We The Kings at The Bourbon Street Ballroom on April 27th, 2010.

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The Cab on the AP Tour at the 9:30 club on April 25th, 2010.

http://www.myspace.com/thecab

On the Bamboozle Roadshow I was able to ask Great Big Planes a few questions. All excited to begin the tour they were full of energy just like how they are on stage. Be sure to check them out and check back to see more pictures of Great Big Planes featured often in our Photo of The Day.

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http://www.facebook.com/greatbigplanes

http://www.districtlines.com/Great-Big-Planes

http://twitter.com/greatbigplanes

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Stereo Skyline at The Bourbon Street Ballroom on April 27th, 2010.

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Carter Hulsey is not a name unfamiliar to Dad's Car Radio. He was featured back in early December as an artist that you needed to watch out for. Now a little over a half year later Carter's album, "A Note In Your Pocket" has finally dropped. 

Like A Bear-The first track on the album gets the album off to a very strong musical start. Probably the most energetic song on the album but not in an overwhelming amount whatsoever. 

Good Time-The only way I can describe how I feel about this song is by saying how much I want to hear it live in a packed show. Especially if it was an opening song I can see this song getting a crowd excited and happy for the rest of the night because the song really does that overall happy folk song feel to it. 

Before We Go Down-For those of you who have been listening to Carter before reading this article probably already know about this song. On the album though BWGD is a rerecorded version that has some slight changes and is of a more professional quality than the original version from the EP.

Black and Blue-This song is my personal favorite of the entire album. Black and Blue was released as a single way before the album came out which I bought and really fell in love with. The lyrics I think are something anyone can relate to where you just love someone so much that it nothing can change those feelings. If you only have enough money to buy one or two songs from the album this is a must have.

If It Feels-Another rerecorded song from the EP has a few changes when compared to its original. When compared to the album as a whole this song has more of a rock feel to it because of it's use of the electric guitar and drums that are used throughout the entire track.

A Note In Your Pocket-The title track of the album is one of my favorite kinds of songs because it tells a story. It is vocally and musically strong and because it is the title track I expect it to be one of the more popular songs of the album.

Don't Waste Time-Bringing the electric guitar and drums back out this song takes the listener back a few steps to hear a story about some very helpful advice that anyone can take into consideration and use in their everyday life.

Parade-Another rerecorded song is one that should be familiar to people who have been keeping up with our website since our first blog about Carter. We uploaded a video to share with you of Parade being performed live at a show in Lancaster, PA. The video will also be embedded to watch again or for the first time at the end of this post.

Aleda-The way this album was mapped out can be compared to running on an uneven path. Some spots are high and others are low in terms to how much energy is used. Aleda is one of the more high energy songs of the album and is also the shortest since it's only a minute and 16 seconds long. Parade is a 5 minute song so it does seem planned out that the shortest song comes after the longest. Either way Aleda is probably the only track on the album that listeners can really move around to. 

Maybe If It Rains-The final song slows things down just a little bit and like Black and Blue has a female vocalist joining Carter. From the beginning of the song you just get the feeling that this is the last song. It has the tone of closure in it that also is very comforting at the same time. I once again must compliment how well this album was planned out because it almost works like a movie in how it has a introduction, climax, and conclusion.

The album keeps the tone that Carter has always had, acoustic folk that even someone who is sworn off of music couldn't help but listen to and be immediately submerged in the relaxing lyrics and melodies. A Note In Your Pocket along with Carter's other EP is available now on iTunes and in Carter's Big Cartel Store.

http://www.myspace.com/carterhulsey

http://carterhulsey.bigcartel.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-note-in-your-pocket/id376842486?uo=4

With the Vans Warped Tour kicking off this Friday the 25th of June there are thousands of band, crew, and tech members packing their sunscreen and guitars to get ready to hit the open road. Although Warped Tour doesn't reach Maryland for another 29 days that doesn't mean we're not already planning which artists we plan to see. And now that the stage announcements have been released planning has been made a whole lot easier.

