Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless on the Vans Warped Tour on July 20th in Columbia, MD.

www.myspace.com/theprettyreckless

http://wethekings.tumblr.com/

Tumblr is a fantastic place to waste those 2-5 hours you'd otherwise spend saying, "I'm bored." It's also becomming a great place for bands to update. The newest members of the bands-on-Tumblr community is We The Kings. They'll be doing exclusive updates and embed all wacky, fun, and sometimes informative videos uploaded to their YouTube channel.

Travis of We The Kings answering questions on the Vans Warped Tour on July 20th in Columbia, MD.

www.myspace.com/wethekings

All AP Tour dates have been released which will kick off October 13th in Detroit and ends in Cleveland on November 28th.

10-13 Detroit, MI (Crofoot Ballroom)

10-14 Cincinnati, OH (Bogart’s)

10-15 Sauget, IL (Pops)

10-16 Milwaukee, WI (The Rave)

10-17 Chicago, IL (House of Blues)

10-19 Minneapolis, MN (Cabooze)

10-20 Kansas City, MO (The Beaumont Club)

10-21 Denver, CO (The Summit Music Hall)

10-22 Salt Lak City, UT (In The Venue)

10-24 Seattle, WA (The Showbox)

10-25 Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)

10-27 San Francisco, CA (Grand Ballroom)

10-28 Pomona, CA (Fox Theatre)

10-29 Los Angeles, CA (Club Nokia)

10-30 San Diego, CA (Soma)

10-31 Las Vegas, NV (House of Blues)

11-02 Tucson, AZ (Rialto Theatre)

11-04 Austin, TX (Emo’s)

11-05 San Antonio, TX (White Rabbit)

11-06 Dallas, TX (House of Blues)

11-07 Houston, TX (Warehouse Live)

11-09 Orlando, FL (Hard Rock Live)

11-10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Revolution)

11-11 Tampa, FL (The Ritz)

11-12 Atlanta, GA (The Masquerade)

11-13 Nashville, TN (Rocketown)

11-14 Charlotte, NC (Amos’ Southend Music Hall)

11-16 Norfolk, VA (The Norva)

11-17 Baltimore, MD (Sonar)

11-18 Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)

11-19 Boston, MA (House of Blues)

11-20 Williamsville, NY (Club Infinity)

11-21 Toronto, ON (Kool Haus)

11-22 Montreal, QC (Metropolis)

11-24 New York, NY (Nokia Theatre)

11-25 New Haven, CT (Toad’s Place)

11-26 Sayreville, NJ (Starland Ballroom)

11-27 Allentown, PA (Crocodile Rock Café)

11-28 Cleveland, OH (House of Blues)

http://www.lollapalooza.com/webcast/

Although a lot of people cannot be there for one of the biggest music festivals of the year, thanks to modern technology we can watch Lollapalooza from the comfort of our own homes. Starting at two pm CDT you can watch the 23 acts that will be streaming live on the Lollapalooza website all throughout the three day festival. I'm personally looking forward to Devo on Friday, Gogol Bordello on Saturday, and MGMT and Green Day on Sunday. The festival is sure to be a great time and I can't wait to sit back and watch it all.

Friday, August 6th:
2:00 – Raphael Saadiq
3:00 – Drive-By Truckers
4:00 – The New Pornographers 
5:00 – The Walkmen
6:00 – Hot Chip
7:00 – Chromeo
8:00 – Dirty Projectors
9:00 – Devo

Saturday, August 7th:
1:45 – Blues Traveler
3:00 – Against Me!
3:45 – Gogol Bordello
4:45 – Rogue Wave
5:45 – Social Distortion
6:45 – Slightly Stoopid
7:45 – Metric
8:45 – Spoon

Sunday, August 8th:
2:00 – The Cribs
3:00 – Mumford and Sons
4:00 – Yeasayer
5:00 – MUTEMATH
6:00 – MGMT
7:15 – The National
8:30 – Green Day (4 songs)

 

I was fortunate enough to ask two members from The Cab a few questions at The Vans Warped Tour and their set was one of the few I was actually able to catch during the day. The band was in high demand so we did a group interview with us and two other media outlets but we still asked the questions that you want answered. We're not sure when and we're not sure where, but we're determined to do another sit down interview with the boys, where we can get a little more personal with The Cab.

www.myspace.com/thecab

www.twitter.com/thecab

Breathe Electric on the Vans Warped Tour on July 20th in Columbia, MD.

www.myspace.com/breatheelectric

As this week has gone by the AP Tour twitter account has been slowly leaking dates of the upcoming fall tour, which has August Burns Red and Bring Me The Horizon as it's headliners as well as three other bands on the bill. All tour dates are being released tomorrow but here is what has been leaked to the public so far. We also put them in order for you.

#aptourdetroit on (10/13),

#aptourcincinnati on (10/14),

#aptourchicago (10/17),

#aptourkc on (10/20),

#aptourtucson on (11/2),

#aptouraustin on (11/4),

#aptoursanantonio on (11/5),

#aptourftlauderdale (11/10),

#aptourtampa (11/11),

#aptouratlanta on (11/12),

#aptournashville on (11/13),

#aptournorfolk(11/16),

#aptourbuffalo (11/20),

#aptourtoronto (11/21),

#aptourmontreal (11/22),

#aptournewhaven (11/25),

#aptourjersey (11/26)

#aptourallentown (11/27)

#aptourcleveland on (11/28)

 

Hey Monday on the Vans Warped Tour on July 20th in Columbia, MD.

www.myspace.com/heymonday

 

http://artfeeds.org/welcome/

http://www.refresheverything.com/artfeeds

One of my personal favorite non-profit organizations, Art Feeds, is in the running to win $250,000 for a Art Center in Joplin, Missouri. The 417 area is known for having countless amounts of bands and other artists that are full to the brim with potential. The only problem is that some of these people don't have the right tools to be able to reach this potential. Here's where you can come in, by voting every day for them in the Pepsi Refresh Everything Program.

On their page they have mapped out everything where you can read just how they would spend the money if they win.

How will the 250K be Used?
Budget Notes: The budget will not cover employee or Administration costs for the Community Art Center. City and state fees for licensing and other costs are not included in the budget.
$ 17,000	Community Art Center Rent
$ 126,000	Art Supplies
$ 2,500	10 Canon Powershot Cameras
$ 7,000	10 MacBook laptops for student use
$ 2,000	Student Computer Software and Adobe CS5
$ 17,000	Student Transportation Vehicle
$ 3,000	Transportation Cost
$ 12,000	Art Feeds Office Space Rent
$ 4,500	Office Supply and Utilities
$ 54,000	Promotional Costs
$ 5,000	Administrative Services

Art Feeds is a great organization and they need your help. You can vote three different ways and do all three ways once a day, for a total of three votes a day for a great organization.

1. By creating an account and voting at http://www.refresheverything.com/artfeeds

2. Texting 101784 to Pepsi (73774)

3. Voting on the official facebook application

Such simple steps can make a huge difference, voting ends August 31st so there is still tons of time to vote multiple times every day!