kMNR v2006.111 ~ "A secret born of = mischief..."

kMNR...=20 March 23, = 2006

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In This Issue:

Calgary's= =20 Inner Surge Ready To Take Hold Of The World =
The=20 Strokes Announce Canadian Leg Of World Tour
Live=20 Review (Not Really): One Shot Left & Fallout=20 Frequency
I= n=20 Stores Next Week
Chart's=20 Weekly CD Reviews
Upcomi= ng=20 Shows

Calgary's=20 Inner Surge Ready To Take Hold Of The=20 World

(This = is the first of=20 three installments on Inner Surge. The following two weeks = will=20 feature a review of their new CD and a live review of their CD = release=20 party. Make sure to check back here for all the=20 details!)

You know something = significant is=20 happening when you=92re the second interview in an hour for a = local band.=20 Even more so when said band is getting more attention from around = the=20 globe than in your own back yard, but Steve Moore of = Inner=20 Surge is counting on all that to change now.

Moore started the band in = 2001 as a=20 solo project because, as he says =93it=92s hard to find the right = people.=94 The=20 first album he recorded on his own, while the second album he = wrote on his=20 own and recorded with a live band. Their new disc, Signals=20 Screaming, marks the first time he=92s happy calling the = musicians with=20 him a band. =93This is the first time I=92ve felt like it=92s = exactly what I=20 want it to be. I have Jim Fernandes [on bass], Brian = Sandau=20 [on drums] and Scott Taylor [on guitar]. All amazing = musicians=20 and we wrote the CD together so it was a total = collective.=94

Getting musicians together = as a band=20 and releasing the third album isn=92t 3D""=20 all Inner Surge has in store = for us. In=20 early March the band shot two music videos in town at The = Warehouse and at=20 Fish Creek park with film director Fredy Polania. The = videos are=20 part of Polania=92s 2007 movie Cabras which although is = veiled in=20 secrecy, revolves around the legend of the chupacabra monster. = =93He=92s doing=20 something that=92s never been done before,=94 says Moore. = =93He=92s got twenty=20 independent bands that he thinks are the best that he=92s found = and he=92s=20 traveling to Canada, to Isreal, to Mexico=85all around the world = to film=20 videos.=94 The videos will be released through http://www.cabrassoundtrack.com= /=20 and the music is to be featured in the movie and/or on it=92s = soundtrack.=20 The first video for Retribution Song will also be released to Much = Music.

Although the music is = definitely=20 heavier in sound, you shouldn=92t easily categorize their music as = heavy=20 metal or hardcore. The band draws inspiration from various musical = tastes=20 but more importantly, the lyrical content is far deeper than you = may=20 expect, especially when they are = hoping to do=20 some benefit shows supporting human rights issues in the future. = =93There=92s=20 a few issues that we=92ve studied in depth. One of them would be = the Rawanda=20 genocide of 1994,=94 Moore tells me. =93The US not admitting that = it was a=20 genocide until after the fact so they wouldn=92t have to = intervene; the=20 bureaucracy of the UN. The whole root of that is what Inner Surge = is=20 about. The rage, the emotions that come from that.=94

Signals Screaming = is being=20 released through Cyclone Records, a label which started in Calgary = by=20 Brad Trew, but has since = relocated to=20 Toronto. Since the label 3D""=20 doesn=92t have full distribution = they=92re=20 focusing on electronic distribution through the internet. = =93He=92s=20 basically at a stage where he=92s just = making a=20 ton of contacts,=94 says Moore. =93His goal within the next year = is to be a=20 full service label.=94 Hopefully that will allow the label to send = Inner=20 Surge out on tour. In the meantime, that will likely be achieved = with both=20 the band and the label cross-promoting each other.

The new disc, which was = produced by=20 Casey Lewis of The Failure, will be available at the = band=92s=20 CD release party on April 1st at the Warehouse (of which there are = two=20 shows; one for all ages and a later, licensed show). They will = follow up=20 with two more CD release shows in Edmonton on April 8th and = Medicine Hat=20 on April 20th.

