kMNR v2006.113 ~ "Who Are These Men Of Lust, Greed = And Glory?"

kMNR...=20 April 08, = 2006

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Deftones=20 Article Part 2
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Reasons Why = You=20 Should Attend Uprise!
New Hot = Hot Heat To Sound Like Black Sabbath Meets Flaming = Lips?
I= n=20 Stores Next Week
Chart's=20 Weekly CD Reviews
Upcomi= ng=20 Shows

More Conversation With = Frank=20 Delgado of the Deftones

Part Two of Two:

In last week's issue, I wrote about my = conversation with=20 sample's/keyboardist Frank Delgado of the Deftones,=20 highlighting their involvement in the Taste of = Chaos tour,=20 his role in the band and details of the forth-coming album. = This=20 week, we'll see what more he had to say about the recording of the = album,=20 rumours surrounding it and last year's CD/DVD release.

When asked about the public battle that singer = Chino=20 Moreno and producer Bob Ezrin engaged in last fall, = Delgado=20 opted out of commenting too much about it. =93Whatever their = relationship=20 is, I=92m not going to speak on it. Honestly, we had a certain = amount of=20 time to work with Bob and we exceeded that time, we weren=92t = finished when=20 we were supposed to be, as always. By that time, vocals were to be = started.=94 explained Delgado. =93Through the process of working = with Bob,=20 Chino could already tell that maybe he didn=92t want to start = working on=20 vocals with Bob, you know what I=92m saying? And Bob already had = prior=20 engagements.=94

Last week, Delgado outlined his evolving role = in the band=20 so that results in him writing with the band. This however = doesn't=20 include lyrics, as he informed me. "Lyrics are usually all = written=20 by Chino. I mean, they always are...and his process has = always been=20 he writes them last. Basically we all get in a room and we = just=20 start jamming. Some songs come faster than others; some you = beat to=20 death to try to get it to work," he said.

I asked Frank whether or not the band recorded = more=20 tracks than will appear on the album and he indicated that was not = the=20 case. "Some bands will do like, fifty songs and whittle it = down to=20 the best twelve or whatever. For us it's never like = that. As=20 many songs that are on the record that's pretty much what we've = hammered=20 out."

He did however tell me how much of the record = was written=20 and/or recorded in a number of places. "Y'know we had a = majority of=20 the record done before even getting in with Ezrin. This is = from at=20 home, this was in Malibu, we had tracked in a couple of different = others=20 places. We just went in there and kinda reworked those same = songs,=20 we actually wrote a couple of new ones. I think once we left = Connecticut and we all convened back in Sacramento with Bob I = think we=20 wrote a couple more there. So it's kinda cool that it's from = all=20 over the different places," he explains. "I think it's gonna = lend to=20 the whole feel of the record."

For those of you who have or will see them = perform at the=20 Taste Of Chaos (which included Thursday's show here in Calgary), = you'll be=20 happy to know that they are playing some of this new = material. =20 "We're real excited to tour on it. We've been playing about = two new=20 songs a night...going over really well."

Look for a live review of their Calgary Taste = of Chaos=20 performance in the next week or two and hopefully we'll soon be = hearing=20 about the new album.

Inner Surge Rocks = The=20 Underground...TWICE!

Wrapping up three weeks in a row of Inner = Surge=20 coverage is this week's live review of their CD release party = at The=20 Underground.

Opening up for the Calgary band were Screams = of=20 Silence and Revolution. The former being a = six-piece with=20 two singers; one melodic (Jordan Carriere) and one = employing the=20 screaming vocals of today's punk bands (Ian Preston who was = clad in=20 a "Highway 420 t-shirt). They performed quite well showing = that=20 these guys are serious about what they do. With a polished = sound=20 that screams "we practice our asses off", this local Calgary band = looks as=20 if they're ready to take on the world. Unfortunately, the = songs=20 lacked that hook that made a new listener stand up and take = serious=20 notice. Despite that, they played to the crowd very well and = were=20 very energetic on stage. Of course, like most good indie = bands,=20 check out some of their work at MySpace.

Before the stage was to be graced by Inner = Surge, Revolution=20 arrived with a look reminiscent of a NIN concert; all dressed in = black=20 with long black hair (save the drummer, unless he tucked his long = black=20 hair under his cap). NIL did his best impression of = Mr.=20 Reznor showcasing his tortured vocals and sporadic keyboard = playing while=20 EGO sported a Mars Volta t-shirt whilst playing his = bass=20 with a demonic look on his face. Guitarist SURGE and = drummer=20 WHITE RABBIT were equally intense. Musically, the = songs were=20 good yet once again didn't really stand out from the crowd. = They=20 were certainly tight though and I must say that they gained some = huge=20 points when they did an impressive cover of The Beatles' = I Want=20 You (She's So Heavy). A goth metal band covering a = Beatles=20 song? Fantastic!

