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The Black Dahlia Murder with Suicide Silence, Chelsea Grin, Alterbeast

Having dropped five genre-defining albums The Black Dahlia Murder have made it impossible to discuss melodic death metal without mention of their name. With Everblack, they once again demand the respect of peers and followers alike. “We’ve always tried to create something that’s rooted in classic death metal but at the same time offers something fresh and new, and Everblack is everything that we collectively love about the genre,” asserts vocalist Trevor Strnad. “To us, the challenge is always in wanting to make something better than what has come before, and something that will really excite the fans. But I think with all those albums behind us we have become the band fans can depend on, and we couldn’t be more proud of what we have achieved with this new record.”

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New Found Glory with We Are the In Crowd, Fireworks, Candy Hearts

Hometown boys from Coral Springs, Florida, punk-pop band New Found Glory were formed in mid-1997. Having recently graduated from high school, the bandmates wasted little time amassing a cult following, eventually rising to the upper tier of punk-pop music alongside Good Charlotte, Saves the Day, and other Warped Tour-affiliated bands. Renowned for their energetic live shows, New Found Glory toured up and down the East Coast in the late ’90s, selling out the entire pressing of their 1997 debut EP, It’s All About the Girls, along the way. The full-length debut effort Nothing Gold Can Stay followed in when New Found Glory signed a major-label contract with MCA. The band’s first gold-selling album, the self-titled New Found Glory, was followed by a high-profile tour with blink-182, an opening slot on the Warped Tour, and an appearance in the teen flick American Pie 2. This helped increase New Found Glory’s exposure. NFG snagged a headlining spot for the Warped Tour and watched their album climb to gold certification. After the tour and its resulting hype, New Found Glory then reentered the studio with a newfound restlessness. The result was Catalyst, which found the band’s sugary punk-pop steeped in new influences ranging from hardcore to thrash to new wave. The concert DVD This Disaster: Live in London documented the band’s strength as a live act. Catalyst peaked at number three on Billboard’s Top 200 and eventually went gold, propelled in part by the success of “All Downhill from Here.” They have continued to push the envelope with their music and tour consistently making their live acts not to be missed.

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SOMO with Francesco Yates, Sarah Lenore

SoMo—aka Joseph Somers-Morales—will never forget being on stage as a kid. At six-years-old, he sang at a popular club on historic 6th Street in Austin, TX.

“I was way too young to be in a bar,” he laughs.

However, his life took a bit of a detour away from music for quite some time. It certainly loomed in the background, but he had other things on his mind.

“My dad was in a jazz rock band called Duck Soup, and he wasn’t always there,” admits SoMo. “Because of the lifestyle, I just wanted to grow up, be normal, and have a family. My mom really raised my brother and me. I didn’t fight music, but I didn’t necessarily embrace it either. I wanted to do my own thing.”

Throughout high school in Denison, TX, that’s precisely what he did. He played football and hung out with friends, distancing himself from the proverbial “stage” as much as possible. However, in 2009, music called to him in the strangest and most serendipitous way. Receiving a piano from his mom for Christmas, he taught himself how to play by ear and recorded a cover of Chris Brown’s “Crawl”.

Uploading the performance to YouTube, it soon went viral. With his brother John’s encouragement, he teamed up with producer and engineer Cody Tarpley and continued to cut covers periodically over the next year. Prior to the release of Drake’s Take Care in 2011, he recorded a medley of the entire album and dropped it on the album’s release day. That medley would go on to garner over 4 million views, and it started to solidify the SoMo phenomenon.

Throughout 2012, the singer and songwriter began to buckle down and work on his first original music. His efforts in the studio yielded the independent debut mixtape, My Life. A powerful, palpable, and passionate collection, it merged R&B spirit with pop soul, showcasing his dynamic voice and songwriting prowess. Released for free on his birthday September 11, My Life opened up SoMo’s world.

“It was important to stand out,” he goes on. “On My Life, we implemented different styles to show I could write over any type of music. At the same time, it’s a cohesive story about my actual life since I started making music. There are party moments. There’s heartbreak. There’s love. It’s real.”

My Life spawned his first hit “Ride”. Without any radio support and no label at the time, the track began selling 10,000 digital tracks weekly, while its music video directed by Dan Gotti accumulated over 3 million views. It offered a fitting introduction to SoMo with its sexy hook and slick, soaring, and seductive sound.

