Oh man. I know you've been waiting for this tour. Or at least any tour featuring Blink-182 but now you get one with My Chemical Romance? Summer just got a lot cooler...or hotter depending on your weather preference. Blink and MCR will kick off the Honda Civic tour on August 5th in Holmdel, NJ and will close it out on October 15th in San Diego, CA. Bands that are supporting the throughout the tour include Rancid, Matt & Kim, Manchester Orchestra and Against… Read More
Ah, the Warped Tour. One of the last remaining bastions of a punk-rock tour in the U.S. Even though I've never heard of most of the bands that are playing the festival this year and the tour tends to cater to a much younger crowd (i.e. 12-16 years old, it seems), Warped is still an American institution that should be attended at least once. That being said, the main acts for this, the 17th annual Warped Tour, include the following bands: 3OH!3, A Day To… Read More
The 10th anniversary of the Sasquatch music festival, which takes place in George, Washington, is going to have quite the lineup this year. For starters, Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie, Wilco, Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips are headlining this installment, which runs from May 27-30. Furthermore, Flaming Lips will play their 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, in its entirety. But that's not all! You also get the Decemberists, Death From Above 1979, Chromeo,… Read More
Against Me! have already got a packed schedule for the first three months of 2010. Their headlining tour kicks off January 15th with a hometown show in Gainesville, FL and goes until February 13th. Then the Florida punks team up with Boston's Irish-rockers, Dropkick Murphys, for a tour starting February 23rd in Niagara Falls, NY. All the dates are at Against Me!'s website. So with all this touring coming up… Read More
Just a bit of shameless self-promotion for this post but I think it's well deserved. My "real" job, outside of running this lil' site o'mine, is working for ABC News Radio as their rock music writer/producer and interviewer. So it was cool for me to jump into a studio with Tom and Andrew from the band Against Me! for my first interview. We talked about their great new album, White Crosses, their summer tour with Silversun Pickups and what their feelings… Read More
Florida punk-rockers Against Me! are releasing their brand new album, White Crosses, on June 8th. But those boys are just so nice that they've decided to stream the album on Myspace from June 5th through June 7th. Going to the band's official Myspace page will grant your ears access to the 10 brand new tracks that equal their followup to 2007's massive album New Wave. White Crosses teams up… Read More
Silversun Pickups did a great job as the opening band for Muse when I saw them at MSG. But now, baby's all growed up and flying on its own. They've announced their very own headlining tour which kicks off in June and they'll be bringing Against Me! along for the ride. So if you're looking for a night of incredible live rock music then you might wanna head to one of these shows. The tour kicks off on June 15 in Orlando, FL at the Hard Rock Café. So… Read More
