Yellowcard Acoustic Video

Yellowcard released an acoustic video of their song "Telescope" off their latest album "Southern Air".

The video is frontman Ryan Key playing guitar and in the background are videos of Yellowcard back in the day. It's cool to see him reflecting on the past and the band's success and how far they have come.

The clips they play are really neat, they're jumping around and playing for these insane crowds. It's actually really punk rock and I love it.

As I Lay Dying New Album Stream

As I Lay Dying has grown to be as popular as bands like Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, and Lamb of God.  Today they released their latest record with Metal Blade Records titled "Awaken".

This album is seriously sick! I haven't really listened to these guys since I was in high school but after listening to the first couple tracks I am definitely going to buy this!

They have the entire album up online for free listening right here! If you love the unique beauty of metal then you will love As I's new album!!

ALSO!!!! Today there are tons of records being dropped other than this one.

Mumford and Sons has "Babel" up on iTunes with a deluxe edition that is over priced and the still overpriced regular one. It is cheaper if you get the normal album and then buy the 2 bonus tracks separately.

This or the Apocalypse released their sophomore album "Dead Years" (this is at a normal price, just fyi) and Showbread has their album "Cancer" up for free on Come & Live!'s website.

I bought all of these so I will be taking a listen to them this week and telling you guys what I think!

Thi'sl

So I am not really into rap or hip-hop but I really like this dude Thi'sl!

He has been involved in the rap scene since he was a kid and uses his music to convey the pain and struggles that he has been living in the inner-city of St. Louis, Missouri.

He has five free tracks available right here to promote his new album "We Are Blind" coming out on November 20th.

I really love his passion and that the listener can really feel what he is conveying. It's beautiful, it's poetry.

The Rocket Summer Fall U.S. Tour

The Rocket Summer is going on a fall United States tour and is bringing his friends The Classic Crime and William Becket.

The list of dates and venues is right here!

TSR's Bryce Avary will be promoting his latest 2012 project "Life Will Write the Words". He will most likely be performing his single "200,000" and will expect everybody to know the words.

I personally do not like TSR, I don't like his voice. In his single, I like the instrumental part but his lyrics and vocals just don't do it for me.

On the flip side, I adore The Classic Crime! Their music is brilliant, the lyrics are deep and raw, and Matt MacDonald's vocals are gorgeous.

They will be promoting their latest album "Phoenix" which they did independently with the help of Kickstarter and hundreds of donors.  Check out their song "Dead Rose".

My favorite video from these guys is "Abracadavars" from their sophomore record "The Silver Cord".

Then the opener of the tour is The Academy Is...'s William Beckett who has recently started doing his own solo work. He released his second EP titled "Winds Will Change" this year.

At this link you can listen to his full EP for free! It sounds pretty good so hopefully he will be able to survive on his own independent label and flourish as an artist.

Uprise Festival and The Reckoning Tour

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 Wolves at the Gate

Switchfoot

This past weekend I went to Uprise Festival in Shippensburg and right after the festival I hit up The Reckoning Tour put on by Needtobreathe to promote their new album. So I'm going to talk about the festival first and then the concert!

Uprise Festival: At this 2 day festival I got to see almost all of my favorite bands which was totally worth the $50 for my ticket!

On the first day I saw Switchfoot perform and they were awesome as always! They played a lot of songs from their latest album Vice Verses like "Where I Belong", "War Inside", and "Restless".

After they finished the frontman, Jon Foreman put on an acoustic set which I LOVED!! He did a lot of unreleased songs that he will be putting out on the new Fiction Family album, coming out...someday. He played a few songs from his Seasons EPs from a few years back which was really cool.

The next day the event opened up with Wolves at the Gate and they were amazing! I love seeing them and chatting with them after the show. Seriously, the nicest guys ever.

After them Nine Lashes, Flatfoot 56, Project 86 played. P86 was fantastic by the way, their new songs are sick!

Oh, Sleeper was the last band I saw at the festival and by far my favorite show! They have been my favorite for 2 years and they certainly live up to that title in my mind. Frontman, Micah Kinard was beautiful and his screaming was wonderful. He has so much talent.

The Reckoning Tour: This show was the icing on the cake for my show filled weekend. Needtobreathe KILLED it. They had sold out the venue and they rightfully did.

They had an incredible stage set up with fancy lights and typewriter keys that lit up that said "The Reckoning".

Every member of the band was spot on with notes, harmonies, and general stage presence. They ooze talent and put on an amazing show. If you haven't gotten a chance to see them you seriously should consider it. You will not be disappointed.

Here are some pictures taken from the show taken by a girl I work with!!


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