A band that recently tore it up here in Ottawa, The Bled, are heading overseas to the U.K. with another band that was here in town that same night - Alexisonfire. If you're reading this from England, take note of the itinerary:
December 1 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
2 Plymouth Warehouse
3 Oxford Zodiac
4 Leeds Cockpit
5 Aberdeen Moshulu
6 Glasgow King Tuts
7 Newcastle University
8 Manchester Academy3
9 London Mean fiddler
10 Birmingham Academy
[punktastic]
I haven't gotten around to reviewing this album yet(sorry, Josh, it's coming), but Renown mag did: Simple Moves from rapper/lawyer Sintaxtheterrific is a friggin' dope album, and the review is over here. [Renown]
Some news from the ol' inbox now; I'll just give you the Strikefirst Records news in press release format:
"In the hardcore scene today many would say that the message has turned from a message of unity to a message of divisiveness. Since 2000 Brutal Fight has been working against what would divide the scene. They are a hardcore band that gives grace and embraces compassion to all people.Their hope is to be a band that brings unity back into the scene and to pass on the grace given to them from God. Musically Brutal Fight has been described as one of the most aggressive hardcore bands around. They draw influences from such bands as Turmoil, Buried Alive, Coalesce, Converge and Meshuggah. Their lyrics are written about life and howt hey have experienced it. Brutal Fight has toured the west coast numerous times and has toured Europe twice. After being newly signed to Strikefirst Records they plan to continue touring the world, striving to bring unity and friendship to the scene. Their debut full length will be out in late 2004/early 2005 on Strike First Records. Check them out at brutal-fight.com; some preproduction for the upcoming album can be found over here."
...and more Strikefirst news, because it's always better in twos: "ONCE FOR ALL was formed in 2001 with the goals of having fun as friends, and writing straightforward, Christian hardcore music. The band was started in the basement of John and Adam’s school, and since then they have seen a few member changes, losing Andy(Fred) and T.J., who both joined the Marine Corps. Now, three years later they have played with some of the better bands in hardcore today, including Plan of Attack, The Killer, Blood In Blood Out,
Comeback Kid, Life Or Death, Death Before Dishonor and Hoods. Their goals
haven't changed still focusing on the bond of friendship, and Christian hardcore.
Their debut full length will be out on Strike First in early 2005! Website here; preproduction for upcoming album here. Word.
Illtripp, a decade-plus vet of This Game We Call Rap, has a new album out called Dialog of the Downtrodden, which Illect is releasing entirely online(weird!) right over here. If you've ever heard Deepspace5, you've heard this dude spit it. Recommended.
Jars of Clay's upcoming Where We Are Instead tour - get this - includes a stop in Canada...in NOVA SCOTIA for a Billy Graham Crusade. Bummer! And then my heart nearly stopped when I saw Ottawa listed for October 23rd, til I realized it was Ottawa, Illinois. I'm very pissed now. The whole itinerary(like it's important if Ottawa ONTARIO isn't on it) is over here. The openers are Trevor Morgan(never heard of him) and Sarah Kelly(weirdish voice, good choruses).
Hardcore band Still Remains(outta Grand Rapids, Michigan, where my very mom is from!) have signed with the monolithic Roadrunner Records. I'm not gonna re-spew all the media hype about upcoming albums and producers and touring; just visit their website for all that. [hxc]
Posted by mike at September 21, 2004 11:53 PM