Album Notes

Ever since I was a young child, I`ve dreamed of being a T-shirt salesman. But how to make my dream a reality ? I thought, the best way to do this would be to start a band. We called ourselves "Jack Feels Fine" we practiced; we played; we toured; we made a record; we toured some more; then we broke up. I built a recording studio and recorded other bands for awhile. I recorded "Bystander" a studio project and started "Capital Punishment" an internet record company. "The Askmasters" were looking for a bass player and asked me to join. Once again, we practiced; we played; we recorded an album; then we broke up. In the summer of 2002 "Bystander" when to play the NXNE music festival in Toronto, but by the summer of 2003 "Bystander" had broken up (and there was only 1 member, me?!)
Now I am called "The Kettle Black" and I own the dot com to prove it. I finished my first recording early 2004 and I`m starting to play shows again. I play acoustic and electric guitars, bass and synth/piano, I use samples, a couple of loop stations and a drum machine. Someone said it sounded like Mr.Wrong and Neil Young jamming with Roland (formerly of Big Black) in Roger Waters living room. I don`t know but it sure is nice to be back on the road selling my T-shirts again.

Tour dates

July
1 - Grand Forks : Canada Day w/Noble Five / tba
2 - Grand Forks : Senior’s Hall w/ Invasives
4 - Kamloops : The Little Big House w/ Invasives
8 - Victoria : Logan's w/Burlap Djack
10 - Duncan : Garage Showroom w/Burlap Djack
11 - Vancouver : Railway Club w/w/Strugglers / Uptown Riot / Resignators
17 - Nelson : The Velvet Underground w/Burlap Djack / The Filthy Still
20 - Ymir : School House
21 - Medicine Hat : The Ottoman
22 - Calgary : Vern’s w/Les Taberfucks
23 - Canmore : Canmore Hotel : w/ Les Taberfucks
25 - Lethbridge : Henotic GCBC Lounge w/Les Taberfucks / The Void
30 - Edmonton : Pawnshop w/Wax Mannequin

August
I'll be playing bass with Wax Mannequin as well as opening some of the shows in western Canada
details and dates up shortly
1-3 Art Wells Festival Wells BC
4 - Prince George : St. Michael’s Church w/ Wax Mannequin / The Arbitrary / Evan Symons
7 - Vancouver Pats Pub w/ Wax Mannequin
8 - Victoria : Lucky’s w/ Wax Mannequin
9 - Nanimo : Queens Hotel w/Wax Mannequin
10 - Courney : Joe’s Garage w/Wax Mannequin
11 - Kelonwa : Greatful Fed w/Wax Mannequin
12 - Penticton : Voodoo lounge w/Wax Mannequin
13 - Kimberly :
14 - Calgary : Palimino w/Wax Mannequin
15 - Canmore : Canmore Hotel w/Wax Mannequin
16 - Lethbridge : The Slice w/Wax Mannequin
18 - Medcine Hat : The Ottoman w/Wax Mannequin
19 - Saskatoon : TBA
20 - Regina : The Club w/ Wax Mannequin
21 - Brandon : TBA
22 - Winnipeg : The Cavern w/Wax Mannequin
23 - Kenora : Lake Of The Woods w/Wax Mannequin
25 - Thunder Bay : Black Pirate Pub w/Wax Mannequin
26 - Sudbury : The Townehouse w/Wax Mannequin
28 - Sudbury : Picnic Fest ’09 All Ages

September
5 - Kingston : The Mansion w/Lynne Rafter / Wax Mannequin / Popeye’s Golden Theory (Cuba)
10 - Peterboruogh : The Spill w/Lynne Rafter / Wax Mannequin / Popeye’s Golden Theory (Cuba)
11 - Guelph : The Albion w/Lynne Rafter / Wax Mannequin / Popeye’s Golden Theory (Cuba)

October
9 - Moncton : The Paramount w/Bomarc

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- Awesome underground art-punk from Vancouver. For fans of old-school weirdo cool - artcore punk bands like Bliss, NoMeansNo, The Dead Kennedys, Big Black, SNFU and the European neo-folk/dark-folk scene.

There's a super distant quality to the bleak and angst-ridden vocals. The album is heavy on bass in a way that you don't hear so often these days - it reminds me of the 80's, back when there were all those killer bass players that were super-integral to the sound and grooves - Kira and Mike Watt, for example. Sounds great! Acoustic guitars and lots of industrial-tinged, epic, minimalist tribal/gothic drum pounding that reminds me of European neo-folk bands.

- Left Hip
http://www.lefthip.com/review_detail.php?reviewID=92