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Yellowcard Acoustic and Electric

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Yellowcard will be playing at the Troubadour in Hollywood on March 29th and 30th. One night will be electric and one night will be acoustic. The band will decide which night to play either acoustic or electric so you probably wont know until the night of the show. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, February 17th

Article #7 – Christian Genre

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Why is “Christian Music” a separate category altogether? This may be a touchy subject, but one which I find interesting and one I just don’t understand. Okay, let’s break this down. Every name for genres of music describe the actual style of the music, rather than the content. Rap, country, rock, jazz, classical. They all refer to the style of the bands or artists in that category. Christian music on the other hand could be rock, pop, country or whatever style and still fall in the “Christian” category.

I’ve been trying and trying to think of another genre that categorizes bands based on content rather than style and I just cant think of another one. At least not on the same mainstream scale. Last time I checked they didn’t have an Amish only radio station (joke intended).

I may sound like it, but I don’t have a problem with real “Christian music” or rather “worship music”. The part I find interesting and fail to understand is why a band who has Christian beliefs gets lumped into the Christian category. What makes a band a Christian one? As soon as they mention Jesus, are they a Christian band? As I recall Brand New has a song named “Jesus” and they don’t get lumped into the genre with bands like Relient K, Hawk Nelson, Emery, and others. I’m not arguing whether it’s good or band to get that label, I’m still trying to figure out what or who determines those things.

I know there are a lot of bands that don’t want to be labeled “Christian” because that alone would cut off part of the fan base. Some people hear that about a band and won’t listen to them or won’t give them a chance based on that.

Good music is music that is honest. A band’s thoughts, opinions, and feelings on love and life will come out through the lyrics. Some people believe in God, some don’t. Some people believe in faith and hope, and some don’t. Some people like rock and some like rap.

To Write Love On Anberlin

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To Write Love On Her Arms will be accompanying Anberlin on their upcoming national tour. Jamie will be speaking every night before Anberlin plays! Please support this AMAZING movement any way you can and check out the shows below!

We are going on tour with Anberlin!

Hi Guys.

It’s late and I have to wake up in a couple hours to fly to Raleigh, but this can’t wait.

Anberlin has invited us to join them on their nationwide Spring Tour. Anberlin’s amazing new album “Cities” comes out on February 20, and the tour begins the next night in Charlotte. These shows are going to be so good as, along with Anberlin, it’s Bayside, Meg & Dia, and Jonezetta.

On that note, you need to know that “Cities” is ridiculously good. I kidnapped Deon’s iPod on our flight home from India, listened to the whole album, pausing only to tell him and Stephen “this is so good.”

David, Lauren, Trisha and I will be at every show. TWLOHA will have a table, complete with merch, info, ways to get involved, and a list of local resources each night. That’s something we’re excited about, being able to connect people to help in each city that we visit.

Last but not least, Anberlin has invited me to speak briefly before their set each night. It is hard to explain how much that means to me, that one of my favorite bands would trust me with their stage for an entire tour. I was driving around today, thinking about it, getting so excitedâ┚¬Ã‚¦ What would you say if you had five minutes? Five minutes to address difficult things, to try to get to that place where pain and hope collide, to tell people that they’re not alone…

02/27 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
02/28 – Buffalo, NY @ The Buffalo Icon
03/01 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
03/02 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro
03/03 – St. Paul, MN @ The Station
03/04 – St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
03/05 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
03/07 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
03/08 – Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
03/09 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
03/10 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
03/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ University Theatre
03/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
03/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
03/16 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
03/17 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
03/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
03/21 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
03/23 – Dallas, TX @ The Door
03/24 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
03/25 – Houston, TX @ Meridian
03/26 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
03/28 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
03/30 – Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone
03/31 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
04/01 – Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
04/03 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
04/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Irving Theater
04/05 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
04/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s
04/07 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Columbia, SC @ Headliner’s