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ARCHIVE - Jan-Mar 2004
Feb.
20, 2004 - Feb. 19th Loud and Clear! - The
February 19th show at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa was, by all
accounts, one of the loudest and to-the-point shows seen at that
venue in a while.
John
Allaire and Criminal Intent bashed through the bulk of Allaire's
latest release "Crime and Punishment" in record time,
rarely stopping between songs to enjoy applause or swig a beer.
The Ramones-like speed of the set was only counter-balanced a
few times with a change of guitars and the odd quip by the sarcastic
Allaire.
A
few of Allaire's Town Cryers' songs were thrown in for good measure
and then poof... they were gone! Like traveling troubadours late
for their train.
Opening
band The Bush Pilots played a great set of country-inspired roots
rock and The Dunn Project followed with a somewhat experimental
set of polymelodic originals.
Feb.
20/04 - Allaire
signs on with Indiepool
John Allaire's CD Crime and Punishment is now available
North America wide through the services of Indiepool and SoundScan.
While
distribution of the CD will be limited to a couple dozen key
locations across Canada, C&P is now part of the North American
music tracking system and database. This means that consumers
can request the CD from any store in North American and it can
be ordered and shipped directly to the store.
The
CD can also be purchased online through the Indiepool
web site.
Jan.
21/04 - Just
confirmed!!! John Allaire and his back-up band "Criminal
Intent" will be playing Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa's
Byward Market Thursday, February 19, 2004. Rumour has it that
there will be two opening acts, both are to be announced.
Criminal
Intent includes:
Keyboards, sax: Tony Dunn
Lead guitar: Glenn Torresan
Bass: Matt Girard
Drums: Kevin "Breeze" Smith
Sep. 20/2003
John Allaire's 5th release but his first solo release entitled Crime
and Punishment is now in stores and available on
the Internet. The album features 12 songs, 11 of which are originals
never before recorded.
See
the Ottawa
Sun Review
(Sep. 21, 2003)
The
CD is now available at Compact Music (785A Bank Street, Ottawa),
Birdman Sound (593 Bank Street, Ottawa), all locations of CD
Warehouse in the Ottawa region, as well as directly through the Flat
and Black Records Web Site.
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