Minuit will be back in town on Friday 21st August for the local release party of ‘Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death dot Com’. I haven’t had a chance to review the album yet, but press has been positive so it looks like this is a show that shouldn’t be missed. The following night, Ladi6 will be returning to Hamilton. Both of these shows are on at Flow bar on Victoria St. Minuit is $19.50, Ladi6 is $15+bf for presells (available from Flow and CD & DVD store Centreplace).

The 2009 Apra Silver Scroll finalists were recently announced, celebrating some of the best local songs of the year. Some are great songs, some not so hot… The nominees are: Dimmer – Degrees of Existence, Jess Chambers – Island, Lawrence Arabia – Apple Pie Bed, Phil Madsen – Dancing On the Moon, Midnight Youth – The Letter.

Them Crooked Vultures, the much talked about super-supergroup consisting of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Alain Johannes (ex-Queens of the Stone Age), made their live debut at the Metro club in Chicago.  I wouldn’t bother YouTubing this – all of the handheld footage of the concert is terrible and unlistenable – but hopefully we will have more details about future tours and a possible album release.

Gin Wigmore is set to release her debut album in October, named Holy Smoke. Somehow she managed to recruit The Cardinals (of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals fame) as her band for the album. The very catchy single Oh My can be heard on her MySpace page.

In bizarre music news, it looks like Bob Dylan is set to record a Christmas album… oh dear..