Uh yes, it’s mailbox cleanup time. And no, I’ve not been busy looking at porn… well not all the time! and please do continue to bother me!

Seriously, don’t you hate these posts? I’m so sorry, not the least of all to those lovely musicians! But I’ve got seriously behind, in a good way, with a lot of reviews and shows to go to and such. So, here’s a kind of grab bag of what’s been sitting in my inbox for way too long now, deserving some space and not getting any!

Elephant Stone, ex-High Dials guitarist Rishi Dhir’s new band, gives us this single, “I Am Blind” from their new record The Seven Seas which is released by Indiecater Records.  (And you can stream the record there as well as purchase it!) It’s described as jangle-rock. I think it’s very good and wish I had time to give it a more thorough review. It was up for a Polaris Prize afterall!

“All My Ghosts” from Christopher Bell’s Cover EP released on Silent Home Records. It’s a quaint little song, with strings and harmonies and beautiful, old-fashioned appeal. I quite like it!

“Splintered Bridges” is a super cool little ditty from an all girl group out of Berkeley, CA called The Splinters. It came to me labeled, “garage pop” and yeah, I think that’s pretty accurate. They got some blog love from their shows at SXSW and have a new 7″ out on Double Negative Records.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t share this lovely man with you, darlings. Jack Stafford contacted me a while ago saying he was touring the US this fall and it took me some time to go peek at his music. Well ”Love Drug” just won me over just as much as “Rise of the Renunciate” did,  some of you will know why. So forgive me Jack! And readers, do go over to his MySpace and hear the rest, buy his music there too!

And here’s Jack Stafford’s ridiculously long tour schedule, see? He’s really become a renunciate!

Aug 14 2009 8:00P Kiste Stuttgart
Aug 15 2009 8:00P Abendsegler Feldberger Seenlandschaft
Aug 22 2009 8:00P Hafen 2 Offenbach
Aug 24 2009 8:00P Cafe Schroder Gottingen
Aug 26 2009 8:00P Ae Neukoelln Berlin
Aug 27 2009 8:00P ““Intersoup ““`Berlin
Aug 29 2009 8:00P` Kunstbaurkino Grosshennersdorf
Aug 30 2009 8:00P Subway to Peter Chemnitz
Aug 31 2009 8:00P Li-Wei Apolda
Sep 1 2009 8:00P Cafe Galao Stuttgart
Sep 2 2009 8:00P Steinbruch Duisburg
Sep 3 2009 8:00P Spatz & Wal Unna
Sep 4 2009 8:00P Pferdestall Bremerhaven
Sep 5 2009 8:00P Kassel Museumsnacht Kassel
Sep 17 2009 8:00P The Space Hamden, Connecticut
Sep 18 2009 8:00P The People’s Pint Greenfield, Massachusetts
Sep 19 2009 8:00P PA’s Lounge Somerville, Massachusetts
Sep 20 2009 8:00P The Burren Somerville, Massachusetts
Sep 21 2009 8:00P The Red Door Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Sep 22 2009 8:00P Radio Bean Burlington, Vermont
Sep 23 2009 8:00P Langdon St Cafe Montpelier, Vermont
Sep 24 2009 8:00P Monkey house Winooski, Vermont
Sep 29 2009 8:00P Cafe Nine New Haven, Connecticut
Sep 30 2009 8:00P The Saint Ashbury Park, New Jersey
Oct 1 2009 8:00P Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival Dewey Beach, Delaware
Oct 2 2009 8:00P Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival Dewey Beach, Delaware
Oct 3 2009 8:00P Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival Dewey Beach, Delaware
Oct 7 2009 8:00P The Wonderland Ballroom Washington, Washington DC
Oct 10 2009 8:00P Mansions 462 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Oct 11 2009 8:00P The Acoustic Coffeehouse Johnson City, Tennessee
Oct 12 2009 8:00P WDVX Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 13 2009 8:00P Caledonia Lounge Athens, Georgia
Oct 15 2009 8:00P Preservation Pub Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 16 2009 8:00P Music City Bar Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 17 2009 8:00P Richard’s Cafe White’s Creek, Tennessee
Oct 19 2009 8:00P The Record Bar Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 20 2009 8:00P Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Indiana
Oct 22 2009 12:30P Mojo’s Davenport, Indiana
Oct 22 2009 8:00P The Frequency Madison, Wyoming
Oct 28 2009 8:00P The Bug Jar Rochester, New York
Oct 29 2009 8:00P The Perfect Wife Manchester, Vermont
Nov 4 2009 7:00P The Living Room New York, New York
Nov 18 2009 8:00P Bohemeo’s Houston, Texas
Nov 19 2009 8:00P The Aardvark Ft Worth, Texas
Nov 20 2009 8:00P Saxon Pub (w/ porterdavis) Austin, Texas
Nov 27 2009 8:00P The Corner Pub Conroe, Texas
Dec 10 2009 8:00P Cafe Briljant Haarlem
Dec 12 2009 8:00P Le Shamrock Liege
Dec 16 2009 8:00P Lokaal Vredebreuk Den Haag
Dec 17 2009 4:00P Delicatessen Amsterdam
Dec 17 2009 8:00P Pageturner 12 @ Pakhuis Wilhelmina Amsterdam
Feb 10 2010 8:00P El Negocito Gent