News Update Week Ending 5-24
War Of Ages On 10 For $10 Tour
IndieMerchStore.com is bringing back the hardcore matinee! Amid economy woes, rising show costs and the dilution of hardcore packages, they will present the 10 For $10 summer tour. Ten quality bands for ten dollars, headlined by Poison The Well, who will be performing on every date, and on separate legs of the tour headline spots from Madball, Bane and Vision Of Disorder. Also appearing will be established bands with rabid followings such as Terror, Death Before Dishonor, War Of Ages, Crime In Stereo, Trapped Under Ice, The Mongoloids, The Ghost Inside, This Is Hell and Vision. Speaking on the creation of the tour booking guru Tim Borror of The Agency Group said, “This tour is important because hardcore music is a lifestyle and has been an inspiration to the people who get involved and know what the movement and music is all about. In the last few years the crowds have been a bit smaller than what they should be and we hope an idea like this where kids are getting an opportunity to check out a lot of bands for cheap will inspire some new kids to come out, get involved and become a part of this scene to help it grow.” 10 for $10 has been made possible by these companies: Facedown Records, Century Media Records, Pitchfork Hardwear, Bridge Nine Records, Peta2, Black N Blue Productions, Hollywood Music TV, Ferret Music, The Agency Group, and all the bands taking the stage!
Tour Dates:
7/09 Philadelphia, PA
7/10 New York, NY
7/11 Baltimore, MD
7/12 Jacksonville, NC
7/13 Knoxville, TN
7/14 Louisville, KY
7/15 Atlanta, GA
7/16 New Orleans, LA
7/17 Houston, TX
7/18 San Antonio, TX
7/19 Dallas, TX
7/21 Tempe, AZ
7/22 Pomona, CA
7/23 San Francisco, CA
7/24 Los Angeles, CA
7/25 Chico, CA
7/26 Seattle, WA
7/28 Edmonton, AB
7/29 Calgary, AB
7/31 St. Paul, MN
8/01 Kansas City, MO
8/02 Denver, CO
8/04 Chicago, IL
8/05 Grand Rapids, MI
8/07 Clifton Park, NY
8/08 Sayreville, NJ
8/09 Worcester, MA
8/10 Montreal, QC
8/11 Toronto, ON
8/12 Detroit, MI
8/13 Cleveland, OH
8/14 Buffalo, NY
For more information on War Of Ages, visit:
myspace.com/warofages
mewithoutYou News
mewithoutYou's new album "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" is available in stores and online now! You can pick it up at Best Buy or your local record store, as well as download it online at both iTunes or Amazon MP3. To preview the album, head over to AOL Music to listen to it in its entirety.
For more information on the new album, visit:
mewithoutyou.com
Stars Go Dim News
Stars Go Dim has made it to the finals to be Channel One's "Artist of the Year". Being featured on Channel One was one of the biggest opportunities we had last year. It's a TV news program played in high schools nationwide. This is a big deal! Now its just SGD against one other artist. You are able to vote as many times as you want. Please start rocking the votes now! Voting ends Sunday night. Catch SGD on tour this summer!
Tour Dates:
5/28 Little Rock, AR
5/29 Jacksonville, AR
5/30 Tulsa, OK
6/4 Dallas, TX
6/5 Forney, TX
6/6 Snyder, TX
6/11 Saint Louis, MO
6/12 Wilmore, KY
6/17 Canal Fulton, OH
Sleeping Giant Posts New Song
Sleeping Giant have posted a new song titled Gang Signs from their upcoming sophomore album Sons Of Thunder. Check it out at their a href="http://www.myspace.com/sleepingxgiant" target="blank">myspace page and then head over to our online store where you can pre-order the album with an exclusive Sleeping Giant T-shirt for only $14.99! Sons Of Thunder comes out on June 23. Mark your calendars now and prepare to see them this summer on the Scream The Prayer tour.
Here I Come Falling To Do Reunion Show
Here I Come Falling is doing a reunion show as a fundraiser for Solace Venue Ministries in Joplin, MO, June 20 @ The Foundry Music Venue. It will feature members from CD release line up through the final line up. The show will feature some of the former members current bands including Romance on a Rocketship, Beneath the Empire, Speak Up!, The Overseer, Hope in the Unseen and more. More information about this show can be found myspace.com/solacemusicvenues
Sonseed To Release EP
Sonseed, the band that brought us "Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine", has announced that they will be releasing an EP on Arena Rock Recording Company. It is set to release August 4th. Check out more info here.
Tracklisting:
Sonseed
Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine
Another Kind Of Love Song
The Opened Door
Oh Happy Day
Abandon Kansas Recording New EP & On Tour
Indie dance band Abandon Kansas is hitting the studio in Franklin, TN this month to record a new EP and want you to help them design their merchandise for the summer! They are calling on all artists - graphic designers, painters, photographers, sculptors - to create original artwork that will be featured on a poster. The contest ends May 23rd. They will be spreading the heat in June and July, as they are hitting the road with Far-Less (Tooth & Nail), following a tour with fellow SSE bands Sleep For Sleepers and Hazel And Vine.