When Inner Surge hit the stage it was obvious who = most people=20 at The Underground were there to see. They started off = surprisingly=20 with a cover song. That turned out to be an incredible start = though=20 as they played Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The = Name Of=20 with impressive intensity and staying true to the song. = The=20 intensity continued as singer Steve Moore announced the = band and=20 why they were there; to showcase their newest CD, Signals=20 Screaming. They ripped through the entire album from = front to=20 back, inserting a couple of non-album tracks along the way. = They=20 looked the part of four guys hanging at a bar having a beer but = played=20 like men possessed.

The stage was moderately decorated with a band = banner=20 behind drummer Bryan Sandau and TV sets flanking and = fronting the=20 stage. The images on the TV were spastic, cycling through = random=20 pictures of violent likeness, band logos and static. It = added a nice=20 touch to Moore's possessed looks.

Overall, the show was seemingly a huge = success. All=20 three bands enjoyed themselves, the crowd in attendance at the = licensed=20 show certainly had a great time as they often broke out into=20 mini-circle-pits and sang along with each band. Inner Surge = go on to=20 perform another CD release party today in Edmonton and on April = 20th (I=20 wonder what Jimmy will be doing that day?) in Medicine Hat.

Check out=20 the pictures here.

Uprise! Music Festival's = Purpose Is=20 Two-Fold

Next Friday and Saturday April 14th and 15th, = Calgarians=20 will have the opportunity to see 36 bands (many of them local) = over two=20 days at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Hall. Aside from = the=20 obvious reasons why you'd dedicate this much time (HELLO! 36 = bands!), you'd also be helping out a good cause. The Uprise! = music=20 festival is a benefit concert for the Joe Strummer Memorial = Hall. =20 The proposed hall, named after the late Clash singer/song-writer, = will=20 serve primarily as an all-ages venue for bands to play at. = It will=20 also act as a place for young people to just hang out without = expecting=20 "to be consumers" ("I don't like you shiftless layabouts. You're = one of=20 those fucking mallrat kids."). Kids can also organize events = much=20 like Food Not Bombs in a location like this.

With that said (and you can read so much more = of this=20 group's intentions under 'press release' on their web site), the = concert=20 itself is certainly secondary to the cause. However, make no = mistake; a gathering of this many bands (plus 6 DJs) is of great=20 significance. With bands like Hot Little Rocket, = The Rocky=20 Fortune, Chixdiggit!, Inner Surge, The Pants=20 Situation, Five Star Affair (who performed at the kMNR=20 100th Issue Party), Rum Runner, madcowboys, = Fallout=20 Frequency, Beija Flor, Vail Halen, SIDS = and many=20 many more, how could you miss this opportunity to see some great = live=20 music and help out an awesome cause?

The set-up looks interesting. It is an = all-ages=20 show so expect to be surrounded by kids (this is one time where = I'll set=20 aside my disgruntled feelings of age since this will benefit them=20 most). Performances will take place in three different rooms = (I=20 suspect that two rooms will be designated for bands while the = third will=20 house the DJs) and there'll be merchandise and information = booths.

Tickets are $15 for each day or $25 in advance = for both=20 days. You can buy single day tickets at the venue the day of = the=20 show or the two-day pass at Sloth Records and Haymarket = books. As=20 per usual, stay tuned for a review of the benefit show in the = coming=20 weeks.

Hot Hot Heat Make = Things Even=20 Weirder

As if Victoria's "dance punk" band Hot Hot = Heat=20 weren't a little peculiar enough, singer Steve Bays = told ChartAttack at last=20 week's Juno Awards regarding their new album, "One song will be = like=20 Black Sabbath meets Flaming Lips and another thing = will be=20 like T.Rex meets Frank Sinatra."

That's certainly odd indeed.

HHH have been spending time in Vancouver to = rehearse the=20 new songs before they begin recording in May. No indication = of when=20 the new album will see the light of day although recent reports = point=20 towards a 2006 release date.

In=20 Stores Next Week

Although none of the band members will confirm = it,=20 Brian Byrne's solo release next week could be the final = nail in the=20 coffin belonging to I Mother Earth. The band's second = singer=20 comes out with Tuesdays, Thursdays And If It Rains which = reportedly=20 is all about spinning Newfoundland folk tales rather than the = art-fuzz=20 rock that I Mother Earth had become after he replaced = Edwin. =20 It certainly has it's potential though since he's enlisted the = help of=20 producer Tim Thornley (Alanis Morrisette, Van=20 Morrison) guitarist Gerry Finn (David Usher) and = singer=20 Tomi Swick to perform and even write a number of songs with = Byrne. It could very well be worth looking into.

