the hot wire
February 16, 2010
Fist pump this one punk police
Abandon All Ships have officially signed with Underground Operations Management and will be releasing their debut record here in Canada via our UO boutique label later this summer. not only do they have some of the heaviest parts known to bowels but the catchiest little vocoder instants mixed with poetic moments inspiring you to demand god to be your master. sick. its safe to say we like this even more cause the punk police are gunna barf. double sick. indoctrination into the AAS brotherhood.
lots more awesome news and tunes to come on this one.
www.myspace.com/abandonallships
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January 4, 2010
twenty ten?
Happy New Year Everyone.
To ring in the New Year, Stereos and The Artist Life will be playing an acoustic set at Boathouse in the Conestoga Mall on January 16th @ 1pm. After the performance the boys will be sticking around to sign autographs. Check out the flyer here.
They've also announced the make up show for Hamilton. Jan 22nd in the Wentworth Room at the Hamilton Convention Centre. All previous tickets will be honored and more tickets are on sale here.
Kingdoms are kicking off the year with a small run with To Cherish. Dates can be found on the bands Myspace.
Protest The Hero have locked themselves in the rehearsal space to write a new record. Until then, you can learn how to play Fortress by buying the Official Tab Book Here.
A lot more to come...
-UO
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December 11, 2009
Fortress Guitar Tab Book Has Arrived!
Only two years after the album was released, Tim and Luke have finally completed the Official Fortress Tab Book!
We transcribed it ourselves and put our heart and souls into making it as beautiful and user friendly as possible (it's ring binded so it lays flat and stays open when you're reading it).
In the spirit of friendly fellerness, we are giving away a signed poster and signature pick packs with the first 100 online books sold. We will also hand number and sign those copies too.
We worked hard on this and tried to keep the price down because we know how expensive these can be in stores!
Go HERE to check it out!!
Your buds,
Luke and Tim
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October 14, 2009
our school system is fucked...
honestly.
i got an email from an eager young band today. Don't get me wrong... this is something I normally wouldn't do buuuuuuut this got me so fuming mad... you know the type of mad that makes you wanna write a letter to someone? Well, this is my letter...
I'm not the best speller in the world... this is why i thank god every day for spell check. However, as someone who completed high school and dabbled in the post secondary world, I understand the basics of grammar and spelling... especially when sending a letter that is of somewhat professional form. spell check has been created for our advantage... use it for Pete's sake.
I just don't get how someone with the lack of skills as what I'm about to show you could possibly graduate high school. What is the school system doing for the youth of today?... seriously.
here you are:
"Helloo we are a power pop punk band from Toronto, Ont called Fire and Sound we are a three piece band our ages are between 17 and 18 years of age we are yong tallent our band has been together for 1 year. We are playing alot of shows in Toronto we are trying to get on the show Dis Band We also followed some of the 2009 Warped Tour playing for the lines. We are working on some amazing new music and we are in the studio recording 5 new songs this week we will have a 12 songs demo when its finished. We just finished high school and we honestly want to be one of the biggest band in the world. We are trying to get our fan bace big and we were wondering if you could check us out and maby we could play a show or open for any bands if possible we wont dissapoint. Hope to hear back. "
I just don't get it...
...and please, for the love of god, DISBAND!!
happy hump day friends.
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October 9, 2009
2 days left!!
I can't believe this tour is almost over! Big cheers go out to our new friends in The Riot Before and a massively huge thanks to A Wilhelm Scream for having us out on this run. AWS are definitely one of the hardest working bands we've ever had the pleasure of touring with. This has definitely been one to remember! The Canadians vs. the Americans but in the end we'll always be on top (get it?) haha! Couple of tour highlights: Staying at the EEHC jamspace, Thanks Jr! Nuno from Wilhelm trying his best to sound like a Scottish person (you can have it bach). Jake sleeping in the van in subzero temperatures, PSYCHO! And Ric being the best tour manager we've ever had! Such a rad time.
We'll be homeward bound after the Vancouver show so make sure you check out the dates we have posted on our myspace (Calgary, Kenora and Sault Ste Marie). Come out if you can!
