But damn, is it SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW in Airwaves land still. Nary a syllable of new info, except threats from Icelandair to book before August 30th or you won’t receive the discount! As has been previously posted, that is not an effective threat, merely another reason for someone to logically say, “I wanna go, but damn, it’s just too expensive.” Perhaps it will be Euro-centric this year, at least from countries that pay in Euros. I do not live in one of them, alas.

But there is another festival, that I would desperately like to attend this weekend-All Points West, in New Jersey. (Not New York, New Jersey.

Check out Friday’s lineup-a veritable Airwaves Alumni Association:

• Grizzly Bear
• Mates of State
• The Duke Spirit (love them)
• The Go! Team (much love again)
• And soon to be alums, CSS

And on Saturday, Metric and Chromeo will be playing the same stage. Feel free to annoy your friends and anyone else for that matter by saying, as often as possible, “yeah, I saw them years ago, in Iceland.”