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The Swellers Debut A New Song
In an acoustic warehouse session, Nick Diener of The Swellers, clad in pajama pants, played a new tune, as well as a familiar one, “Running Out of Places to Go.” You can check it out at No Sleep Records’ Youtube page.
Anti-Flag Releases New Video
Legendary punkers, Anti-Flag, have released a new video for the song, “Broken Bones,” off of their ninth album titled The General Strike.
Hungry For Feed The Beat?
Taco Bell has announced this year’s lineup for Feed The Beat. Bands that made the cut include Touche Amore, HRVRD, Restorations, Atlas Genius, You Blew It!, Bad Books, and many more! Check it out.
The Starting Line Announce Holiday Show
Are you nostalgic for classic Drive-Thru Records pop-punk? Still bitter from the disbandment of The Startling Line? Well, you are in luck. The Starting Line has announced a special holiday show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased here using the password: TSLNJ.
Album Review-Real Life Parody ‘Night Life’
Words by Kelli Walsh
In a genre with fading originality and hackneyed expressions of music, Real Life Parody has turned a stone of its own. Some shudder with the string of syllables sounding out the label “pop-punk,” for it is a genre stapled with studded mediocrity. Well, Real Life Parody has something to say about that. As a band bearing the pop-punk name with undeniable pride, their new EP Night Life is a masterful blend of pop-punk, post-hardcore, and several other interesting components.
For those who are not familiar with RLP, here’s an introduction. The three piece band came together their freshman year of college at University of Hartford, an artist breeding ground boasting large talent from their homegrown Hartt School of Music. The band now has two years of playing together under their belt, and perspires pure chemistry and comfort within their music endeavors. Individually, each member is an exceptional musician. Billy Olsen never ceases to cause heart palpitations with his powerful drumming, pounding every note to the pits of Hades. Nick Martel rounds out the rhythm with his entrancing bass lines and contributes essential backing vocals which add depth and dynamic to the tunes. Finally, Adam Ackerman has proven to be a musical Cervantes, ripping away on intricate guitar riffs while never ceasing his vocal excellence, switching from scream to melody simultaneously. With each members’ display of deft musicianship, it’s no wonder the byproduct has been so noteworthy. Stepping out of Hartt’s coveted studio, clutching instruments in clenched fists, RLP knew Night Life was the best work they have done thus far.
In regards to the EP, Night Life is as intricate as it is interesting. With exciting vocals and riffs that are more in the same vein as Every Time I Die than typical pop-punk heroes, New Found Glory; the tracks supply an intoxicating listening experience. The opening song lives up to its name, since it is surely a “monster,” and RLP continues to release the beast as the rest of the EP unravels. The record presses on through the stellar tracks, “Whitney Street” and “Polarity,” and hits its climactic point with the title track. The band switches gears to a heavier, faster, in your face track with the background vocals commanding listeners to “cure my curiosity.” The melodic punk meets metal feel is an unexpected yet appreciated twist. The last song wraps up the work in a profound way. The gang vocals proclaiming, “I could stare or I could write a book,” resonates throughout the song, ending the album on a provocative note. Coming in at about 20 minutes, Night Life leaves an unsatisfied taste in my mouth, not due to disappointment, but due to a sheer appetite for more. Why have an innocuous sip of the stale music in the scene when you can get punch-drunk off of Night Life’s new and exciting music taste? Lend an ear to Real Life Parody, it’s certainly worth your time.
Check out Real Life Parody on Facebook, Bandcamp, and Tumblr
Streetlight Manifesto’s Final Shows
Streetlight Manifesto will be closing out their farewell tour with two final dates in Sayreville, New Jersey at the Starland Ballroom. The dates will be November 15th and 16th and the band will be playing through its entire discography. Hopefully Streetlight will be able to end its career on a good note despite its recent troubles with its record label, Victory Records.
TWIABP’s New Trippy Video
Yesterday, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die released their first full length album titled Whenever, If Ever via Topshelf Records. Today, the band has premiered a music video for their single, “Picture of a Tree That Doesn’t Look Okay.” The video is a fantastically unique and supremely psychedelic piece of art. Guitarist and vocalist, Derrick Shanholtzer, commented on the details of the video:
Directed and edited by the brilliant Geoff Hoskinson, a sequence of nature scenes seems to possess unnatural and supernatural qualities. Intercut with stark minimal geometric scenes, this music video expresses a feeling of displacement and alternate realities / possibilities paired with a song about decaying rental property, LSD experiences, and the personification of a decades worth of punk show fliers.
Tell All Your Friends Acoustic Stream
Want to see if Taking Back Sunday’s unique decision to create an acoustic replica of their quintessential album, Tell All Your Friends, for its tenth anniversary paid off? The album can be streamed at PropertyOfZack or on spotify.
letlive’s Full Album Stream
Post-hardcore band, letlive, is streaming their new album titled The Blackest Beautiful on Epitaph Record’s Youtube page. (Be wary not to stumble upon Falling In Reverse’s abomination of an album, who are signed by the same label and who are being streamed on the same page.) The Blackest Beautiful will be in stores on July 9th.
