Much love extended to two strong supporters of the sweetdisaster effort who we nearly lost: enforcer DJ Omnifik and all-around marvel Lindsay were involved in a nasty car wreck Saturday night in Toronto, and while the car is a writeoff and Omnifik has a very gangster concussion, everyone survived, thank a beneficent God. I love you both, guys.
So yours truly is campaigning real hard for a job at HMV, knowing full well that it would only be into January or so, but by that point I hope to have made myself essential to their business, so that my plan to slowly infiltrate more indie music back into the store will succeed. Just kidding, future bosses of mine! I know my place.
Killswitch Engage are gonna re-release their self-titled debut album through Ferret Records in January; the band's four-song demo tape will also be included, and the entire project'll be getting the new production courtesy of guitarist Adam D.(Norma Jean, He Is Legend). [noisetheory]
According to this, Sinai Beach have jumped ship from Facedown Records, having announced that their next album Immersed will be put out by Abacus/Century Media - an admittedly great label. I hope this means the production will be tons better than When Breath Escapes, because that wasn't so great. [hardcorechristian[
All those times I've thought how odd/rad it would be if Zao and the The Juliana Theory were to tour together? It's true: according to Sir Jorge of Culver at HCC, the two bands will be out together next year, sometime in early spring. I hopehopehope that hits Ottawa or hereabouts. Wow.
You know what's good? The new Relient K album. Amazing but true. At least the two snippets I heard of it last week were pretty tasty. I haven't paid attention to these guys since 'Hello McFly' was their big hit. Like five or six years ago.
And you know a band I really, really dig? Converge.
Behold: this is the first review I've read of the new U2 album(How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb came out last Tuesday) by a journalist who isn't from some mainstream outlet, and it's probably as close to true as you'll find, given what I've heard of the record. Read.
Don't much care about the band, but this news still sucks: Vines frontman Craig Nicholls has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a brain disorder that's similar to autism in that it makes communication difficult at times. The band has reached an agreement with their label that eases up on their touring schedule, letting Nicholls cope with the disease. We're with you, brother man. [aversion]
Know where anyone who's cool in Ottawa will be December 17th? At Club SAW(67 Nicholas) for punkottawa.com's Christmas bonanza!! Wheee! Check it: The Love Machine, Rivals, The Transit, We, The Accused and local Relapse Records heroes Buried Inside headlining and um "releasing" their new album Chronology. I for one am stoked.
Dude, you know who I loved back in the day? Collective Soul! And they have a new album out! Read the review. I think I'll go download this somewhere now. And yo, check the concluding sentence from the review, a smooth little Thanksgiving reference: "Youth is a lean, low-carb rock record that spares the guilt and doesn't sacrifice any flavor." I wish I was that good.
Another bullet for the underground: Death Cab For Cutie have signed with Atlantic Records...and you know who called Atlantic home for years? Collective Soul. Word. See how nicely I tied that all up?
Posted by mike at November 29, 2004 09:26 PM