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Emery Join The Almost On Tour

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Emery will be joining The Almost, Envy On The Coast and Army Of Me on tour in June. You can check out the dates below.

31 May 2008 The Masquerade    Atlanta, Georgia
1 Jun 2008 Rocketown    Nashville, Tennessee
2 Jun 2008 Bogarts    Cincinnati, Ohio
3 Jun 2008 Metro    Chicago, Illinois
4 Jun 2008 Station 4    St. Paul, Minnesota
5 Jun 2008 People’s Court    Des Moines, Iowa
6 Jun 2008 Granada Theatre    Lawrence, Kansas
8 Jun 2008 Cervantes    Denver, Colorado
9 Jun 2008 Avalon Theatre    Salt Lake City, Utah
18 Jun 2008 House Of Blues    Anaheim, California
19 Jun 2008 Avalon Hollywood    Los Angeles, California
20 Jun 2008 Soma    San Diego, California
23 Jun 2008 The Door    Dallas, Texas
24 Jun 2008 Merdian    Houston, Texas

The Used & Strylight Run On “Get A Life” Tour

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The Used, Straylight Run, Army Of Me and the Street Drum Corps will join forces for the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Get a Life Tour, which will visit 25 U.S. college campuses, beginning April 2 at the NMSU Recreation Center in Las Cruces, N.M.

A full itinerary of colleges and venues will be announced shortly, but general admission tickets for the tour will cost between $20 and $25, with discounts available to students in certain markets. Ticket on-sale dates have not yet been announced.

Samsung Mobile is the presenting sponsor for the trek, which wraps May 10 at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Ariz. The mobile company is currently holding an online battle of the bands contest, where unsigned artists can compete for a slot on the jaunt. Voters are automatically entered into a contest to win $5,000, along with a trip to a show in the tour city of their choice.

The Rockstar Energy Drink Get A Life Tour is produced by Warped founder Kevin Lyman, his partner on the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos tour John Reese and CAA’s Darryl Eaton.

Army of Me On Yahoo’s Who’s Next

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Army of Me just confirmed a Fall 2007 tour with The Used, and will be touring with Dave Matthews Band throughout August. See below for full list of tour dates.

Another huge step for the band is that they have just been accepted into Yahoo Music’s “Who’s Next” program. This prestigious online competition has Army of Me facing off against their nemesis in name Tiger Army, as well as Tokyo Police Club, and A Fine Frenzy.

Tour Dates
w/ Dave Matthews Band

8/1/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
8/2/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts

w/ local support

8/4/07 Hartford, CT Sweet Janes
8/7/07 Philadelphia, PA The Kyber

w/ Dave Matthews Band

8/10/07 Burgettstown, PA Post Gazette Pavilion at Starlake
8/15/07 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amp.
8/17/07 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/18/07 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/20/07 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center

w/ The Used and The Bled

9/4/07 Pompano Beach, FL Cinema Club
9/5/07 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
9/7/07 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
9/8/07 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
9/10/07 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
9/11/07 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
9/12/07 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
9/13/07 Worcester, MA The Palladium
9/15/07 Detroit, MI State Theatre
9/16/07 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
9/17/07 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
9/19/07 Denver, CO Fillmore
9/24/07 San Francisco, CA Warfield
10/7/07 Las Vegas, NV Pearl
10/8/07 Anaheim, CA Grove of Anaheim

Albums In Stores Tomorrow 4-10-07

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Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know what your picking up.

Army Of Me – Citizen
Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
Bleed The Dream – Killer Inside
Blessthefall – His Last Walk
Down For The Count – Broken Record Tactics
Exies – A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth
From Autumn To Ashes – Holding A Wolf By The Ears
The Graduate – Anhedonia
Limbeck – Limbeck
New Atlantic – The Streets, The Sounds, And The Love

Podcast Episode #16

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A brand new episode of our Podcast is now up! You can check it out on the player below, or head to the iTunes Store and subscribe to it!

Music by:
Weatherbox – “Snakes, Our Ground”
Army of Me – “Going Through Changes”
Self Against City – “Ready & Willing”
Envy on the Coast – “Temper Temper”
River City High – “Amy”
Rory – “Tonight I Just Don’t Care, I’m Having A Candy Dinner”

Albums In Stores Tomorrow

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Army Of Me – Rise EP
Weatherbox – The Clearing EP
Foo Fighters – Skin And Bones
Green Day/U2 -Saints Are Coming 7″
Bowling For Soup – Great Burrito Extortion Case
36 Crazyfists – Rest Inside The Flames
Whole Wheat Bread – Punk Life
All-American Rejects – Move Along (12″ Limited Edition Colored Vinyl)

Staff Recommendations November 5th 2006

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Bryce Jacobson

Weatherbox – The bands new EP is filled with indie tracks that are just an overall great listen. It brings me back the days when bands didn’t add all this electronic stuff to make their music sound better. We are streaming their new EP The Clearing all this week so be sure to take a listen.

Army of Me – Rise is the title of Army of Me’s new EP. Their sound reminders me a little bit of Jimmy Eat World, but then again it doesn’t. Its just another great indie EP and we are streaming it all this week so be sure to take a listen and pick it up this week if you like what you hear!

Michael Schneider

Matt Wertz – The new record is still in my regular rotation after having it for months. His live show is unbelievable, take any chance you have to check him out.

Tyler Hayes

Inkwell – This is a band that never fails to produce very catchy melodies in each song. There debut full length “These Stars are Monsters” is almost for sure a release that went unnoticed. If you’re looking for something new, and who isn’t, please pick this up.