Some fun mail showed up at the D headquarters: the new issue of HM mag with the genre-changed Underoath on the cover; some of the news therein, as usual, is up to three or four months old, but we love HM. Also a sweet little package from California containing Verona, the Indie Vision debut from Josiah(metal) and the new label compilation album...and there was something else too, but I can't remember. Feedback from all of the above in days to come.
Ottawa shows coming up worthy of your attendance, as swiped from the latest punkottawa email:
May 7th - Is Grace Enough, I Spoke, Visceras Recital, Hartsfiled, the Strawman
Fallacy, the Penske File @ Almonte Legion (ALMONTE) - AA/6:00pm/$5
May 8th - Sleeper Set Sail, Everything Was Perfect, Shamus @ Manotick Arena
(5570 Doctor Leach) - AA/7pm/$7
May 15th - Billy Talent, Andrew Vincent, Manpower @ Tulip Festival - AA/7pm/$15
May 15th - Every Time I Die, Evergreen Terrace, The Kinison, If Tomorrow Comes @ babylon - AA/19+/4pm/$13/$15 - RR, TM
May 19th - The Reason and more @ Montgomery Legion Hall (330 Kent at Somerset) - AA/6:30pm/$8
May 26th - Piebald, The Jealous Sound, The Format, and more @ Club SAW -
AA/6:30pm/$12 - CDX, OS, RR, TV (tickets on sale NOW!)
May 27th - Grind Tour 2004 w/ Bigwig, Death By Stereo, Belvedere, Tsunami Bomb, Misconduct @ Capital Music Hall - AA/19+/6pm/$17/$20 - RR, TM
June 2nd - Braid, Minus The Bear, Murder by Death, The Grey @ babylon -
AA/19+/6:30pm/$12 - CDX, OS, RR, TV (tickets on sale NOW!)
June 7th - Unearth, Burnt By The Sun, A Perfect Murder, Fuck The Facts @
babylon - AA/19+/6:30pm/$13/$15 - RR, TM
June 20th - Darkest Hour, Buried Inside, Protest The Hero and more @ babylon -
AA/19+/5pm/$10/$12 - (tickets on sale soon)
I'll be at as many of these blasts as I can. Too bad Billy Talent gets the shaft from me; Every Time I Die wins that cage match any day.
Not that anyone knows my extended family or much cares, but my newest forthcoming cousin is a girl! Ultrasound proves it! Her name will be Rachel, no middle name as yet. If you're the praying sort, pray for my aunt and uncle Linda and Carl! Whee!
Back to the news.
The Chariot has officially been described as a mix of Training For Utopia, Norma Jean and Every Time I Die; as well, the band features NJ's ex-vocalist. How 'bout that? I gotta hear these guys. You can, right over here. [hardcorechristian]
Some fun news from the Relevant crew down in Orlando:
- Major League Baseball, like they didn't have enough problems, have agreed to decorate the bases, pitching rubbers and on-deck circles with spider-web designs to help promote the new Spiderman movie. What an atrocity.
- A pastor in Calgary, Alberta will play twenty minutes of Metallica music and 'The Unforgiven' video during his church service on Mother's Day, as he prepares to speak about anger and forgiveness to his congregation. "Seeing as Metallica is coming to town this week, we thought we'd preach a message on the heavy metal band this Sunday," Pastor John Van Sloten told the Calgary Sun. Van Sloten has conducted similar sermons to the music of U2, Evanescence and Johnny Cash. I like this guy. And he's DUTCH!
The weirdest tour this summer gets weirder: Funeral For A Friend are gonna be ripping it up as part of the Projekt Revolution tour(put together by Linkin Park). They join a highly eclectic roster; for dates and stuff, check this out. [radiotakeover]
I just decided that June 20th I'll NOT be seeing Darkest Hour; I'll be instead be watching the aforementioned The Chariot here in Ottawa with openers Roses Dead(amazing band, let me assure you). No word on a venue yet, but yeah. Bring the ruckus. The Chariot are apparently talking with Tooth and Nail Records about a deal. [hxc]
In further (hiphop) rumours, 4th Avenue Jones is apparently close to signing a contract with some label somewhere. Can you tell we're working with not-very-much information here? [sphereofhiphop]
Posted by mike at May 6, 2004 05:30 PM