At last night's Comeback Kid/Bane/Strung Out show - and I know this because I received a phone call immediately after their set - CBK vocalist Scott Wade was a no-show, with guitarist/former Figure Four vocalist Andrew Neufeld holding down the front of the stage, while a replacement guitarist for him plugged away. When asked where Wade was, the crowd received this as an answer: "He's getting a haircut." Fishy. The set was apparently amazing nonetheless. sweetdisaster Big Cheese and correspondent Rachelle were at her church watching Ottawa's My Dad vs. Yours and Expatriates along with Toronto's Airfields and Diableros in a far more sedate, intimate setting. Good times had by all.
Speaking of Comeback Kid and Figure Four, from our boy Armin in Winnipeg comes word that last week's mention(at this same show with Bane and Strung Out) of a possible Figure Four reunion/farewell show is no joke. That email address again, if you wanna campaign for either/or cause: xpipesx@hotmail.com.
Floodgate Records' Forever Changed are working on their new record in studio with the help of producer Jeremy Griffiths(Moments In Grace), but that'll have to wait a bit, as the band is hitting the road next weekend for two weeks with Showbread and Yesterday's Rising. Tour dates over here.
Speaking of Floodgate, they recently licensed Life In Your Way's last album Ignite and Rebuild and while I'd never heard the album when Indianola Recs was in charge of it, it is a solid piece of work. Genuinely mixing their hardcore roots with beautiful guitar work(so many hooks, kids, I'm telling you), LIYW could be poised for large-scale renown - finally.
The Insyderz, one of the bands who provided a high-school soundtrack for me, played their last show last weekend. R.I.P.
There are rumours afoot(emanating, suspiciously enough, from Texas...we see you, Cobbell!) that The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between the Buried and Me and Horse the Band will be here in Ottawa come November. Keep your eyes peeled!
More later.
Posted by mike at October 1, 2005 03:54 PM