Essential listening for today: Underground Rise's Vol. 1: Sunrise/Sunset album. Quality underground hiphop.
Two staffers here at sweetdisaster were set to attend the massive P.O.D./Linkin Park show in Montreal next month, but now it looks as if it won't be happening. Another crushing disappointment, brought to you by the letters 'let down by friend'. Ah well.
Just a heads-up from Solid State Records: albums coming in the next year include a Beloved re-release EP, Haste the Day's debut album, Dead Poetic and Underoath. Oooooh yes.
Following their run with Beloved, Evergreen Terrace and Comeback Kid in the new year, Stretch Arm Strong will be doing a tour with Pennywise and Mad Caddies. For my money, SAS are the most versatile band around.
Bleeding Through managed to walk away from a tremendous road accident that resulted in their van(which they'd borrowed from Sinai Beach to begin with) being totaled. Ergo, the band has had to drop off the As I Lay Dying/Chimaira/Soilwork tour. Bummer! If you're morbid, the wreck footage can be viewed here, but you have to be pretty screwed up to wanna watch that. [hxc]
Another one bites the dust, continuing this unfortunate 2003 trend: the Death Campaign are done.
Ottawa local boy Jesse Palmer played well in his first NFL start at quarterback for the New York Giants over the weekend; he becomes the first Canadian to start a game at QB, and though the Giants were blown out 45-7 by New Orleans and NY's offensive line was crap the entire game, Palmer has been selected as the starter next week in Week 15. I served this guy once years ago; he was drunk and threw a coffee creamer across the restaurant I was working at. Go Jesse go!
Some disappointing retrospective from cmcentral: "At least six major bands threw in the towel in 2003 as well, including the disbandings of Two Thirty Eight, Hangnail, The Benjamin Gate, Earthsuit, Five Iron Frenzy, and According to John." Depressing.
From what I've heard so far, the new John Reuben record, The Professional Rapper, is solid. It sounds different from his last album, which in turn sounded miles different from his debut effort in 2000.
In more hiphop news, check out some new Soup the Chemist right over here. Song's called 'Eargasmic Arrangements'.
Here's the initial dates for the previously-reported tour featuring Senses Fail/Moneen/Senses Fail/The Beautiful Mistake:
1/30 Baltimore MD @ Ottobar
1/31 Richmond VA @ Alley Katz
2/1 Carrboro NC @ Room Four
2/3 Jacksonville FL @ Jack Rabbits
2/4 Orlando FL @ The Social
2/6 Spring TX @ Java Jazz
2/7 Dallas TX @ The Door
2/8 Austin TX @ Emo's
2/10 Phoenix AZ @ Mason Jar
2/11 Pomona CA @ The Glass House
2/12 San Francisco CA @ Slim's
2/13 Portland OR @ MeowMeow
2/14 Seattle WA @ Graceland
2/16 St. George UT @ The Electric Theater
2/18 Kansas City MO @ Spitfire
2/19 St. Louis MO @ Creepy Crawl
2/20 Iowa State U. @ The Maintenance Shop
2/21 Minneapolis MN @ Ascot Room (The Quest)
2/22 Chicago IL @ Fireside Bowl
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New interviews with Thrice and Rise Against are up, brought to us by the lovely Mark Fisher and his crew at 1340mag.com! Happy holidays!
New Jersey kings Ensign are back after three years away from the game with a covers album called Love The Music, Hate The Kids, and pastepunk reviews it right over here. I can't wait til Ensign come back through Ottawa.
The new issue of Hit Parader(man, I remember plastering their posters all over my bedroom in my teens) has features on Beloved guitarist Dusty Redmon as well as the fellas in As I Lay Dying. If you're bored in some store somewhere and they have it, flip through to find them.
Posted by mike at December 16, 2003 05:51 PM