Dad's Car Radio

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.

 

 

NeverShoutNever

 

Rockin' Romance 2 is the second album in what is now an annual release of romantic songs and ballads covered by up and coming alternative artists. The CD has a mix of new and old hits, some of which have been reborn as YouTube pranks and others were once performed by our favorite 90's boy bands. 

Cady Groves – God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You (*NSYNC)

Cady Groves is a small girl with a big voice. Her rendition of God Must've Spent does the once adored boy band justice and brought back a few memories.

Artist vs. Poet – I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)

Never having heard anything by The Darkness before I had no idea what to expect. I now not only listen to The Darkness but Artist vs. Poet as well because of how well the band was able to take on the British bands sound but putting on their own twist by adding their signature screams. 

Holiday Parade – Slide (Goo Goo Dolls)

After listening to an intense performance by Artist vs. Poet, Holiday Parade slows it down a bit with their cover of Slide. I can only categorize this song as one you can listen to on repeat, preferably when it's sunny outside and you're in an overall happy mood. 

Breathe Electric – Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)

I was nervous when I read that this song was going to be on the album, even if it was going to be covered by the always amazing Grant Harris and Breathe Electric. The only other cover I've heard of this song was by Ashley Tisdale and let's just say I went into a bit of an auto tune coma. This song is proof that this song can be pulled up and be enjoyable for music fans of all ages. 

He Is We – Replay (iyaz)

One of the most modern songs covered by album is one that was a little too modified than the artists wanted. Earlier this week in an interview with Rachel of He Is We (full interview to be posted soon) she told us how the track was to be acoustic but when they were sent the track, it was a much more complex song than the band wanted. The song is still a great cover but I do agree that it is a little overdone and would have been better if it was just a stripped down acoustic song.

Jimmy Robbins – When You Say Nothing At All (Allison Krauss)

The song is a little too slow for my taste but the vocals are still strong and it goes in the same category as the Holiday Parade cover. 

Go Periscope – You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)

Someone who has been blowing up pop/country culture for the last two years has been the country darling known as Taylor Swift. The song being covered by a band made up of boys could have been a recipe for disaster, but in all honesty I like the cover more than I like the TSwift original. This song I actually will dance around my room to with a hairbrush a la Taylor in her music video for the original song. 

The Scene Aesthetic – Such Great Heights (The Postal Service)

Another cloud-watching-on-a-summer-day song that proves that The Scene Aesthetic should be professionally adorable. Just listening makes you want to sway back and forth subtly and just smile.

City Lights – I'll Never Let You Go (Third Eye Blind)

If I heard this song without knowing of the Third Eye Blind original I would have believed that this was a City Lights song. They take on the song with such confidence that it just radiates from the speakers. One of the most believable songs in the CD by far.

You Me And Everyone We Know – Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations)

Normally, Build Me Up Buttercup would be a song I'd only dance to at a father daughter function or a mock sock hop but this version I'd be more than happy to blast in the car when driving on a long road trip or doing some spring cleaning. A reoccurring quality of this CD is it's ability to put people in an extraordinarily good mood. 

Plug In Stereo – Your Body Is A Wonderland (John Mayer)

Being someone who isn't a John Mayer fan I was a little skeptical of how this song would sound. I really need to realize that I should trust Rockin' Romance because they turned a song I didn't even like
and made it enjoyable. Plug In Stereo has been a favorite of mine for a while and they really knocked it out of the park with this one.

Rockin' Romance 2 is a must have for your music collection, especially if you're a fan of albums like Punk Goes Crunk, Punk Goes Acoustic, Punk Goes Classic Rock and other albums of the same idea. 

Download Rockin' Romance 2 now on iTunes

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Hanson

The band Regretting Silence is comprised of two boys from Tuscon, Arizona who already have a grasp on how to get ahold of the music worlds attention. Chandler and Shay are the sixteen and seventeen year old boys who have formed a duo that isn't one to be reckoned with. One of the best qualities about the band is the fact that they have a great sense of who they are while still knowing where they want to go. As some bands start to gain popularity there tends to be a period where band members go through changes and in those changes maybe lose sight of why they started to make music in the first place. I have no doubt in my mind that Regretting Silence will ever lose themselves when making these changes. Regretting Silence will soon be putting out their first EP later this summer and you can contact them at www.myspace.com/regrettingsilence to get your own copy. 

Lately I haven't been able to turn on my television, go out into the city, read a magazine, or check my Twitter feed without hearing something about Lady Gaga. Regardless of mine or anyone else's opinion, Lady Gaga is a worldwide phenomenon who seems to have no chance of slowing down anytime soon. With her band of "Little Monsters" as a fan base Gaga is also adored by critiques, whether it's for her music or her controversies is still unidentifiable. Today, June 8th, marks a big day for Gaga as she releases her music video for the song, "Alejandro" which is off her album The Fame Monster. In true Gaga fashion the video sucks up almost ten minutes and takes the viewer on an orgy of fast paced groping and the slamming of steel-toed boots on a hard metal floor. The video takes on a World War Two feel especially touching on moments that could be related to the holocaust. Something else the video takes on is many Madonna references, which makes sense considering she is more than often compared to her but at the same time gives off the image that Gaga is not as "original" as she is usually idolized as. 

Something concerning about the video is the fact that it is so graphic and out there that is can be borderline uncomfortable. When watching the video for Telephone I saw no problems with it besides blatant product placement but is the Alejandro video taking it too far? Currently available on YouTube and soon to be on iTunes for all to see it will be interesting to see what reactions this music video stirs from children and more dramatically their parents. 

This morning I was listening to Wilco – "Nothing's Ever Gonna Stand in My Way Again" from their amazing album Summer Teeth

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  and I started thinking about pulling together a Positive Playlist. We all have songs that – no matter what – make us feel better, stronger and more willing to fight on every time we hear them.

Please post the first one that comes to mind in the comments. Give me the gut reaction.

That's what I am interested in. What are your personal fight songs?

Here are a few more of mine:

"Running Down a Dream" – Tom Petty – This one makes you want to just stand on the gas pedal of life. Dangerous while driving an actual car.

"Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who  Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah!

"Constructive Summer" – The Hold Steady "Me and my friends are like the drums on Lust for Life" What a killer opening line. So I guess I will add…

"Lust for Life" – Iggy Pop

You get the idea.

Personal Fight Songs – Let's hear 'em!