Morning kids. I did the drive-home/evening shows on CHRI here in Ottawa last night, this after not sleeping in the morning after working all night. Needless to say, I called in sick to my regular job last night, slept a lot, and now I'm refreshed - sort of. Night work sucks sometimes.
Tonight's Haste the Day with three others at Maverick's(221 Rideau downtown); it promises to be a good show, with Rosesdead coming up from Oakville with their new singer in tow. See y'all there. Look for a dude in a green Haylo Clothing hat with a very cute girl by his side(that would be Rachelle). Doors are at seven.
Oh, and to warm you up for The Juliana Theory's performance September 2nd, check out two new songs they've put up online, from their new album Deadbeat Sweetheart, coming out September 13th.
One of the two sweetdisaster principals, former webmaster(and co-creator) Dave Flikkema and his wife Kelly, moved to Australia last month to go to Bible school and be God's servants down under; check out their blog to keep track of the goings on, right to the left there.
Not to be outdone, our current webmaster, the esteemed Galen Broaddus(like the Flikkemas, he and his wife Courtney are expecting their first child!!), has a blog of his own, this a space for the skeptic in all of us, provoking intelligent thought and interaction. Check out The Christian Cynic and have your say!
One of our recent review subjects, Sivion, has a song called 'Father Time' up for debate online over here. It comes from Mood Enhancement, and regardless of my minor quibbles with production and 'interludes' on said album, this cat can rhyme real nice.
Apparently last week ESPN aired an episode of ESPN Hollywood, a show "similar to Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood but with a decidedly sports-centered flavor". So it's basically crap television. However! The episode in question featured Indiana Pacers star Ron Artest and rapper T-Bone, who's featured on Artest's upcoming 'album'(I say that with a certain degree of skepticism, for obvious reasons - what kind of rap comes from a guy who throttled fans in Detroit last year?). Artest returned the favour, appearing in the new Bone video in anticipation of his seventh album Bone-A-Fide, due out September 27th. [Renown]
Lots of hiphop today - so here's some more: check out the shrt top-right over here, modeled, of course, after London's Underground subway system. I want one of those shirts!
The new Project 86 song they promised to put up last week shows promise; 'Sincerely, Ichabod' sounds, well, not a lot like their first two albums, but better than a lot of their last one. Check it out.]
I don't generally go in for music videos(video killed the radio star and all that); I just don't respond to visual arts as much as music, I guess. Nothing wrong with them whatsoever(minus some of the crap you see in the hiphop field), but yeah, I just don't really get into them. That being said, Underoath's piece for 'It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door' caught my eye with its use of colour and seasonal contrast. I like it. Check it out for yourself over here. [hxc
I had a chance to listen to the new From Autumn to Ashes album on my boss Tom's brand-new iPod(his girlfriend of one year really loves him!), and it's good. 'Vicious Cockfight' really stood out with its terrorizing riff, and overall, everything FATA have done is done better here, especially the clean vocals. Well done.
Speaking of terrorizing, check this out; more Hellfest fallout. This gets more and more ridiculous by the day. The organizer commandering the Hellfest-sponsored school bus and running wild around the arena? Madness.
I've never had any dealings with the guy, but Victory Records owner Tony Brummel seems to a heck of a guy; this time around he's pissed because Warner Bros., who signed former Victory flagship band Taking Back Sunday a while back, have certified Where You Want To Be(released last year by Victory) as Gold Status(500,000 copies sold) as of July 6th. Brummel says Victory still owns that record, and as such only he could authorize the certification. Now he wants Billboard magazine never again to mention any Victory ads, ever. Awesome. [truthexplosion]
Wow: Copeland(whose praises I shall sing forever!!) are doing a mini-tour with the legendary Bob Mould(Husker Du/Sugar). How 'bout that:
10/04 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
10/05 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
10/07 – Washington D.C. @ 9:30 Club
[buzzgrinder]
If you're planning on seeing As I Lay Dying open for Slipknot between October 14th-18th, AILD won't be there - however, all is not lost, for you get The Dillinger Escape Plan instead. Not a bad tradeoff at all, if you ask me. Which nobody did. [theprp]
Oooooooooh, baby: the new Cave In album Perfect Pitch Black can be sampled online over here, and kids, lemme tell you, it kills. I like the 'new' Cave In style more than their more metallic older work, but even if you disagree, there's a hugely harder edge to this new album(back to the roots), so that'll keep the metalheads happy while maintaining the great sense of melody. Wow.
October 25th will see the new record from Demon Hunter, called The Triptych, and on it will be - get this - a Prong cover('Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck'. WELL then. Three covers are being made for this record, and since two of the DH work professionally in multimedia, they'll be stellar; check them out over here.
Relient K performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Is there anywhere they're not performing these days? Like Alternative Press said in the new issue, "if you're not into Relient's brand of pop-punk, stay away from TV. And Warped tour. And the radio."
EA Games has a new one out called Burnout Revenge; I have no idea what kind of game it is(I assume a skate game), but the soundtrack will have a new track from Yellowcard as well as established material from Comeback Kid, Pennywise and more. The game is for PS2/X-Box and comes out September 13th. [punknews]
Mae is going on a huge headlining tour this fall with openers Circa Survive, Mute Math and others. The dates(all fifty thousand of them) are over here, and I just think it's awesome that Mute Math are gonna get widespread exposure. They will blow minds on this tour, mark my words.
Gotee Records has put out word that Mars Ill's Pro*Pain album, having been delayed forever(it was due out originally a year ago), will probably be "reworked" for a 2006 release. Unbelievable. I feel for Manchild and Dust. [jesusfreakhideout]
Posted by mike at August 24, 2005 01:44 PM