Sloan

Well alright! As many of you have heard, 2 more bands have been added to the bill for August 7th on Toronto Island. That would be Pilate and Broken Social Scene.....BUT make sure to come early as the BSS crew are going to be hitting the stage at an early 3:20 for a long sunny midday set. Be there or be square.

As an added bonus some of our friends from bands like The Hidden Cameras, Controller:Controller, Pony Da Look and more will be in full DJ mode playing some of their fave music inbetween the sets. Will anybody play 'Summer Breeze'? 'Island Girl'? 'Islands In The Steam'? We can only hope.

For the full set times and more details, don't forget to check out www.olympicisland.com.

See you then.
Jay/Sloan

For those of you who have always wanted to have Sloan DJ while you enjoyed your Saturday afternoon shopping, your dreams are about to come true.

As part of a Filter Magazine DJ series, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott will don their headphones, and treat some lucky Urban Outfitters customers to some of their favourite tracks. It will be a great opportunity to pop by and say hello before our NYC Roseland Ballroom show on Saturday July 10th. Look forward to seeing some of you there!

Saturday July 10th, 2pm – 4pm
Urban Outfitters
14th St. & 6th Ave.
NY, NY

As you may know, we are spending the week hanging out in and around SW California. We had a great time at Spaceland and The Casbah. Hopefully we will see some more of you (and perhaps some repeat visitors) at our upcoming shows at the Coach House and The Troubadour.

Tonight (Monday June 7th) is our first of a few nights off. We are going to be hanging out at a club called El Centro where Sloan will be making some musical selections as guest DJs. Please feel free to drop on by and join us. It should be a lot of fun.

If you have any ideas about what we should do with the rest of our spare time, please reply to this news posting with suggestions. I'll let you know what we decide to do.

Helping bring the music to the people...Mike Nelson.

EL CENTRO
6202 Santa Monica Blvd.
11:00pm until finished.

August 7/2004 Olympic Island, Toronto

OK, is this the show of the summer or what? An idea that was hatched whilst Chris and I were sipping ginger ale on an afternoon flight as the winter chill approached is now a reality: An outdoor summer festival show where we could play with bands that we dig. By the time Chris ate all my free cashews, we had a compiled list of bands that we would love to invite. First, we talked to our friends and promoter kingpins Elliott and Jacob and asked "Can we do this?" and they proclaimed "Yes!..and on the Island it shall be." Next, we got on the phone.

Here's the bands who said "rad!"

• Sam Roberts
• The Stills
• The Constantines
• Buck 65
• Arcade Fire
• Death From Above

For more info/tickets etc. check out www.olympicisland.com

There's still potentially another band or two to be added so stay tuned. Anyhow, hope you can make it ..and if so, come early because it's quality from top to bottom. Beach balls will not be shunned, but you might want to keep your old copies of 'Thunder Island' at home.

Right on. Thanks. See you there.
Jay F. and the Sloans

It is official, Sloan will be supporting Australian rockers Jet on their upcoming tour of the USA.  A complete list of the dates can be found in our tour section. 

This will be a great opportunity for Sloan to return to some of their favorite cities and to reconnect with fans in parts of the USA that they haven't been able to visit for years.  Hopefully they will also be able to reach out to some of the like minded Jet fans who have yet to experience Sloan's live performance.

Hope to see you at one of the shows!

Jay Ferguson will be joining a diverse mix of Toronto DJs for the Big Fives party at the Drake Hotel.

Will Jay be able to distill his vast record collection into a mere handful of quintessential tracks? Join us on April Fools to hear the verdict. Details below.

THURSDAY APRIL 1ST
THE DRAKE UNDERGROUND (Queen & Beaconsfield)
BIG FIVES
featuring the top five song selections by:

• Aki
• A Man Called Warwick
• Dalia C
• Denise Benson
• Dubious
• General Eclectic
• Jay Ferguson
• Max McCabe Lokos
• NealHall
• Rob Nice
• Tyler Clark Burke

and a special screening by TeleMundo’s Jessie Hawkin

five bucks at the door
doors open at nine, music starts at ten.
the Drake Underground only holds 150 people max, come early if you want to get in!