ADTR are putting on their own festival, called Self Help Fest this March 22nd in San Bernadino, CA at the NOS Event Center! VIP Tickets on pre-sale now! Visit http://www.SelfHelpFest.com/ for info!
It's the end of year (well, almost) so we're counting down our favorite records and games from this year. Be sure to leave a comment and complain if your favorite band didn't make the list! If you can't be bothered to read this wall of text, a more in-depth audio/video version will be at the end of this post.
South By So What added a few more bands to their scene fest. It's worth noting that Taking Back Sunday and The Used are playing this fest, further validating their heavily rumored Taste of Chaos appearance. Not mention, Chiodos are also playing the same day as well.
Friday
Taking Back Sunday
The Used
Chiodos
I See Stars
Atlas Moth
Avion Roe
Bleach Blonde
Bryce Gilbertson
Dear You
Fever Dreamer
Gideon
Hrvrd
Ice Nine Kills
Mike Mains & The Branches
Scale The Summit
Silver Snakes
Sworn In
The Bunny The Bear
The Ocean
Saturday
Mindless Self Indulgence
Adestria
Alesana
Close To Home
Even The Dead Love A Parade
Famous Last Words
Hearts & Hands
Hed Pe
Indirections
Megosh
Oceano
Psychostick
Throw The Fight
Wolves At The Gate
Sunday
The Devil Wears Prada
The Story So Far
The Ghost Inside
Periphery
After The Burial
Born Of Osiris
Danger Kids
Handguns
I Killed The Prom Queen
Mychildren Mybride
Polyphia
Rescuer
Sleeping Giant
Years Since The Storm
The Story So Far are playing this years 76th Annual Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek, CA TONIGHT at 10pm. Tickets at the gate $6 or $5 w/ canned food. For more info please visit http://www.thewalnutfestival.org/
The Story So Far, Stick To Your Guns, Such Gold and Rotting Out will embark on a North American tour starting on November 1st. Dates are as follows:
11/01 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
11/02 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
11/03 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
11/05 Murray, UT – Murray Theatre
11/06 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
11/07 Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
11/08 Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
11/09 Burnsville, MN – The Garage
11/11 Louisville, KY – The Vernon Club
11/12 Indianapolis, IN – The Irving Theater
11/14 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
11/16 Vero Beach, FL – Heritage Center
11/17 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
11/19 Greensboro, NC – Greene Street
11/20 Richmond, VA – Kingdom
11/21 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
11/22 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
11/23 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
11/24 Boston, MA – Royale
11/25 Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
11/26 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe
11/27 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Theatre
11/29 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
11/30 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
12/01 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
12/03 St. Louis, MO – Firebird
12/04 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
12/05 Dallas, TX – The Door
12/06 Houston, TX- Fitzgerald’s
12/07 Austin, TX- Red 7
12/08 San Antonio, TX – The White Rabbit
12/10 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
12/11 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre
12/12 San Diego, CA – Soma
12/13 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Stick To Your Guns will be doing a fall co-headliner with The Story So Far, Rotting Out and Such Gold. Dates and venues have yet to be announced.
Warped Tour starts this weekend and we’ve the got the best bands to watch when the tour comes through your town this summer!
1. Architects (UK)
Architects did an Almost World Tour that barely hit the US with Enter Shikari but can you catch them on every date this summer!
2. August Burns Red
This will be August Burns Red’s third year on Warped Tour and second on the main stage. Plenty of mosh pits will be started during their set!
3. Bring Me The Horizon
BMTH return to the states once again to dominate the main stage and gain even more fans in the process.
4. letlive
One of most energetic bands to see live, second only to The Chariot
5. The Chariot
One does not simply stand still while watching The Chariot.
6. Story of The Year
After a brief hiatus, Story of The Year are back and will be doing a 10 year anniversary tour for Page Avenue later this year. They will also have a new album out sometime this year.
7. The Black Dahlia Murder
Undoubtedly, the heaviest band on the tour, The Black Dahlia Murder are playing Warped Tour for the first time ever this year!
8. Stick to Your Guns
Fans of hardcore will appreciate STYG for their honest lyrics and intelligent frontman, Jessie Barnett
9. Volumes
Bounce up and down to their “djenty” riffs!
10. The Story So Far
Easily one of the biggest bands in pop punk right now
New Jersey’s Man Overboard have revealed the album title, cover art and release date for their upcoming Rise Records/ Lost Tape Collective LP. Heart Attack, the band’s 3rd studio LP, will be released on May 28th. The cover art features an original oil painting by Filipino painter Marie Rubelle Ladesma.
Man Overboard will be embarking on The Suppy Nation Tour with The Story So Far, Tonight Alive, Citizen, and The American Scene next week. The trek kicks off May 8th in Dallas, TX. The band will also be on the entire Vans Warped Tour this summer.
March 8 – Dallas, TX – Trees *
March 9 – Houston, TX- Fitzgerald’s *
March 10 – San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live *
March 12 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile *
March 14 – San Luis Obispo, CA – SLO Brew
March 15 – San Diego, CA – Epicentre
March 16 – Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
March 17 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro
March 19 – Portland, OR – Branx
March 20 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
March 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound
March 23 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
March 24 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre
March 26 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
March 27 – Nashville, TN – The End
March 28 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
March 29 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
March 30 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Talent Farm
April 1 – Jacksonville, FL – Brewster’s Roc Bar
April 2 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
April 3 – Virginia Beach, VA – Shakas
April 4 – Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar
April 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
April 6 – Patchogue, NY – 89 North (Mixtape Festival)
April 7 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 8 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
April 9 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rosa
April 10 – Toronto, ON – Annex Wreckroom
April 11 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
April 12 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock Club
April 13 – Toledo, OH – Headliner’s (Jamboree Festival)
Pop punk seems to be one of the newer genre bandwagons that bands tend to jump on nowadays. But now you can start your own pop punk band with these easy tips!
1. Write about how bad it sucks to be in the friend zone
As one of the comments said, “they should’ve recorded this in a key a half step down from this. he’d have hit the notes much better. he just yelling most of the time now to hit his notes and it doesn’t fit this song too well.”
2. Take your band name from a better and bigger pop punk band
Clearly, they borrowed their name from the New Found Glory song of the same name. Which brings me to my next point..
Man Overboard; the only studio track on blink-182’s live album, The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show. Obviously, other bands have taken their names from songs titles/lyrics of popular bands, but it seems to be more prevalent in the tr00 pop punk scene.
3. Describe your personal life in a song; where you live, what you eat, etc.
The Wonder Years do a damn good job at it as evident in the above song. The lyrics speak for themselves:
The casino seemed like a bad idea but Denny’s seemed like a worse one and I don’t think that we’d ever let that stop us. We ended up busted, broken and choking down a Grand Slam. I can’t think of a better way for the night to end cause we’re this generation’s Outsiders but we’ve got worse intentions and they’ve got better haircuts
4. If you love your friends, by all means, tell the world
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (who got their name from The Goonies) REALLY love their bro’s. So much, that they wrote a song about it. They also have a songs about MILF’s, but we’ll save that for another time. Did I mention they’re French?!
5. Plaid shirts and V-Necks are a necessity!
You wanna be dressed your Sunday best when your friend borrows his dad’s expensive camera to film your band’s first music video. It also helps if you can find some nice shirts at the thrift store or borrow some from a friend.