MAIN STAGE
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Alkaline Trio (all dates)
Andrew W.K. (all dates)  
The Dillinger Escape Plan (all dates)
Face To Face (all dates)
The Bouncing Souls (June 25th-July 16th)
The All-American Rejects (June 25th-July 18th) 
Motion City Soundtrack (June 25th-July 18th) 
Bring Me The Horizon (June 25th-July 30th, August 5th-15th)
Street Sweeper Social Club (June 25th, August 10th)
We The Kings (June 26th-August 2nd)
Every Time I Die (July 2nd-August 15th)
Reel Big Fish (July 13th-August 15th)
Pennywise (July 20th-August 8th)
Streetlight Manifesto (July 23rd-26th)
GBH (July 26th)
Anti-Flag (August 5th-15th)
Dropkick Murphys (August 7th-15th)

ALTEC LANSING STAGE
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Breathe Carolina (all dates)
Emmure (all dates)
Hey Monday (all dates)
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business (all dates)
Parkway Drive (all dates)
Pierce The Veil (all dates)
Set Your Goals (all dates)
Suicide Silence (all dates) 
Whitechapel (all dates)
You Me At Six (all dates) 
Four Year Strong (June 25th-August 2nd)

ALTERNATIVE PRESS/ADVENT STAGE
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Anarbor (all dates)
The Cab (all dates)
The Casualties (all dates)
Fake Problems (all dates)
Never Shout Never (all dates)
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band (all dates)  
Mike Posner (all dates)
The Pretty Reckless (all dates)
The Rocket Summer (all dates)
Polar Bear Club (June 25th-July 18th)
Dirty Little Rabbits (July 20th-August 5th)    

GLAMOUR KILLS STAGE 
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Alesana (all dates)  
Artist Vs Poet (all dates)
Attack Attack! (all dates) 
The Summer Set (all dates) 
VersaEmerge (all dates)
Enter Shikari (June 25th-July 18th)  
I See Stars (June 25th-July 18th) 
Sparks The Rescue (June 25th-July 18th)
Sum 41 (June 25th-August 2nd, August 11th-15th)
Haste The Day (July 20th-August 15th)  
Iwrestledabearonce (July 20th-August 15th) 
The Word Alive (July 20th-August 15th) 

SKULLCANDY STAGE
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After Midnight Project (all dates)
AM Taxi (all dates)    
Breathe Electric (all dates) 
Confide (all dates)  
Far From Finished (all dates) 
Fight Fair (all dates)  
In Fear And Faith (all dates) 
Of Mice & Men (all dates)  
We Are The In Crowd (all dates)
Ivy League (June 25th-July 3rd, August 10th-15th) 
Call The Cops (June 25th-July 18th, August 10th-11th)
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds (July 5th-18th)
The Upwelling (July 20th-26th)
Disco Curtis (July 20th-August 15th)
Passafire (July 28th-August 2nd)
The B Foundation (August 7th-8th)

ERNIE BALL STAGE 
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Automatic Loveletter (all dates)
Closure In Moscow (all dates) 
Emarosa (all dates)  
Eyes Set To Kill (all dates)
Mayday Parade (all dates) 
Riverboat Gamblers (all dates) 
The Sparring (all dates)
At The Skylines (June 25th)
Fast Forward Romance (June 25th)
In Her Own Words (June 25th)
Letters Burning (June 25th)
Modern Day Escape (June 25th)
The Darlings (June 25th-July 7th, August 10th)  
The Swellers (June 25th-July 17th)
Coasta Nostra (June 26th)
Hope For AM (June 26th)
A Midsky Surrender (June 26th)
Sounds & Sciences (June 26th)
We As Heroes (June 26th)
Allura (June 27th)
The Bogarts (June 27th)
Chaindriven (June 27th)
The Deadlies (June 27th)
From The Top (June 27th)
Me And The Captain (June 27th)
Perfect Like Me (June 27th)
Die Ignorant (June 29th)
Hello Hollywood (June 29th)
My Girl Friday (June 29th)
The New F-O’s (June 29th)
We Own The Sky (June 29th)
No Bragging Rights (June 29th-30th)
Fire From The Gods (June 30th)
JeHma (June 30th)
Let Them Fear Ruin (June 30th)
My Genuine Find (June 30th)
Rnes Reset (June 30th)
Everyone Dies In Utah (July 1st)
My Sky Your City (July 1st)
No Such Thing (July 1st)
The Requested (July 1st)
Set Aflame (July 1st)
Aerial Second (July 2nd)
Archimedes, Watch Out! (July 2nd)
Barely Blind (July 2nd)
Kill The Theory (July 2nd)
Uprise Of The Fallen (July 2nd)
American Mantra (July 3rd)
Don’t Shoot The Messenger (July 3rd)
Empire Holiday (July 3rd)
A Face For Radio (July 3rd)
The Hollow Empire (July 3rd)
Building Rome (July 5th)
Machree (July 5th)
MeVerseYou (July 5th)
Option//Control (July 5th)
Party Like Summer (July 5th)
Dinner And A Suit (July 11th-18th)
Conditions (July 20th-26th)
The Scurvies (August 11th-15th)
Trial By Combat (August 12th)
Kallahan (August 13th-15th)

