A Mini Smallman Update November 14th, 2008
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You may be asking yourselves, “What are they doing over there at Smallman these days?!”. Well, what do we do? What don’t we do! Oh, we do so many things that we never stop. Oh, the things we do here, my stars!
While I have a free moment between calls from telemarketers trying to sell us cruises, I figured I’d fill you in on whats going on with some of our bands.
Those lucky sons-of-guns in Broadway Calls have just announced an entire month of European tour dates with Alkaline Trio. I know, right? Unreal. But before you start sending Broadway Calls jealousy threats and copies of Good Mourning for them to get signed for you, why not try to make it out to one of their American shows and do it in person? They’re on the road for another week and a half, then taking December off before the Alkaline Euro-invasion in January. Check out all their dates here: http://www.myspace.com/BroadwayCalls
As a part of preparation for the 2010 Olympic Games, the Vancouver Olympic Committee is doing everything in its power to get the no-good-nicks out of town. Hence the CARPENTER/LIVING WITH LIONS/ASPIRATIONS tour that is currently causing trouble all across Canada. The tour is in Alberta right now and carries on until Sunday in Winnipeg, after which Carpenter will make a daring attempt to sneak back into Van City solo, playing a few shows on their way home.
CARPENTER W/ LIVING WITH LIONS & ASPIRATIONS
11/14/2008 – Saskatoon, SK @ Cosmo Centre
11/15/2008 – Regina, SK @ The Club
11/16/2008 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Cavern
CARPENTER
11/18/2008 – Medicine Hat, AB @ Ottoman Lounge
11/19/2008 – Lethbridge, AB @ The Slice
11/20/2008 – Canmore, AB @ The Canmore Hotel
11/22/2008 – Kelowna, BC @ Doc Wiloughby’s
Here’s one of those ‘What would you do if…” questions for you. What would you do if, two days after purchasing a brand new van and trailer, right at the beginning of a tour, Mother Nature flipped you off via a patch of black ice and you rolled your van, totaling it and losing all your gear and merch, as well as sustaining some pretty nasty injuries? Would you continue on the tour? Maybe. Would you immediately jump into a month touring the USA, using a friend’s van and borrowed gear? Some people might. I know this is getting ridiculous, but would you start planning a massive European tour, complete with stops in places your geography teacher has never heard about? I’m not here to make anyone look bad, so I’ll just direct your attention to Grave Maker’s myspace page, where you can check out all their crazy upcoming tour dates and show them some love: http://www.myspace.com/GraveMaker.
Start takin’ in the empties from your Halloween parties, because we’ve got two releases coming out on iTunes on December 16th! Edmonton heartthrob’s Passenger Action will be releasing The Acoustic Blueprints EP, while everyone’s favorite dudes-with-beards-that-you-can-really-set-your-watch-to, The Reason, will be releasing an acoustic EP, featuring songs from Things Couldn’t Be Better as well as a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Brilliant Disguise”.
If you’re reading this from South America or Australia, well lucky you, because chances are you aren’t freezing your tail off right now.But even more importantly, Comeback Kid will be heading your way soon! Check out http://www.myspace.com/comebackkid for dates on this month’s South American tour and the Aussie run in January.
Last but most definitely and certainly not least, Regina’s sweethearts Sylvie are in the midst of a Canadian tour to support their new album, Trees and Shade are Our Only Fences. The tour hits Winnipeg this Friday before picking up again in Vancouver on November 20th.More information on dates as well as some very pretty layout work can be found at http://www.myspce.com/sylviemusic. A special thanks to everyone who has been requesting Sylvie on college and independent radio – they came in at #12 on the national charts this week.
My fingers hurt.Visit http://www.smallmanrecords.com for up-to-the-minute tour dates as well as photos of bands sitting on couches, as well as lots of other fun stuff.
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