| Another small step towards world domination: Four bands will represent Calgary at the 2004 North By Northeast music festival and conference in Toronto next weekend. Falconhawk, Hot Little Rocket, The House Doctors and Mico all have showcase performances during the jam-packed three-day event, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. If you’ve got friends in the greater T.O. area, encourage them to check out www.nxne.com for scheduling information.
If you’re cooling your heels in town next weekend, you can catch a whole truckload of local talent Friday, June 11 at the Carpenters Union Hall. In addition to being the Buzzing Bees’ CD release party for their second album, Beep! Beep! I’m A Jeep!, the show marks The Failure’s first local show since January. Other acts include Mach Tiver (on their last ever visit to Calgary), Fake Cops, Kilbourne, Billy and the Lost Boys and Wolfnote. Doors open at 5 p.m. for a 5:30 all-ages show, and tickets are $10.
Local one-man crust-punk outfit UMMM is on tour in eastern Canada from May 22 to June 13. According to www.ummm.tk, the tour will mainly take place at open mics and in parking lots. Upon UMMM’s return, a self-titled seven-inch release will be available for the low, low price of $3. To get your copy – which packs 21 tracks into 13 minutes – contact Matt at banana_chucker@hotmail.com.
Also on the release front, Internal Affairs’ second album, Sweet Home Babylon, will be available by order through all HMV locations. It’s not often that independent Calgary artists get their music into major retail outlets, so good on ’em. To get a sneak peek of their political hip-hop stylings, surf to www.internalaffairsmusic.com, or catch them live at The House Coffee Sanctuary in Kensington at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 12.
Plans are underway for the sixth annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, which will take place November 26 in Toronto. Awards will be handed out in more than 20 categories and nominations are now being accepted. Any musical artists of Canadian aboriginal status or non-status Metis or Inuit by birth, adoption or community acceptance are eligible for the awards. Submissions for all categories must be received by Monday, June 30. Application forms and more information can be found at www.canab.com or by calling the awards office at (519) 751-0040.
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