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Full 2008 Warped Tour Lineup Announced

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The full lineup for the 2008 Warped Tour has been announced. Check out the bands and the dates they will be playing below.

3OH!3 whole tour
A Day to Remember jun 20 – jul 20
Against Me! whole tour
Aggrolites whole tour
Alesana whole tour
All That Remains jul 22 – aug 17
All Time Low jul 22 – aug 17
Anberlin jun 21 – aug 17
Angels and Airwaves whole tour
As I Lay Dying jun 20 – jul 18
August Burns Red jun 20 – july 6
Automatic Love Letter jul 17 – july 27
Beat Union whole tour
Bedouin Soundclash jul 3 – jul 17
Between the Trees jun 20 – jul 8, aug 4 – 12
Bouncing Souls jul 16 – jul 25
Bring Me the Horizon jul 22 – aug 17
Broadway Calls whole tour
Charlotte Sometimes whole tour
Cinematic Sunrise jul 10 – jul 16
Classic Crime jul 27 – aug 17
Cobra Starship whole tour
Confide jul 22 – aug 17
Danger Radio jul 19 – aug 8 / aug 9 – aug 18
Dr. Manhattan jul 22 – aug 17
Evergreen Terrace whole tour
Every Avenue jul 9 – jul 26
Everytime I Die whole tour
Family Force 5 whole tour except 6/19, 6/20, 6/26, 7/2, 7/12, 8/8
Forever the Sickest Kids jun 20 – jul 6 / jul 7 – aug 17
Four Year Strong jul 19 – aug 17
From First to Last whole tour
GBH aug 6 – aug 17
Greeley Estates whole tour
Gym Class Heroes whole tour
Horrorpops whole tour
Jack’s Mannequin jul 1 – jul 20
Just Surrender jul 9 – jul 26
Katy Perry whole tour
Ludo jul 22 – aug 17
Madina Lake jul 9 – jul 25
Mayday Parade whole tour
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster jun 20 – jul 18
MC Chris whole tour
MURS whole tour
Norma Jean whole tour
Oreska whole tour
Paramore jul 1 – jul 6
Pennywise jul 15 – aug 3, jul 15, jul 17- jul 20, jul 24, jul 27, jul 29- aug 3
Pierce the Veil whole tour
Pinkertones whole tour
Protest the Hero whole tour
Reel Big Fish whole tour
Relient K whole tour
Rise Against aug 6 – aug 17
Say Anything whole tour
Set Your Goals whole tour
Shwayze whole tour
Sick City jul 19 – jul 20, aug 6
Sky Eats Airplane jul 27 – aug 17
Stick to Your Guns jun 20 – jul 6
Story of the Year whole tour
Street Dogs whole tour
The Academy Is… whole tour
The All-American Rejects jun 20 – jun 29
The Audition jun 20 – jun 29 / jun 30 – aug 17
The Briggs whole tour
The Bronx whole tour
The Color Fred whole tour
The Devil Wears Prada whole tour
The Dillinger Escape Plan jul 9 – jul 15
The Fabulous Rudies whole tour
The Higher jun 20 – jul 20
The Human Abstract jul 22 – aug 17
The Lordz whole tour
The Maine jun 20 – jul 18 / aug 9 – aug 17
The Morning Light jul 28 – aug 6
The Pink Spiders jun 20 – jul 20
The Saint Alvia Cartel jul 9 – aug 3, aug 13 on
The Secret Handshake jun 30 – jul 9
The Vandals aug 6 – aug 17
We the Kings whole tour

Meet Angels & Airwaves On Tour

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Angels & Airwaves want to meet you on their upcoming tour. Watch the video below to find out how you can hang out with them. The bands next single “Secret Crowds” is set to hit radio on February 4th just in time for their new tour.

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Angels & Airwaves Announce Headlining Tour

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Angels & Airwaves are hitting the road with special guests Meg & Dia, The Color Fred and Ace Enders Starting February ’08! Tickets start going on sales this week. Check out the dates below.

1/30/08 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
2/1/08 Dallas, TX Palladium
2/2/08 Austin, TX Stubbs
2/3/08 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
2/5/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
2/6/08 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
2/8/08 Charlotte, NC Amo’s Southend
2/9/08 Baltimore, MD Sonar
2/10/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
2/12/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
2/14/08 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
2/15/08 New York, NY Roseland
2/16/08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
2/17/08 Boston, MA Palladium
2/19/08 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
2/21/08 Montreal, QB, CAN Metropolis
2/22/08 Toronto, ON, CAN Kool Haus
2/23/08 Detroit, MI Fillmore
2/24/08 Chicago, IL Riviera
2/26/08 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
2/28/08 St. Louis, MO Pageant
2/29/08 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
3/1/08 St Paul, MN The Myth
3/3/08 Denver, CO Ogden
3/4/08 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
3/6/08 Vancouver, BC, CAN Commodore Ballroom
3/7/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
3/8/08 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

Angels & Airwaves – I-Empire

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Angels & Airwaves

Artist: Angels & Airwaves
Album: I-Empire
Label: Geffen Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: November 6, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 8.5
Lyrics: 6
Production: 8

In 2005, when Blink-182 went on an indefinite hiatus and Angels & Airwaves was introduced, Tom DeLonge began advocating his new band by surrounding it with unprecedented hype. Everyone sat around and waited for what he alleged to be the “greatest rock band ever”. Needless to say, the debut was substandard and it did not live up to its claims. Similar to this 2006 effort We Don’t Need To Whisper, the sophomore release I-Empire uses prodigious and enchanting sounds, layered with an inclusive conceptual message. While the debut Whisper focused more on leaving one’s realm to find another, I-Empire concentrates on finding one’s self in its own royal domain. Although I-Empire does not completely miss the mark, its swagger consists of top heavy glimmering synth and an overabundance of DeLonge’s melancholy vocals.

I-Empire commences with an illuminating ditty called “Call To Arms”. Its industrial sounds and chiming chorus effectively sets the tone of the the album. “Everything’s Magic,” the first single, is undoubtedly the paramount song off the record. It contains ingrediants that suggest something special although, like each song on the album, it never fully peaks. However, slower numbers like “Breathe” and “Secret Crowds” deliver more characterization to DeLonge’s ‘person finding self’ concept, rather than most of his upbeat catalog. Other standout tracks include: “True Love” and “Heaven”.

I-Empire’s composition is sharp and its tone is invocative, but it never completely flourishes into its own. Although Angels & Airwaves don’t fail to impress, they fall short of further progressing. If you found anything on Whisper to be alluring, I would say that it’s worth a listen, but I am definitely selling this one.

Tracklisting
1. Call To Arms
2. Everything’s Magic
3. Breathe
4. Love Like Rockets
5. Sirens
6. Secret Crowds
7. Star of Bethlehem
8. True Love
9. Lifeline
10. Jumping Rooftops
11. Rite of Spring
12. Heaven

Albums In Stores 11-6-07

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Here are some albums hitting stores today. Let us know which ones you’re picking up.

Angels & Airwaves – I-Empire
The Classic Crime – Acoustic EP “Seattle Sessions”
Plain White T’s – Stop (Reissue)
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
The Frantic – Audio and Murder
A Dream Too Late – Intermission to the Moon
Sigur Ros – Hvarf/Heim