kMNR v2006.119 ~ "I've Got Something You Can Never = Eat"

kMNR...=20 May 25, = 2006

Get=20 This In Your Email=20 Weekly!

In This Issue:

Interview = With=20 Brad Trew of Cyclone Records

Andy = Stewart=20 Proclaims Album Of The Year

Calgary Warped = Tour=20 Line-Up Announced

The = Strokes=20 Reveal Next Single

= A=20 Vague Attempt At Getting You To Read Marilyn Manson's = Book=20

Check Out=20 This Site With Cool Live Bootleg MP3s!

Acoustic = Summer Tour=20 For The Foo Fighters

Twenty=20 Years of Edgefest

The=20 Tragically Hip Tour Canada

In = Stores Next=20 Week

Chart's=20 Weekly CD Reviews

Upcoming=20 Shows

OK, so you may have noticed last week that = there was=20 no issue of kMNR. That's because it was my birthday = and hey,=20 I deserve a break! (Actually, I intended to release an issue = last=20 week but I left town a little early and my ambitions of putting an = issue=20 together in just hours didn't pan out.) But, we're back this = week=20 and this issue is LARGE.

Lastly, before I forget, make sure to head = to=20 kMNR contributor Nick Gouveia's web site and wish him a happy belated = birthday!

Cyclone Records = Uses=20 Location and the Internet To Position Itself

Brad=20 Trew started Cyclone Records here in Calgary back in April of=20 2005. Shortly after doing so, Trew moved back to his = home-town of=20 Toronto and continued to run the label from there. Although = some=20 Calgarians or Westerners may harbour some resentment at the = thought of=20 losing a home-grown label to the city know as the =93center of the = universe=94=20 (expressed with plenty of sarcasm), it was a choice that was made = for both=20 personal and business reason.

=93From a musical=20 standpoint and furthering the label and the bands, it definitely = makes=20 sense to be in a hot-bed there,=94 Trew tells me in the jam hall = of one of=20 his label=92s bands, Calgary=92s Creature = Republic. =20 =93That=92s where it all happens. The more people I know = down there and=20 to be able to walk in with CDs or talk about stuff, it=92s better = for all of=20 us.=94

Despite making=20 the business move, Trew sees the label=92s growth more as an = expected=20 progression rather than as a result of the move. It = certainly has=20 been favourable and provides some opportunities that benefit his=20 bands. =93One thing that=92s translating into a successful = situation=20 there is the Inner Surge tour,=94 says Trew. =93When = they come down=20 through Toronto, they=92re going to be playing some better venues = and with=20 some bands that are on the Cyclone label from [that] = area.=94

One = thing that=20 Cyclone is doing=20 that will certainly help their success is using the internet to = showcase=20 the material of their bands. Although traditional CD = releases are=20 still a part of the label=92s operations, Cyclone uses the = internet so that=20 it=92s bands can have their music more readily available to = fans. =93It=20 depends on the band=92s intent,=94 explains Trew. =93Part of = what I=20 started out doing was compilation CDs. That=92s where a lot = of the=20 bands that I=92ve worked with have come from. Some of those = bands have=20 had previous independent releases that just because I have the=20 distribution deals through iTunes and Napster, it made sense that I offered to them = to take=20 their previous catalogue and make it available through online=20 downloads.=94

Hopefully with=20 these methods, Trew and Cyclone can provide a good home for bands = that are=20 trying to make a name for themselves in this often difficult = Canadian=20 market. If successful, it won=92t matter where it started or = where it=20 is now.

It's All About Wolfmother

As = Written By=20 Andy Stewart Via Email;

"I=92m calling my favourite album of =9206 = right=20 now=85..Wolfmother.
This album fuckin=92=20 slays!!"

Calgary Warped Tour = Line-Up=20 Announced

The Vans Warped Tour will once again stop in = Calgary this=20 summer and the festival's web site has finally revealed the full = line-up=20 for the July 20th show.

Included are NOFX, Rise Against,=20 Anti-Flag, The Casualties, Helmet, = Bouncing=20 Souls, Greeley Estates, Protest The Hero, The = Smashup, Crowned King and many many more.

The Strokes Announce New Single and = Video

Last week, The Strokes announced that = the second=20 single from their latest release, First Impressions Of Earth = will=20 be You Only Live Once. The single is expected to hit = radio=20 this summer.

The original video for the lead single = Juicebox=20 contained sexy depictions of couples getting it on to The = Strokes but since=20 MTV are a bunch of pussies and will only show risky behaviour in a = video=20 only if it's a rap song, the band re-shot a much tamer video to = get=20 airplay. For You Only Live Once, they've employed the = talents=20 of Sam Bayer who shot the video in L.A. late last = month. =20 According to the band, it's "without a doubt the coolest yet."

