So this afternoon I'm ready to leave the ol' apartment, haven't put the cream and sugar in my coffee yet, right, and my phone rings, and it's my man Ryan going, "Dude, you're headed downtown too? I'm on your STREET; let's go!" So I throw in the coffee stuff, mmm mmm tasty, we get in the car and go downtown, and we're listening to this band on Epitaph Records called From First To Last, and I liked what I heard.
All of that was just to say I like the band. Shut up! Oh, and then I sat in the friggin' car on a very busy downtown corner while Ryan busted into like four different buildings that all looked alike - this being downtown and all - looking for some security certificate or something. Good times.
In related news, this young band Ryan's band played with in Kemptville, One Last Gift, has developed into heck of a rock and roll attack. Check out their website for the latest. Local megaproducer Dean Hadji's worked with these kids, which is why their song on purevolume sounds so good.
Royce Nunley. Know that name? Probably not. He produced the latest Insyderz album(great record!), and though I had no idea, he's also left the Suicide Machines, for whom he played bass for eight years; now he's got this new band Blueprint 76(not to be confused with the long-defunct Christian rock band Soulfood 76) on a new label(Broken Spoke), and the review of said album can be read over here. Caution: some offensive language involved. Keep the kids away. And when you're done reading that, check out this review of the new covers album from Copeland, called Know Nothing Stays The Same. Copeland are a terrific rock band, and their cover of Billy Joel's 'She's Always A Woman' is quite good.
Essential listening for August 11th, the early morning hours: Anberlin's smash debut Blueprints For The Black Market. Really well-produced, to the point where their live show was a suprise in what a hardcore-tinged ruckus it was, but all the better for it. Their next album will blow even more minds. Believe it.
Word on the streets(at least in Quebec City) is that Most Precious Blood vocalist Rob Fusco has another project started called KGB, also involving two dudes from Today Is The Day. The band are hitting a studio down in Massachusetts maybe even as we speak. Quote: "According to Fusco, 'look forward to a heavy, dark, psychologically and sonically punishing attack from this band.'" Uh huh. As well, Fusco's former band One King Down are rumoured to be doing a reunion show, although details on that are extremely sketch. [qchc]
We gave you this last week, but I'm doing it again: If Tomorrow Comes have an EP coming sometime this month(we hope) called We Share This Burden, and you can stream a song from said EP over here. Also, check out the artwork over here. Very traditional tough-guy hardcore. I LOVE IT.
Oh, and there's some stuff about an absolutely killer NYHC-style band called Final Word right over in this corner! Wheee!
Posted by mike at August 11, 2004 03:40 AM