26/8/06: SIX MONTHS AND TEN DAYS
16/2/06: RESONATE TOUR
6/1/06: YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR AN UPDATE HAVN'T YOU??
29/11/05: MUSICOZ AWARDS
15/11/05: BIG DAY OUT
9/11/05: PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL NYE
30/10/05: THE BREAD & CIRCUSES
10/10/05: COG TOURS WA WITH THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, SOUNDS LIKE LIES FORUM MOVED
24/9/05: JUNTO OUT KARNIVOOL IN, SOUNDS LIKE LIES FORUM IS BACK
16/9/05: THE NEW NORMAL NEW ZEALAND RELEASE DATE
14/9/05: THE RUN TOUR
7/9/05: OCTOBER TOUR DATES
6/9/05: OCTOBER TOUR
30/8/05: TOM LARKIN THE MEGAPHONE MAN
30/8/05: RUN IN THE CHARTS, SOUNDS LIKE LIES UP AGAIN
29/8/05: TOUR HAPPENINGS, COG TAB WEBSITE, ALLSORTS
8/8/05: HOMEBAKE
28/7/05: OH, AND ANOTHER THING
28/7/05: THE REAL ACTUAL NO JOKE RELEASE DATE FOR RUN SINGLE, NORTHCOTE SHOW BROADCAST
29/6/05: RUN VIDEO CLIP, TRACKS FOR RUN EP
26/6/05: RUN EP
12/6/05: LOOK WHAT I RECIEVED IN MY MAIL
3/6/05: COG SUPPORTS SHIHAD AT ENMORE
31/5/05: COG CO-HOSTS MEL IN THE MORNING ON TRIPLE J
27/5/05: COG SUPPORTS SHIHAD IN NEW ZEALAND
25/5/05: RUMOURED TOUR DATE, MANY NEW ARTICLES
20/5/05: NEW TOUR DATES, REFURBISHED OFFICIAL SITE
8/5/05: NEW ARTICLES
7/5/05: BELGRAVE: CONFIRMED, CHARTS, MY ENEMY NET50
6/5/05: LIVE AT THE WIRELESS, RUMOURED GIGS
26/4/05: NEW NORMAL IN THE AIR CHARTS, INFO ON NORTHCOTE SHOW
25/4/05: CORRECTION
25/4/05: NEW SHOW, NEW NORMAL CHARTS AGAIN, MY ENEMY VIDEO, NEW ARTICLES
20/4/05: MORE NEWS (THIS IS GETTING TIRING)
19/4/05: SELF AT ALBURY, ANTISTATIC IN PERTH
18/4/05: MY ENEMY IN NET50, NEW NORMAL IN THE CHARTS, NEW MERCH
16/4/05: ARTICLES UP, LIVE AT THE WIRELESS
14/4/05: COG - OMNIPRESENT
12/4/05: COG IS EVERYWHERE, THE NEW NORMAL RELEASED NATIONALLY
10/4/05: DISCOGRAPHY UPDATED
8/4/05: IN-STORE NEWS, NEW NORMAL NEWS
2/4/05: MY ENEMY VIDEO
10 (possibly 7 depending on if the album is launched at Utopia Records in store) days to album release.
30/3/05: CHARADES, UTOPIA IN-STORE NOTE: can't be bothered to paraphrase, so heres the post from Shawn Adsett's tremendous Cog website, Sounds Like Lies: 26/3/05: REAL LIFE DROPS PLACES, MY ENEMY Well, it appears Real Life has dropped 14 places to number 37 in this week's net50, so i suggest you good people vote. On a better note, A Perfect Circle, The Mars Volta, Shihad, Flaming Lips and Queens of the Stone Age all gained places, while Karnivool's Shutterspeed holds the top spot for the fourth week runnning. So everything I voted for gained places EXCEPT FOR REAL LIFE. 15/3/05: CRUSTY DEMONS SHOWS According to the Crusty Demons website, Cog will be playing at their shows, details thus: 5/3/05: REAL LIFE MAKES TOP 20 Real Life came in no.17 in this week's triple j net50, while Cog tourmates Karnivool made a no.1 debut for their track "Shutterspeed", which can be downloaded from their official site.