The CD single will be released internationally = with=20 mystery guests appearing on the B-side. The unknown artists = will be=20 announced on the band's web site in due time.

Lastly, The Strokes played Rolling Stone = magazine's=20 1000th issue party in NYC on May 4th. Eddie Vedder = (like you=20 need me to tell you where he's from) joined them on stage for=20 Juicebox, as did Lou Reed when the band covered = Walk On=20 The Wild Side.

Tales of=20 The Anti-Christ Superstar

I am just completing Marilyn Manson's = book The=20 Long Hard Road Out Of Hell and let me tell you, although some = of the=20 stories he tells are totally insane, fucked up and often = unbelievable, the=20 book is extremely compelling.

Of course, it should go without saying that the = content=20 of his book is not for everyone, especially youngins. If you = do=20 decide to check it out, proceed with tremendous caution.

Who Wants Kick-Ass Live=20 Bootlegs?!

I DO I DO!!!

Signing up for the Danko Jones mailing = list is one=20 of the best internet activities I've taken part in. Their = web/list=20 master Dobbs not only informs list members of important = band news,=20 but he often adds links to free mp3 downloads of know or virtually = unknown=20 bands.

In a recent mailing, he included a link to a = simple site=20 called rbally. The site contains TONS of mp3 = downloads of=20 live music including The Strokes, Nirvana, = Radiohead,=20 Beastie Boys, the White Stripes and many more. = I have=20 barely scratched the surface and what I've seen and heard sounds=20 great. Looking through the archives reveals so much more = goodness=20 and the threat that in April, the site would shut down. = Thankfully,=20 that hasn't happened and hopefully this gem will stick around long = enough=20 for all of us to reap it's benefits.

Foo Fighters = Announce Acoustic=20 Tour

When the Foo Fighters released In = Your Honor=20 last year, containing two CDs, (one each of heavy/electric and = the=20 other with acoustic material) I expected their 2005 summer tour to = include=20 a set of acoustic tunes. That was not the case (at least not = at the=20 Calgary show and I'm certain at most others) and this summer = they'll be=20 making up for that.

The band announced last week that the "much = anticipated"=20 tour will launch in July with seven dates in the US (Seattle, = Berkeley,=20 San Diego, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Chicago). The = shows=20 will be held at "intimate venues" and the band will be joined by = guests=20 Petra Haden (Violin), Rami Jaffee (Keyboards), = Drew=20 Hester (Percussion) and former guitarist Pat = Smear. No=20 indication if Canada will be lucky enough to see some dates but = only time=20 will tell.

Our Lady Peace Among = Acts To=20 Play Edgefest's 20th Year

You lucky readers in Toronto actually have an = Edgefest=20 worth checking out this year. Not only is Our Lady Peace=20 slated to likely headline the Canada Day festival, but joining = them=20 will be Keane, Hot Hot Heat, Neverending White = Lights=20 and Mobile among others. The second stage (dubbed = by edge102 "the = edge next=20 big thing stage") will see Magneta Lane, Jets Overhead = and=20 Illuminati among others.

This is the twentieth year that Edgefest takes=20 place. It all started in 1987 at Molson Park in Barrie, ON = with acts=20 such as Blue Rodeo, Northern Pikes and Pursuit Of = Happiness. For the most part, the festival was reserved = for the=20 Toronto area for Canada Day only but it did vary in it's twenty=20 years. In 1993, the festival took place over two days at = they=20 Ontario Place Forum and included Radiohead. In 1995, = there=20 were three Edgefests, one each in May, July and August. Two = years=20 later, Edgefest hit the road playing shows across Canada. = That=20 lasted until 1999, although in 2001, Edgefest II hit the road = across=20 Canada with Blink 182.

In the past twenty years, Edgefest has seen = countless=20 Canadian acts, many that hit it big, some that you probably forgot = about=20 (remember 13 Engines?) and even a few international = acts. =20 Acts like Blur, Tool, Ned's Atomic Dustbin,=20 Elastica, Collective Soul, Green Day, Foo=20 Fighters, Creed, Hole, Goldfinger, = Filter,=20 3 Doors Down, 30 Seconds To Mars, Cake, = Jerry=20 Cantrell, Jet and Rise Against (of course I'm = missing=20 some.) The festival has seen well over 300 bands and well = over half=20 a million people have witnessed bands at an Edgefest show.

There will be an Edgefest II this year but as = far as I=20 can tell, it too will only take place at Toronto's Molson = Amphitheatre=20 like the July 1st show. The second show on July 16th = features=20 Yellowcard and Story of the Year on the main stage = with=20 Magneta Lane back on the "next big thing stage" with the = Miniatures.

