First things first: I found out that after the Senses Fail/The Bled show(to which Ottawa lads Is Grace Enough have been added in the wake of Underoath's cancellation), everyone with brains will be trekking over to Babylon(317 Bank St.) for the Canada's Top Prospects Tour, featuring headliner Kyprios(turn on MuchMusic for half an hour; you'll see him) with openers Classified(Halifax - and pretty good) and Ottawa's own DL Incognito. No word on door time, but count on maybe nineish at night. Twelve bucks, more at the door. Word up!!
I saw the video for Papa Roach's new single 'Getting Away With Murder' recently. My observations: a) when the did bassist start thinking he was the guy from Korn? b) singer Jacoby Shaddix is apparently idolizing Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland - either that or it's just a desperate attempt on the part of the band's label to keep P-Roach relevant. Whatever. I miss their rap/rock days, personally. That first album with the big nasty bug on the cover was great.
Some baseball news! Woohoo! Eric Bedard, this pitcher from Orleans, I think(that's Ottawa's east end, kids, for those not around here) has been called up by the Baltimore Orioles - I think he started a game last night, but I'm not sure. Either way, local boy makes good.
Speaking of making good, anyone see that American kid Paul Hamm win the men's all-around gold medal? This dude from Wisconsin, 21 years old. My man completely tanked on the vault, right, and then came back and did what the commentators called the routines of his life on the rings and high bar- and won the friggin' thing. I'm sure my American relatives were stoked.
We have some new CD reviews up, over up in that 'Reviews' section you see to your upper left there. Isn't it pretty? Soon we'll have the recent reviews in one of those forlorn, empty, ill-used boxes to your right there - then you'll know when new and fun stuff goes up. Check it out for our takes on Dead Poetic, Mourning September, Marathon and In Due Time. Yesh. Oh, and keep your eye out for our review of the new EP from Ottawa's own Hartsfield, who by the way are gonna be down in Toronto at Club 360 August 20th(that's tomorrow night, kids! Get in the car!) to play Closet Monster and Hostage Life's joint CD release party, thrown by the boys at Underground Operations.
I was watching TV the other night, just surfing like everyone else, and I caught the end credits of Comedy at Club 54, taped down in Burlington, Ontario. Mike Trebilcock does the music on that show! Remember The Killjoys?? That was his band! Awesome! Anyway, Burlington is also home to Black Box Recordings, label home of amazing acts like The Fullblast and Rosesdead. So you'd be well-advised to hit them up and listen away.
This Just In: I'm listening to Earthsuit. Remember them? Didn't think so!
This kinda sucks, but here it is: the big ol' Senses Fail show on September 17th happens to be the same night as Alexisonfire and .hopesfall. This show will go down at Oliver's Pub(Carleton University), and openers(just added) are the aforementioned Closet Monster. Yay. I won't be there.
7th Factor were this little Christian band that broke up a while ago, played a bunch of shows in and around Ottawa until their dissolution 'bout six or eight or nine months ago. The new band is called August Sky and they're playing the Ex here in Ottawa tomorrow afternoon at four pm. Pizza Pizza stage. Be there!
Dead Poetic's newest, New Medicines(see our review over in the, um, Reviews section...yes...), is at number thirty-seven at my Friendly Local Christian Retailer. How 'bout that? Didn't know they had it in 'em. Oh, and the new album from Underoath - get this - has moved up at the store, to sixteen. The fifteen albums above them are the usual assortment of Christian contemporary and praise & worship stuff. Weird!
This has just been handed to me from my wildly immense staffroom(there's no staff): we have more people coming by here than ever before. How 'bout that? Thanks, kids. Keep it up and we'll keep the rock coming.
This band The Exit whose CD I got from the band and then never reviewed it - which technically makes me a thief, I think - can probably stop crying that I never reviewed their stolen merchandise: apparently the band is entertaining major-label offers. Good band! [thescout]
Some words, now, from the classy hombres in Death By Stereo: "Thanks to everyone that came out and played with us the past week or so. We are now back to working on our new record. We have about nine songs together so far and the gears keep on turning. We'll be heading into the studio in October with our producer Matt Hyde. You may know him from such records as Slayer's God Hates Us All. We are psyched to be working with him." End quote. By the way, God doesn't hate us all. Just so y'all know. [punknews]
Surprise, surprise: Philadelphia singer/songwriter Denison Witmer has signed with The Militia Group label out in California. Witmer's most recent work was with Tooth & Nail Records, and he's good. He's extremely good. Go find his stuff.
Project 86, one of the many bands that should've exploded into the stratosphere with popularity four or five years ago and didn't, are making a new video for 'Spy Hunter', a song that's been released on at least three different projects. Great song. Here's hoping director Derek Dale(whoever that guy is) doesn't botch it. [OGS]
The new album from Agnostic Front, Another Voice, will be out in November on...what? What is this? Nuclear Blast Records? They're a metal label! What's going on here? Whatever.
Posted by mike at August 19, 2004 07:49 PM