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About The Take Action Tour

19. February 2010

What’s nationwide, packed with music, and helping people around the world? The answer is the Take Action! Tour. The tour was created by both Sub City and Hopeless Records in 1999. Originally called the Plea for Peace Tour, is an annual spring tour that not only hosts several musical artists, but uses the setting to inform the attendants of current issues and provides ways to help out. A portion of the ticket sales in addition to tour compilation CD sales are donated to the cause at hand. Ten years later, the tour is now on the verge of donating more than 2 million dollars to over 50 non-profit organizations.

Know Them Before They’re Famous – Play For Keeps

19. February 2010

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They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. This is true for many things, like when a band starts to big, but not big enough to get noticed by our mainstream. Las Vegas’ best kept secrets are their bands, until those bands find their big break. The most well-known bands from Las Vegas as of right now are Panic! AT The Disco, Escape The Fate, The Cab, and The Killers. One band hoping to join the ranks of these bands is Play For Keeps, a rock/alternative/pop punk band also from the city.

UK 15# – I Only Date Models

19. February 2010

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So a little over a week ago, I received a email whilst on Skype with Shred's Editor – Kayley. It was from this fairly unknown band, I Only Date Models. Never discarding an email from a band I found myself browsing through their myspace, and to be quite honest I wasn't overly impressed to begin with. A basic layout, nice but nothing eye catching or exciting and I thought I was going to be disappointed with their sound too as I was expecting nothing more than the same old same old. But then I hit that little play button at the right hand corner of the screen and my original assumption was forgotten almost instantly. Basically what I'm saying is, you know the phrase “Don't judge a book by it's cover”? Well, it couldn't be more true in this situation.

Rescue Aurora Things We Promised To Keep EP Review

17. February 2010

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From Boston, MA comes the band Rescue Aurora; a band that brings the most refreshing female vocals since Hayley Williams and a powerful alternative rock sound, rivaling that of VersaEmerge, to back it up. This five-piece band is fronted by Brittany Flynn (vocals) with support from Cooper Heinrichs (guitar, backup vocals), John Boles (guitar, backup vocals), Lauren Baker (bass), and Jesse Hangen (drums). Rescue Aurora formed in early 2008 and in two short years have released two EPs and self-toured extensively throughout the New England area.

Band You Should Know: Sweet Hollow Drive

17. February 2010

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The pop/punk genre has been hugely successful in the past five years or so. That might explain the exponentially growing number of long-haired, lip-ringed hipsters with ripped jeans and skater shoes getting together in garages to start their own projects. The Christian influenced band Sweet Hollow Drive is following the famous recipe for success. Sweet Hollow Drive is from the musically fertile Long Island, New York region. They achieved local popularity in 2008 when they released their first full-length CD called The Perfect Blue.

Mmmkay No One Waits Forever CD Review

17. February 2010

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The two talented musicians that make up the duo Mmmkay met when they were both studying music at Berklee in Boston, Massachusetts. The group has almost 24,000 fans on MySpace along with a long list of comments from listeners who like what they hear.

HIM Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice CD Review

15. February 2010

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Finnish “love metal” band HIM hits a homerun with their seventh studio album release, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1-13. With the first single “Heartkiller” released in December, fans got a taste of HIM’s familiar hooks and dark lyrics with a refreshing new twist of hope shining through and a bit of synth mixed in. The album doesn’t disappoint and old and new HIM fans will find themselves enjoying the new album over and over again.

Band You Should Know: Of Mice & Men

15. February 2010

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What do you do when you’re band records a full length record and starts to achieve the success you’ve dreamed of for so long? Bask in the glory, right? Wrong. For Austin Carlile, ex-vocalist for Attack Attack!, was kicked out of AA! right after finishing the album and touring for a short period of time. Now with someone else filling taking his place he had to make his next move accordingly. He contacted his friend Jaxin Hall and together the two started their new project. Of Mice & Men was born.

Peasant Shady Retreat CD

15. February 2010

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Peasant, which only consists of Damien DeRose from Doylestown, PA, isn’t just some regular guy making music. He has an interesting story that starts with him dropping out of school at 18, packing his guitar and moving to California with a friend. His travels and his experiences seem to lend an inspiring hand for the singer-songwriter.

Alkaline Trio Tickets Giveaway

14. February 2010

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My buddy Tim over at Assault Blog is having a contest giving away tickets to an Alkaline Trio show + more cool stuff. Here is what he has to say “Between the 3 full time members of the Assault elite task force, and the 2-4 part timers, we have attended somewhere around 40,000 Alkaline Trio shows. [...]

Band You Should Know – Barely Blind

13. February 2010

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With the music industry producing some of the usual mainstream “music” many of us are beginning to loathe or already feel like we've heard before, it’s becoming more and more unusual to come across a band that are offering something new and exciting. Let me now introduce you to a band who are bringing those qualities to the table, rock/pop-punk quartet: Barely Blind.

Of Fate & Chance An Atlas To Solutions CD Review

12. February 2010

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This album from the New Jersey band won’t make you pump your fists, but you’ll definitely tap your toes and nod your head. With a little under one million plays on their MySpace, this alternative rock band from Lebanon, NJ must be doing something right. Of Fate and Chance met in middle school, and their long-term friendship has clearly affected their musical chemistry. Their newest album, An Atlas to Solutions, is another example of the successful effort that earned them rave reviews on their 2007 release, A Liar’s Monologue.

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