Oh and I just saw the final cut of our new video for LSAR. It rips! Can't wait for all of you to see it! I guess it's see ya later for now but we'll see everyone soon enough as we gear up to hit the road once more this year with Stereos, Midway State and the Envy. Bring on the Winter tour, we're ready!
cheers and beers
blackie - tal
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October 7, 2009
Tour Blog!!
Hey guys! Sorry we haven’t been keeping up with the daily tour blogs but it’s been one hell of a busy time. We’re in the van driving through the Prairies right now. It’s day 8 of The Artist Life / A Whilhelm Scream / The Riot Before Canadian tour, which means I have a lot of days to catch you up on!
The tour started in London, ON at the London Music Hall. It was great to see the AWS dudes again and watch them tear up the stage, and we became pals real fast with the TRB crew. None of that ‘wait until a week into tour to see if these guys are cool’ shit, the electricity was instant. A few things that we’ve since learned about our new pals from Virginia: they LOVE barbeque, and were totally surprised that in Canada we can actually cook an alright barbeque, Brett from TRB drank a shot of olive oil at the party, and we beat them to our Face To Face cover of ‘Blind’. Apparently they had it ready for the whole tour but we broke it out last night in Winnipeg and beat them to the punch. Suckas!
The Toronto show was off the chain and we have to give it up to all our fans and friends who came out and made it one of the craziest shows we’ve played at the Reverb. Big ups to Stereos for coming and hanging out and a big shout out to Ian Stanger for coming up on stage with Dean during the AWS set!
Saturday was day 3 and we were originally slated to play in Montreal along with the tour. However, a very cool opportunity arose and we just couldn’t say no. We were asked to be on Degrassi: The Next Generation and as anyone that grew up in Canada in the late 80s – early 90s knows, you can’t say no to Degrassi! I can’t really get in to the specifics but I can tell you we had a blast! Just be sure to watch Season 9 to see your boys! Ok that’s a wrap, now get in the van! We’re driving all night to Montreal!
Day 4, we woke up in Montreal after driving all night and getting suuuuuper weird in the van, and were off to Quebec City. In QC we hooked up with the Silverstein / Ten Second Epic tour and had some pretty epic hang outs and watched AWS and Silverstein tear off the roof. Big thumbs down to the TSE dudes for bailing early on the night and leaving no steam in the tank after a night of statutory rage in Montreal. Thumbs up to Silverstein for feeding us pizza on their bus!
Ottawa was a killer show where we got to hang with our boys in Brights and were able to snag our not-so-secret parking space that is always miraculously free! After the show we piled back in the van to drive all night back to Toronto, so we could make our 9am call-time for our second day of shooting Degrassi.
Degrassi... again! So on 3 hours of sleep we showed up to the set of Degrassi. We were shooting “on location” and that location just happened to be Lee’s Palace, a venue which we had played just a few weeks before. How funny is this: At the show I just mentioned we left a road case behind which we figured was lost for good in Rock n’ Roll purgatory BUT we showed up to shoot this iconic Canadian television show and there it was... just sitting there, like it knew we would be back someday! The XR-12 is back in action! Play, play, play, lights, camera, action... ok CUT! That’s a wrap, get BACK in the van, we need to be in Winnipeg in 2 days. *sigh*
The next 2 days were spent driving through Northern Ontario, thinking our wheel was coming off again, stopping in the rain, getting weird in the van, laughing, listening to some sweet tunes (Dean’s 90’s hip-hop catalog), and having beach side hibachi cook outs, swimming at the top of Lake Superior, etc. No big deal.
Day 7 in Winnipeg we rolled into The Pyramid Cabaret where our friends St. Alvia had played the night before with Bouncing Souls. Winnipeg showed us some of their finest last night and we met a really cool dude named Danny who put us up in the hotel he manages for free. Free is our favourite word on tour.
