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Street Dogs - State of Grace
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Shit, no shows for Ottawa kids for over a month now, who to come along and save the day, leave it up to doughty locals District 7 with headliners, the formally (but not then) ‘Sewing With Nancie’ now ‘The Reason’ skate punks to get the craved ones out for a chaotic festive show. (Sorry, missed the opening bands because I was off doing an interview.)

First up, District 7’s speed and screams once again sounded melodious, live, they have yet to disappoint me. Opening strong with ‘All Time Low’ they got everyone who wasn’t feeling lame in the shithouse going. Kids were throwing up their fists, showing their support screaming out D7’s lyrics like an anthem it was amazing to see my favorite locals come so far. They also included in their set-list ‘Price of Perfection’, ‘Believe’ and lots of catchy breakdowns and jumps. Nothing vapid about them that night, they’re aggressive lyrics and unrelenting qualities, if unhitched have made D7 a growing marvel to watch. They highlighted and finished up their full sail set with their tragedian dulcet ‘East River Revolution’ winning over afresh more hearts and minds in the crowd.

I’ll still refer to them as ‘Sewing With Nancie’, since the transformation hadn’t yet occurred but regardless of their name, SWN played a wicked ass, hour long set that blew me away. The name change was a good call since live, they sounded heavier and different than on their albums, almost like SWN meets ‘Atreyu’ VS ‘Grade’. Pioneering their own genre, even their old songs were sang and played harder, now with more shouted lyrics and added energy. Starting off their set with ‘Fake Girl’ things kept getting better including ‘Downsview’ and ‘On Your Mark’. They also accepted requests, which didn’t include ‘Dave Steib’ but without doubt ‘Starbucks Sucks’ and their ‘Time After Time’ cover were out of the chosen to be performed. They also played two unreleased ‘The Reason’ tracks from their upcoming ‘Problems Associated With Running’ February release titled, ‘Sweet Clichés’ and ‘Tortoise’, both were salient and catchy as hell. You could tell special pride was taken in their new style when these songs were sung and they were very receptive as to how their fans reacted to the changes, most were extremely open. Definitely a step in the right direction, adjust or be dust, this mature melodic transformation was needed, no more songs about High School and parents, SWN now ‘The Reason’ have grown up, converged forces, struggling to break from the disenfranchising abyss of this industry to finally play their music the way they intend it to be, in a direction they’re choosing for themselves.



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    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 25, 2003 at 10:05 PM (EDT)
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    I can't believe people actually hate on the band for their album cover....that is the stupidist fucking thing I've ever heard...I love the album cover...love the band...and all you damn yankees can go suck a big dick...fucking pussys

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 7:35 PM (EST)
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    no. the cd cover sucks. i'm sure the band is headed that way as well.

    Posted by evildeadalive on 2003-02-05 17:51:02
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    Haha! Yes, I'm glad someone made an album cover comment! Worst album cover ever. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. This band will forever be boycotted by me. You suck D12.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 4:49 AM (EST)
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    why the fuck should their album cover affect the band ? its good artwork. These guys work hard and play hard.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 3:56 AM (EST)
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    This show kicked ass, The Reason and D7 will be back in March! Ahh, the review made me like I was there all over again.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 10:53 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Uh...this review makes no sense.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 9:15 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Haha. I might have gone, had D7s cover been better. Their album cover has nearly ruined them.

    Posted by dignin on 2003-02-04 15:29:30
    My Score:

    as Emo Phillips put it, in Aramageddon they didn't have to destroy the asteroid, just slow it down enough so it didn't hit the United States. Once again Canada would get a free ride

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 2:29 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Yipes. I stopped reading after tragedian dulcet...

    Posted by SublimeStylinMatty on 2003-02-04 14:05:35
    My Score:

    starbucks sucks is classic

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 1:23 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Fuck Americans

    Posted by unconcerned on 2003-02-04 13:04:59
    My Score:

    Fuck Canadians