Taking a gap year is a great way to travel, try out new things, meet new people, and enjoy a variety of experiences that will help you figure out who you are and what you really want out of life. And if you love animals and the environment, you can take advantage of myriad opportunities to assist in wildlife conservation during your time off from school and work.
The 2014 Congressional elections saw major Republican victories across the United States. Republicans have long been the party of gun owners’ rights, and they are looking to push a pro-gun agenda during their time in Congress this year. There are a number of new legislative items on the docket, and several of them deal directly with firearms.
Movement Electronic Music Festival, a showcase of the up-and-comers, local luminaries, pioneers and trailblazers in Techno, House, Hip-Hop and more has partnered again with Red Bull Music Academy to curate a stage during the festival, taking place at Detroit’s legendary Hart Plaza on Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, 2015. RBMA Radio – a long-standing destination for the best curated live sets, fireside chats and headphone highlights – will be broadcasting…
The Aristocrats – featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums – can now reveal the cover art and track listing for their third studio album Tres Caballeros, which is due for an early summer release. The album will be released in a Standard Edition (CD) and Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD), which will include a 30-minute documentary featuring live and in-studio footage, outtakes, demos, and…
The intuitive nature of the DaVinci Ascent allows individuals to easily find the temperature that they would like for their herbs. The easy to read screen allows users to know precisely the level at which they would like to vaporize their plant material. The product is able to impart the effect of medicinal material without having to combust it. The Ascent is very light and will fit into any sort…
Assume the fetal position; WARVICTIMS’ Domedagen is about to pay you a decidedly unfriendly visit. On offer are fourteen new tracks from Sweden’s masters of D-beat, Käng and Rå-punk. This is pure raging D-beat raw punk in the true Scandinavian tradition. No doubt about it; Domedagen contains WARVICTIMS’ best material yet. WARVICTIMS started out as a kängproject by Sylen and Jocke in 2006. The basic idea then was, and still…
Polish extreme metallers HATE have been working on their new compositions for a over six months now. The band will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland just after their North American tour with Hypocrisy, on June 5, to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. HATE have announced the title of their forthcoming material as Erebos, which comes from ancient Greek and means literally…
05/13 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club 05/14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre 05/15 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air 05/16 Boise, ID Knitting Factory 05/17 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory 05/18 Eugene, OR Mcdonald Theater 05/20 Reno, NV Knitting Factory 05/21 San Diego, CA Soma 05/22 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues End Tour Cool Tour 2010 Tour w/ Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats,…
Rock On The Range 2010 Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-866-448-7849. Columbus Crew Stadium is located at One Black & Gold Blvd., Columbus, OH 43211 About The Band: From the beginning, TAPROOT has created a smarter, deeper style of post-hardcore and heavy melodic rock. This overture can be credited to the unique combination of personalities in the band; Vocalist – Stephen Richards, Guitarist – Michael…
Illinois’ favorite poser-crushers LOW TWELVE will play two sets at Coconut Louie’s in Bloomington, Ill on Friday, May 21st in celebration of the May 18th release of Splatter Pattern. It is sure to be an evening to remember, as LOW TWELVE assaults the audience with classic cuts of old and soon-to-be-classic cuts from Splatter Pattern, an album that Kevin Hansen of Infernal Rock Radio called “by far the most aggressive…
This summer Ezra Furman & The Harpoons will be touring the U.S. with Delta Spirit and promoting their Minty Fresh release Inside The Human Body. Thu – Jun – 9 San Francisco, CA The Independent Fri – Jun – 10 Portland, OR Doug Fire Lounge Sat – Jun – 11 Seattle, WA Neumos Sun – Jun – 12 Vancouver, BC The Venue Mon – Jun – 14 Boise, ID Neurolux…
The tour is in support of current album Witness, and precedes a summer on the Cool Tour with As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats and War Of Ages. The band then heads to Europe with August Burns Red in September. BLESSTHEFALL – Beau Bokan (lead vocals), Eric Lambert (guitar/vocals), Mike Frisby (guitar), Jared Warth (bass), Matt Traynor (drums) – stormed…
Projekt is America’s premier independent record label specializing in passionately intense music in the darkwave, shoegaze, ethereal, ambient & darkCabaret genres. Begun 27 years ago in 1983, and releasing its 245th CD in 2010, Projekt presents a vast collection of beautifully spellbinding masterpieces. The successful Projekt Festival (previously held in ’96, ’97, ’98, ’02 & ’07) returns July 30 & 31 to Philadelphia; the fest is an opportunity for fans…
This contest precludes HATE’s upcoming North American tour – their FIRST ever – which is also sponsored by the fine folks at Metalsucks.net as well as “Metal Injection.” The Polish death metal institution will be touring alongside HYPOCRISY, SCAR SYMMETRY, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE, so don’t miss their clinically tight live performance! Here are the confirmed dates + venues: May 11 2010 @ The Rock – Tucson, Arizona May 13 2010…
5/11 – The Monkey House – Winooski, Vermont 5/14 – Mercury Lounge – New York, New York 5/16 – John and Peter’s – New Hope, Pennsylvania 6/4 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, Florida ^% 6/5 – Crowbar – Tampa, Florida% 6/6 – The Social – Orlando, Florida% 6/8 – Bottletree – Birmingham, Alabama ^% 6/9 – Exit In – Nashville, Tennessee ^% 6/10 – The Bishop – Bloomington, Indiana^% 6/11…
As one of Alternative Press Magazines “100 Bands You Need To Know”, Deas Vail is making their mark, just off a sold out tour with Copeland the band takes a short break from the road and holds up in a Arkansas loft to begin writing new songs as they look forward to a summer trek with the Vans Warped Tour. Deas Vail lends their time, help and support to Faceless…
In support of their album Walking On A Dream, Empire Of The Sun is proud to announce three exclusive North American tour dates in August in addition to Lollapalooza. Released just last year on Astralwerks, Walking On A Dream’s success has remained unstoppable. · 7 ARIA Award wins in Australia including Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Group and Best Pop Release · Two Brit Award nominations…
THE ACACIA STRAIN were just confirmed for three shows in May with Killswitch Engage, in addition to the previously announced “Cool Tour” in July/August with As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried And Me, Blessthefall, Architects, Cancer Bats and War of Ages. Their upcoming dates are: 5/14 Rocko’s- Manchester, NH 5/19 Norva- Norfolk, VA # 5/20 Ches-A-Rena- Pittsburgh, PA # 5/21 Water Street Music Hall- Rochester, NY # 7/13…
Alban Berg’s modernist masterpiece Lulu returns to the Met, starring Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale and conducted by the Met’s newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi. When Petersen performed Lulu in Chicago in 2008, the Chicago Tribune celebrated the German soprano’s performance in the “murderously difficult title role,” calling her “today’s Lulu of choice in opera houses around the world.” The cast includes the Met role debuts…
Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today added even more incentive to what 9 out of 10 Atlus employees already considered a tremendous value with the announcement of a pre-order bonus baseball cap for Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®3 Portable™ for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. The hat, modeled after the one worn by fan-favorite SEES member Junpei Iori, offers a rare collectible to celebrate while also serving as a rather convenient costume component for cosplay-minded…