Sloan

These videos are enough to make a guy blush. Good thing Jason Schwartzman helps put things in perspective.

Today's anniversary video is a musical treat for all of us. Owen Pallett has taken it upon himself to arrange "People of the Sky" for strings.

Do you have any memorable Sloan cover songs to share?

Sloan are this week's guest editors on Magnet Magazine's website. Each day two new articles will be posted. Every member of the band will be featured with musings on a (broad?) range of topics from Zakk Wilde to Will Currie, bad neighbors to good cocktails. Return daily for regular updates.

In today's installment of Catherine Stockhausen's video tributes to Sloan, the band's first single "Underwhelmed" goes under the microscope. I think that it's holding up remarkably well.

And For those of you who missed it the first time around, here are some references for your viewing pleasure...

We are pleased to announce that Dearly Beloved will be support on our upcoming run of dates from Cleveland to LA and all parts in between. We will then be joined by the dynamic duo Hot Kid for our eastern run from Toronto to NYC.

We would also like to give some credit today to our good friend and colleague Gregory Macdonald, who has played live with Sloan for the past five years and has contributed significantly along the way. This one's for The Goose (Go Canucks)!

We've asked some of our friends about their favorite Sloan songs, but perhaps you'd like to chime in with your own picks in the comments.

CBC Radio 3 are running a Sloan Playlist Contest where you can select a dozen songs from throughout the Sloan discography as the ultimate Sloan playlist. Cool prizes to be won, including a meet and greet with the band (where you might well have to defend some of your selections).