A few things we’ve learned about Wilhelm thus far: Trevor talks extremely slowly and softly when he’s high, Nuno is completely blown away at the technology of the iPod Touch (his girlfriend bought him one just before this tour), every single person in their band is obsessed with Lost, Bri Robinson has TAL’s back in every situation, Mike Supina is the most polite person on the planet and is what every Mom hopes her daughter will bring home to propose marriage.
And that brings us back to Doe.... keep checking back for more blog updates!
Xo
Chuckie & the boys
And few other notes: Kingdoms, Protest The Hero, The Swellers, Stereos, and illScarlett all put out records, DVDs and/or iTunes singles last week, make sure to pick that shit up and support our bros!
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August 25, 2009
WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR WITH A WILHELM SCREAM!
West Coast here we go again!
We're are so stoked to be hitting the road with one of the fastest punk rock bands on the planet, A Wilhelm Scream! Joining us on this 2 week run is Richmond, Virginia's The Riot Before. If you haven't heard these dudes yet make sure to check out their myspace they rule!
Coming soon... We'll be announcing a bunch of dates heading East from Vancouver and back home to Toronto so stay tuned for that!
see you at the show!
blackie - tal
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August 24, 2009
Where Am I & How Did I Get Here?
Seriously tho... Kids is the most messed up movie next to Gumo.
Just ate a good ole burrito from the one BURRITO BOYS Vegan burritos yo.
So shits been crazy. The summer is almost over... festival season is done for us and we couldn't have loved it more. We saw illScarlett take the victory at the 420 olympics at CEMF, the return of Closet Monster at Wakestock, some campfire building with The Artist Life, Stereos killing it at every stage they laid their feet on and one crazy journey through mexico in the the states. WOWZERS! And that doesn't even touch on the bachelor/bachelorette party in Niagara Falls we had for Brionie and Kreefts wedding (Aug. 29th... wish them best of luck!) What a terrible time that was ;)
And the party doesn't stop there... We've been working like crazy mad men here at the UO office. Kingdoms and Dean Lickyer releases coming up at the end of September/beginning of October. Jason Mewes directing the Artist Life video for "Let's Start a Riot" on September 1st. Protest the Hero DVD is finally hitting your player (that shit is in HD and surround sound yo!) Sam Bradley music and videos. Stereos record so close to being done, we can almost taste it. Jason Mewes doing a Q&A at Bloor St. Cinema on Sept. 3rd (buy tickets here).... and the list goes on and on.
Saw GI Joe the other night... it was alright. The dialogue was pretty hilarious but I can resist a good chase scene nor a good explosion. Started watching the NOFX backstage passport show... those fucks are nuts.... but i guess we all knew that anyhow.
Pretty damn excited to see the Degrassi movie... yah, cause im a loser like that.
I am one sleepy mexican bear so til next time...
twitter.com/uokatieclark
"I'll get you out of here."
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August 11, 2009
LET'S START A CAMPFIRE OUT TODAY!
It's record release Tuesday and we're hanging out in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Day #4 of The Artist Life and The Snips tour has begun and although it's been a relatively slow start, we're lazily making our way out of the venue (which we slept in) and on route to Rimouski, Quebec. Our acoustic EP "Let's Start A Campfire" hits iTunes and theUnderground Operations store today and in true The Artist Life fashion we're out on the road once again! Our friends from Closet Monster and Stereos dropped by and did some sweet vocals on a couple tracks as well, so make sure you check it out! Also, if you buy it from Underground Operations you get a rad bonus track not available on iTunes
That's all for now from the road but make sure you check out all the tour dates up on our MySpace If we're in your city, come hang! The Snips are some of the raddest dudes we've ever toured with, we'll have picture updates soon. Tone played in his underwear last night, something ya just have to see...