“It just happened one night,” he remembers. “A girl came over, and I was drinking some red wine. I started playing the piano, and I hit my favorite chord. I wrote the hook right away. I was deeply in love with this girl and the song essentially says, ‘I’m going to ride. I’d die for you. My love is forever’. Of course, there is that sexual element though. It’s fun.”

Simultaneously, SoMo released a cover every single Sunday as part of his “SoMo Sunday” campaign. Speaking directly to his fans, he offered up new music each week, and the series has accrued 50 million-plus views on YouTube.

As “Ride” continued to gain steam, SoMo hit the road for a sold out headline tour. Struck by all of his success, Republic Records reached out and offered him a deal in October 2013. Now, he’s prepping his self-titled major label debut for a 2014 release. For the artist, nothing has changed though.

“That’s why I’m calling the record SoMo,” he reveals. “That name has been with me for so long. In seventh grade, a girl wrote me a note and called me JoSoMo. I thought it was cool so I made an AIM screen name JoSoMo. All of my football teammates and coaches started calling me SoMo on the field. This is who I am.”

Ultimately though, it’s his intimate, infectious, and irresistible music that’s going to make everyone remember that name. “When I sing, I really mean it,” he leaves off. “If I’m singing about a woman in the studio, I sing into the mic like it’s her ear. If I’m singing about something sad or happy, I’ll put myself in that mood. My music is driven by emotion from the inside. My motto is, “If it sounds good, people will listen.”

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Citizen Cope – Clarence Greenwood Recordings 10th Anniversary Tour

Citizen Cope – Clarence Greenwood Recordings 10th Anniversary Tour

with Full Band

 

“This full band tour celebrates the 10th  anniversary of the release of the Clarence Greenwood Recordings.  For the first time ever Citizen Cope will perform the record in its entirety, plus a second set of other Citizen Cope favorites.”

$1 per ticket sold will go to Turnaround Arts to purchase musical instruments for middle schoolers in Lame Deer, Montana—a community on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Lame Deer is part of Turnaround Arts http://turnaroundarts.pcah.gov/ , a program of President Obama’s President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that is using arts education to help students succeed.

 “Rawness improbably balanced by a mixture of danger and delicacy,” says one Rolling Stone writer, “is what gives Citizen Cope his edge. As a singer, songwriter and producer, he stands alone—an artist immune to corruption.”

Dug deep into the rich soil of American music, Cope’s roots are complex. You may think of Bill Withers or Neil Young or John Lee Hooker or Van Morrison or Willie Nelson or Al Green. Yet, listening to Cope, you also may think of none of the above. You may not think at all, but rather feel a man exposing stories that haunt his heart.  In the past years, he has produced albums of depth and distinction, each a critical chapter in his search for a sound that paints an auditory American landscape in which despair wars with hope and hope, tied to love, is elusive.  Cope finds his groove that, with only slight variations, will fuel his tales of seeking hope in hell. The groove becomes a mantra and the mantra, sung in a voice that is both disarmingly sincere and studiously ironic, stops us in our tracks. Cope tracks the relationship between terror, fantasy and reality.  Art requires defense. Without art, we can’t cope. But Cope’s art isn’t the high art of elitism; it’s the low art of funk. The voice of the singer is half-hoarse, half-hilarious, wholly hypnotic.  He has toured tirelessly.  He has brought his stories—with a band or simply with his guitar—to whatever venue would have him. His motivation to make music directly in front of people, no matter the size of the crowd, has won him a vast audience in America and abroad.

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You Me At Six with Young Guns and Stars in Stereo

British pop-punk band You Me at Six made their album debut in 2007 with Take Off Your Colours on Slam Dunk Records in the United Kingdom and Epitaph Records in the United States. The album reached number 25 on the U.K. albums chart and spawned the hit singles “Save It for the Bedroom,” “Finders Keepers,” and “Kiss and Tell.” Thanks in part to heavy touring, the popularity of You Me at Six grew steadily in the wake of their album debut and earned them a nomination for Best British Band at the 2008 and 2009 Kerrang! Awards. You Me at Six released their second album, Hold Me Down (2010), on Virgin Records in the U.K. and Epitaph Records in the U.S. Featuring the singles “Underdog” and “Liquid Confidence,” it reached the Top Five of the U.K. albums chart. The following year the band located to L.A. to work on their third release, Sinners Never Sleep. The record saw them move in a heavier direction alongside gritty guitar riffs. The album arrived in late-2011 and peaked at number three in the U.K. album chart. The final date of their nationwide tour that year was at a sold-out Wembley Arena, which the band recorded and released as a live CD/DVD set the following year. They teamed up with Fall Out Boy producer Neal Avron in mid-2013 and started work on their fourth studio release. Titled Cavalier Youth, it arrived in early 2014 and went straight to the top of the U.K. Album Chart.