3/3/05: TRACKLISTING, TOUR DATES Well here it is, I have information regarding the actual tracklisting and song length of the forthcoming album:
(in order) 27/2/05: REAL LIFE MAKES JJJ NET50, TOUR NEWS Real Life has made the Triple J net 50 at no.47, possibly due to the fact it is plastered for download all over the triple j website. This is great news, so get voting and see if we can get Real Life further up the list.
In other news, its about to be set in fairly firm concrete that there is going to be a New Normal tour, of 7 weeks starting on April 14th at The Metro in Sydney. Other information also tells us that In The Grey are highly likely to be the main supports for the tour, and members of Karnivool have implied that they'll be also supporting for the first leg. Almost confirmed tour dates can be found on the web, in the various Cog forums, but i'm not going to post them until they've been confirmed. It has also been hinted that Junto may be main supports on a tour after this initial 7 week outing, and also that there may be a US or Europe tour, pending album deals there.
13/2/05: CORRECTION Well, you see, Real Life isn't going to be the first single, its presence on Triple J, if i can depend on the information of Richard Kingsmill (which i will), is merely as a "taste" for the new album. I still think its odds on likely that Resonating will be the first single, on the mere fact it SOUNDS like a single.
13/2/05: THE FIRST SINGLE Last week i found a short article that revealed that the first single will be Real Life. I now have more solid confirmation. The official site tells us that Real Life has been added to Triple J's playlist and can be requested for Super Request at http://abc.net.au/triplej/requests/make_a_request.htm and Net 50 at http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/net50/vote.htm. Also, Real Life will be shortly available for a short time at Official.
11/1/05: MORE NEWS (I SPOKE TOO SOON!): BENEFIT GIG Yet another news post, this time regarding a Tsunami benefit gig at which we'll be seeing Cog play alongside Katalyst, The Dead Rebels and local DJs. This will be held at Cog's birthplace and residence, Bondi, at the Beach Road Hotel on 15th January (doors open 3pm). Tickets are $15, from the door. I'm assuming that the profit will go to the effort to cleanup and rebuild areas effected by the recent tsunami.
9/1/05: PILGER FESTIVAL Just as a very loosely related note, left-wing writer and film-maker John Pilger, who's film "Breaking the Silence: The Truth and Lies of the War on Terror" was shown at a couple of Cog gigs around April of last year, will be holding a festival of his films, at Valhalla Cinema. Here is a brief note: 8/1/05: TOUR DATE A surprising lack of news at the moment, but in the meantime, some fairly reliable word of mouth (someone at the venue) has told me that Cog will be playing at Woonona Bulli RSL on April 16. I'm guessing around that time we'll be seeing the album tour which will probably be 10 plus shows.
21/12/04: RELEASE DATE A release date for the forthcoming Cog album "The New Normal" has been officially set: 12th April, 2005. This calls for some reflection on the release dates that have been estimated over the past 1 to 2 years. I know that in mid 2003 people were estimating late 2003 or early 2004 releases, but obviously that did not eventuate. Lucius himself, in March 2004, said the album would be out before the end of the year. But i guess good things take time and rushing the process would not come out with a better result. I mean, does a little anticipation hurt that much?
Adding to my fan(atic)-like excitement of a release date being set, the front page of the official site has been refurbished, and now has a white background. It contains an image which might give some indication of where the cover art may go:
5/12/04: NEW DATES, BOOKING AGENCY There are new dates for NSW South Coast. Details can be found in the tour section. Also in news, I recently stumbled upon Cog's new booking agent, The Atlas Agency.
11/11/04: TRACKLIST, SOUNDS LIKE LIES UP There had been a confirmed tracklist, not in order, for the album, corresponding with the end of the recording. The list is:
Real Life also, Sounds Like Lies is up again, with acting webmaster Ash.
