After days of weather drier than a nun’s EXCUSE ME the Take Action Tour was coming to town. Toronto, that is. It was wet, freezing, and the excitement was buzzing in the stagnant air. Since I was unaware that I would be attending the show for certain, I was unprepared for what I was about [...]
Monday, February 1, 2010
January 16th, 2010: 5 up and coming bands were on their way to Poughkeepsie, New York, to rock the stage on a short–but sweet–tour. The Who’s Driving? tour consisted of Ian Walsh, Sparks The Rescue, The Summer Set, The Audition, and headliners Every Avenue. Most of the bands have hardly gotten their name out there, [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A lot has happened since Blink-182 called it quits as a band in February of 2005. Singer and guitarist Tom Delonge formed a new band, Angels and Airwaves, whose debut album We Don’t Need To Whisper made it to the number 4 spot on the Billboard 200. Singer and bassist Mark Hoppus went on to [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I had the chance to catch Thee Summer Bailout Tour on August 22nd in Clifton Park, NY. This tour has an extremely talented lineup, headlined by Emery, and featuring Closure in Moscow, Ivoryline and Kiros. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster were originally on the bill, but they were forced to drop the tour for [...]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
On July 11th, the ‘What Happens in Vegas’ tour took a pass through Buffalo, New York stopping at Mohawk Place downtown. The tour consisted of 7 bands in total, some on certain dates and not others. The Buffalo stop just happened to include a line-up that looked like this: The Cab, The Secret Handshake, The Summer Set, Eye Alaska, [...]
Sunday, June 21, 2009
On Thursday, June 18, 2009, Rise Against was gracious enough to bestow Montreal with yet another fantastic show. Despite the weather conditions, fans alike hurried to Parc Jean Drapeau to get as close as they can to the barrier prior to the show.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Arriving at the venue a little past 7pm, the doors at Walter’s On Washington were still not open. Kids surrounded the parking lot in an unorganized manner, leaving yours truly puzzled as to how to enter the facility. Not a Houston native, much less a southern girl, it was a bit of a culture shock [...]
Saturday, May 2, 2009
While walking past the unfamiliar faces standing in line for the New Found Glory concert, I tried to peg the type of fan that this tour had wrangled up. I came across an interesting observation: for every kid in a dark hoodie and black eyeliner, there was a girl with bleach blonde hair, a fake [...]
Sunday, April 26, 2009
What do you get when you mix a singer who’s under the influence and lots of pre-teen girls out late on a school night? You get the All American Rejects concert last Wednesday. With their camera’s held high and their parents watching from the balcony, the kids definitely were given something to talk about at [...]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Manchester Orchestra’s sophomore album, Mean Everything To Nothing, is one of the most anticipated albums of the year.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
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