The Tragically Hip – 2014 – Fully Completely
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Fully Completely
Label: Universal
Released: Dec 9, 2014
Packaging: Box Set
Pack-in DVD? DVD Included
Release Type: Super Deluxe Edition
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)
#Looking For A Place To Happen
#At The Hundredth Meridian
#Pigeon Camera
#Lionized
#Locked In The Truck Of A Car
#We’ll Go Too
#Fully Completely
#Fifty-Mission Cap
#Wheat Kings
#The Wherewithal
#Eldorado
#Radio Show (Bonus Tracks)
#So Hard Done By (original recording) (Bonus Tracks)
#At The Hundredth Meridian (live)
#Fifty Mission Cap (live)
#We’ll Go, Too (live)
#Fully Completely (live)
#Pigeon Camera (live)
#Twist My Arm (live)
#Lionized (live)
#Wheat Kings (live)
#Eldorado (live)
#Looking For A Place To Happen (live)
#Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) (live)
#Locked In The Truck Of A Car (live)
#The Wherewithal (live)
Review: Re-issue of Tragically Hip’s ‘Fully Completely’, the third full-length album by The Tragically Hip. Originally issued on Oct 6th, 1992, It reached #1 in Canada. The album is listed at #5 on The Top Canadian albums of all time by Bob Merserau. It was certified Diamond in Canada in January 2007 for sales of 1,000,000 copies. and produced the singles ‘Locked in the Trunk of a Car’, ‘Courage’ and ‘At the Hundredth Meridian’.
Upon release, ‘Fully Completely’ was toured extensively throughout Canada, Australia, the U.S., U.K, Germany, Holland and the rest of Europe, where the band still maintains a touring base. To commemorate the re-issue of ‘Fully Completely’, the band will be announcing a North American ‘Fully Completely’ tour that commences in January 2015 taking in major venues in Canada and the United States where this ‘Hip Classic’ will be played in its entirety along with other classics from their extensive catalogue.
CD ONE: Original album re-mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway.
Contains two additional previously un-released studio tracks.
CD TWO: Live concert recording taped prior to release of the original album in 1992 at The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto.
DVD: ‘Heksenketel’ 1993 documentary tour video previously only available on VHS format and long out of print.
50 page book:
– ‘An Oral History’ essay of the making of the album by journalist Alan Cross.
– Commentary from band, original management and U.S. A&R man Bruce Dickenson.
– Rare live photos, Tour memorabilia from around the world, Reviews, Tour listings from 92-93, Out-takes from Lieve Prins cover art sessions.
– 5 Lithographs of each individual band member.
– Cover artwork will be embossed
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The Tragically Hip – 2016 – Man Machine Poem
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Man Machine Poem
Label: Universal
Released: Jun 17, 2016
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Man
#In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
#What Blue
#In Sarnia
#Here, In The Dark
#Great Soul
#Tired As Fuck
#Hot Mic
#Ocean Next
#Machine
Review:
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Nonpoint – 2016 – The Poison Red
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Nonpoint
Title: The Poison Red
Label: Spinefarm
Released: Jul 8, 2016
Packaging: Cardboard
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Generation Idiot
#Foaming At The Mouth
#Bottled Up Killer Bees
#Rabbit Hole
#Chasing White Rabbits
#Standing In The Flesh
#Divided.. Conquer Them
#Radio Chorus [Explicit]
#Spanish Radio Hour
#El Diablo
#No Running Allowed
#Promises
#Be Enough
#My Last Dying Breath
Review:
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05/22/2016 All That Remains (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | May 24, 2016 11:28 am
It had been a good five years since I’d last seen All That Remains (the 2011 Share The Welt tour with Five Finger and Hatebreed), and I was less-than-impressed with the song selection that time out. However, a headlining set in my “hometown” club, while the band is between albums? This was a much better experience.
They’d always sounded good, and they did here too. Phil Labonte’s clean singing sounded pretty decent as well, and the screams were on point. The rest of the band was just as solid. And yes, the setlist had more than enough of the heavy to keep me happy. No Knock, Some of the People, Six, and For We Are Many helped balance out the lighter songs that gained the band a big radio following like The Last Time, Hold On, What If I Was Nothing, and Two Weeks. All in all, it was good, and since I showed up late, I didn’t have to wait through any openers!
Victory Lap / No Knock
The Air That I Breathe
Setlist:
This Probably Won’t End Well
Stand Up
Victory Lap
No Knock
Some of the People, All of the Time
The Last Time
Six
The Air That I Breathe
Now Let Them Tremble
For We Are Many
Hold On
What If I Was Nothing?
This Calling
Two Weeks
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Will Hoge – 2000 – All Night Long – Live At The Exit-In
By Eric | May 23, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Will Hoge
Title: All Night Long – Live At The Exit-In
Label: Self Released
Released: Jul 18, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD? Stereo
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Autographed
Tracklist:
#Rock & Roll Star
#Be Together Again
#Ms. Williams
#She Don’t Care About Me
#King Of Grey
#TV Set
#Wish
#(I’m Pretty Sure) I’m Over You
#All Night Long
#Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Review: I’d been chasing this one for awhile, and finally decided to bite the bullet and complete the Will Hoge collection.
