Three Season Ant are a band from New Brunswick that are making some waves; their brand of Coldplay-meets-new school worship has landed them a distribution deal with Christian Music Canada(CMC) and you can probably find their debut, 2 Days After Yesterday, in your Friendly Local Christian Retailer. That's where I first heard TSA. Look for an interview with vocalist Chris Stephens here at the ol' Disaster. And my thanks to Chris for being understanding. He knows what I'm talking about.
In the wake of the recent Grey Album by DJ Dangermouse(which I have in my possession and which truly bangs), there are a slew of Jay-Z-related mash-up albums dotting the landscape; this one, a combination of Jay's Black Album and Pavement's '91 classic Slanted and Enchanted, is called The Slack Album(piece it together), and I wanna hear it. Mad ups to sweetdisaster enforcer DJ Omnifik for this link and explanation.
Grandaddy(good band) were recently out on tour with Saves The Day and Hey Mercedes, but apparently they didn't think it went so hot, as evidenced by their calling the crowds "very Hot Topic" and referring to the entire ordeal as "a seven-week comedy of errors". Ungrateful wretches! Ah well, no skin off our nose. [soundthesirens]
Some Weakerthans news, because they're one of Canada's best bands - the Airfields And Woodlands tour will see the band playing all over Europe, focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and then they're coming back to Canada for some festival dates, including the Bluesfest here in Ottawa on July 16th. Ben Harper played last year and was thoroughly amazing, but that's not the point.
According to qchc, Ottawa's own Buried Inside will be touring eastern Canada June 18th-28th. As well, there's a seven-minute track from the upcoming album(produced by Matt Bayles) available for download over here! Get on it!
Evergreen Terrace(here in Ottawa with Every Time I Die May 15th be there y'all) have put out a covers record, and while I disagree with this writer, check out a review of the CD, and then go listen for yourself someplace.
For you Alkaline Trio fans out there(and I know you're tuning in!!), aversion.com has a new feature piece up on the band and their political causes/tours/splits with One Man Army, etc etc etc. As always where aversion is concerned, it's a good, informative read. Check it out.
The Constantines, another of Canada's best musical exports(so good live, seriously), are hitting the road around Canada and the United States o' America:
April 26 - The State, Regina
April 27 - Carpenters Union Hall, Calgary
April 28 - Canmore Hotel, Canmore, Alberta
April 29 - Liberty Lounge, Calgary
April 30 - Sidetrack, Edmonton
May 1 - Seedy's, Edmonton
May 3 - Logan's Victoria, B.C.
May 4 - Brickyard, Vancouver
May 5 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle
May 6 - Dante's, Portland
May 8 - Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco
May 9 - Spaceland, Los Angeles
May 10 - Casbah, San Diego
May 11 - Plush, Tuscon, Ariz.
May 13 - TBA, Denton, Texas
May 14, 15 - Emo's, Austin
May 17 - The Jackpot, Lawrence, Kans.
May 18 - The Rockit Bar, St Louis
May 19 - Empty Bottle, Chicago
May 21 – On Tulip Festival, Ottawa
Don't sleep on it. No word on who's playing with them, either. Oh well. Do something for yourself for a change!!
I've never heard Taking Back Sunday, I don't think, but if you're interested, the band that was born as an offshoot of TBS, Straylight Run, has officially signed with Tony Brummel's Victory Records. Label debut to emerge in September, apparently. [punkhardcore]
Essential listening for April 28th is Keep Yourself Good Company's debut Procedures For Underground(2002). Local Ottawa band who really made a standout mood-rock album. Allegedly there's new stuff coming from them, but nothing that I know about.
Since I was at one point years ago a big fan of Dashboard Confessional, I guess I'll post this: the band's latest album, A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar, is being reissued by Vagrant Records to include a DVD of their MTV Unplugged performance doing covers of R.E.M.'s Automatic For The People album as well as interviews with the band and R.E.M. ringleader Michael Stipe. Release date is May 18th.
According to this article here, Funeral For A Friend are rumoured to be playing this year's Projekt Revolution tour, the one Linkin Park puts together. FFAF sharing the second stage with D12? What? This better be a joke. [chartattack]
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Posted by mike at April 28, 2004 02:53 PM