Thursday, April 14. 2011
Chicago, IL based Rosaline will be joining the upcoming "Gnarlie Sheen Tour" with A Faylene Sky, As Artifacts, and American Mantra. The tour starts on April 26th in Chicago, IL winding through the Midwest and West coast of the U.S., before finishing on May 29th in St. Joseph, MO. The band recently released the music video for Model Ships off their 2010 debut "The Vitality Theory" from Good Fight Music.
ROSALINE on ‘THE GNARLIE SHEEN TOUR’:
April 26th - - Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club
April 29th - - Mountain Home, AR w/ American Mantra @ The Warehouse
May 2nd - - Houston/Spring, TX w/ American Mantra @ Anchor Church
May 3rd - - Austin, TX w/ American Mantra @ Emo's
May 5th - - El Paso, TX w/ American Mantra @ The Hangout
May 6th - - Greeley, CO @ The Atlas Theater
May 7th - - Provo, UT @ The Deathstar
May 9th - - Spokane, WA @ The Cretin Hop
May 10th - - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
May 11th - - Portland, OR @ Branx
May 12th - - Reno, NV @ The Underground
May 13th - - Walnut Creek, CA @ The Redhouse
May 14th - - Stockton, CA @ The Plea For Peace Center
May 15th - - Fresno, CA @ The Bel Tower
May 16th - - Victorville, CA @ Victorville Event Center
May 17th - - Hemet, CA @ Sharkey's Pizza
May 20th - - San Diego, CA @ The Epicentre
May 23rd - - Lompoc, CA @ Johnny's Bar
May 24th - - Phoenix, AZ @ Red Wall Live
May 25th - - Tucson, AZ @ Skrappy's
May 26th - - Amarillo, TX @ The Nat Ballroom
May 27th - - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
May 28th - - St Joseph, MO @ The Armory
May 29th - - Tulsa, OK @ Reverb
For more information check out their facebook page at facebook.com/rosalinemusic |
Tuesday, April 12. 2011
| by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
It was billed as a night with Coheed and Cambria and that's exactly what fans got when the band played 2 sets at their sold out show at Stubb's last night.
The first set, a 45 minute acoustic performance, had fans singing along with co-founder and frontman Claudio Sanchez for the first song. Then the rest of the band took the stage and the crowd of die-hards sang along with the rest of the set as well.
If any fans were singing during the second set it would have been tough to hear as the band plugged in, turned up the amps to 11 and wailed away, playing their second release "The Second Stage Turbine Blade" cover to cover.
Coheed and Cambria are currently on a wide sweeping tour of the U.S. with dates on the east coast, through the midwest and ending up in Los Angeles on May 11th.
Celebrating their 10 year anniversary with this tour, this show really is special and a must see for anyone with more than a passing interest in the band. For tour details and tickets check out the Coheed and Cambria web site.
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Monday, April 11. 2011
| Radical Dads featuring Members Of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced their debut LP "Mega Rama" out June 14th on Uninhabitable Mansions.
Founded in 2008 along the banks of the Gowanus Canal, Lindsay Baker sings and plays the guitar, Robbie Guertin (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) sings and plays the drums and Chris Diken plays the guitar.
The band released a self-titled EP in May 2009 and the Recklessness 7-inch in December 2010. Radical Dads' first full-length album, Mega Rama, is being released by Uninhabitable Mansions, an art collective and record label based in Brooklyn, NY.
The bands interests include disaster, piracy, land use, feedback, distortion, and feedback-laced distortion. For more information check out the bands web site at http://radicaldads.com
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Saturday, April 9. 2011
| by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
It's kind of hard to believe that this will be Guster's 20th year as a band, but the group started by friends who met during freshman orientation at Tuft's University in 1991 has the road miles to prove it and their well polished show at Stubb's BarBQ on Thursday is certainly a measure of their years of tour experience.
With frontmen Adam Gardner and Ryan Miller swapping vocal duties and Brian "Thundergod" Rosenworcel keeping pace on percussion the band wheeled through a succession their of songs, old and new. Relative newcomer to the band, guitarist Luke Reynolds who joined last year, had no trouble keeping up with his band mates, nor filling the shoes of former guitarist Joe Pisapia, who left the band in 2010.
This set was better than the Guster set I saw at ACL Fest in 2006, but festival sets in the broad daylight in front of a hot dusty seething mass of humanity are rarely as warm and intimate as a show nestled into Stubb's amphitheater.
Guster's current tour is swinging back to the East coast and ends May 7th. They will be touring again starting at the beginning of August, along with Jack's Mannequin. For tickets, tour dates, and more info on the band check out the Guster website.
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Friday, April 8. 2011
After having the gear stolen from their van Wisconsin based Lazarus A.D. still managed to complete their very first European tour and have jumped right back on the road opening for Max Cavalera and the Cavalera Conspiracy.
With a short tour that hits both coasts and still manages a stop in Iowa, the band is touring to support their latest release "Black Rivers Flow".
LAZARUS A.D. TOUR DATES W/ CAVALERA CONSPIRACY:
4/28 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
4/29 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
4/30 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
5/2 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
5/3 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
5/4 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
5/5 Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa
5/7 Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
5/9 Towson, MD @ Recher Theater
5/10 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
For more information check out their web page at lazarusad.com |
Monday, April 4. 2011
Tampa, FL natives Not Tonight Josephine will be launching their "All on the Horizon Tour", which will see the band tour across the Eastern portion of the U.S. this spring.
