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News:
Mag Wheel Records sadly annouces that Alex Soria of the
lengendary Nils/Chino has died.
He was hit by a train in the early
evening of Monday Dec. 13th in
Montreal. Alex was
of course the founder of the legendary band The Nils, and also played in
Los Patos, Black Sox, and
Chino.
Although he had some problems over the years, he was
truly a gifted songwriter. Excuse me Steve Earle, but I would jump on Paul
Westerberg's coffee table with converse hightops on and argue that Alex might
the best!
Above all, he was a friend of mine,
and I will truly miss him and his great music.
There will be a night of music in his honor in Montreal on March 11th featuring members of Chino playing all of Alex's favorite cover songs, John Kastner of All Systems Go doing a set, then John Kastner(Asexuals, Doughboys, ASG) fronting Carlos Soria and other Nils members palying a full set of Nils' songs.
"I think I'll go out and buy the smartest clothes, so I can talk
without much force..."
Alex Soria/Chino "World's Apart"
"Lets pretend we were joyful, like green fields in daylight." Alex
Soria/Nils "Green Fields in Daylight"
You can hear a 2 hour tribute
radio show with interviews with Carlos Soria, Jack Rabid of Big Takeover, and me
at the following link until March 20th:
Some other links regarding Alex:
www.punknews.org/article.php?sid=11101
www.rockandrollreport.com/the_rock_and_roll_report/2004/12/alex_soria_of_t.html
http://punkhistorycanada.ca/portal/forum/viewtopic.php?t=697
www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=5044
www.zoilus.com/documents/news/2004/000300.shtml
In other News:
The Spoon "Anticipation" B/W "Headz" has been repressed and is in stock. Its is limited to 770 on clear red vinyl. The single originally came out on Mag Wheel in the Fall of 1998, and has been OOP for a few years. It features 2 Exclusive songs. Spoon of course have graced us with some very fine albums on Merge, and Matador Records.
Mag Wheel will be releasing a very limited vinyl EP by Toronto's Great Lake Swimmers. The band is one of Toronto's best, with a dark urban country pop sound a la Sun Kil Moon. You can find out more about GLS at www.greatlakeswimmers.com or at www.weewerk.com
Mag Wheel also hopes to release more Nils and Chino music. The label, along with Alex's brother and bandmate Carlos Soria are compiling unreleased studio tracks, and live tracks. Stayed tuned for more info on this in the future.