In addition to this week’s CIMS album chart, there was a TOP 50 Vinyl chart – week ending July 20, 2008

Crystal Castles self titled album came in at a very impressive 34 – trailing the likes of Radiohead In Rainbows, My Morning Jacket Evil Urges, Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer and Coldplay Vida La Vida.

Here is the top 20…

TW LW Title Artist
1 D METALLICA MASTER OF PUPPETS
2 22 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES
3 3 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES
4 1 RATATAT LP3
5 4 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA
6 6 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS
7 68 BORIS SMILE
8 96 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR
9 2 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM COLLECTOR’S
10 5 PORTISHEAD THIRD
11 D NO AGE NOUNS
12 14 MUDCRUTCH MUDCRUTCH
13 17 WOLF PARADE AT MOUNT ZOOMER
14 39 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
15 59 REATARD,JAY SINGLES 06-07
16 76 SHINS WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY
17 D MY MORNING JACKET OKONOKOS
18 35 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO
19 D METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING
20 7 RACONTEURS SALUTE YOUR SOLUTION

About Crystal Castles…

Crystal Castles is a Toronto-based band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known not only for their own efforts as a band, but also for commissioned remixes for number of groups, including “Hunting for Witches” by Bloc Party, and “Atlantis to Interzone” by friends, Klaxons. Crystal Castle have taken their experimental brand of random, funky rock across Canada and North America and have developed a very strong following.

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Within the Toronto scene, I have three clear cut favorites, but when a solid act rolls through town I always stop by Concertaholics to see if there is a review.   Concertaholics reviews are always in depth, more often than not the reviews include pictures and the full AV gamut and they (Jeff and Todd) do a great job communicating the overall vibe of the shows.  They are both Concertaholics and they bring you insights into the city’s top shows.

Their Black Crowes review was awesome and their My Morning Jacket review is a great recount of a solid evening.

The Steve Miller show review is in the works, but Jeff gave a snippet in a comment on this blog…

Steve Miller was different than the smooth groove of the Black Crowes.. that is for sure.

The whole show seemed to have a “party” , “casino” kinda vibe… Couple of Joe Cocker’s tunes were a highlight as an opener…

Overall a nice one for the “been-to-list” but by no means near the Top.

Full review will be up eventually.

Conceraholics Pics from Steve Miller

Check these guys out.

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It began in 1996 and was patterned on the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Each year, three-dozen music venues host hundreds of bands from Canada, the United States and all over the world. Each music venue hosts five bands a night (9 p.m. onward), and the majority of the venues are grouped along downtown Toronto’s Queen St. West, College St. West, and the Bloor St. Annex.

The music conference at NXNE runs for three days at the Holiday Inn on King Hotel which serves as Festival HQ. NXNE delegates, panelists and bands playing the festival are able to participate in discussions, songwriter round tables, keynotes, demo listening and peer critiquing, legal clinics and the very helpful peer mentor sessions. The NXNE conference panels are held Friday and Saturday, and aim to foster a professional environment where musicians, artists and music industry reps can network and share ideas within their field.

This year’s line-up is solid to say the least. Perhaps the most anticipated gig will take place on closing night at the Kool Haus where My Morning Jacket will play the evening of June 16th.

My Morning Jacket’s new album Evil Urges will be released on June 10th – just before the start of NXNE. MMJ frontman Jim James says this about the album,

“There’s a theme of moral confusion that runs through the whole record,” says Jim James, explaining the title of the band’s new album, Evil Urges. “The world today is such a confused place. Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there are other things considered evil that obviously aren’t. There is real evil out there, but Evil Urges is about how all of these things that you’ve been told are evil really aren’t, unless they’re actually hurting something or somebody.”

Alongside My Morning jacket at NXNE is a slew of incredible Canadian bands including: Moneen, The Stills, We Are The Take, The Coast, Spiral Beach, Ladyhawk (at the Shoe – sure to be a killer gig) and many more.

For the entire Festival lineup, visit the NXNE Band Schedule

Image Credit: Newscom

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