We posted the trailer over here

Other upcoming dates:
Sept 29th Fredricton NB– Capital Bar w/ Windom Earle
Oct 7th Sudbury ON–Townehouse Tavern w/ OX, Old Youth
Oct 10th Regina SK–Laxy Owl w/ Bend Sinister, Sylvie
Oct 11th Calgary AB–Broken City w/Bend Sinister
Oct 12th Canmore AB–The HO w/ Bogart, Moongoose
Oct 13th Edmonton AB–Black Dog Freehouse–Matinee 4-6
Oct 14th Prince George BC–Artspace
Oct 17th Kelowna BC–Whitehouse Gallery w/Chet, Away Rio
Oct 18th Vancouver BC–Hokos w/ Collapsing Opposites
Oct 19th Victoria BC–Logans w/ Away Rio
Oct 20th Langley BC–TBA
Oct 24th Fernie BC–Royal Hotel
Oct 25th Nelson BC–Royal Hotel
Oct 27th Edmonton–Matinne Black Spot cafe
Edmonton–Evening Wunderbar w/HottPanda
Oct 28th Saskatoon SK– House Show
Nov 1st Sault Ste Marie ON–Earache Records
Nov 3rd Hamilton ON–Pepperjacks Cafe w/Sweet Homewreckers
Nov 8th Toronto ON- the Boat
Nov 9th Guelph ON–Albion Hotel
Nov 10th Brantford ON– Ford Plant
Nov 16th Peterborough ON- Montreal House w/Sweet Homewreckers
Nov 17th Northbay ON–Bull and Quench
Nov 23rd Oshwa ON–Velvet Elvis w/Human Kebab, Poor Pelly
Nov 24th Waterloo ON–Trepid House

Buying an album you’re never heard as a means of checking out a band is sketchy.
- Ryan “Chicky” Brown, drummer for Glory Glory Man United

We concur.

P.S. We mentioned Lions In The Street today in another post - follow the links off that post to download a free EP from those guys.

The 2007 Halifax Pop Explosion podcasts—produced by the Halifax Pop Explosion and hosted by The Coast—will feature local and performing bands with a new podcast every week leading up to the festival, October 16-20, 2007.

Download Podcast #1 (mp3)
Featuring, In-Flight Safety, Baby Eagle, The Superfantastics, Two Hours Traffic and Contrived

or Subscribe to the Podcast: feed://www.thecoast.ca/rawfiles/hpx07.rss
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Check out the Halifax Pop Explosion schedule
And check out a listing of acts performing:

East Coast acts
A/V - www.myspace.com/avhotaction
Blue Heeler
Construction Destruction - www.myspace.com/davidtrenaman
David Myles - www.davidmyles.com
Die Brucke - www.myspace.com/diexbrucke
The Divorcees - www.thedivorcees.com
Dog Day - www.dogdaymusic.com
Eric’s Trip - www.myspace.com/ericstriphome
The First Aid Kit - www.myspace.com/thefirstaidkit
The Fussy Part - www.thefussypart.com
Gloryhound and the Skyhawks - www.myspace.com/gloryhoundandtheskyhawks
The Got To Get Got - www.myspace.com/gottogetgot
Grand Theft Bus - www.grandtheftbus.com
Great Plains - www.myspace.com/greatplainsband
Husband Knife - www.divorcerecords.ca/bandpages/husband.htm
I See Rowboats - www.iseerowboats.com
In-Flight Safety - www.inflightsafety.ca
Joel Plaskett - www.joelplaskett.com
Jordan Croucher - www.myspace.com/jordancroucher
Laura Peek and the Winning Hearts - www.justfriends.ca/peek
The Memories Attack - www.myspace.com/thememoriesattack
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - www.mattmays.com
The Olympic Symphonium - www.myspace.com/theolympicsymphonium
Play Guitar - www.myspace.com/playguitarplayguitar
Save September - www.myspace.com/saveseptember
Share - www.myspace.com/andrewsisk
Shotgun Jimmie - www.shotgunjimmie.com
The Sleepless Nights – www.myspace.com/thesleeplessnights
The Stance - www.thestance.ca
The Superfantastics - www.thesuperfantastics.com
Their Majesties - www.theirmajesties.com
Tom Fun Family Orchestra - www.tomfun.ca
Torso - www.divorcerecords.ca/bandpages/torso.htm
Two Hours Traffic - www.twohourstraffic.com
Vennt - www.myspace.com/vennt
VKNGS - www.vkngs.com
Windom Earle - www.windomearle.com

