Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Hockey Night Breaks UP!


Its a sad sad world when a great band breaks up! Hockey Night were pure power-pop fun from Minneapolis, I got a chance to open for them once at a house show at the Playground (R.I.P) They were super tight and super cool guys! This info was and exclusive from Daytrotter.com.... here's what they had to say....
"The bearers of bad news, we hate to be them, but this bad news is laced with sugar and sunshine, we assure you. One year ago this week, the slap-happy, goodtime homies Hockey Night were by. We were rushed and they produced one of the most smashing pieces of fun we’ve assembled for you. There were burger baskets and chuckles all around. Paul Sprangers informed us Monday night that Hockey Night is no longer a real thing, but now joins the ranks of mythology. He and fellow guitarist Scott Wells are forging on with the blazing guitar shenanigans, but they’ll be doing it with a different cast of characters. “It was a long time coming,” Sprangers said. “I realized I didn’t want to continue on the way we were going. We were operating under that indie rock idea where it was fun and everybody’s buddies. We just want to do it right and we couldn’t get things done.” Sprangers said that DFA Records — run by Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy (the latter of LCD Soundsystem) — has signed the pair to continue on. They’re planning on releasing some 12-inch singles in the fall and being all dope under a new name. Pour a drink to the memories." Listen to their Daytrotter session at www.daytrotter.com or its linked below for you lazy kids!

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