Two Hours Traffic + Smothered in Hugs + Museum Pieces @ The Seahorse - 10PM - One of the Coast’s Sure Things for today!!

And the guys also are in the current issue of the Coast.
Two Hours’ time by Chuck Teed [we miss you sir!]

i (heart) music continues the love for THT with another post highlighting the band’s Radio3 session.

While the new issue of Exclaim has a profile on the band as well in The Chemistry of Two Hours Traffic

While chromewaves provides positive reviews of both their album - “a record chock full of top-down, joyriding, sing-along power-pop goodness” and their live show [Toronto’s album release show to be exact] where “anyone who wasn’t paying attention at first was before long, their perfect pop is just that irresistible”.

While the eye has Two Hours Traffic get schooled in the art of pop by an expert faculty from Joel Plaskett to Nick Lowe

Two Hours Traffic gets a post of their own…

Jenn Grant continues getting great reviews including these two from HARP and SceneandHeard.ca, who also have a THT review for Little Jabs, while NOW suggests Canada’s crit-picked award (the Polaris) needs a rethink - and suggests Orchestra For The Moon should’ve been a contender for the $20,000 prize in their first annual Anti-Polaris shortlist of 20 recordings that should have been nominated.
She is off to New York with the Heavy Blinkers

Last Thursday’s Coast Scene and Heard column also had a report on good news for Jenn Grant - she is now managed by Six Shooter crew (who have one of the best label taglines going - “life is too short to listen to shitty music” - indeed).

While the same column had some dirt noting that Jud Haynes was no longer playing bass for wintersleep [they discuss this on their site as well]. His replacement, Mike Bigelow.

While dishing out the praises for Two Hours Traffic i (heart) music has found time for fellow east coaster Rich Aucoin.

Tom Snyder was easily one of my favorite late night hosts, his disarming persona and on air smoking made him unique amongst late night hosts. Stereogum recalls some of his significant music related interviews including the one below with Johnny Rotten:

I am a fan of his blog IndieHQ and this interview provides some insight into the running of his label, Suburban Home Records as well while sharing his passion for vinyl. Good quick read. He has a cute kid too!

Be Bad Wavelength Interview

Be Bad - Vision Correction

Be Bad’s new full-length is now official. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered. I sent all the packages on Monday. Canadians should have them already. Everyone else: your shit will be there soon.

If you don’t have a copy yet, check our site to order. You can also sample every track and download the album at Zunior. Record stores and distros can contact me or deal directly with Scratch Records .

Oh, and most college radio stations have a copy. Make a request!

Be Bad Coast to Coast - They leave today:

19 Jul 2007
Boy’s and Girl’s Club w/ Genetic Angry + Truro, Nova Scotia

21 Jul 2007
Oktoshop Sherbrooke, Quebec

22 Jul 2007
Sneaky Dees (Wavelength) w/ Quebexico, Varge, + mystery guest Toronto, ON

23 Jul 2007
+19 Townehouse w/ Varge, Quebexico, DD/MM/YYYY Sudbury, ON

23 Jul 2007
ALL-AGES @ Myths And Mirrors w/ Varge, Quebexico, DD/MM/YYYY Sudbury, Ontario

24 Jul 2007
Disgraceland w/ Vicious Cycle (Sudbury) Thunderbay, Ontario

25 Jul 2007
Royal Albert w/ Untrained Eyes Winnipeg, Manitoba

27 Jul 2007
The Castle w/ Lint + Guests Calgary, Alberta

28 Jul 2007
New//Fast//Punk//Club//Nite//@ Pub 340 w/ Suspiria Vancouver, BC

30 Jul 2007
Hard Candy Records w/ The Things Gametes Lethbridge, AB

31 Jul 2007
tba w/ Skeletons, Ferel Children, Zomgz + visuals by Carrie Gates Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

3 Aug 2007
59 Argyle w/ Quebexico Ottawa, Ontario

4 Aug 2007
L’Escogriffe w/ Special Noise + more Montreal, Quebec

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Shannon Webb-Campbell [spending her summer in Edmonton] chatted with the ladies before they took off on their first tour to BC and back for ChartAttack.

They just left last Thursday so plenty of time to catch them and buy some under wear for your girlfriend [read the article].

Here’s the remaining dates:
Wed, 25 Jul Sault Ste. Marie at The Algonquin
Thurs, 26 Jul Thunder Bay at The Apollo
Sat, 28 Jul Regina at The Gaslight Saloon
Tues, 31 Jul Medicine Hat at the Ottomon Lounge
Wed, 1 Aug Lethbridge at TBA
Thurs, 2 Aug Canmore at Canmore Hotel
Fri, 3 Aug Vancouver at Hoko’s
Sat, 4 Aug Victoria at TBA, all ages
Sun, 5 Aug Victoria at Logan’s Pub
Mon, 6 Aug Vancouver at The Alf House
Thurs 9 Aug Calgary at Broken City
Fri 10 Aug Edmonton at Eddie Shorts
Sat 11 Aug Saskatoon at Vimy Memorial bandshell
Sun 12 Aug Winnipeg at TBA
Wed, 15 Aug Peterborough at the Spill
Thurs, 16 Aug London at Call The Office
Fri, 17 Aug Waterloo at the Trepid House
Sat, 18 Aug Oshawa at The Velvet Elvis
Sun, 19 Aug Toronto at the Press Club
Mon, 20 Aug Montreal at TBA

We have $10 weekend passes at the Rock Garden.

Here’s a link to some event coverage in the Coast

I think I saw this in a bulletin on myspace from the Superfantastics - rather humorous.

Jenn Grant flying over the Moon - Jam!

There is much talk about Grant as a disarming new voice on Canada’s music scene. In the coming months and years, there will be much more. In fact, one can’t help but wonder where the 26-year-old art school grad has been all our lives.

Fly me to the moon - eye

Her songs roam from whimsical to serious, with arrangements ranging from spare to lush and orchestral, always with her supple voice floating on top.

Ambitious girl next door - Globe and Mail

The disc is called Orchestra for the Moon, and its appearance last month on the small Halifax label, Paris 1919 Sound Recordings signalled the arrival of an important new talent.

I bet the Globe’s writer feels silly not titling the article Ambitious Girl over the Moon
EDIT: Bet ya I feel silly for not linking to the Globe and Mail piece!

Past Jenn posts:
“She’s a feeling, felt out loud”: Jenn Grant’s Album Released Today

Jenn Grant Takes over Halifax on way to winning world over