KEVIN SAYS STAGE
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Gardening, Not Architecture (all dates)
Maxwell Smart (June 25th)
The Uptones (June 25th-27th)
GOGO13 (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
HaSkaLa (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
Knock-Out (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
Monkey (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
Voodoo Glow Skulls (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
Lovers Drugs (June 25th, June 27th)
The Flatliners (June 25th-29th, July 9th-18th) 
The Mighty Regis (June 25th-July 22nd, August 10th-11th)  
Left Alone (June 25th-July 8th, July 11th-August 2nd, August 7th-15th)
April Chase< /a> (June 26th)
Tess Dunn (June 26th)
Hounds And Harlots (June 26th)
The Impalers (June 26th)
Hope For AM (June 27th-July 3rd)
Speakeasy Tiger (June 27th-July 6th)
New Years Day (June 27th-July 8th)
Last Call Chernobyl (June 27th-July 10th)
The Frantic (June 27th-July 8th, July 31st)
TUGBOAT (June 29th)
Hollywood Heartthrob (June 29th-July 3rd)
The Scary Mondelos (July 1st) 
Victory In Numbers (July 1st-7th)
Go Action Team (July 2nd)
Set Phasers To Stun (July 6th-8th, July 11th-15th)
Kelsey And The Chaos (July 6th-8th, July 11th-31st)
Shorelines End (July 6th-8th, July 11th-22nd, July 28th-31st)
Motionless In White (July 6th-8th, July 15th)
The Downtown Fiction (July 7th-16th)
Spider Rockets (July 8th, July 13th, July 17th)
Crookedhook (July 9th)
Brass Tackz (July 9th-10th)
Dustin Jones And The Rising Tide (July 9th-10th)
The New Cities (July 9th-10th)
The Snips (July 9th-10th) 
Walk Off The Earth (July 9th-10th)
The Mission District (July 10th)
Mr. Fork In The Eye (July 10th)
The Down And Outs (July 11th)
Voted Most Random (July 11th)
Middle Finger Salute (July 11th-26th)
When Girls Kiss Girls (July 11th-28th) 
Flatfoot 56 (July 11th-August 2nd) 
Goodbye Soundscape (July 13th)
Vanna (July 13th, July 17th-21st, July 28th-30th, August 1st-2nd) 
Dive (July 14th)
The Heisman Hopefuls (July 15th)
Alamance (July 16th)
Hiccup Hellen (July 16th)
Shiragirl (July 16th, August 7th-15th)
Small Town Scoundrels (July 17th)
Testing For Echo (July 17th)
Hot Chelle Rae (July 17th-August 2nd)
Ever Since (July 18th)
Cerebral Ballzy (July 18th-21st) 
His Name Was Iron (July 20th-28th)
American Sixgun (July 20th-31st)
Tip The Van (July 20th-31st)
Ice Nine Kills (July 21st-August 1st)
The Chase (July 22nd-26th)
Fit For Rivals (July 23rd-26th)
Ionia (July 23rd-26th)
Spinlight City (July 23rd-25th, July 28th)
Deal’s Gone Bad  (July 26th-August 2nd) 
Score 24 (July 28th-August 2nd, August 7th-15th)
Callback California (July 29th)
Me Talk Pretty (July 29th, July 31st-August 1st)
Terrible Things (July 29th-August 8th)
The Banana Convention (July 30th)
I See Stars (July 30th) 
The Early Strike (August 1st-12th)
Deas Vail (August 1st-8th, August 11th-15th)
This Time Next Year (August 2nd-8th, August 11th-15th) 
Eddie Rap Life (August 5th-8th, August 11th-15th)
Longway (August 5th-8th, August 11th-15th) 
Burning Empires (August 7th-8th, August 11th-5th)
Cobra Skulls (August 7th-8th, August 11th-15th 
The Fabulous Rudies (August 7th-8th, August 11th-15th) 
Neo Geo (August 7th-8th, August 11th-15th) 
Our Last Night (August 7th-8th, August 11th-15th) 
Chase Long Beach (August 7th-15th) 
Echo Movement (August 7th-15th)
The Jukebox Romantics (August 7th-15th)
The Skank Agents (August 10th)
Kaile Goh (August 11th-12th)
The B Foundation (August 11th-15th)
The Bots (August 11th-15th)
Columbyne (August 11th-15th)
Death Punch (August 11th-15th)
5606 (August 12th)
The FunkyJahPunkys (August 12th-15th)
Medium Troy (August 12th-15th)

