We'll get today's Essential Listening outta the way right here and now: Poison the Well's perhaps best release is 2001's Tear From The Red; sadly, I never had a chance to see them on tour promoting this killer record, but with songs like 'Botchla' and the purely rifferiffic 'Rings From Corona', Tear is so good you have no excuse not to hear it. Melodic heaviness is rarely done this well.
So my beloved Toronto Blue Jays have sunk so low(they're like almost twenty-five games below .500, which is Very Bad) that during a recent 18-6 annihilation at the hands of the Yankees, backup infielder Frank Menechino came in to pitch -and got the out that the professional pitching staff couldn't get. Sad but true. At least they beat New York in the fourth game of the series, avoiding yet another sweep. "Wait til next year!" Oh, and there was a power outage at the SkyDome before that fourth game. Supposedly a transformer was blown in a lightning storm in downtown Toronto, but I tend to think one of the Yankees EIGHT RUNS in the ninth inning the night before was a home run that was so long it hit something important. Hmph.
The Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack is on listening posts at HMV Canada-wide, and it has some decent stuff on it in the form of good tracks from Demon Hunter, Killswitch Engage(arguably the best of the new American metal breed) and 36 Crazyfists - who, incidentally, will be here in Ottawa September 15th opening for Killswitch. It promises to be one of the best shows of the fall season. Personally, sd is looking forward to seeing Is Grace Enough opening for The Bled and Senses Fail September 17th. Got my ticket today, in fact.
I had the weekend off, taking it easy before The Big Move to Barrhaven yesterday, and I did what everyone should do if they have nights off - I hit two rock shows Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was dominated by the revelation that is Windsor, Ontario's Searching For Chin, who remind me of local boys Buried Inside with more melody and the occasional hardcore breakdown here and there. Sunday's extravaganza introduced this 'zinester to two of Canada's best young punk bands: Kitchener's Handheld(new-school technical fury) and Calgary's Kiros, those three Warped veterans, soon to be sharing a stage in Edmonton with the likes of Blindside and others. Terrific acts both. Highly recommended.
A show's going down up in Shawville, Quebec September 5th(that's this Sunday night, kiddies), put together by the lovely Samantha, and featuring The Fully Down, The Less You Know, Dead Letter Depot and more. Hit up Amplify819 for the details and directions. There's some sick interviews over there too.
Posted by mike at August 31, 2004 06:54 PM