At the end of the second verse of one of Bright Eyes' new songs, "Reinvent The Wheel"—a eulogy for a dead musical idol, possibly Elliott Smith—lead singer Conor Oberst laments to his fallen hero that "you never understood what we loved you for." Coming as the line does in the song, with guitar chords and drums emphatically struck together to highlight Oberst's voice and the backing vocals, the moment is both uplifting and tragic, a......

Since leaving the warm bosom of Matador after 1999's Dust Bunnies, Bettie Serveert no doubt found themselves shunted to the "where are they now" districts of peoples' minds. In fact, they've continued to turn out scrappy indie rock from their home base in Holland. 2000's Private Suit was a surprisingly elegant and sophisticated record that proved there was more to the band than the fuzzed-out college rock sound that defined (and pigeonholed) their earlier work,......

Frank "I Don't Do Federal Elections" McKenna vs. David "Corner Store Crunk" Peterson The Issue: While it is widely suspected that the decision is already made, Torontoist still wonders who is better suited to be the next am-bad-ass-ador to the United States of America? The Players: Frank McKenna, former New Brunswick Premier: Successfully governed a small and sometimes silly province somewhere east of Montreal (jokes!). McKenna isn't a diplomat, or even a politician anymore, but......

Magic Pony plays host to a book launch for artist Andrew Pommier's collection, Things I Don't Remember. Pommier's work has graced skateboards and CDs, which is not to say that Teddy and Bunny, two of his funnier drawings, wouldn't look nice on your kitchen wall. It's always important to have a few people dressed in bunny suits gracing the wall. Pony up or pony down to Queen St. Or just walk.......