One last bit of history on this festival; the = first one=20 ever held in 1987 was put together to celebrate the edge102 radio = stations=20 20th birthday...to the day.

The Hip Launch 2006 = Tour In=20 Vancouver Tomorrow

OK, so it may be too late for our Vancouver = readers since=20 The Tragically Hip's first show of the 2006 tour is = tomorrow (May=20 26th) and tickets have LONG since sold out, but it's nice to know=20 otherwise, right?

From there, The Hip will play the Sasquatch! Music Festival the following = day. After=20 a few more festivals south of the border, the Kingston, ON natives = will=20 return to Canada for two shows at Toronto's Historic Fort York on = June=20 23td and 24th and Charlottetown's Festival Of=20 Lights before playing festivals in the US and Europe = throughout=20 July.

The band have been working with producer Bob = Rock=20 on their next album which should hopefully be out later this = year.

In=20 Stores Next Week

Sadly, there isn't much to report in terms of = new=20 releases next week. Here's what we do have on tap:

Blue October returns with their fifth = album,=20 Foiled. The rock band from Houston, Texas aren't = very well=20 known and were once dropped by Universal Records but after the = band=20 garnered some success with their song Calling You (which = appeared=20 on the American Wedding soundtrack), they re-signed with the=20 label. Their latest hit, Hate Me, is = starting to gain=20 them a little more attention.
I Want A New Drug! Well, there's = nothing=20 new on the Greatest Hits release from Huey Lewis and = the=20 News, but this is one of the few, mindless acts from the = '80s that I=20 admit to loving. If you act fast, you'll get your hands on = the=20 limited edition CD/DVD combo which includes ten of their music=20 videos.

Chart's Weekly CD=20 Reviews

The weather is acting like summer now. = It's time=20 for hanging out by the pool, the camp fire, in the park tossing = the ball=20 or engaging in a round of hack, and what better way to accompany = such=20 activities than with some good music. Whether or not the = latest=20 releases will qualify for such a task depends on your opinion, or = possibly=20 the opinions of the ChartAttack staff writers. They'll tell=20 you how they feel about the new Erasure, Kinnie = Starr,=20 Less Than Jake and other releases. Then your summer = time will=20 be complete.

Upcoming Calgary=20 Shows

May 26, 2006 The Pink Mountaintops, = Pressure Kill=20 Common Style Broken CityMay 26, 2006 Adair, The Bleeding=20 Alarm The UndergroundMay 26, 2006 Alkaline = Trio MacEwan HallMay 27, 2006 White Cowboy = Oklahoma HiFi ClubMay 29, 2006 INXS SaddledomeMay 30, 2006 Paper Cranes, Western=20 Birds Broken CityMay 30, 2006 SIDS, Gloom = Room HiFi ClubJune 01, 2006 Kilbourne, Mervyn Alpin, = Time is the=20 Enemy, The Dying Effect Broken CityJune 01, 2006 Big League Chu, DJ Czech, = Vinyl=20 Ritchie HiFi ClubJune 02, 2006 Greg Macpherson, All Purpose = Voltage=20 Heroes, SIDS, Ermine Broken CityJune 02, 2006 Greeley = Estates The UndergroundJune 03, 2006 Ministry, The Revolting=20 Cocks MacEwan HallJune 03, 2006 Beat Route Magazine Web Launch = Party with=20 Dietrich V and The Abominable Snowman Broken CityJune 03, 2006 Ursula1000 HiFi ClubJune 04, 2006 Felix Da = Housecat WhiskeyJune 05, 2006 Wax Mannequin, The=20 Summerlad Broken CityJune 06, 2006 Solvent Broken CityJune 07, 2006 Solvent, Ectomorph (Ghostly=20 International) HiFi ClubJune 08, 2006 Immaculate Machine, Beija=20 Flor Broken CityJune 08, 2006 Bright Eyes MacEwan HallJune 09, 2006 Jay Crocker and The Electric = Apes, The=20 Knotty Pines, Cam Penner Broken CityJune 09, 2006 Pilate MacEwan HallJune 13, 2006 MadCowBoys, The = Remones Broken CityJune 14, 2006 Greg Gescha Trapper's PubJune 15, 2006 Tokyo Police Club,=20 Bogart Broken City

~~ kMNR = v2006.119=20 ~~

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.

May=20 11, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.118 ~ "Listen to the tales and=20 romanticize"

May=20 05, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.117 ~ "Ten thousand days in the fire is = long=20 enough"

April=20 28, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.116 ~ "Let's hear it for the new=20 math"

April=20 20, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.115 ~ "Let Us Burn One From End To = End"

April=20 14, 2006 ~ kMNR v2006.114 ~ "A simple fear to wash you away" =