Hey, kids.
Edmonton and outlying areas, pay attention: Harvest Moon Festival 2K5 is going down next weekend in your 'hood. Check the lineup of mainstagers(sickness all around): Project 86, Thousand Foot Krutch, Starfield, Anberlin, Greg Sczebel, LA Symphony, Mute Math, Kiros and Kids In The Way. I'd go so far as to say this is the biggest festival of its kind in Canada. The website has all the information. I wish I could go. The drama surrounding the lineup has been intense; apparently Starflyer 59, Terminal and Rock 'N Roll Worship Circus were all originally booked for this thing and bailed for various reasons, and Number One Gun are still being negotiated with. Oh, the headaches that must accompany organizing something like this. Oi.
Hurricane Katrina's wreckage continues to be front-page news worldwide; if I could quit my job for two weeks and fly down to help, you wouldn't even be reading this. Donate. Pray. Pray some more.
With Honor have a new record called This Is Our Revenge coming October 18th, and a new track from said record called 'Like Trumpets' has surfaced on their purevolume page The Connecticut quintet have developed a nice sense of melody - but the straight-edge hardcore fury will never die!!! [theprp]
Terror have given internet notice(of course it's true - it's on the internet!!) that they'll hopefully hit the studio next February to record their second Trustkill Records album. One With The Underdogs was a great record.
When Beloved broke up in January, rumours were already afoot of a new project called Advent - and now it's fact: check out some new music from Advent over here. Traces of Beloved remain(especially in the guitar parts), but dang, this new rock blows minds, baby.
The Juliana Theory may not have been able to play here in Ottawa last night, but they've released a statement concerning the horrific events in the southern US: "The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina is unfathomable. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrible tragedy. We hope aid reaches everyone that is still so desperately in need. To help, we are donating a portion of the proceeds from of our online merchandise sales to the American Red Cross. The donation will be sent to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund which provides disaster aid including food, shelter, counseling and other assistance to those in need. To donate directly, click here."
Lujo Records, which is based in Lousiana though head chief Erik Aucoin moved to Washington, DC a while back, had this to say: "Please keep the people of Louisiana in your prayers as my home state goes through this devastation. Thankfully my family is safe. As many of you know Lujo is still headquartered out of Louisiana despite my move to Washington DC. Starting right now a portion of all sales from the Lujo Webstore will be donated to the Red Cross. The percentage will start at ten percent; if we can, we will up it soon. I was supposed to be in New Orleans today...not sure when I'll see home again." [phantomtollbooth]
Slide guitar phenom Robert Randolph and his Family Band appear on Eric Clapton's new album, which was released this week; the band will also hit the tour circuit with this dude Santana(oh that guy) September 15th. A new album will be due next year. In the meantime, track down a copy of Unclassified(2004).
This is exciting this lovely Saturday afternoon: Caedmon's Call's next project, a continuation of 2003's In The Company of Angels called The World Will Sing, will be out in March of 2006. I'll buy it, like I've bought all their records for the better part of the last decade. Christian pop doesn't get better than this.
Posted by mike at September 3, 2005 02:45 PM