For more information, go here:
myspace.com/abandonkansas
FM Static Teams Up With Youth Specialties
Following in the footsteps of their conceptual album "Dear Diary" from FM Static, the band has teamed up with Youth Specialties to bring a free devotional guide to youth pastors. The "Dear Diary" Bible study guide is designed as a Vacation Bible School or outreach for teens. "This is something special that has never been done on one of our records before," shares Trevor McNevan of FM Static. "It's a fresh modern day twist on the traditional Bible study as we know it. This goes hand in hand with the story and the songs on the record. It's a more in-depth look at life's questions and makes the points made in the story more relatable and conversation based." The study takes 10 days for the youth group to complete, using one song per day from the album. Each teen will listen to one song per day followed by a corresponding verse given by their youth leader via Facebook, Twitter, phone or email. The youth leader will then provide a series of questions to ponder per verse. "'Dear Diary' captures so well the teen angst and the 'unavoidable battle of feeling on the outside' that youth workers see on a daily basis as they minister to kids," states Bethany Marvin of Youth Specialties. "The music itself says that where there may not be answers, there is still a purpose. Communicating that message is at the heart of every youth worker's ministry. We hope the downloaded Bible study will be used as a tool to take the listener that much closer to the powerful message woven throughout this record." Youth leaders just need to go to www.fmstatic.com/devo and download the PDF guide. Students and leaders can also listen to the album streaming as well as watch the animated music video for "Boy Moves to A New Town with Optimistic Outlook." Radio airwaves continue to tell the story from FM Static with the debut singles from "Dear Diary." The first CHR single "Take Me As I Am" has steadily moved up to #11 this week, and at Rock "The Unavoidable Battle of Feeling on the Outside" moved into the Top 10.
For more info on FM Static, go here:
myspace.com/fmstatic
Underneath The Gun Announces Final Show
Ferret Music artists, Underneath The Gun has announced the unfortunate dissolution of the band. Due to growing health concerns from singer Harrison DeGrote which prevents him from touring the band have been forced to part ways. The band recently released their debut full length Forfeit Misfortunes on Ferret in January of 2009. Abort Mag said the album was an “intense battle of underground death metal insanity that just can’t be contained.” Bring on Mixed Reviews agreed, saying “passion explodes from every track.” Underneath the Gun will be dropping off of the Artery Metal Tour and will play their last show on May 24th at The Glasshouse on the second day of the Spring Breakdown Festival in Pomona, CA. In member related news, Drummer Isaac Bueno will be filling in for Impending Doom on the Artery Metal Tour and the other members (Trevor Vickers [guitar], Kyle Sims [bass]) may pop up in the lineups of other bands shortly.
To get more information about the band, their albums, and the break up, please visit
myspace.com/utg
Free Video Download From Ashes Remain
Ashes Remain continues again and again to prove themselves as a must see rock band out of Baltimore, Maryland. Recently credited as Best Band in Baltimore" by Hard Rock Cafe. Ashes Remain works hard to make every show live up to the honorable title. The guys are gearing up for a 17 city west coast tour in August which will start in Del Mar, CA and end up in Phoenix, AZ.
Check out a free video download of "Save Me", courtesy of Video Rocket here:
videorocket.com/freedownload
Family Force 5's Remix CD Is Out Now
Just off the AP Tour 09 the buzz is building for the band’s first ever remix project, which is out now under the appropriate banner Dance or Die With a Vengeance (the sequel to the band’s Dance Or Die CD released in August 2008) on the band’s own Transparent Media Group with EMI distribution. Refusing to slow down the band will go into the studio in June to complete work on their inaugural holiday release, The Family Force 5 Christmas Pageant (also on Transparent Media Group). The eclectic collection will feature choice covers of everything from the classic “Carol of the Bells” to Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” to “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music, all reworked as completely re-imagined dance-derived rock renderings. With more then 600 shows under their collective belts the members of Family Force 5 continue on, expect to hear more touring news soon and a year end Christmas road show soon.
For more info on FF5, visit:
familyforce5.com
Emery News
Emery will be appearing at FYE in Nashville, TN on 6/2nd at 4pm for a special in store acoustic performance to celebrate the release of their new album, "...In Shallow Seas We Sail." Get down to FYE (2400 W End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203) early and pick up your copy of the album. Every copy comes with a free "...In Shallow Seas We Sail" poster! Then later that night Emery will be playing a record release show at Rocketown with The Almost (acoustic), Aaron Sprinkle, The Becoming, and Kiros. All proceeds from the show will go to Invisible Children. You can also hear a new song on their
myspace page called "Curbside Goodbye."
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