6/11/04: SHOWS CANCELLED, SOUNDS LIKE LIES DOWN, MOSHIACH ADDED There seems to have been shitloads of things happening in Cogland since i last updated, most of which you probably already know, but anyway... The shows at Toukley, Loxton and Adelaide Uni have been cancelled for unknown reasons, outside the band's control.
Also, the premier Cog fan website, Sounds Like Lies is temporarily down, due to a server change. When it comes back, it will be updated by the resident metalhead, Ash (the normal webmaster, Shawn, is awaiting a new computer), who also has a Butterfly Effect website, Without Perception, and a Dillinger Escape Plan website.
There is another song to be added to the songlist, for the album: Moshiach. Cog are redoing this Just Visiting Part One song for the album, particularly if there is a US release/deal.
29/10/04: BRACE YOURSELF BACK ONLINE At www.braceyourself.tk, OGT has reposted his website. All areas are up except the forum.
15/10/04: STUDIO DIARY On the official site (www.cog.com.au) the bandmembers are writing diary entries from the recording studio, along with around 30 pictures (so far). What important info i can gather is that they are trying to get Resonating done which suggests that this is a song planned to be the first radio single, though thats just my speculation.
14/10/04: COG AT THE INAGURAL PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL Good news for Melbourne fans, Cog is playing on New Year's Eve at a festival on Phillip Island
(from Beat Magazine)
This New Years Eve, Phillip Island will host the very first Pyramid Rock Festival - a one night music festival with acts ranging from hip hop to rock and blues & roots on the main stage, and world class electronica from leading Australian dance acts in the Dance tent. So far the line up includes Magic Dirt, Dallas Crane, The Casanovas, COG, Antiskeptic and Offcuts with more to be announced soon! The festival will be an all ages event with entertainment from midday on December 31 through till 7am on January 1. It's being helf on a private coastal property (ten minutes drive from Cowes) with sweeping majestic views over the south coast of Phillip Island, including Pyramid Rock and Cape Woolamai. The Main Stage lies at the base of a natural ampitheatre with the ocean as a backdrop. Camping will be available, and there'll be public transport for Melbourne residents. Early bird tickets are $55 on sale Monday October 18 through Ticketmaster and Greville. 3/10/04: FULL EAST COAST TOUR It seems that Cog have decided to do a full (does 9 gigs count as full?) tour of the east coast and Adelaide. The info is in the tour section of the website. For those on the Central Coast, you finally don't have to travel to Newcastle for a gig and instead Newcastle fans have to make their way down to the Central Coast, as Cog is playing at Toukley. Mona Vale also sees its firt Cog gig in a while. There is one all ages gig, at Adelaide Uni. It starts on the 18th at Toukley and finishes on the 4th December at the Zoo in Brisbane. Locations include: Loxton, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Mona Vale, Sydney, Toukley (Central Coast), Byron Bay, Brisbane, Surfers Paridise.
25/9/04: GIG AT THE ZOO Another gig has been added, now to the benefit of human beings and other creatures in Brisbane, at the Zoo on 4th December. Perhaps we may see a gig in Canberra, Adelaide, or maybe even Perth the week after that?
Also in news, the song Doors is reportedly going to be split into two parts on the forthcoming album.
16/9/04: BREAKING NEWS!!! COG SIGNS TO DIFRNT MUSIC Cog has officially signed to indie label Difrnt Music. Cog will be recording their album in Weed, California between 20th September and 5th November, and have acquired the competent services of THE Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of A Down, REM etc.). In news that should have been reported earlier, Cog signed to Aloha Management in July.
This has brought about, also, a show that will be staged at the Gaelic Club on 20th November and at Corner Hotel on 27th, plus more to be announced later.
15/8/04: GREAT SHOW, NEW SONG (DOORS) And despite a shortened set at the Utopia show, Cog played like the gods they are, and theres a new song to add to the list! It's called Doors, and its probably the longest song out of the newbies so far. Of the others Brace rocked the house down, I had a chat with their guitarist and singer. Break From Fear was psycho as usual, and the new stuff is sounding good. Daysend anf Frankenbok had a mosh going, though the music was pretty straightforward metal. Frankenbok got a few from the crowd, including the singer from Brace who was at the time enjoying a drink, to sing their closer.
