Cape Breton’s Slowcoaster recently took a break from criss-crossing the country to record its first live album. Acoustic Live takes a look back at the last nine years of the band, delivering an acoustic slant on some of the group’s earliest work including tracks like Moth Caught, Washing Machine, Violent Sister and 420/421.
Acoustic Live was recorded in November at Riverview Rural High School in Coxheath, N.S. The performance was recorded by Jamie Foulds and Albert Lionais and mastered at Soundpark Studios.
Acoustic Live is available for digital purchase in a variety of formats here.
Jon Mullane releases new video
Halifax rock singer Jon Mullane recently released his new music video for upcoming single Sin City. The single and video are included on his new album Shift, due for release this month.
Haligonians are sure to recognize many of the downtown locales in the video. The video can be seen here.
Last Call Chernobyl join Warped Tour
Halifax-based metal band Last Call Chernobyl recently announced the tour dates they will be playing for the 2010 Vans Warped Tour.
After having won the Warped Tour Battle of the Bands at Nova Scotia Music Week in November, the band initially believed they would be performing at four dates in the northeast with the Warped Tour, but have recently found out they will be playing 12 dates all across the U.S. and Canada with such established acts as Every Time I Die, The All-American Rejects, Reel Big Fish, and Andrew W.K. throughout June and July.
Set to release its debut album in time for the tour, Last Call Chernobyl will be taking to the stage with some of the loudest and heaviest acts from across the continent and intend to prove that they can stand alongside of the best of them this summer.
Formed in late 2007, Last Call Chernobyl has shared the stage with such acts as Means, Orchidʼs Curse, We The Undersigned and others.
D5R keeps on growing
Ever-growing heavy music label Diminished Fifth Records out of Nova Scotia (which is nominated for an East Coast Music Award for Record Label of the Year) has signed two more acts to its roster of bands. Late in 2009, the label signed New Brunswick thrash band Rusted Dawn. Just this week, the label announced the signing of The.Daisy.Anthesis.
Rusted Dawn emerged in 2004, releasing two independent EPs and touring Canada since. The band’s debut full-length The Black Tides of War is scheduled for a spring release via D5R.
Meanwhile, The.Daisy.Anthesis is also planning a spring album release. The band released a free download of the track Quietness to Pacify, a tune from the upcoming album Surface and the Sky, due in March.
Scott “Stooly” Miller from the band issued the following statement in a press release: “We’re really excited to be working with D5R for our debut album. It’s nice to work with someone who believes in us as much as we do. Surface and the Sky was recorded at The Recordio Studium and was done 100 per cent on our own, so we feel very strongly about our final product and we’re pumped that we have D5R to get it the attention it deserves.”
Atlantic rappers featured on compilation
This news comes out of Ottawa, but it features five east coast acts. Brockway Entertainment (run by east coaster Troy “Brockway Biggs” Neilson) has compiled its 23 favourite Canadian rap tracks of 2009 and packed them all onto one album. The ‘2010 Canadian Rap Future Superstars’ compilation is non-profit initiative aimed at providing exposure for up-and-coming Canadian rap artists.
The album can be downloaded for free here.
It features the following artists and tunes from the east coast:
Monark (Fredericton & Saint John) – Playground feat. Phakt
Hellafactz (Halifax) – Thought Of U feat Yvette Jarvis & Michael Beals
Ricca Razor Sharp (Calgary & Clarks Harbour, N.S.) – Rampage
Joe Buck (Halifax) – Who We Are feat Jay Bizzy
Ghettosocks (Halifax) – R. Kelly’s Ghostwriter Skit feat. Jordan Croucher
The diverse 2010 compilation features 34 Canadian artists and 24 Canadian beatmakers, spanning 11 Canadian cities.
The compilation idea began in 2003 as a handful of burnt CDs made by executive producer Troy Neilson for friends and family during the winter holidays. In 2005, Neilson made extra copies, which were sent to campus radio and other media outlets. Since then, the success of the compilation has continued to grow, while annually topping the campus radio rap charts.
Anyone interested in getting involved with next year’s compilation is encouraged to contact troy@brockwayent.com Artists wishing to be considered for next year’s compilation are encouraged to submit their music via SonicBids ( SonicBids.com/CanadianRapFutureSuperstars ) or by sending full CD to Brockway Ent., PO Box 90014, Ottawa, ON, K1V 1J8.