Touring to support their new album "All on the Horizon" releasing on April 26th, 2011, the album is the band’s follow up to their 2009 EP, "This Orphan Heart".
NOT TONIGHT JOSEPHINE ‘ALL ON THE HORIZON TOUR’ DATES:
4/24 Tampa, FL @ Beef O’ Brady’s for tour kickoff party, Presented by USF Student Union
4/29 Savannah, GA @ Sweetwater Bar
4/30 Augusta, GA @ The Playground
5/1 Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop
5/2 Greenville, NC @ Live Bar
5/4 Clarksville, TN @ The Warehouse
5/5 Louisville, KY @ Hard Rock
5/7 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
5/8 New York, NY @ Arlene’s Grocery
5/10 Columbus, OH @ Bernie’s
5/12 Chicago, IL @ Penny Road
5/13 Indianapolis, IN @ Vision's
5/14 Nashville, TN @ Hard Rock
5/15 St. Louis, MO @ Lemmon's
5/16 West Plains, MO @ Mixer’s Ultra Lounge
5/18 Dardanelle, AR @ Front Street
5/19 Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz
5/20 Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
5/24 Pascagoula, MS @ The Celtic
5/26 Gainesville, FL @ Backstage
5/27 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
For more information check out their web page at nottonightrock.com |
by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
The Scissor Sisters really sold out... Stubb's, that is.
If you haven't heard of them, that probably means you're not a dance music fan and/or you don't live in Europe, where they've broken into the mainstream and collaborated with artists like Elton John and Kylie Minogue.
Whether due to support from Austin's sizable (and reliably dance music-friendly) LGBT community or buzz from the Sisters' 2010 SXSW appearance, they had their sold-out audience in a frenetic dance frenzy from the start when they appeared at Stubb's last night. With a pounding bassline provided by Babydaddy and backing by drummer Randy Real, the band reeled through a succession of their songs while the audience squealed.
Expect the Scissor Sisters' U.S. profile to get a considerable boost in the coming months; they've spent the last few months as the opener on Lady Gaga's tour.
If you missed them in Austin, there are a few 2011 dates left here in the States; check out http://www.scissorsisters.com/tour for details.
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Sunday, April 3. 2011
The 2nd Annual Music Industry Conference, Expo & Festival has been announced for Nov 11th – 12th, 2011 in Syracuse, NY. Billed as a networking event brings together cutting-edge artists, groundbreaking bands, professional musicians, students and original music of all genres alongside today’s leading music industry leaders, the conference will have seminars and music showcases along with the MIC Expo featuring various companies exhibiting to promote a variety of products and services to musicians to help them succeed.
In its first year, MIC attracted 1,500 attendees with another 700 people attending the SAMMYS. This year, the conference is anticipating twice the number of attendees. Attendees presenting at the SAMMYS will also be able to att end the MIC Expo with a SAMMYS pre-party in the Exhibit Hall.
For more information on MIC check out their web site at www.micnys.com |
Saturday, April 2. 2011
by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
Despite being saddled with the unwanted and toxic rock and roll label of being a "christian" band by the music press, Cold War Kids proved they could draw a strong crowd even in Austin by headlining a sold out show at Stubb's BarbQ on Friday.
The Long Beach, California band fronted by Nathan Willett are no Austin rookies though, having brought Cold War Kids through town for SXSW often enough to establish a core following among local music fans. In fact they were just here for SXSW 2011 playing the Filter party, on a much smaller stage which probably made for an interesting experiment in crowd control.
Playing a long, strong set the band covered songs from across their library, including their latest album, with guitarist Jonnie Russell, Willet, and bassist Matt Maust working together onstage like a well oiled machine.
Touring in suppoort of their January release "Mine Is Yours", the third album from the band, they only have a few more U.S. dates before launching a European tour, returning the the states in time for Bonaroo.
This show was part of a T-Moblile media effort called "Live Rising" where the whole show was streamed live on the web.
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Friday, April 1. 2011
by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
ACL Live at the Moody Theater was the place to be for Austin's music industry and for fans as well as the new Austin Music People (AMP) organization launched to a raucous party downtown.
AMP is Austin’ s newest non-profit dedicated to preserving the Austin music culture by working with Austin music businesses, musicians and fans and the list of Austin music businesses and individuals that have already joined is impressive. Headed by Paul Oveisi of Momo's as Executive Director, the list of advisers and board members alone includes music industry notables such as Charles Attal of C3 presents, Frank Hendrix of Emo's, Susan Antone of Antones, and Terry Lickona of Austin City Limits Television among others.
But AMP is as much about the music and the people that enjoy it as it is about the music industry, and AMP not only welcomes but encourages anyone that is a fan of the music scene in Austin to join, its' easy and in fact anyone that bought a ticket online for last nights sold out show is now a member.
Those lucky enough to buy a ticket or wrangle an invite got to sample from a veritable musical banquet of Austin's music offerings, with a variety of artists performing short sets from a number of genres. Ticket holders and guests alike were treated to sets by Ghostland Observatory, Blue October, Alejandro Excovedo, Bavu Blakes and more. Check out all the pictures from last nights show in the photo gallery, and if you like Austin music join AMP and play a part in shaping Austin's music scene. |
Click here for the rest of the Ghostland Observatory pics.
Click here for the rest of the Blue October pics.
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Click here for the rest of the Brownout pics. |
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Click here for the rest of the Bright Light Social Hour pics. |
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