First of all, the promises have come to fruition: we have a ton of new content, including eight new CD reviews over here as well as a new feature piece on a very good band right up above there, and a Billy Talent interview(Josh Chambers hates them!) in the interviews section(duh). Thanks for hanging in there til we managed to get this stuff up.
Now then.
The word is out: The Juliana Theory are coming back to the nation's capital. April 28th they'll be destroying Babylon(317 Bank St.) with their rock onslaught, and opening? Anberlin. Number One Fan. And Bayside. Gonna be a huge show, sweetdisaster'll be pimping it wildly, and you all will be there to have the rock delivered to you. Worrrrrrd up.
Pay attention here if you're a fan of The Rock(not the friggin' wrestler either):
4/09 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
4/10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music
4/16 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
4/17 Blacksburg, VA Virginia Polytechnic
4/18 Asbury Park, NJ Skatefest
4/23 Providence, RI The Living Room
4/24 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheels
4/29 Allentown, PA Club Indulge
4/30 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
Those are tour dates for Cave In, who are also recording six new demo tracks next month with Andrew Schneider(Converge). Again I say: worrrrrd up. [hxc]
I was flipping through the only part of Rolling Stone that matters yesterday(the Billboard charts), and to my delight Blindside's latest About A Burning Fire is sitting pretty at No. 39. Woohoo!
Underground hiphop phenom Stu Dent is preparing a third album for Illect Recordings, and y'all would be wise not to sleep on this one. Nephilim was a masterful piece of album. [sphereofhiphop]
A semi-large concert announcement concerning May 27th: Bigwig are headlining the Grind tour through Canada alongside Tsunami Bomb, Death By Stereo(great band) and Belvedere(another killer band from Calgary!), and May 27th they'll be here in Ottawa, more than likely at Babylon. Stay tuned. [buzzgrinder]
The upcoming Welcome to the Family tour featuring headliners Stretch Arm Strong has a new addition: Out To Win have been added to the bill; they'll be hitting stages just before Australia's Day of Contempt destroy the place. [lambgoat]
Nora have added second guitarist Steve Chladnicek(Spearing Jocasta) to their lil' ol' lineup; he'll be appearing initially April 2nd at a show in Jersey.
Essential listening for tonight is Initial Records' Black Flag tribute album put out last year, featuring the likes of Give Up The Ghost, Burnt By The Sun and more ripping up old Flag goodies. Oooooh yeaaaaah.
Horse the Band(craziest live show ever) are looking for a drummer - again - but more importantly I see here an Ottawa show scheduled for August 4th. No details. Yet.
Posted by mike at March 25, 2004 08:13 PM