Cheers and Beers
Blackie and T*A*L
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July 15, 2009
Let's Start A Campfire acoustic EP out August 11th
So it's summer and although the weather here in Toronto seems to be up and down like a toilet seat (a la' Mike Holmes) I'm still banking on the late July heat wave "surprise." You know what I'm talking about right? The day the air conditioner decides to crap out, your friend forgets to put chlorine in their parents pool and a water ban plagues the city. Sounds like a good ol' late July in Southern Ontario to me! What do you do to stay cool you ask? By cool I'm going to assume we're talking about the temperature and not your older brother's sweet 84' Camaro. Here's what you do; grab a handful of friends, a couple coolers, LOTS OF ICE and as many beers that can fit in said coolers. Hop in a van and drive to the nearest beach. Done. When the sun goes down keep in mind it might get a bit cold so if this happens "Let's start a camp fire!" It's easy really, just take four dudes that play punk rock, give them instruments that don't plug in and put them in a studio with a producer who is a musical genuis and a certifiable mentalist at the same time...
Let's Start A Campfire is the acoustic counterpart to our 2008 release Let's Start A Riot. But don't let the same five songs fool you we promise lots of surprises! Some of our friends decided to drop by while we were recording and took over the microphones so maybe you can spot the guest vocals? August 11th is when this sweet digital EP drops so make sure to mark it off on your calander! Oh and if you order the record from We Shop Underground you'll get a special un-released song not available from I-Tunes. Wink wink ;)
August 11th! Get stoked!
This Saturday we'll be doing an R.S.V.P. only acoustic performance for The Audio Recording Academy Toronto (TARA) that will air on AUX.TV. If you want to chek that out head on over to the facebook group and sign up! It starts at 5pm sharp and is all ages!
Ok, now let's talk about Cutting Edge Music Festival! Even better, how about the U.O. lounge at the festival!? We just might have a special acoustic performance along with some of our buddies in Stereos. Cover songs anyone? We're so excited to be part of CEMF this year and we can't wait to share the stage with such amazing bands like The Roots, Ill Scarlett, Protest The Hero and many many more! Make sure to check this out!
And finally, East Coast here we come! Vanna and Trailer Swift are getting stoked about hitting the road again and so are we! We'll be on tour from August 8th to August 22nd with our friends in The Snips and Brights so make sure you check out all the tour dates on our page and if we're in your town come out and high five us! And better yet, if you wanna help spread the word, check out the Sweet Team
I guess that's it for now... Actually it's not. Remember in high school when your friend would say "I have something to tell you... Wait, no I can't..." And after hours of coaxing your friend you would finally get it out of them?
It's kinda like that time... But not.
Hang tight. More to come soon.
see you at the shows!
blackie - tal
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July 7, 2009
I Want To Jump In A Lake
lets talk about gob.
hmmm... actually lets not.
this was a bad idea.
lets talk about gettin sex'd up instead.
like salt and peppa
how bout jesse and me sang vocals for the first time yesterday together in five years doing a line each on the new artist life accoustic ep.
katie was all like "commmon, lets go to the bar already"
and i was all in my underwear in the vocal booth, which is actually my bathroom singing "we got the arab money"
it was a good night.
Written by Mark Spicoluk of
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July 6, 2009
Captain Hooked
Seriously, hooked..listen to this, now..
http://www.myspace.com/themenzingers
Written by Adam Kreeft of
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July 6, 2009
PARTY HARD!
It's been a real honor and pleasure working with Underground Operations. First of all, everyone who works there is kind and tender, which is great for me as I prefer calm before the storm of partying. But the UO folks are also firm and forceful, which is great for me too, when they're dealing with other folks who might have been trying to soften us down! But don't get me wrong, the UO team appears to be kind and tender 99% of the time, just don't try to bring out their beastial side!
I just completed an incredible solo tour through Canada. This was my first full tour organized by UO. Previously, we had worked on a some shows in Toronto - those shows proved to be the biggest and most exciting shows I had played in Toronto to date - with more tickets sold and more enthusiasm than ever before. I took that as a good sign and was eager to do more shows with the Underground Operations team.
This solo tour was incredible - we did 8 shows in 6 days and each one was CRAZY. By far the most intense and wild shows I've ever been a part of during ANY Canadian touring. I am very grateful to everyone who came out to the shows and made them what they were. And I am very grateful to all the venues and organizers, and most of all, to Underground Operations for putting it all together. I look forward to much more.
PARTY HARD!
Love,
Andrew W.K.
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