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The Button South Class Reunion 4

4th Annual

BUTTON SOUTH CLASS REUNION

The 4th annual Button South Class Reunion will be held on September 26 & 27 2014 at Revolution Live in Ft Lauderdale Fl.

 

This year’s scheduled reunion performers are:

 

CANAVERAL – GYPSY QUEEN – SLYDER – STRANGER

HEARTLESS – LAST CHILD – MOTOR – PHINEAS J WHOOPIE

 

The Hep Cat Boo Daddies with Joel Da Silva & Randy Blitz

In tribute to Sean GTO Gerovitz

 

The Button South All Star Band

Featuring 15 members from 15 bands

Race, Saigon Kick, Farrcry, Miss Conduct, Autodrive, Psychodrama, Miami Dolls, Big Bang, Baloney Sandwich, Squadron, Trixx, The Realm, Beggars Opera, Sabotage & more!

 

This year’s celebrity hosts are:

Mark Allen “RACE” – Liz Wild WSHE – Steve Stansell ZETA

Madman Mike WGTR – Glenn Richards WSHE

Phil Varone “SAIGON KICK”

 

Doors 8pm – Bands begin at 8:30pm

Tickets are $12 per nite or $20 for a 2 day pass

The Button South Class Reunion has become an annual event to celebrate a legendary nightclub.  It’s a reuniting of customers, employees, bands & musicians that drove the soundtrack of Rock N Roll in South Florida from the late 70’s, starting as the Agora Ballroom to the mid 90’s.  The Button hosted literally thousands of concerts in those years, being open till 6am 7 nights a week.  The stage was dark for only brief moments of those hours for set changes & breaks because in the Button South Kingdom live Rock N Roll ruled.

 

Just a few of the divergent national acts that graced the Button South stage: PANTERA – TED NUGENT – LIVING COLOR – CYNDI LAUPER – FAITH NO MORE – GEORGIA SATELLITES – DOKKEN – FASTER PUSSYCAT – THE ROMANTICS – PAT TRAVERS – OVERKILL – BADLANDS – DREAM THEATRE  JEFF HEALY – HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – BLURR

 

The Button South had the likes of Johnny Depp’s The Kids, Marilyn Manson, Saigon Kick & Nuclear Valdezplaying there on a regular basis prior to being discovered by the rest of the planet.  It was host to regional cover & local original bands by the dozen on any given week.  Bartenders, waitresses, soundmen & door staff wanted to work there.  Customers wanted to drink, party & dance there.  But most of all every musician wanted to play there.

 

The Button South Class Reunion recreates, if only for a weekend once a year, the aura & attitude that wasThe Button South.  All 10 bands playing over the 2 nights played there, all video screens will be filled with footage filmed there & all the music you hear was played there.  It is without a doubt the South Florida Rock N Roll throwback event of the year, every year.

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The Button South Class Reunion 4

4th Annual
BUTTON SOUTH CLASS REUNION
The 4th annual Button South Class Reunion will be held on September 26 & 27 2014 at Revolution Live in Ft Lauderdale Fl.

This year’s scheduled reunion performers are:

CANAVERAL – GYPSY QUEEN – SLYDER – STRANGER
HEARTLESS – LAST CHILD – MOTOR – PHINEAS J WHOOPIE

The Hep Cat Boo Daddies with Joel Da Silva & Randy Blitz
In tribute to Sean GTO Gerovitz

The Button South All Star Band
Featuring 15 members from 15 bands
Race, Saigon Kick, Farrcry, Miss Conduct, Autodrive, Psychodrama, Miami Dolls, Big Bang, Baloney Sandwich, Squadron, Trixx, The Realm, Beggars Opera, Sabotage & more!

This year’s celebrity hosts are:
Mark Allen “RACE” – Liz Wild WSHE – Steve Stansell ZETA
Madman Mike WGTR – Glenn Richards WSHE
Phil Varone “SAIGON KICK”

Doors 8pm – Bands begin at 8:30pm
Tickets are $12 per nite or $20 for a 2 day pass

The Button South Class Reunion has become an annual event to celebrate a legendary nightclub. It’s a reuniting of customers, employees, bands & musicians that drove the soundtrack of Rock N Roll in South Florida from the late 70’s, starting as the Agora Ballroom to the mid 90’s. The Button hosted literally thousands of concerts in those years, being open till 6am 7 nights a week. The stage was dark for only brief moments of those hours for set changes & breaks because in the Button South Kingdom live Rock N Roll ruled.