The final nail in the coffin of The Tea = Party came=20 last fall when front-man Jeff Martin announced the band's=20 split. Next week, we finally get the byproduct of that with = his solo=20 release Exile and the Kingdom. Scruffy Canadian rock = darling=20 Sam Roberts returns with Chemical City on Tuesday = and I hope=20 that the first single isn't indicative of the whole disc. =20 Buckcherry also return after a lengthy absence and a near = implosion=20 of the band. 15's first single, Crazy Bitch is = just as=20 catchy and lyrically raw as their breakout hit Lit Up.

Chart's Weekly CD=20 Reviews

The train of new music releases continue to = roll=20 in. Whether these releases are worth letting go of your hard = earned=20 coin is up to you but you could always seek out the help of = reviewers like=20 the ChartAttack staff. This week they provide a lack-luster = review=20 of Vision Valley from The Vines, have trouble = describing=20 Run Chico Run's Slow Action, state that The = Flaming Lips=20 are "even more acclaimed than they already are" with their = latest disc=20 At War With The Mystics, and proclaim Placebo's = "sound and=20 style have aged beautifully" on Meds. Check out these = and=20 many more reviews here.

Upcoming Calgary=20 Shows

ON SALE NOW! Hungry for the = punk=20 music? Well, this year's installment of the Vans Warped = Tour will once again hit = Calgary on July=20 20th and tickets went on sale today (April 8th).

Also on sale today are tickets for The = (International)=20 Noise Conspiracy. They arrive in Calgary on May 22nd at = The=20 Warehouse.

April 08, 2006 Herald Nix, Chad=20 VanGaalen HiFi ClubApril 08, 2006 Knucklehead, Hip City Blues=20 Combo Castle PubApril 10, 2006 Jello Biafra MacEwan HallApril 11, 2006 30 Seconds To = Mars,=20 Aiden, Keating, Retrograde Whiskey NightclubApril 11, 2006 Columbus, = Duck! HiFi ClubApril 12, 2006 Horrorpops Mount Royal CollegeApril 13, 2006 The Dudes, Panurge, Beija=20 Flor Broken CityApril 13, 2006 David Wilcox Back AlleyApril 14, 2006 Run Chico Run, Chet, Shapes = and=20 Sizes PalaminoApril 14, 2006 They Shoot Horses Don't = They, The=20 Summerlad, Windows '78 Broken CityApril 14, 2006 The Rowdymen, Smokin'=20 45's Castle PubApril 15, 2006 Arch Enemy, Chimaira, God = Forbid,=20 MacEwan HallApril 15, 2006 The Instated, Creature=20 Republic Castle PubApril 16, 2006 Protest the Hero, Bayside, A = Wilhelm=20 Scream, The Spill Canvas, The Fully Down The UndergroundApril 16, 2006 Minus the Bear, Sylvie, = Fractal=20 Pattern The WarehouseApril 18, 2006 The Hanson = Brothers,=20 Sheglank'd Shoulders HiFi ClubApril 21, 2006 Kid = Koala Broken CityApril 21, 2006 Ex-Boyfriends, Gutterawl, = Mercury=20 Tilt Castle PubApril 22, 2006 King's X, Caveat, Mardo,=20 Insidious The UndergroundApril 22, 2006 Pilate The GatewayApril 22, 2006 C'mon, The Rocky Fortune, = Hearts &=20 Aces HiFi ClubApril 22, 2006 Pussy Monster, The Black Top = 5 PalaminoApril 22, 2006 Big Trouble In Little China, = Screams=20 of Silence Castle PubApril 24, 2006 Mobile, = Stabilo WhiskeyApril 25, 2006 Saves the = Day MacEwan HallApril 25, 2006 Bo Diddley Back AlleyApril 26, 2006 Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab = For Cutie,=20 The Cribs Stampede CorralApril 28, 2006 Alivia, Your Bleeding=20 Heart Castle PubApril 28, 2006 Tiga, MSTRKRFT, Domenic=20 G The WarehouseApril 29, 2006 Sheglank'd Shoulders, Cold = Dead=20 Hands Castle PubMay 01, 2006 Our Lady = Peace Jubilee Auditorium

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If you would like = to hear=20 about or if you have any information on a particular band or = artist,=20 please email cristovao@kmnr.ca and=20 I will do my best to cover them.

March=20 30, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.112 ~ = "Accidents Happen=20 In The Dark"

March 23, = 2006 ~ kMNR=20 v2006.111 ~ "A secret born of mischief..."

March 16, = 2006 ~ kMNR=20 v2006.110 ~ "Seems like I'm slipping into a dream within a=20 dream."

March 09, = 2006 ~ kMNR=20 v2006.109 ~ "It's a day that I'm glad I survived " =

March 01, = 2006 ~ kMNR=20 v2006.108 ~ "Fear Is Your Only God"=20