ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL (New bright roots-indie-rockstars!) + JETPLANES OF ABRAH

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[color:green]Cincinnati Records Proudly Presents

TUESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2007

Toronto/Outside Music's

ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL

(Yep Roc Records USA, label-mates to The Sadies/Billy Bragg/Robyn Hitchcock/Heavy Trash)

with tour-mates, JETPLANES OF ABRAHAM (Ottawa)

plus support from:

THE FRONT-RUNNERS (Local indie-garage/pop)

SNOW-HEEL SLIM & THE BOOGIE INFECTION (New local jam-funk)

THE ENTERTAINMENT (New local garage-rock)

7:30PM Drs, 8:30PM Show || $10 at the door || 19+ (Limited all-ages)

Casbah

306 King St W || 905-521-4441

casbahlounge.ca || More info brodiebooksrock@yahoo.ca

ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL

Rob Carson, Chris Eaton, Blake Howard, Scott Maynard, Donald Murray, Fiona Stewart, John Whytock - on trombone, banjo, guitar, trumpet, violin, mandolin, bass, drums, accordion, more trumpet

"Stars-in-waiting." - Rolling Stone US

"Four stars (and then stuff in German)." - Rolling Stone Germany

"A masterpiece." - Exclaim Magazine

"A massive achievement." - Americana UK

"Truly something to be joyful about." - Pitchfork

"A record most bands can only dream of creating." - Glide

"Buy/borrow/steal the album. Indeed, at the risk of sounding like the NME, this could be the best thing you hear all year." - Fat Controller UK

"Sure to have tears welling and fists aloft in raucous salute." - Pop Matters

Although Toronto novelist Chris Eaton performed as a solo artist in the late '90s and early 2000s under the name Rock Plaza Central (sometimes with any number of backing musicians), it wasn't until 2003 that Rock Plaza Central became a real band, recruiting Rob Carson (guitar, banjo, trombone), John Whytock (accordion, trumpet, percussion), Donald Murray (mandolin, trumpet), Scott Maynard (bass), and Blake Howard (drums), with Fiona Stewart (violin) joining in 2004, before releasing The World Was Hell to Us. Are We Not Horses (produced by Dinner Is Ruined's Dale Morningstar) followed in April 2007.

JETPLANES OF ABRAHAM

With the rise of the Hidden Cameras and Broken Social Scene came an increase in the activity of inter-band collectives. Making up a mini-collective of Ottawa, ON acts such as Kingston Fog, Turning Into Salt and For the Mathematics, JoA hit nary a wrong note on their debut, but sometimes their enthusiasm gets the best of them.

Oozing a manic, youthful energy, there’s at least one song on this album to delight even the most hard-hearted. “Take the Cash†is earnest rock with shout-y harmonies but it’s got an undeniable catchiness that cannot be ignored. The band flirt with some cute indie on “Complications, Fascination & Quitting Your Job†but, luckily, a good dose of gang singing and a driving beat keep things from getting drowned in pretension.

The real gem, and the key to why Jetplanes of Abraham are a band to keep an eye on, comes in the form of closer “For Now.†It starts off contemplative but begins to show its manic indie roots soon enough, thrusting the listener into layers of forceful harmonies, crashing cymbals and handclaps. Coming close to that rush of energy you got when you first heard Broken Social Scene and the Arcade Fire, “For Now†gives mighty hope to this budding band.

WEB:

http://www.rockplazacentral.com/

http://www.myspace.com/rockplazacentral

http://www.jetplanesofabraham.com

http://www.myspace.com/jetplanesofabraham

[NewRider]

Rock Plaza Central kicks SERIOUS ass! Are We Not Horses is an incredible album.