Well, it would appear that sd.com is permanently crippled due to some internal glitch or something that I know nothing about, along with the device that measures traffic and hits and stuff. So it's with a shrug that I say, "Oh well." We'll still post news and upcoming shows and CD reviews and interviews same as usual - just crippled. Can't be helped. If you're in Ottawa and dependable and web-knowledgeable and into what we do here at sd.com, drop us an email. Mine's itacs@hotmail.com. Word.
Some confirmed shows coming up, according to the email I have here from punkottawa: Midtown and Matchbox Romance(Midtown's new record apparently kills) will be in Ottawa November 17th at Babylon; tickets go on sale September 16th, which'd be next Thursday. As well, The Firebird Band(ex-Braid) will be in town at Cafe Dekcuf with openers Sleeper Set Sail, whose album is the latest to be reviewed over in the Reviews section, if you're interested. Great band from southern Ontario. Weakerthans/Constantines is October 2nd at the Capital Music Hall down on Rideau Street. Billy Talent and Death From Above 1979 is the next night, same place. What else? Scanning...Saskatchewan band and Jade Tree Records dudes Despistado are playing Club SAW October 5th with Robot Kill City and The Grey(good band). That's about it for now. Let's not overdo things here. Keep the blood pressure at reasonable levels.
Oh, and Gwar is coming in November too. GWAR. That's so rad. "You're the guitarist from GWAR!" - Empire Records
Essential Listening for today, September 10th, is The Dillinger Escape Plan's landmark 1999 album, Calculating Infinity. Music hacks like myself had to invent new terms for this music, because there was simply no defining it pre-Dillinger. Amazing technical skill - not for the mosh-breakdown crowd though.
Some more New Album feedback:
1) The Tragically Hip - Evolution somethingsomethingsomething: can't remember the full title, but whatever - three songs had me convinced that the Hip are back in fine form. Twenty years in and they still rock.
2) Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be: catchy songs, great production, label run by a guy who I've never read anything positive about(Victory Records) but who still knows his business...all this to say it's very 'in' sounding and will be probably not that a year from now. But fun for now.
Fuel's drummer quit after seven years with the band. Who cares? Actually, years ago I owned their first album, Sunburn. Great record.
An addendum to today's Essential Listening: Dillinger Escape Plan's new record, Miss Machine, is such a complete left-turn for the band it's unbelievable. So good! New vocalist(and by 'new' I mean 'he was on board like two years ago and it just took DEP forever to put out a record') Greg Puciato can straight-up SING.
Sixpence None the Richer, who broke up earlier this year after a very solid ten years and are sorely missed by yours truly, are gonna put out a greatest-hits record. The Best of Sixpence None The Richer, all eighteen tracks(that's a little excessive, no?) will be released on Squint Records October 26th with all the usual trappings that such projects entail. New material, unreleased stuff, rare stuff, etc. [rockrebel]
Bear with us through these technically-plagued days.
Posted by mike at September 10, 2004 04:19 PM