The revised songlist for the upcoming album, now filled is: Real Life, River Song, Run, The Spine, Charade (different name, plus melody and lyrics), Resonating, Naming the Elephant, Silence is Violence, Doors.
13/8/04: BLACK FRIDAY, A TIME TO THANK SATAN Indeed, i'd like to thank Shawn, who is the webmaster for the oh so exquisite Sounds Like Lies Cog fansite, for constructing the new header probably gracing you're eyes at this very moment. A feat of Adobe Photoshop, far advanced than anything else i've conjured up in the way of headers for this site. IN the meantime, i'm pumping myself up for Cog, Brace, Daysend and the rest tomorrow for the Utopia show. More worthwhile news, on the other hand, would inform us that this thread includes many questions asked by Cog fans, most of which have been answered by the good Lucius Borich drummer boy himself.
And as I drift into the wind, scattering debris over landscapes beings can only wish to touch, a thought meandering on an open plain, breathless and divine, As one among the minions, I wish all of you a good Black Friday.
25/7/04: ALL AGES: CONFIRMED Its official, Utopia have started putting out flyers and www.cog.com.au has posted the gig. It is consequently also up in the tours section now.
24/7/04: OH MY GOD!!! AN ALL AGES GIG!!!
According to this thread, and Drum Media, Cog is playing a gig at Sydney Uni's Manning Bar on 14th august, with 5 other bands including Brace for (apparently) Utopia's 25th anniversary show. I have some doubt about this because Faster Louder's gig guide reports a Utopia 25th anniversary show at annandale hotel with completely different bands on 6th August. However, seeing as people have been saying that Utopia are already selling tickets for $20 for the show I may just check up on this. I will report (and add to tours section) when there is more solid evidence. Also, some news I probably should have posted earlier, Overload has been renamed the Spine. The tracklisting for the upcoming album now reads: Anarchy OK, Real Life, Charade (different name and lyrics), Resonating, Silence Is Violence, Run, Naming The Elephant, The River Song, The Spine plus one more untitled song.
15/7/04: NEW FORUM I am here to inform the masses of Cog about a new inclusion to the Cog forum matrix. At www.sounds-like-lies-forum.tk (which is linked in the intro page of this site) there is a new forum where you can inform other about your thoughts on Cog.
28/6/04: WHAT??? NEWS AT PSEUDO??? whoa, dude!! I've been bludging my ass off for the past 5 and a half weeks, and during this period many things have happened to Cog! Firstly, another gig is happening, this Saturday, in fact, 3rd July at the Parramatta Roxy Theatre (see tour section for details). This is yet another over 18s show. When will they do an all ages show, i do not know. They played at Shoreshocked, I know, but no-one found out about that until very shortly before, so only people going to their website knew. And they were ogin to play at some festival at the RoundHouse next month, but they cancelled that. Do they have some kind of vendetta against non-adults? Is that it??? Anyway, in other news, there are new samples at www.cog.com.au, with one new song, The River Song, along with Resonating and Silence is Violence. It sounds amazingly well produced, but the bass delay lick of Resonating sound dangerously like the bass delay lick at the start of Another Brick in the wall Part 2 by Pink Floyd. Also, I have been working on a fairly massive Cog FAQ which I will post when I finish it. If you know virtually anything about Cog, add me on MSN (fretforyourcontract@hotmail.com) so I can fire questions at you without having to email Cog themselves.
14/5/04: AND HE SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST SOME NEWS
it is quite true, after about 3 weeks of inactivity I have decided to inform you good people of another song being added to the list of new songs on the upcoming album. This song is called "Overload". It has been played at recent gigs and samples of it can be found on the Official website. the other song titles are in the news post before this one. Also, 3 new tour dates, 1 in Coffs Harbour and another 2 in Queenland have been scheduled for July. Further datails in the Tour section.
