I slept until almost three-thirty this afternoon. Why, you ask? Because my body shut down after the hella great...lemme see here...roughly twelve hours I got to spend with my friend Heidi, a member of the Bethany Bible College chorale(Sussex, New Brunswick y'all), who blew the roof off the dump at Kanata Wesleyan Church yesterday morning. Heidi was one of the first and remains the biggest supporter of this here sweet disaster we like to call sweetdisaster, and when she reads this, she'll be smiling.
And now, the news.
Word from the Illect camp is that new signee Flynn Atkins(L.A. Symphony) will be - so far as we know - the only Illect artist present at GMA Week in April down in Nashville. sweetdisaster is still working on having coverage of that notorious week of debauchery and excess(within the Christian context, of course); keep your eyes peeled. Flynn's Illect debut, In Like Flynn(nice) drops April 27th.
Absolutely essential listening today is 'Faith, Love and Happiness', my personal favourite track off of Thousand Foot Krutch's hit album Phenomenon. What a riff! *gets down wit' his bad self*
For all you Evanescence fans out there(and I'm one of them; bring on the flak!!), check this out to read some of an MTV.com article on the band's split. There's actually nice things said this time!
I saw this one coming a long time ago: as previously reported here and elsewhere, Skillet have signed with Lava/Atlantic Records(home also to Kid Rock among others); the band's latest, Collide, will be reissued to the mainstream market in May. Go Skillet.
In related news, another Atlantic band is our Band Name of the Day: Egypt Central. Uh huh.
Jude the Obscure, one of the southern Ontario's bright metal hopes, have returned from hiatus - two weeks after going on said hiatus. The result? Their guitarist left, so they'll find another one and proceed on point. There ya go. [lambgoat]
Check it out: Caffiends are theprp.com's band of the month!
One of last year's best-received new metal bands, The Agony Scene, are lookin' for a drummer. If you think it's you, hit this up.
Thursday and Poison the Well. Together. Otawa. Capital Music Hall downtown. April 20th. That is all. Move along.
The new Most Precious Blood, while not the 'metallized' album some say it is, is amazing; they shot a video for 'The Great Red Shift' in Brooklyn that's rumoured to be huge as well. Check it out here! Wheee! And speaking of MPB, their tour with Silverstein, .hopesfall and From Autumn to Ashes hits Ottawa March 22nd at Babylon. Be there or we'll hunt you down and make you pay.
Nonpoint are covering Phil Collins' 'In The Air Tonight'! That's awesome!! *dies laughing*
In the space of ten or so minutes the other night, I saw the killer new video from The Vines(I'm not a fan, but the video is awesome, with like eighty-five bands playing the same song in a gym somewhere), Switchfoot's 'Meant To Live'(first time I've seen that particular piece) and Jersey. Not bad for CrapMusic, the Nation's Music Station. Thrice appeared on The Wedge at its accustomed ungodly morning hour, as well as the newest Alexisonfire clip, more of their kitschy humour set to their track 'Waterwings'. And in ANOTHER segue, I got a text message last night from my boy Ryan, whose band Is Grace Enough were up in Sudbury or someplace with Alexisonfire. I think that's what was going on, anyway. Rock stars at weird hours are kinda incoherent. Bwaaaaahaha.
The Emergency Response is the upcoming EP by Despistado, coming out on Jade Tree Records June 25th. Normally I wouldn't care so much, but it turns out Despistado are from Saskatchewan, right here in the Great White North. I had no idea. [punknews]
Bring it on! Check out a new Belvedere track from the Calgary band's website; it can be found in the 'Media' section.
Posted by mike at March 1, 2004 05:49 PM