National acts
Aids Wolf - www.myspace.com/aidswolf
Apostle of Hustle - www.arts-crafts.ca/apostleofhustle
Attack In Black - www.attackinblack.com/
Baby Eagle - www.myspace.com/dreambabyeagledream
Barmitzvah Brothers - www.thebarmitzvahbrothers.com
The Besnard Lakes - www.thebesnardlakes.com
The Bicycles - www.thebicycles.ca
Buried Inside - www.buriedinside.com/
Casey Baker and the Buffalo Sinners - www.myspace.com/caseybakermusic
David Picco - www.myspace.com/davidpicco
The Dudes - www.thedudes.ca
The Forest City Lovers - www.playthetriangle.com
Foxfire Forest - www.myspace.com/foxfireforest
Germans - www.naturesmouth.com/
Kill The Lights - www.killthelights.ca
Land of Talk - www.landoftalk.com
Lil’ Andy - www.lilandy.net
Melissa McClelland - www.melissamcclelland.com
Miracle Fortress - www.myspace.com/miraclefortress
The Most Serene Republic - www.themostserenerepublic.com
Mother Mother - www.mothermothersite.com
Measured in Angles - www.myspace.com/measuredinangles
Northern Chorus - www.anorthernchorus.com
Orillia Opry - www.shipsatnight.com/SANorillia.htm
Ox - www.oxmusic.ws/main.html
Pride Tiger - www.myspace.com/pridetiger
Ruby Coast - www.myspace.com/rubycoast
Saint Alvia Cartel - www.myspace.com/thesaintalviacartel
Shapes and Size - www.shapesandsizes.ca/
The Small Sins - www.smallsinsmusic.com
Tegan Sara - www.teganandsara.com
These Electric Lives - www.theseelectriclives.com/
Two Minute Miracles - www.twominutemiracles.com
United Steelworkers of Montreal - www.uswm.ca
Wil - www.ibreakstrings.com
Young Galaxy - www.arts-crafts.ca/younggalaxy

International
Brother Ali - www.brotherali.com
Damien Alexander - www.dammienalexander.com
The Heights - www.myspace.com/theheightsuk
Moist Towelettes - www.themoisttowelettes.jp
Northern State - www.northernstate.net/
Old Time Relijun - www.krecs.com/oldtimerelijun
Shawn Fogel - www.shawnfogel.com
Sole and the Skyrider Band - www.myspace.com/soleandtheskyriderband
The Zoobombs - www.thezoobombs.com

We were on 604 and Universal in Canada, and they’ve gone out of their way to make life difficult for us lately
- Chris Kinnon singer/guitarist for Lions In The Street

Now I would pay BIG money to see a literal example of this post’s title but I expect that will never happen.

What will happen, on October 30th, is that CK+lawyer’s label 604 Records will release an album under the name Lions In The Street.
The issue being the band recorded said album two years ago when they were signed as The Years. And subsequently dropped.

All round a shit thing to do - from the perspective of running a business I would never trust them as they see nothing wrong packaging an album as something it is not (release it as The Years with stickers indicating who the band is now if they need to put it out that bad)

From the perspective of LITS fans I would hate 604 Records. As a music fan, I am assuming at least one remains at 604 - I am also baffled at how they can justify this as fans themselves.

We’re not embarrassed by the record. It’s just not us. It’s not Lions In The Street. It’s The Years. And it’s a great record. When we made it we were really proud, and it broke our hearts when they wouldn’t release it. They wouldn’t even let us finish it.

Lions In The Streets have been building a solid reputation for themselves over the last several months - their name has popped up numerous times in all manner of places from industry trades to blogs - here’s hoping this experience only helps to propel the band forward with the music they are making today.

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Wanna Be Your Friend - A Tribute To The Inbreds
Murder She Wrote - Self Titled
the first aid kit - rocket summer EP
talk sick - waste
Myles Deck and the Fuzz - Beware! The Fuzz (CDs and vinyl woot!)

PLUS: FREE stuff from Mint Records - zines and samplers featuring music from a lot of great acts I was aware of but never had listened to and a few new discovers (yay free samplers).

PLUS: Shirts from Ermine and Thy Flesh Consumed (shirts coming for the Fuzz and GGMU soon too!)