25/4/04: TRACKLISTING RELEASED, NEW ARTICLE
There has been a tracklisting released, not necessarily in order. It is:
Anarchy OK, Real Life, Charade (different name and lyrics), Resonating, Silence Is Violence, Run, Naming The Elephant, The River Song, The Spine, 2 more untitled songs.
also, there is a new live review of the gig in Canberra on the 8th.
There will be a video clip for My Enemy, which is being shot in Melbourne within a week or two. Also, theres just under 4 hours left for you to vote to keep Real Life and My Enemy in the Triple J net50.
From Official:
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"The band have announced a MIDNIGHT instore at Utopia records in Sydney on Saturday 9th
April. They will also perform at an all ages instore at Skinny's in Brisbane at 1pm on Sunday
24th April."
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Last night Hoag (sic) continued his praise of the new normal by playing another brand new track "Charades".
If you missed this one you can grab the stream from :: HERE::
Here are links to the most recent cog tracks:
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:: My Enemy::
:: Real Life::
::Charades:: Stream / Ogg
Big cheers go out to doogsey for ripping these streams!
If you have no idea what an OGG is, the you probably dont deserve to have these ripps.
To all of you media player groupies... get out of your shell and try :: Winamp::
The forum is still runing for those of you who seem to have forgoten...
yes... its dead... so fucking post... makes sence?
Until next time...
Stay Metal
::M1557::
Oh, and just on the note of Sounds Like Lies, can someone tell him to hurry up and finish "constructing" the remaining parts of his website which has been at least partially "under construction" since last year.
Also, if you want to hear "My Enemy", which is currently being played on radio, here is the place to go. Its sounding rather large, Sylvia Massy's production has really given the sound a kick. So, come April 12th, i will implode becasue i'm so obsessed with Cog it just isn't funny anymore. Oh, and for anyone who likes Kanivool, the good news is that their album "Themata" is selling much more than they expected, thus they are currently on their 3rd pressing, the bad news being that currently you'd be hard pressed to find a copy as this pressing probably hasn't been released yet.
Brisbane - Crusty Demons 10th Anniversary Tour + Freak'n Air Show + Live Bands
Queensland Raceway Saturday May 14th
Featuring: The Used, Shihad, Butterfly Effect, COG, Sunk Loto, Magic Dirt, In the Grey, Jupunga and Capitol City.
Tickets on sale now through Ticketmaster 7 -
Call 136 100 or click here to buy online
Perth - Crusty Demons 10th Anniversary Tour & Live Bands
Kwinana Quit Motorplex Saturday May 21st
Featuring: Shihad, COG and Karnivool.
Tickets on sale now through Quit Motorplex -
Call 08 9419 6622 or click here to buy on line
will add to tour page when i can be bothered.
Real Life (5:57)
Anarchy OK (6:21)
Silence is Violence (7:40)
Resonate (4:34)
Spine (7:13)
My Enemy (3:35)
Run (5:10)
The River Song (7:41)
Charades (4:01)
Doors (10:18)
Naming the Elephant (10:48)
needless to say, I and probably you are both pumped to our ears about this album, and this information only adds to fanatical excitement... Many, many thanks to the AMF user who was generous enough to reveal these logistical details.
because i'm lazy, i'll just redirect you to the Official Site in regards to the official, confirmed tour dates.
"In conjunction with the publication of his latest book, Tell Me No Lies, the Valhalla Cinema in Sydney, Australia will show the first ever John Pilger Film Festival, starting on 11 January. Sixteen of Pilger's 58 documentary films for ITV will be shown over a week, beginning with his first film 'The Quiet Mutiny' (1970), and including his classics 'Year Zero (1979) and 'Death of a Nation' (1994) and the Australian premiere of his latest film, 'Stealing a Nation', first shown on ITV in Britain in 2004. For tickets phone Sydney (02) 9660 4210 or Chris Kiely on 9552 2456. The full programme is on www.valhallacinemas.com.au/coming_soon.php"
Thanks to Shawn (M1557), webmaster of Sounds Like Lies, for the heads-up.
Anarchy OK
Silence is Violence
Resonate
Run
Charades
Spine
Doors
The River Song
My Enemy
Naming the Elephant
Moshiach (US release only)