Audio Tree Music Festival Lineup Revealed
Audio Tree, a site known for their videos of in-studio sessions with excellent up-and-coming bands using unprecedented audio engineering and deft camera work, is planning a promising festival for this summer. On August 21st in Kalamazoo, MI expect to see the likes of Dr. Dog, Blues Traveler, Greensky Bluegrass, Into It. Over It., Hostage Calm, and a variety of others. The full lineup can be viewed below:
Saves The Day Has An Exciting Announcement
One of the most influential bands of our time, whose music spans across a broad array of genres and whose impacts can be heard within scathing vocals and melodies of fairly new bands arriving onto the scene, has wildly exciting news. Yesterday, on Saves the Day’s facebook page and website, the band announced that its permanent drummer would be Dennis Wilson (Every Avenue, This Is Hell), it is streaming a new song from their upcoming album due out early next month, and, most importantly, it will be embarking on a U.S. fall tour with supporting acts Hostage Calm and Into It. Over It. A statement from the band can be read below:
This is our first headline tour in who knows how many years. We’ve been waiting for this. You’ve been waiting for this. Well… wait no more (just till September – but presale is available NOW)! We’re playing oldies, deep cuts, and lots of new jams from OUR NEW RECORD. You all have breathed a lot of life into this record, and we can’t wait to be in these rooms with you, singing the old and new songs together. We’re gonna lose our goddamn shit. You’ve seen some recent setlists making the rounds on the interweb – we’re gonna go even deeper. We’ll be joined by INTO IT. OVER IT. and HOSTAGE CALM on all dates. We picked these bands because we like them and we like what they’re about. Know about them. Go on and say hi, they’re top blokes.
Speaking of Top Blokes, say hello to Dennis Wilson. You may have seen him play all of our 2013 shows with us so far. He’s already been initiated into our little pirate gang, he hits the sound-cylinders with power, and he digs Quicksand, Led Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, and Superchunk. He fits right in. Maybe you’ve seen him drum for EVERY AVENUE or THIS IS HELL? We’re keeping him now. Go on and welcome him into the family! @thedenniswilson
Speaking of family, we’re excited to see all of you – you guys became part of this album and we’ve leaked some snippets and nuggets over the course of us making this thing. Finally, here’s a song we can share with you. It’s called #REMEMBER. Turn it up. Share it. Hug your friends. Take a picture of a dog. Do the gorilla. See you on tour! #PUNKTHEFUCKOUT
Saves the Day’s new single titled, “Remember,” can be streamed on the band’s website.
Portugal. The Man Is On The Move
Portugal. The Man has posted a myriad of summer and autumn tour dates, the band will be on the road for quite some time promoting their most recent album, Evil Friends. It’s likely that they will be coming to a city near you!
* Dates supported by Royal Bangs
** Dates supported by SKATERS
*** Dates supported by Guards
**** Dates supported by Avi BuffaloJUNE
7 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts **
8 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club **
9 New York, NY The Governor’s Ball Music Festival
11 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre **
12 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom **
13 Cleveland, OH House of Blues **
14 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s **
15 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
18 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue **
19 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall **
20 Chicago, IL House of Blues ***
21 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater ***
22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue ***
23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant ***
25 Dallas, TX House of Blues ***
26 New Orleans, LA House of Blues ***
27 Houston, TX House of Blues ***
28 San Antonio, TX Josabi’s ***
29 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls ***JULY
2 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill ***
3 Telluride, CO Telluride Conference Center ***
4 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen ***
5 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (w/ The Avett Brothers)
6 Park City, UT Park City Live ***
10 San Diego, CA House of Blues ****
11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues ****
12 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern ****
13 Oakland, CA Fox Theater ****
16 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom ****
17 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market ****
18 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom ****SEPTEMBER
26 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
27 New York, NY Terminal 5
29 Boston, MA House of BluesOCTOBER
1 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
2 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
3 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
5 Austin, TX ACL Music Festival
8 Lake Buena Vista, FLHouse of Blues
9 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live
12 Austin, TX ACL Music Festival
13 Mexico City, MX Corona Capital 2013
15 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
16 Columbia, MO Forest Rose Park at Mojo’s
18 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre
19 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
22 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
23 Ventura, CA Ventura Theater
26 Las Vegas, NV Life Is Beautiful Festival
Free Download: Tiny Moving Parts
Minnesota band, Tiny Moving Parts, has teamed up with Alternative Press in order to release their song, “Clouds Above My Head,” for free download! The song is off the band’s upcoming record titled This Couch is Long & Full of Friendship which is scheduled to hit stores on July 9th via Kind of Like Records. Tiny Moving Parts is also gearing up for quite an exciting summer as they will be heading out on a U.S. tour with the likes of Hostage Calm, The Front Bottoms, and Frameworks, a fascinating lineup for sure.
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