GRIND TIME STAGE
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Aivar (all dates)
Rahman Jamaal (all dates)
Dante LaSalle (all dates)
Madd Illz (all dates)
Rollin Rockers (all dates)

LEGENDS STAGE (June 25th-27th, August 10th-12th, August 14th-15th)
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Big D And The Kids Table (June 25th)
GBH (June 25th-27th)
Swingin Utters (June 25th-27th)
Fear (June 25th, June 27th, August 10th)
Angry Samoans (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
The Dickies (June 25th-27th, August 10th)
The Adolescents (June 25th-2
7th, August 10th, August 14th-15th)
Agent Orange (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
Assorted Jellybeans (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
Everclear (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
Green Jelly (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
Jack Grisham And The West Coast Dukes (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
Manic Hispanic (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
The Untouchables (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)

JERSEY STAGE (July 18th)
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Betrayus
Cabin Theory
A Clear Blurr
A Clever Con
Euphoria
A Need For Reason
Negative Sky
Sirena
Solfege Radio
The Waffle Stompers

GOLDENSTATE RECORDS TENT (August 11th-12th, August 14th-15th)
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Evolove
She Likes Daylight
Strike 3

MISC STAGES
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Another Option (all dates) (Focus Records Tent)
Poema (all dates) (Girlz Garage) 

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Since first grade Dad's Car Radio has been an idea and a connection between my father and I since he drove me to school on the first day in first grade. I really don't even remember a time when I wasn't listening to music and I really do have my dad to thank for that. Since today is in fact Fathers Day I thought it was more than appropriate to make todays post about artists who were recommended by none other than my father, because without him there wouldn't be a dad or a car, just a radio. 

1. Was (Not Was)

A band I was introduced to in first grade was, "Was (Not Was)" and more specifically the song "Walk The Dinosaur" from the first time hearing it I loved the song and I listened to it so much that the disk got stuck in our car CD player for a little over a year if I remember correctly. There were other songs by the band that I didn't like at first but eventually warmed up to, for example "Dad, I'm In Jail" which as a first grader was creepy but as a highschool senior the song is hilarious.

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Walk the Dinosaur

2. The B-52's

In 5th grade I was one of the few children who not only knew who the B-52's were, but actually listened to them on a regular basis. I even brought in a burned copy of the song "Mesopotamia" to the 5th grade ancient history class to listen to while we worked on projects about the city where they "laid down the law." I just had a conversation with my dad last week about how he missed seeing the band live because it was at a time when I had recently been born and he didn't feel right going out. Needless to say I told him that it was a huge mistake and he only would have missed me drooling for a few hours. 

Mesopotamia

3. Warren Zevon

For a lot of people my age, the most people have listened to of the late great Warren Zevon is the catchy tune playing in the background of Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" No offense to Kid Rock as a person, but when I heard "All Summer Long" on the way to school one morning I turned to my dad and then told him how I wanted to punch him in the face for disgracing Warren like that. The original song, "Werewolves of London" was my favorite song before I could understand what the lyric about the little old lady getting mutilated even meant. And now that I have a more extensive vocabulary I still call this tune one of my favorite songs. Warren Zevon also wrote the songs like "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Lawyers Guns and Money" which looking back at their titles now makes me thankful I was too shy to sing these songs on the playground. 

A Quiet Normal Life – The Best of Warren Zevon

4. Herbie Hancock and the song "Watermelon Man"

Not til this year have I actually enjoyed the fruit watermelon but since I was a child I have always loved the song "Watermelon Man." With virtually no lyrics the song consists of a jazz melody that even got a shy little girl like me to dance at one time or another. Herbie's album "Head Hunters"  includes other tunes of great musical value but it really is "Watermelon Man" that I have to call my personal favorite.

Head Hunters

5. Peter Clough

Although my dad isn't a professional recording artist that doesn't stop him from creating songs on a daily basis. Some last 10 second and others are full songs but they all are entertaining and almost always hilarious. Now that I'm older I can contribute to these songs but when I was younger I'd sit in awe at my dad's improvisation skills with lyrics. My favorite song is "I'm Gonna Lock You In My Trunk" which was always a failed attempt at getting me to behave because even at a young age I knew how to rebuttal with the "I'll tell mom or call child services" response. My least favorite however was "We Make The Rules" which is still sometimes used as a tool to annoy me to no end. If you can't imagine the song picture a pouting child with a parent dancing around them singing about how much power they have over them because they do indeed make the rules.  

My dad and I never really connected about sports or theatre but one thing we always have shared is a love of music. And if it isn't obvious that's what this whole website is really based on. Music is one of those things that can be shared over generations and I'm glad that we can share new and old music with our readers.

 

 

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