Haven't seen Liam Finn in a while? Clearly he's been hitting the gym. Catch the multi-instrumentalist/songwriter's impressive new look on the road now as part of a string of US dates with Deerhoof that have him in Houston tonight night before he slides up the East Coast by middle November. NYC can catch those impressive pecs at a solo show at Glasslands on November 16th where he'll team with Reuben and the Dark for a set (of the live show variety). Tickets are still available.

The Glasslands outing will help him bide time before he hits the studio with the goal being to complete a new record before Christmas. Details on said recording are sketchy, but hopefully Glasslands will showcase some of those new jams.

Speaking of Deerhoof, Greg Saunier, who was in NYC and dressed up for Halloween, also has some shows coming up at Lincoln Center.

Dare Liam Finn into a push-up contest at the dates listed below.

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The 2012 edition of Calgary, Alberta festival Sled Island is set to take place from June 20-23 at venues throughout the city. This year includes over 200 bands performing at 30 venues plus a large comedy schedule, film screenings, and art shows.

Sled Island 2012 will once again use outdoor venue Olympic Plaza as its main stage, featuring performances by Feist, The Hold Steady, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Dudes, Shabazz Palaces, Parlovr, and others.

Acts including Russian Circles, Hot Snakes, The Antlers, Boris, Thurston Moore, Willis Earl Beal, Trust, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Terry Malts, Neil Hamburger, How To Dress Well, The Evaporators (aka Nardwuar's band), DJ Jonathan Toubin, Hannibal Buress, Andrew W.K., Tim Heidecker, Archers of Loaf, and many more will be performing at various bars and venues. Check out the full lineup at the bottom of this post.

Festival passes, individual tickets for some clubs shows, and tickets for the Olympic Plaza events only are all on sale. The full festival schedule iwill be announced in June.

Full lineup and 2012 festival trailer below...

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