There's some news outta the Illect Recordings camp: Sintaxtheterrific's debut album Simple Moves is being redone with some smooooove new artwork and remastering courtesy of Elected Official; download some stuff over here. As well, the label is soon launching its very own web store - don't sleep.
The new record from Society's Finest, entitled Love, Murder and a Three-Letter Word dropped day before yesterday; it's in stores everywhere courtesy of Hand of Hope Records, and I bet it's a mother. Remember their 1999 record The Journey, So Far? Monster album.
The Harvest Moon festival out in Edmonton, already boasting a lineup including Blindside and Brave Saint Saturn, has landed another coup: the very first live show by Roper, aka Five Iron Frenzy ringleader Reese Roper doing his solo schtick. Man, I wish I lived somewhere I could go to these things.
Speaking of that, another band playing in Edmonton, Calgary punks Kiros, are here in Ottawa Sunday night, August 29th, along with locals Hartsfield. 7:00 show at Mavericks, on Rideau Street. It'll be a blast and three-eighths.
Some news now from Facedown Records, courtesy of the mindblowingly lovely Katie Norsworthy:
- The Whore's Trophy is the title of the new record from Symphony In Peril, and it'll be out next spring. Be ready. Hopefully the paper-thin production that plagued their debut will be eradicated forever. FOREVER!
- Comeback Kid and Figure Four are touring in Canada next month, but nothing east of Saskatchewan, sadly. Here're the dates:
Sept. 12 - Saskatoon, SK @ The Basement w/Down And Out
Sept. 13 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite w/Down And Out
Sept. 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Mesa Luna w/Blue Monday & Down And Out
Sept. 19 - Kelowna, BC @ Okanagan Mission Hall
Sept. 20 - Calgary, AB @ Inglewood Alexander Center
Sept. 21 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange
- New album from Nodes of Ranvier will hit hopefully next April. This has us around sd.com headquarters wetting ourselves with excitement.
I knew about this a while ago, but it still makes me quake to report it now: Spitfire are back, y'all. Virginia's metalcore masters have reunited after their breakup in late 2001 after releasing the amazing The Dead Next Door album on Solid State, and they're gonna record fourteen new tracks with some dude somewhere, and here's the bottom line: be ready for the incredibleness. [OGS]
Oh wow...even better news: Ottawa's own Buried Inside have signed with worldwide metal giant Relapse Records, home to The Dillinger Escape Plan, among others. I'm still a little stunned by this, even though it's not like it's inconceivable - BI bring the ruckus. Their label debut Chronoclast will be in stores here in Canada November 9th(my brother Steven's birthday! Happy birthday to me! I mean him!) and in January everywhere else. That's the best news I've heard today!
Why would Elektra Records drop Blindside from the label? I don't get it. That's what I see here, but I question the sanity of the suits at said label. What's with those idiots??
One-21(amazing band from Philadelphia) are rumoured to be touring through Ontario, including a stop here in lil' ol' Ottawa Capital City Baby. blue.skies.at.war have apparently been asked along, and this begs the question: I thought BSAW broke up last year? What in the...whatever. If One-21 are here, I'm wherever they are. Believe dat.
Hilarious: Toronto hardcore band No Warning have signed with a label called Machine Shop Recordings - owned by, um, Linkin Park. That's awesome. Not a huge fan of NW myself, but the upcoming debut Suffer, Survive(very hardcore) promises to be at least well-produced. [pastepunk]
You Must Listen Now: Born From Pain's new track 'Day of the Scorpio'. That's so threatening it's awesome. And they're from the Netherlands! Go Dutchies go!
Posted by mike at August 26, 2004 02:31 PM