's Go! – Rhino
Lou Reed – NYC Man – Set the Twilight Reeling – Warner Bros.
Bryan Ferry – Dance Away – Street Life – Reprise
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Modernettes – Little Girls – Get It Straight – Sudden Death
The Soviettes – Roller Girls – LP III – Fat Wreck Chords
The Damned – Democracy? – Grave Disorder – Nitro
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Morrissey – Bigmouth Strikes Again – Live at Earl's Court - Attack

Random notes:
- I've been meaning to play Strummer's cover of "Redemption Song" for weeks now - it's just so damn good, and yet another reminder of what a great talent he was.
- The new Editors disc may hopefully begin the backlash against the whole "Joy Division-esque" sound... I'm sure they're great guys, but at this point, if you can't bring something new, don't bother, I reckon; speaking of which, expect a rant about the new Interpol album fairly soon.
- Do yourself a favour and check out the Wintermitts. Well-written and performed pop music with fun French vocals never goes out of style.
- That new M.I.A. sounds like it's gonna get real old real fast. I don't mean to be so negative, I just gots to be honest wit' ya.
- Morrissey is touring again. October 18 at the Royal Oak Music Theater. You know, even being as old as I am, I can still revert to the horribly-awkward-yet-painfully-earnest 15 year-old when listening to the Mozz. Some artists just have it, I suppose.