Lucerin Blue are easily among the best bands there is in terms of keeping their fans updated via email; this latest details the still-upcoming new album The Dying Words of A Failed Artist(it'll be out whenever the producer they're working with can get it finished), a new website in the near future, and of course, a ton of shows:
April 15th
Victoria Park Pavillion, Kitchener
w/Farewell to Freeway, Wheels On The Bus, War Against Amy and A Failure For Every Season
Doors @ 7
$8 in advance, $10 at the door
Tickets @ Encore Records and Orange Monkey
May 21
Paramount Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan
w/Kutless, Delirious?, Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys
canadaswonderland.com for more details
There are a bunch more shows, but all featuring bands I've never heard of, and it's really time-consuming to html-tag tons of bands and links and stuff. Lucerin Dot Com has alllll the info.
Word from Toronto and sd contributor DJ Omnifik(get well soon, brother Dave) is that Relient K were spotted on a Doritos commercial recently, airing on MuchMusic; the band spouted off the bands they've recently toured with(none as big as their upcoming trek with Simple Plan and Good Charlotte), and that they're Canadian. They are? I know singer Matt Thiessen was born in Ste Catharines, but...I bet they're saying it so Canadian kids with Much-bred tastes will adore them.
Hey, this just in: speaking of Delirious?, which we briefly were, they're gonna be in Montreal May 20th at the Palais de Congres. No other info to report. Find out for yourself. Everyone has the internet now.
And while we're on that note, some other quick shows to keep your calendar clear for: Comeback Kid will be in Ottawa twice in the next month; next Friday(April 15th), and then May 13th with Terror and Sinai Beach. Moneen are here April 15th. Kiros are here May 7th. Onlyforward will play Cafe Dekcuf downtown April 30th. There you go.
Maryland's xLookingForwardx have signed with Facedown Records. There's a big email about it, but that's the basic premise.
The new effort from Jars of Clay, called Redemption Songs, takes thirteen classic hymns and retools them into a contemporary style of JOC-flavoured music. Now that the hyperbole is out of the way, lemme tell you who's on the record as guests: Sara Kelly, Delirious' Martin Smith, and the Blind Boys of Alabama(always a winner). The record came out last month; go get it. [renown]
Hey, finally: Ottawa's own ilubricateyou is up and running. Check out the interview with Slug from Atmosphere.
Posted by mike at April 11, 2005 08:10 PM