A local show here in Ottawa we wanna get the word out on: Farewell to Freeway are coming up from southern Ontario to rock a show at Club SAW(67 Nicholas downtown). Openers are Motorcycle Drive By, In Safe Hands, Blaisedale and Arise & Ruin(not necessarily in that order). Seven pm, eight bucks at the door.
A couple dudes from Showbread(I still don't get their schtick, but that's irrelevant) have started up what they're calling a "horror-punk" band called The Living Dead. Labeled as a punk band heavily influenced by horror movies(not my bag), hence the moniker. If you're down, check out their stuff over myspace. [truthexplosion]
Toronto band The Midway State seemingly dropped out of sight the last year or two, but recently played an EMI Records showcase where the band announced their signing for a rumoured half-million dollars. That's impressive for a piano-rock band.
Norma Jean's new record, due out in August, will be called Redeemer. That's according to unverified sources, so if it's wrong, we'll find out and fix it.
Along with an unexpected visit to Ottawa where they'll play the...Bluesfest? Weird. Anyway, Anberlin will be in town July 15th for the festival slot, and have announced that on the 31st of that month will begin recording their third album for Tooth & Nail Records, again with Aaron Sprinkle producing.
A crazy metal/hardcore band outta the UK, Johnny Truant, have signed with Ontario label Dine Alone(The Fullblast, City And Colour). I caught their act a couple months ago at SAW and they're truly out of their minds. Great show.
Rise Against and Billy Talent both have new albums coming this summer.
Dashboard Confessional will be in Canada June 30th through July 9th, with the aforementioned City and Colour opening, along with Say Anything and a guy named John Ralston:
June 30 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 1 - London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
July 3 - Thunder Bay, ON @ Community Auditorium
July 4 - Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Convention Centre
July 7 - Calgary, AB @ Jack Singer Hall
July 9 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza of Nations(City and Colour will not appear on
this date)
Hardcore kids, heads up: Terror and Death Before Dishonor are gonna be in Ottawa July 4th at Babylon. [lambgoat]
Facedown Records has signed a major distribution deal with RED, who also do US/Canada distro for Trustkill, Ferret, Metal Blade, Equal Vision, Victory, The Militia Group and a lot more. That's big for the Facedown kids.
Score one for Tooth & Nail, as they've re-signed Underoath, who elected to stay 'indie' despite the wining and dining of major labels. Sayeth the band: “Major labels, I think, as a whole, don't really get it a lot of times. They don't understand how bands like us work. They understand how Madonna works and how 50 Cent can sell 8 million records. But they don't get heavy bands. We don't really agree with a lot of the business practices major labels employ sometimes. We weren't feeling what they wanted us to do. But we got a lot of free dinners out of it. We told our manager to set up meetings with whoever asked, because we like free food. Free dinners are always a good thing." Awesome. [buzzgrinder]
...and if you're interested, here's the cover art for Underoath's newest, Define The Great Line. How very dark and forbidding.
What the...from aversion by way of buzzgrinder comes words that The Lemonheads('Mrs. Robinson', anyone?) have been lured out of a long retirement by...Vagrant Records? That's unexpected.
Posted by mike at May 1, 2006 04:20 PM