The ECHO Songwriting Prize is taking votes (deadline September 28, 2007) for “the most innovative, creative and artistic songs created in the past year by emerging songwriters in Canada.” The songwriter will receive a $5,000 and, according to an article in the fall issue of Socan’s Words & Music, there had been two local songs in the running (In-Flight Safety’s “Lost (The March Song)” & Great Plains “Unnatural”). The jurors whittled it down to the following 5:

• Nathan’s “Scarecrow”
• Chad VanGaalen’s “Graveyard”
• Feuermusik’s “Doppelspiel”
• Abdominal’s “Pedal Pusher”
• The Besnard Lakes’ “Devastation”

Erin Costelo to release debut EP, The Trouble & the Truth
The Music Room, Saturday, September 15, 8pm

(Halifax, NS) – Singer/songwriter Erin Costelo will be releasing her debut EP, The Trouble & the Truth, at The Music Room (6181 Lady Hammond Road) on Saturday, September 15, 8pm. The show will also feature an opening set from Al Tuck and No Action.

From the first few ghostly notes of Erin Costelo’s The Trouble & The Truth, the mood is set for a unique artistic experience. Made up of piano led compositions that divide their focus between jazz informed songwriting and playful experimental arrangements, the album’s seven tracks dodge any kind of convention. Costelo’s warm and accomplished vocals blanket each track in a hushed intimacy as her lyrics deliver a hard won perspective rare this early in an artist’s career.

With tips of the hat to everything from Tom Waits to Brill Building pop, The Trouble & The Truth is a timeless collection of songs that strives well beyond the standard.

The album features guest performances from Al Tuck, Lukas Pearse, Andrew Glencross, Caleb Hamilton, Gillian Costelo, Alex Porter, Ron Koop, Bernard Kehler.

Admission to the show is $12 and $20 with a CD. Tickets available at the door.

For more information on Erin Costello, visit: www.myspace.com/erincostelomusic or www.erincostelo.ca

Update: Turns out demand must have been higher than expected…that will cost you $7 (details here).

Team Willow is taking the next logical step in co-habitation. No, the roommates of 6015 Willow Street in Halifax are not getting married…they are releasing an action-packed DVD that will capture a portion of the local music scene like never before. Considering the talent that has passed through that place (Paul Hammond, Michael Catano, Jeff Parker, Mark Black, Greg Boone, and Stephan MacLeod for starters) and the various connections to the TV/Film world, this should be an amazing performance film. It features 20 bands playing in various rooms of the Willow Street household over August 24-26, 2007. No release information is available as of now, but here are some behind the scenes photos (and a breakdown by day 1, 2, & 3).

The bands showcased in this ambitious project include The Stolen Minks, Die Brücke, The Medium Mood, The Holy Shroud, The Got To Get Got, The Memories Attack, A History Of, Dog Day, Play Guitar, The Hold, Prisoners, North Of America, The Hold, Ov Gramme, The Just Barelys, Tomcat Combat, The Maynards, The Superfantastics, Windom Earle, Take On Me, and VKNGS. I promise to pass on more info as it becomes available.

Speaking of DVDs, the cover for the upcoming B.A. Johnson 2-day live at Gus’ pub spectacular This Is What 110% Smells Like (trailer) has hit the net. Take a look at the madness:

Performances by the Stance, the Just Barelys, Old Man Luedecke, Die Brucke, Brent Randall & His Pinecones, Windom Earle and the Maynards were captured at the event celebrating “eight years of touring the country and releasing four albums”. Tour dates in support of the release include:

Sept 18th: Sackville NB - Duckys w/ Bloodshot Bill
Sept 19th: Sydney NS - Upstairs Club w/ Bloodshot Bill
Sept 20th: Cornerbrook NFLD - Casual Jacks w/ Bloodshot Bill + Mountain and the Trees
Sept 21st: St. Johns NFLD - Ship w/ Bloodshot Bill + the Idlers
Sept 22nd: St. Johns NFLD - CBTGS w/ Bloodshot Bill + Mountains and the Trees
Sept 26th: Moncton NB - Paramount w/ Bloodshot Bill
Sept 27th: Charlottetown PEI - Babas Lounge w/ Bloodshot Bill + Windom Earle
Sept 28th: Halifax NS - Gus Pub w/ Bloodshot Bill + Die Brucke + Windom Earle + Thesis Sahib
Sept 29th: Fredricton NB - Capital Bar w/ Bloodshot Bill + Windom Earle

Here is an interesting QuickTime version (and stills) of Jill Barber’s song “Hardline” that was directed by Sara St Onge (Final Fantasy, Gentleman Reg, Ghettosocks, The Diableros). Any explanations or theories that relate to the meaning would be greatly appreciated.