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05/13/2016 Texas Hippie Coalition, Sons Of Texas, Dear Mr. Dead (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | May 14, 2016 10:31 pm
TEXAS! Obviously the theme of the night. I was stoked to see Sons of Texas, as I’d been spinning Baptized in the Rio Grande since it came out. And they rocked. Lots of intensity, they played all the heavy stuff (none of the ballads), and kept the crowd into it the whole time. Not a whole lot to say other than it was just as good as I’d expected.
SOTX:
Never Bury The Hatchet
King Nothing
Pull It And Fire
The Vestryman
Blameshift
Baptized In The Rio Grande
Texas Trim
I’d never really listened to Texas Hippie Coalition, and the only reason I’d even heard of them is because Ryan Bennett, the drummer for Eye Empire, had also drummed for them. They’ve been around since 2004, however, so they’re no rookies. In checking them out ahead of the show, I got into them a little bit, particularly one song (that they didn’t play) called “Rock Ain’t Dead (It’s Just In Rehab)”. They’re a southern hard rock / metal band, and the singer, “Big Dad” Ritch, is exactly that. Not a small individual by any means. But rock they did! Lots of fun with these guys too. With a closer titled “Pissed Off and Mad About It”, you know you’re in for a good time.
THC:
Come Get It
El Diablo Rojo
Outlaw
Rollin’
Angel Fall
Knee Deep
Don’t Come Lookin’
Turn It Up
Saddle Sore
Hit It Again
Whiskey Burn
Pissed Off and Mad About It
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Hatebreed – 2016 – The Concrete Confessional
By Eric | May 11, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Hatebreed
Title: The Concrete Confessional
Label: Nuclear Blast
Released: May 13, 2016
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Autographed
Tracklist:
#A.D.
#Looking Down The Barrel Of Today
#Seven Enemies
#In The Walls
#From Grace We’ve Fallen
#Us Against Us
#Something’s Off
#Remember When
#Slaughtered In Their Dreams
#The Apex Within
#Walking The Knife
#Dissonance
#Serve Your Masters
Review:
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05/06/2016 Like A Storm, Devil You Know, Oni (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | May 7, 2016 7:46 pm
Montage billed this as a double headliner – as in they booked both Like A Storm and Devil You Know both on their own headlining runs the same night. Devil You Know got their support act on the bill too, and Oni was a damn cool opener. How many metal bands have you ever heard of that have a touring xylophone? And it wasn’t just a gimmick, the band was really good.
I really went to see Devil You Know, which is better known as “the band that Howard Jones from Killswitch Engage is in now”. The rest of the band are no slouches either, guitarist Francesco Artusato was in All Shall Perish, and bassist Ryan Wombacher was in Bleeding Through. It was great to see Howard in a live setting again, he was full of energy (and sarcasm) as had been the norm with KsE. They rocked songs off of both albums, and sounded great doing it.
Devil You Know Setlist:
Consume The Damned
My Own
Embracing The Torture
Seven Years Alone
Stay Of Execution
A New Beginning
A Mind Insane
Crawl From The Dark
The Way We Die
Shut It down
So Like A Storm got to close the night, and that was the band that David and Danielle (!) came in to see. I’d describe them as an Octane band, in that “hard rock but not quite metal” lane. I hadn’t even really heard of them (they were the first band on for the Feb 2010 Shinedown show at the Armory, but I missed them).They sounded good; for me not ever hearing anything by them (maybe the Gangsta’s Paradise cover once), it was a good show. One can tell they can rock the big arenas just as well as the small clubs, as the stage banter and effects would definitely translate. It was a fun night, and especially after seeing the band I wanted to see, LaS was a good nightcap.
Like A Storm – Love The Way You Hate Me
Like A Storm – Gangsta’s Paradise
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Devil You Know – 2015 – They Bleed Red
By Eric | May 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Devil You Know
Title: They Bleed Red
Label: Nuclear Blast
Released: Nov 6, 2015
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Consume the Damned
#They Way We Die
#Your Last Breath
#Stay of Execution
#Break The Ties
#Shattered Silence
#Let The Pain Take Hold
#Master Of None
#Searching For The Sun
#How the End Shall Be
#Broken By The Cold
#Eye Of The Tiger
#I Am Alive
#We Live
Review:
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Will Hoge – 2016 – Solo & Live ~ December 2015
By Eric | April 30, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Will Hoge
Title: Solo & Live ~ December 2015
Label: Self Released
Released: Mar 18, 2016
Packaging: Cardboard Sleeve
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Too Old to Die Young
#Doesn’t Have to Be That Way
#When I Can Afford to Lose
#Times Are Not Changing
#(Pretty Sure) I’m Over You
#Jesus Came to Tennessee
#Little Bitty Dreams
#When I Get My Wings
#Through Missing You
#Trying to Be a Man
#Middle of America
#Woman Be Strong
#Still a Southern Man
#Even If It Breaks Your Heart
#Damn Spotlight (Julia’s Song)
#Til I Do It Again
Review:
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