WE R IN NEED OF DRAMA ON TEH INTARWEB
There's a new poster on 20hz-- Esthero. The 'œWikkid Lil Grrl'? showed up to defend herself against claims of not paying Owen Pallett for use of his violin talents and to whine about people making fun of her. Owen did end up getting paid and an MS Paint-doctored image of Ms. Englishman was deleted.

ROCK THE BOAT
There's a new place to party in the Market. The Boat is a pirate ship-themed bar located at 158 Augusta and it's looking to book all sorts of smokin' parties. Hey, I hear Esthero likes pirates'¦

LOOK! IT'S GREG COLLINS ON TV!
Kevin Shutterbug has compiled an awesome little DVD featuring live performances from a lot of your favourites, like Les Mouches, Sea Snakes, and Neil Haverty and many more. Aperture Enzyme Presents: Moving Pictures Vol. 1 will be available for purchase at Wavelength shows, Rotate This and Soundscapes, as well as through his website, for a mere ten bucks. You can also check out 15 new videos Kevin shot throughout the Wavelength 250 anniversary weekend at the same website.

OOPS!... WARNER'S DONE IT AGAIN!
Over The Top Fest, Eric Warner's annual four-day funfest is happening at various venues May 5 through 8, and each new show that gets announced is even better than the last. Announced so far are shows featuring locals like Jon-Rae and the River, Five Blank Pages, From Fiction and The Vermicious Knid and out-of-towners like Chad Van Gaalen, The Books and MC Paul Barman. Also playing are a pair of bands that are in town so much that they could be considered locals-- Japanther and Aids Wolf. If all of this isn't awesome enough, there'll be a pre-party-party for the fest April 23rd at Sneaky Dee's with Of Montreal, Better Than Everyone and a special guest. All shows, including the one on the 23rd, are all-ages.

A CHORUS OF PARKAS
North Bay's The Parkas are currently recording their follow-up full-length that should be released on Endearing Records sometime this year. Sonic Unyon will be releasing A Northern Chorus' new EP this month, as well.

WEAKERTINES, CONSTANTHANS
The Constantines are done recording their follow-up to the Torontocally-acclaimed Shine A Light and are about to embark on a cross-Canada co-headlining tour with The Weakerthans. Republic of Safety, C'Mon, The Bicycles, among others, are slated to open for their four Toronto dates at Lee's Palace (which includes two all-ages matinee gigs).

HAS A GOOD HOME HAS A GOOD HOME
Final Fantasy's Has A Good Home will be released in Europe through Tomlab records (the same European friends that released Ninja High School'smost recent hit). And if you have Arcade Fire tickets, you'll be thrilled to know that Final Fantasy will be opening, as well as Wolf Parade, for all three shows at Danforth Music Hall.

PLANT MURDER
Brantford's best venue ever, The Ford Plant, is organizing another Murder City Music Festival, so check out their site if you want to apply.

By Shaunna Bednarek and Steven Himmelfarb