For those in Philadelphia tonight you'll want to drop by the North Star Bar for a bit of blues. Back Door Slam, who have been doing a series of shows with Rusted Root and others (even Reo Speedwagon?!?!) on their way to Lollapalooza and then the Download Festival with Modest Mouse et al are stopping by Philadelphia and invited Earvolution's own Pawnshop Roses to join them onstage for a Friday night barn burner of blues rock. The show starts at 9. Get more details and ticket info here.

New York's Hymns have kept pretty good company onstage themselves in recent times playing with the likes of Beck, Bishop Allen and Ben Kweller. Now they are taking their citified twang on the road with Hot Hot Heat and Butch Walker. It's an interesting trio worth checking out!

Mp3 Offerings:
Bert Susanka (trippy surf dub): Onward Christian Slater
The Budos Band (Staten Island funk): Chicago Falcon
Lejune (DC inide pop) : Spanish
Debbie Harry (yes, that Debbie): Two Times Blue
Uh Huh Her (Leisha Hailey's band; via WXPN): Say So

My friends over at Wednesday Records announced they signed Nova Scotia singer-songwriter Jon McKiel. This guy is a "real deal" singer songwriter who will be among the next wave of great Canadian imports to charm the US music community. Check out his MySpace page to sample some tunes, with "Get Caught" and "123" as standouts.

Former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri announced that his Mondo Generator has to drop out of Ozzfest. Oliveri reads says: "It's very disappointing but Mondo Generator has been forced to cancel the remaining dates we have booked with Ozzfest and Circus Diablo. We tried everything in our power to make things work so that we could remain on tour, but unfortunately due to matters out of my control, it is impossible for us to continue touring at this time. We're very sorry to all the fans that will not be able to see us on these remaining dates and promise that we will be back soon. We would like to thank Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, as well as the entire Ozzfest crew for giving us the chance to play Ozzfest 2007. We'd also
like to thank the fans that came out to show their support at the shows."

Labels: Mp3s, Pawnshop Roses