Ja -- lidt

I just learned that the Shout Out Louds show on 11. October at Berbati’s is going to be all ages. (!) Unfortunately, this show is the same night as the lovely and dashing (I think dashing’s a particularly apt word) Patrick Wolf, who’s also playing an all ages show in Portland. Life was so much easier back when I never had to make decisions. When you never have to make decisions, well, then you never make mistakes.

Anyway. Also nice -- the opener for Figurines’ 13. October show here will be the Builders and the Butchers, whose music I’ve never heard, but -- if their substantial press coverage of late is any indicator -- are among Portland’s rising stars. This show is also at Berbati’s; no word, however, on whether it’ll likewise be all ages -- but as it’s a Saturday night in a venue that’s normally a bar, I’m guessing not.

Finally, yesterday my afternoon was made a bit brighter when I opened my email to find a note calling my attention to the fact that the new Club 8 album can now be streamed in full via last.fm. God, Labrador’s such a nice label. If you pre-order the album (which is out 26. September) they’ll even give you a “tacky” badge and an unreleased bonus mp3.