Tuesday, October 21st, 2003
Spanway Hits
The Shins hate Canada. That’s the only explanation. First, they skip us on their Fall tour, and now Chutes Too Narrow has been delayed until next week. Bastards.
My disappointment was offset by the fact that as I rode home, Shin-less, I saw Beulah pulling up in front of Lee’s Palace in their First United Church of California tour van while John Vanderslice moved the pylons out of the way. Fantastic. I think this bodes well for tonight.
The Posies have given up pretending they’ve broken up and are reuniting for a new album expected to be out next Fall. Good news. Pitchfork has the specifics.
This could be neat – UK punk forebears The Buzzcocks are playing Lee’s Palace December 1. And Victoria-based new wavers Hot Hot Heat are at the Opera House December 13.
My phone is still dead.
np – Ken Stringfellow / Touched