I. Am. So. Excited.

So many new records are coming out in the next little while. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a total music geek and completely spazz out from happiness when I get news from my favourite bands. Even more important than new albums are the accompanying tours. Eeeeek!!!


Rise Against - Endgame

March 15

I love these guys. They're probably my favourite live band ever. They always put on such a phenomenal show. Some of my best summertime memories involve the Rise Against pit.
Foo Fighters - ???

April ???

There is no name or release date set for the new Foo Fighters album, but they have recorded one, and I can't wait. I do have a physical bucket list, and seeing the Foo Fighters live is absolutely on it.

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City And Colour

A) New record in the works, need I say more? Don't even get me started. Go here for updates. It's my new addiction. I check it at least five times a day. I'm a loser. I'll stop now.

B) 2008's Bring Me Your Love has finally been pressed on vinyl. It's definitely one of my fave 3 records of all time. Yes, I know that's a bold statement, but I just love it- and I love limited edition vinyl. My order has been placed for the limited edition white and red swirled variant for 2 months now. Here's to hoping it will be here before the weekend.


Juno Awards

I'm a huge CanRock fan. Canadian rock. Canadian music all together, actually. Every year I sit on the couch with a bunch of snacks and watch the Juno Awards from start to finish. I've always said that when it finally comes to Toronto, I will be there no matter what the price. But now it is on its way, and I'm disappointed. I couldn't give two shits about any of the performers, all the years best records were left out of the nominations, and details about the Juno Week events are few and far between. There's no way in hell I'm paying over $200 to see Hedley. Fuck that. I saw them open for Simple Plan when I was 12. It was painful then, and they've only gotten worse. Depending on who is announced to be part of the Songwriters Circle at Massey Hall, I may or may not attend. I'm not up for shelling out $55+ to see Johnny Reid host some bullshit. But still, I will watch the awards. I can't not.

Score!

I have this really weird habit. I don't even understand it myself. Anytime I go into a music store, I obsessively check the bins of all my favourite bands, even when I know that I own all their releases. It doesn't really make sense. I don't know what exactly I'm expecting to find when I do this, but I do it nevertheless. Maybe I'm hoping that for some ridiculous reason HMV would have that long out of press self-released demo CD that that obscure indie band released six years ago, that now goes for $200 on eBay. Maybe I'm just a dork and I like to look through all the album art and think "Yep, I have that one, and that one, and that one." There's really no logic behind it.

There used to be this used CD store down the street from my house called Deja Vu Discs. It was old and scummy and dirty, and had the lingering spell of a hospital during dinner time. It seemed that all the employees were mentally handicapped, not that it matters to me, but they were pretty incompetant when it came to helping you find something. I was a young kid at the time and was frightened by the staff, and the smell, and it seemed like not a whole lot of people knew or cared about the place. Several years ago it closed down but I found out that it is actually a small chain throughout Southwestern Ontario. The next closet location to me in North York and though I've been there a few times, I found it to be much like the other location- smells like mold, and full of retards, but today, I was in the area, so I figured why not just run in quickly and see if there's anything worth having?

Well here I am, going through my routine nerdiness in the punk section. "Alexisonfire? Have it, have it, have it." "Blink-182? Have it, hate it, have it." "Cancer Bats? Have it, have it, hav.... What the hell? This can't be what I think it is. Holy crap, it is!" I found the long out of print self-titled, self-released first EP by the Cancer Bats. Best part of all? The $5.99 price sticker. Mine! Once I got home, I checked online and confirmed that this is indeed limited to 1000 and long out of production.

As I walk around the other side of the shelf to keep looking I casually walk past the "Compilations" section. Comps aren't my thing. I'd rather make my own playlist. I mean they were cool when you were 8 and they featured all the newest pop hits, but this is 2010 and I have iTunes. As I walk past it, something catchs the corner of my eye. I see the word "Bedlam". What? No way! It's "Bedlam Society Mixed Tape Vol. 1". If you don't know what I'm talking about, you won't care, so I won't bother explaining it. People who love Alexisonfire and related bands know what a significant piece of Dine Alone Records history this is. Collectors look for this CD like crazy. I am not a collector. I've never quite understood the whole collecting thing, and quite honestly I couldn't afford to if I wanted to. But at $7.99, I just couldn't leave it sitting on the shelf there. I really wish there was a way of knowing how long these two gems sat in the store unwanted and overlooked by everyone.

Well this was certainly a nice surprise an hour after being hit with a $155 vet bill. My poor doggie is sick... again. I figure I lived this long without owning these two pieces, and I'm okay continuing on this way. Besides, I already have the Cancer Bats EP on vinyl. They will be going on eBay soon where a fanatic can get stoked and enjoy them and I can take care of Joey's needs. Not a bad day overall.