As soon as I pass a credit check, the apartment is mine. The property manager said so… Still not going to do any dance of joy until the lease is signed, but I feel pretty good about this.

Interpol. September 19. Phoenix Concert Theatre. There are a bunch of other North American dates around the same time, but they’re not of interest to me. Tickets for fan club members available tomorrow, to the rest of us starting Saturday.

UPDATE: Interpol is on September 17, not 19. Not sure what I was smoking.

Mandy Moore – yes, Mandy Moore – details how and why she made the very curious and interesting choices for her upcoming album of covers, Coverage. You know, I think I like Mandy Moore. She seems like a nice kid. From Stereogum.

np – Billy Bragg & Wilco / Mermaid Avenue

It’s a little bit cute, it’s a whole lot gross. Happy Tree Friends. From 517… eeeep.

Ted Leo has a website, and it’s pretty swanky. Now if there was any musical justice in the world, he’d be living in a swank Beverly Hills mansion instead of at home in New Jersey with his parents.

Built To Spill are doing a rare tour of the northeastern US this Fall, but are of course giving Canada a pass. They play Vancouver, but not Toronto. What is up with that? Is it the SARS? We’re sorry about the SARS but the SARS is gone. The closest date is September 21 in Detroit. Full tour dates at Tiny Mix Tapes.

np – Heavenly / Le Jardin De Heavenly

Spent most of today driving Kate to sell a big box of CDs, getting groceries, etc. I bought Lambchop’s Is A Woman off her, as well as the second Amos House Collection. This to go along with the new Starflyer 59 album I picked up yesterday.

Went to see another apartment this evening… I am dropping off an application and deposit cheque tomorrow. God willing it’ll be mine. I don’t want to say anymore for fear of jinxing it. But it’s pretty nice and I have my fingers crossed.

There is a website for the new Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean children’s book, Wolves In The Wall.

np – Broken Social Scene / You Forgot It In People

A little bit of grist for the long-dormant My Bloody Valentine rumour mill… the Blisscent mailing list offered up the following tidbit:

My Bloody Valentine Back in the Studio after 12 Year Hiatus

Sometimes news comes down the grapevine that’s so good you have to spread the word. Otherwise it would be an injustice to humanity. When word came to those of us at Under the Radar that My Bloody Valentine have been holed up in a Berlin studio we couldn’t quite believe it. After all, the band hasn’t released anything in twelve years. Being the dutiful rock journalists that we are we sought confirmation on the rumor only to be foiled again. Our source on this bit of breaking news wishes to remain strictly anonymous. But he did confirm the buzz.

My Bloody Valentine is finally back in the studio. As it turns out an MBV box set is due out sometime this winter and Kevin Shields, Colin O’Ciosiog and Bilinda Butcher are back in the studio to re-record a few songs for it. No, there will not be a new MBV album, but the band is re-recording 5 songs they had abandoned for the Glider EP. Originally the Glider EP was to be a full-length album, but due to pressures from the record company Shields decided to only release five songs as an EP because the other material wasn’t ready to see the light of day. The left over Glider songs were shelved and Shields and company moved on to the never-ending Loveless sessions. As many of you know, after Loveless the band went their separate ways (for whatever speculative reason) and those leftover Glider songs remained on the shelf….until now. Although there has been no confirmation on whether or not vocalist Debbie Googe is also in on the new sessions it is a bona fide fact that My Bloody Valentine will release Glider as a full-length album contained within the new MBV box set, if all goes well.

Woo hoo!

np – Teenage Fanclub / Grand Prix