Some news via email from our pals at Smallman and Facedown Records has arrived! Woohoo! Everyone stop what you're doing and read on!!
Anyway, now that the sarcasm portion of the evening has passed, here's the news from Smallman Recs in Winnipeg:
- Our Mercury's debut album From Below is set to drop February 28th; the Edmonton band's twelve songs are sure to win us all over in fine fashion. Our Mercury'll be touring Canada beginning in late February, and there's some tunes here and here.
- Comeback Kid, the best hardcore band in existence today, are out doing what they do best(pretty much all they do, actually): touring. Everywhere. Keep an eye out, because unless you live on Neptune, you'll probably see your hometown on their tour itinerary soon.
- The much-delayed new album from Moneen, recorded with the renowned Brian McTernan, will be out ASAP on Vagrant Records. I'm excited.
- Sylvie and Ghosts of Modern Man are both touring Canada in the next month or two; I know March 1st I'll be downtown at Zaphod's watching the former.
- The Reason are getting ready to do a new album with producer Gavin Brown, who you've never heard of except in relation to the massive success Billy Talent enjoyed a couple years ago.
So that's the Smallman camp. Now for Facedown Records, straight outta Killa Cali:
- every single band on both Facedown and subsidiary Strikefirst Records are set to play this year's Facedown Fest out in CA; this will obviously be the largest such event in label history. March 31st-April 1st at the Glasshouse in Pomona, California would be a good place and location to be this spring.
- If you're down in Florida, No Innocent Victim are doing three shows this weekend with Seventh Star:
Jan. 20 - Ocala, FL @ Central Christian Church
Jan. 21 - W. Palm Beach, FL @ Ray's Downtown
Jan. 22 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
- There's a few dates left on the Nodes of Ranvier/Sinai Beach tour alongside August Burns Red and Oblige...man, that's a lot of quality metalcore. Peep this:
Jan. 20 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll Pizza
Jan. 21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound SF
Jan. 22 - Corona, CA @ Showcase Theatre