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- Placebo Announces Fall North American Tour
- Audiovox – Audiovox
- ROTHBURY, Day 1
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:10 PM PDT |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:55 AM PDT In 2004, at only 11 years old, Mishon (MY-shawn) performed a tribute for “the greatest entertainer that ever lived”, Michael Jackson. Watch Mishon get down to “Rock With You” and “Billie Jean” in homage to the King of Pop: Mishon continues to express Michael Jackson’s influence in his music and style. Check out the “Just a Kiss” video for proof! It shows off the 16 year old Los Angeles native's soaring vocal dexterity and considerable teen charm. The multi-talented teen is already a TV star thanks to his role as spunky kid brother Tay on the ABC Family Channel drama "Lincoln Heights", which began shooting its fourth season this spring. It wasn't until he handpicked the song "Lean On Me" to perform—unexpectedly—at the funeral of his great grandfather at age 9 that folks around him really took notice of the emotion he was able to wring from the song. "They asked if anybody had anything to say, and I stepped up to the microphone and started singing," Mishon explains. "And that's really what broke me out of my shell because I used to be a very shy child." Mishon’s The Yearbook will be out this fall. Related Posts |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:16 AM PDT Following a number of instantly sold out reunion shows across the country, including at New York City’s Blender Theatrer, the Get Up Kids have confirmed a full U.S. tour. The tour will kick off September 11th at Harrah’s in the band’s native Kansas City and will coincide with the 10th anniversary deluxe reissue of its landmark second album, Something To Write Home About, September 8th on Vagrant Records. The Get Up Kids formed in 1995 and later officially disbanded following a July 2, 2005 hometown swansong at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City. Despite the hiatus, the Get Up Kids past and present have kept extremely active in the interim between their original break-up and the current reunion: the Pope brothers now run Black Lodge, the studio formed to record Guilt Show, while Rob Pope now plays bass in Spoon. Matt Pryor has continued the New Amsterdams band he formed while still in the Get Up Kids, and has also released two albums of children’s music with the Terrible Twos as well as his first solo album, Confidence Man. Jim Suptic formed Blackpool Lights and co-founded the Curb Appeal label, while James Dewees continued his Reggie and the Full Effect project, though has now retired it, and served as touring keyboard player for My Chemical Romance and New Found Glory. The Get Up Kids’ first reunion show took place November 16, 2008 at the Record Bar in Kansas City. Subsequent reunion performances have included a March 13, 2009 show at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas–a DVD of which will be included in the 10th anniversary reissue of Something To Write Home About–as well as numerous sold out headline shows and an appearance at the May 2009 Bamboozle festival. The September-November tour will be preceded by an extensive series of dates throughout the UK and Europe. Tour Dates: Get Up Kids: website | myspace  Related Posts |
| Placebo Announces Fall North American Tour Posted: 09 Jul 2009 07:34 AM PDT
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| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 07:30 AM PDT Kansas City’s synth-wielding duo, Audiovox, recently released their self-titled debut Audiovox. Audiov The album is a clean, well-mixed album filled with electric pop ditties. The main word that pops into my head is “cute.” An obvious comparison would be to other synth and percussive groups like Hellogoodbye and Playradioplay, but as I listened to the first song “Breaking Up Is Breaking Out,” the more surprising comparison, yet accurate comparison would be to 90s Christmas tunes like “Wonderful Christmas Time.” I make this comparison to the musical nature of the tunes, not the lyrical nature. Before brushing this album off as a simply fun, but fluff album, I do encourage giving the last few songs a listen. Audiovox’s “A Cautionary Tale” and “Mortimer” are some of the best songs on the album. “A Cautionary Tale” has a grungy start, but explodes into a pop melody that makes you want to jump and dance. “Mortimer,” as the name makes it sound, takes the record in a surprisingly darker turn, showing that Audiovox has greater range than one may originally want to give them credit for. Tracklisting: Related Posts |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 07:15 AM PDT A twelve hour drive from Philadelphia to Rothbury, Michigan in a small car packed to the brim with camping equipment can be daunting. It works best when you drive with good friends, go four hours and spend the night in a hotel then bang out the remaining eight hours the next day. As unappealing as that might sound, whether I lost you at “camping” (as I did with my boyfriend) or at twelve hour drive (another of which I’ll be making this weekend to the 8th Annual Lebowskifest is Louisville), I can assure you that it was all worth it since the fruit of the labor was ROTHBURY, a three and a half day music and greening festival. After eight hours in the car punctuated by the occasional rest stop and a late lunch at Founders Brewery, where Popwrecker Jon Gitchoff met up with us, it was time to set up camp on the Rothbury camping grounds at the Double JJ Resort. Our instructions to find an available place to set up camp were, “You see that blue tent? Drive at it like you’re gonna hit it, but before you hit it, turn left really fast.” This was already going to be the best festival I’d ever been to. Camp site set up, it was time to move along to the festival grounds. Only totally set on seeing Cold War Kids and Future Rock, I roamed the grounds of Double JJ taking in all that Rothbury had to offer. Navigating the grounds and wildly decorated Sherwood Forest was no easy feat in the dark, but we made time to catch a bit of Keller Williams’s folky alt rock jams, some trip hop a la Future Rock, Lotus‘ dub electronic sound with their apparent huge following, and The Disco Biscuits complete with crazy light show as we meandered. The main event for the night, for me and Jon anyway, was Cold War Kids on the Sherwood Court stage. I’d seen these Long Beach guys once before, opening for Muse, a few summers ago at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier. At the time, I hadn’t been terribly impressed with their live offerings, but I was blown away by this past weekend’s performance. Cold War Kids played a high powered set consisting of cuts from last year’s Loyalty to Loyalty and 2006’s Robbers & Cowards.
Set List: Once Cold War Kids’ set came to a close, it was back through Sherwood Forest in all its clusterfuck glory to the campground for the night and prep for Day 2. Stay tuned for Days 2 through 4 ROTHBURY: website | interview with Photos: Jon Gitchoff Related Posts |
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