Misery Signals are at Club SAW in downtown Ottawa tonight. Needless to say, it's 7:04 in the evening and I'm distinctly not in downtown Ottawa, so that's kind of a bummer, but hey, life goes on.
In I Thought They Broke Up news, Saosin(who apparently switched vocalists, not split up entirely) have announced they're playing a few dates on this summer's Warped tour, during which they'll be enlisting the services of Story of the Year vocalist Phil. No last name, just Phil. I'm still not sure I like Story of the Year that much. But that's irrelevant. [noisetheory]
Australian punk rock act Antiskeptic(longtime fan here) are heading out on another tour, following up the 'massively successful' Renegade Tour in April and May. Too bad for most of you reading this, all the shows are in Australia. But for our Australian readers(and we do have some!), check out the dates:
Thu 05 August @ Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Fri 06 August @ Heat Nightclub, Perth
Sat 07 August @ Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
Sun 08 August @ Fly By Night Club, Fremantle (Afternoon All Ages Show)
Fri 13 August @ Yamba Golf Club, Yamba
Sat 14 August @ The Rev, Brisbane (formerly The Chelsea)
Sun 15 August @ Lennox Point Hotel, Lennox Heads
Tue 17 August @ Plantation Hotel, Coffs Harbour
Wed 18 August @ Roxy's Nightclub, Port Maquarie
Fri 20 August @ Bizzo's, Carringbah
Sat 21 August @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Sun 22 August @ Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (Afternoon All Ages & Evening 18+ Shows)
Wed 25 August @ Lake Jindabyne Hotel, Jindabyne
Thu 26 August @ Sodens Hotel, Albury
Fri 27 August @ Barwon Club, Geelong
Sat 28 August @ Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne
You like the metal? You like it from Sweden? Then check this here out for some new material from tech masters Meshuggah, and may seven-string guitars forever reign supreme. Apparently that clip is just a sample of a song that runs twenty minutes. Meshuggah's next record Catch 33 is coming out next year on Nuclear Blast Records.
Norma Jean are taking a well-deserved break after like five years or something stupid like that of nonstop work ethicness. Their next record, tentatively called O God, The Aftermath, should be out next year sometime.
Chicago's Rise Against are now movie stars: they performed a Black Flag song as part of a club scene in Lords of Dogtown, a new feature-length based on the Dogtown and Z-Boys documentary a couple years ago. Oh, and their next record, Siren Song of the Counter Culture, is coming out August 10th. I just sold their last record today, as a matter of fact. A guy's gotta eat, you know.
New Weezer coming out first quarter of 2005. After Rivers finishes up a semester at Harvard University, apparently.
After a lot of rumours flying around, it's been transformed into rock-solid fact: Coheed and Cambria, underground darlings, have signed on the dotted line with Columbia Records. As in like Sheryl Crow's record label. I think. Maybe she's with Atlantic. Either way, Ryan here says, and I quote, "They'll be kicked off Columbia in a heartbeat." Time shall tell.
This excites me: right over here is a new song from Further Seems Forever, whose last album was my favourite of 2003. The new song indeed features new vocalist Jon Bunch, and it comes from Hide Nothing, the next record coming out August 24th on Tooth and Nail. It better not tank.
This is why I love my country: Canadians went to the polls today for our little federal election with a warning not to EAT our BALLOTS. The full story behind this bizarre little snippet can be read over here, but take it from us: Canadians are nuts. I did my civic duty and cast a vote today. Did you? [Relevant]
We're pretty apolitical here here at the ol' sd.com, but Michael Moore makes us laugh because he's kind of an oaf, and his new movie Fahrenheit 9/11 raked in $21.8 million over the weekend, tops at the box office. I wonder how easily influenced voters in the States are...
In Straight-Up Weird news, The Accident Experiment, outta San Diego and featuring ex-P.O.D. guitarist Marcos Curiel and former Grammatrain(great band!) vocalist Pete Stewart, have been given a cease-and-desist order by - get this now - the American Red Cross. Apparently their logo is too close to that of the humanitarian organization. Who knew? The band's debut United We Fear comes out this fall.
Posted by mike at June 28, 2004 06:47 PM