Sup fuzzlings?
Long time no update around here. We'll fix that in short order.
The Big Cheese here at the D is a full-time college student as well as working evenings, so he's pretty damn busy - HOWEVER: feature interviews with Thrice, Strike Anywhere, Comeback Kid and Underoath are all on the way in the coming weeks. We've been busy 'round here.
...remember that Counting Crows tune "'Round Here"? Amazing song from an amazing record. Ah, nostalgia.
Side Walk Slam changed their name to Run Kid Run, added a member for extra audio punch and now sound exactly like Fall Out Boy. The things you learn working in top-forty Christian radio.
Speaking of Underoath as we were earlier, the lads from Tampa(minus keyboardist/sampler Chris Dudley, who broke his hand last weekend and returned to the Sunshine State) completely owned the Civic Centre here in Ottawa this past Tuesday. The kids were into openers Moneen and Silverstein(tragically, a friend of He Is Legend's camp back in the United States passed away, so they also returned south of the border), but it was Underoath who were the spectacle, and they did not disappoint. Playing a nice mix of material from the new album as well as They're Only Chasing Safety, and with a phenomenal light show behind them, they devastated and repped Christ from the stage, as is their custom. Outstanding.
Speaking of the overall subject of "shows", August Burns Red are coming back to decimate Ottawa for the second time this year, opening for Walls of Jericho next Wednesday, October 4th. C'mon out. And if you're listening to my metal show tomorrow night on CHRI FM here in Ottawa(streaming icon is up in the top right of the main page), I'll be doling out two tickets courtesy of the fine folks at punkottawa dot com.
Toronto veterans Barenaked Ladies have come a very long way from writing 'If I Had A Million Dollars', an ode to wistful thinking, funny references and Kraft Dinner, having sold millions of albums in the fifteen years since and making this jaded hardcore kid a genuine fan of their pop anthems. And now their new album Barenaked Ladies Are Me is available in - get this now - standard CD form, digital, a 27-song "deluxe" edition, single tracks, USB flash drives and even vinyl, all on the band's own Desperation Records. BNL decided they needed no major label help anymore and did this themselves, and for that they get mad pounds from us here at the D. [truthexplosion]
Damn it: Wheels On The Bus, one of the best bands in Ontario, have decided to call it a day. Frig! Ah well. I'll always have fond memories of a weekend tour through snowy rural Quebec with my boys in the defunct Is Grace Enough with WOTB opening the shows and killing it every night. R.I.P.
Posted by mike at September 28, 2006 10:10 PM