The Strokes=20 Coming To Canada

As I reported previously, = The=20 Strokes are coming to Canada and details of their visit to our = fair=20 land were finally revealed this past week.

The Canadian leg of their = world tour=20 takes place in May, starting with their show in Toronto on May = 6th,=20 followed by Montreal on May 7th, Ottawa on May 9th, Winnipeg on = May 12th,=20 Calgary on May 14th, Edmonton on May 15th and wrapping up in = Vancouver on=20 May 17th.

From there, they'll cross = the Atlantic=20 for a number of shows throughout Europe. Most of them are = part of=20 their world tour while others are festival appearances and even a = show=20 with the Foo Fighters. All of this touring is in = support of=20 their latest release, First Impressions Of = Earth.

One Shot Left & = Fallout=20 Frequency Rock The HiFi

Sometimes the mood of a = bar doesn't do=20 justice to the bands playing. Sometimes it's the = sound. =20 Instead of me trying to come up with a fair review of One Shot=20 Left, who opened up for Fallout Frequency's EP release = party at=20 the HiFi last Saturday night (March 18th), just take a look at=20 the pictures and you'll at least see what it looked like (I = know, what=20 a cop-out).

In=20 Stores Next Week

Well lookey lookey! = Next week=20 will see a handful of new releases worthy of your attention. = Maybe...

The New York trio Yeah = Yeah Yeahs=20 returns with Show Your Bones. The sophomore album = will=20 face the test of following their critically acclaimed debut CD = Fever To=20 Tell. Only the fans will determine it's fate.

Also making a return is = Massive=20 Attack. This UK group has defined their own funky sound = and=20 Collected will undboutedly remind music fans what that = sound=20 is. The album is, according to http://www.futureshop.ca/, being released as a = DualDisc=20 one week later.

Atreyu will strut = their stuff=20 with the likes of the Deftones, Thrice and others on = the Taste of = Chaos tour=20 and some of that will likely be the new material on A = Death-Grip On=20 Yesterday. It's the bands first album since 2004's = The=20 Curse and will hit stores on March 28th.

Lastly, the man who = brought us=20 industrial hits Living Dead Girl, Dragula and = Never Gonna=20 Stop is back. That's right, Rob Zombie will = release=20 Educated Horses next Tuesday. A likely reason for = many of you=20 to celebrate.

Enjoy!

Chart's Weekly CD=20 Reviews

How do I make up for a = shortened issue=20 this week? I don't, but you can check out this week's CD = reviews=20 from the good people at Chart Magazine. They=20 speak of the new Anti-Flag, My Chemical Romance, = Editors, Ben Harper, Maximo Park, Willie = Nelson=20 and many others. Oh and gentlemen, do yourselves a = favour and=20 take a close look at the cover of The Sounds' Dying To = Say This=20 To You. I trust you'll enjoy.

Upcoming Calgary=20 Shows

March 23, 2006 Boca 45, = Smalltown=20 DJs Hi-Fi ClubMarch 24, = 2006 Wintersleep, = Jill Barber,=20 Contrived Broken CityMarch 25, = 2006 Jason Collett = (of=20 Broken Social Scene) Hi-Fi ClubMarch 28, 2006 The = Deadnecks, Good=20 Lookin Out Broken CityMarch 29, 2006 Downtyme Morgan'sMarch 30, = 2006 Kilbourne, = Verbal=20 Deception, Caveat Broken CityMarch 31, = 2006 DOA, Bogart!, = The Mad=20 Cowboys Broken = City

~~ kMNR = v2006.111=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.

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"
February 23, = 2006 ~=20 kMNR v2006.107 ~ "Guns Can't Kill What Soldiers Can't=20 See"
February 16, = 2006 ~=20 kMNR v2006.106 ~ "We'll Keep On Fighting 'Til The=20 End"