Comments on: The Constantines – Tournament of Hearts

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

in Toronto, one alt weekly gave it a perfect score, the other one gave it 1/5.

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

since they are so blue collar, theres other bands they remind me of other than just Springsteen and Fugazi… “Working Full Time” could easily be covered by the Tragically Hip. The song before that has a U2 feel to it.

By: barker

barker — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

hands down, one of the best bands out there…i can’t get enough of ‘draw us lines’ and ‘love in fear’…i had the pleasure of seeing the three gut anniversary show/sendoff, and it did not disappoint…the new songs come off great live and they even covered ac/dc’s ‘ride on’…

stated simply, i love the constantines

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

We saw them in Hamilton a couple months ago and they did that AC/DC cover too. Cool shit. Have you heard their cover of Elevator to Hell from the Believer magazine compilation CD?

By: barker

barker — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

no…what did they cover?

By: barker

barker — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

also forgot to mention that they are recording a split 12 inch with the unintended…the cons are covering some neil young songs
(the cons do a wicked cover of neil young’s ‘don’t be denied’…i imagine it will be on the 12 inch…), while the unintended are covering gordon lightfoot…this sounds intriguing…

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The Elevator song they cover is “Why I Didn’t Like August ‘93″. The CD also has Jim Guthrie covering “Nighttime Anytime (It’s Alright)”, and lots of other cool bands.

You can download the entire CD in 5 parts at this site:

http://www.musiccherry.com/archives/2005/08/download_the_be.htm

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

geez, lot of mixed reviews on it. Pitchfork is a wishy-washy thumbs up, but Popmatters gives it a 5/10, and even gave 311 a higher grade

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

And what are your own thoughts on the album Goon?

Honestly, I thought The Cons could do no wrong. Even if they released a terrible album I never thought I’d read a bad review. And here they go releasing an amazing album and no one digs. Why? Because it’s different? Not “punk” enough? I don’t get it.

By: JAY C.

JAY C. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I wasn’t that impressed with it.

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I like what I’ve heard, but frankly so much has come out at once lately I havent given it a lot of time yet

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

looks like the Constantines arent the only GTA band being given the cold shoulder by Popmatters. Broken Social Scene has been called ‘a mess’ and again, lower rating than…. 311.