Just a few of the divergent national acts that graced the Button South stage: PANTERA – TED NUGENT – LIVING COLOR – CYNDI LAUPER – FAITH NO MORE – GEORGIA SATELLITES – DOKKEN – FASTER PUSSYCAT – THE ROMANTICS – PAT TRAVERS – OVERKILL – BADLANDS – DREAM THEATRE JEFF HEALY – HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – BLURR

The Button South had the likes of Johnny Depp’s The Kids, Marilyn Manson, Saigon Kick & Nuclear Valdez playing there on a regular basis prior to being discovered by the rest of the planet. It was host to regional cover & local original bands by the dozen on any given week. Bartenders, waitresses, soundmen & door staff wanted to work there. Customers wanted to drink, party & dance there. But most of all every musician wanted to play there.

The Button South Class Reunion recreates, if only for a weekend once a year, the aura & attitude that was The Button South. All 10 bands playing over the 2 nights played there, all video screens will be filled with footage filmed there & all the music you hear was played there. It is without a doubt the South Florida Rock N Roll throwback event of the year, every year.

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Hawthorne Heights with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Punky emo pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001.  They built their fan base on a demo recording and a series of self-booked national tours. 2004 marked the release of their powerful full-length debut, The Silence in Black and White. While the bandmates relentlessly toured behind it, the album became their label’s highest-selling debut, and its lead single, “Ohio Is for Lovers,” invaded rock radio. Hawthorne Heights’ second album, If Only You Were Lonely, arrived in 2006 along with a DVD titled This Is Who We Are. Lonely debuted at number three on the charts and continued to sell well, eventually going gold.  Hawthorne Heights issued a third album, Fragile Future, in August 2008 and in 2010 issued Skeletons, their fourth album. Also in 2010 the band formed their own label, Cardboard Empire. Along with touring, they began work on a series of EPs beginning with Hate in the summer of 2011, then Hope in late 2012. The following year the band showed their ambitions with Zero, a post-hardcore concept album about a group of rebels in a dystopian, near-future America.

One of the few screamo bands to land a Top 40 pop hit, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus formed in 2003 in Middleburg, Florida. After writing and rehearsing for 18 months, the bandmembers were urged by several friends to pursue their music seriously. In 2005, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus began crafting their full-length debut. The resulting Don’t You Fake It appeared in July 2006 and was certified gold by the year’s end, propelled by the success of the Top 40 single “Face Down” and the band’s stint on the summer-long Warped Tour. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus play melodic hard rock that makes room for punk and power-pop influences. Frontman Ronnie Winter’s emotional vocals get the band classified as emo by some, but their brand of earnest, angsty rock is more closely aligned to that of groups like Hoobastank or Linkin Park.

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The Pretty Reckless with Adelita’s Way, Crash Midnight

Taylor Momsen rose to fame as an actress on the TV series Gossip Girl before launching a separate music career. She formed The Pretty Reckless in 2009, finding a balance between hard rock and post-grunge and taking cues from female-fronted bands like Hole and the Runaways along the way. They worked quickly, playing some initial shows in New York City before landing an opening slot on the Veronicas’ North American tour several months later. The tour went well, and Interscope Records signed the band before the year was up.  After spending several months in the studio, the group released its first single, “Make Me Wanna Die,” on the Kick-Ass soundtrack. The band’s first album, Light Me Up, saw release in Europe and Australia in late summer of 2010 and the record rolled out in North America in 2011 to rave reviews. The Pretty Reckless toured steadily behind Light Me Up, releasing the Hit Me Like a Man EP in March of 2012. A year later, the group’s second full-length album Going to Hell appeared and steadily climbed up the Billboard charts.

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Led Zeppelin 2

“These guys sound f—ing exactly like Led Zeppelin!”  

KIRK HAMMETT, METALLICA

LED ZEPPELIN 2 – THE LIVE EXPERIENCE brings you the excitement of Led Zeppelin “In Concert” by re-enacting the live improvisation & onstage interaction that earned Led Zeppelin their legendary status for performing. Rather than a “greatest hits” show, you get to experience Zeppelin as Zeppelin would have played in front of an audience.