FUELED BY RAMEN Celebrates 15 At 5 Over 3 Days; Paramore & 11 More

FUELED BY RAMEN Records will celebrate its 15th anniversary with an extraordinary series of multi-artist shows at New York City’s Terminal 5.

The three-night extravaganza will kick off on September 7th with a hotly anticipated headline performance by Grammy Award-nominated superstars PARAMORE.

FBR15 tickets will be available via Ticketmaster in a number of different (Ramen-flavored) packages:

1) The Chicken-flavored Platinum package will include a General Admission ticket to all three nights, Early Entry admission to all three nights, an FBR15 Book/DVD/Show Laminate (to ship in November), an FBR15 commemorative show poster and official concert t-shirt (to ship in November), and a twelve-month subscription to Alternative Press magazine (to be fulfilled by AP).

2) Beef-flavored Gold ticket packages will include a single night’s General Admission ticket to the show of your choice, the FBR15 Book/DVD/Show Laminate, the FBR15 commemorative show poster and official concert t-shirt, and a twelve-month subscription to Alternative Press magazine (to be fulfilled by AP).

3) Shrimp-flavored single show tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, July 30th.




What’s more, Fueled By Ramen will commemorate the FBR15 concert series with a full range of Fueled By Ramen artist merchandise available at the FBR web store and at Hot Topic stores nationwide. Also on tap are two vintage label t-shirt designs.

The FBR15 festivities will continue throughout the year, including the release of a deluxe 15th Anniversary coffee table book comprising archival and never-before-seen photos, stories from FBR bands, and much more.

In addition, the book will include a DVD featuring a documentary history of Fueled By Ramen alongside live performances from the FBR15 shows. Set for release in November, the FBR15 Book/DVD will be available exclusively via the Fueled By Ramen web store.

FUELED BY RAMEN 15

SEPT 7, 2011
PARAMORE
FUN.
THE SWELLERS
THE PROVIDENCE (Acoustic)

SEPT 8, 2011
SUBLIME WITH ROME
GYM CLASS HEROES
THE STEREO
RECOVER

SEPT 9, 2011
COBRA STARSHIP
THE ACADEMY IS...
A ROCKET TO THE MOON
VERSAEMERGE

Since its official founding in 1996, Fueled By Ramen Records (a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records) has not only been a record label, but also a badge brand for an ever-growing community of loyal fans. With president/co-founder John Janick at the helm of an always-passionate staff, FBR has become the nucleus for today’s best and brightest punk-inspired rock/pop bands. A decade and a half since its beginning, Fueled By Ramen continues to impact the lifestyle of a new generation with each release.

The past 15 years have seen a number of Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance artists achieve global superstardom, including Paramore, Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy as well as such influential and iconic acts as Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, and The Academy Is…

The label has also unleashed a steady stream of blockbuster singles, including multi-platinum hits like Gym Class Heroes’ #1 Top 40 smash, “Cupid’s Chokehold,” Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire (Feat. Bruno Mars),” Panic! At The Disco’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad (Feat. Leighton Meester),” Paramore’s “Misery Business,” “Decode,” and “The Only Exception.”

The ever-evolving Fueled By Ramen roster is comprised of some of today’s hardest touring artists, logging countless miles to earn new fans though good old-fashioned roadwork. FBR’s top acts have headlined a range of annual tours and festivals, including Vans Warped Tour, The Bamboozle, the Honda Civic Tour, the Alternative Press Fall Ball, Rock Band Live Tour, and Nintendo Fusion Tour.

As if its accomplishments here in the US weren’t enough, Fueled By Ramen has proven equally successful all over the world. With over 15 million album sales worldwide, FBR artists like Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, and Panic! At The Disco have headlined international arena tours and festivals, dominated singles charts, and earned an assortment of gold and platinum certifications from Europe and South America to Australia and Southeast Asia.

Fueled By Ramen has been at the forefront of online technology and social networking since its inception. With over 800 million video views, the official FBR YouTube channel is among the top 5 most viewed music channels of all time. Fueled By Ramen artists have over 24 million Facebook friends across their individual accounts, with stars like Travie McCoy and Hayley Williams of Paramore reaching over 1.8 million followers on Twitter.

FUELED BY RAMEN.COM
FBR15.COM
FBR FACEBOOK
FBR TUMBLER
FBR YOU TUBE CHANNEL

GRATEFUL DEAD To Release Europe '72: Vol. 2 As 2-CD Set On Sept 20

LOS ANGELES, CA: Nearly 40 years ago, Grateful Dead released Europe ’72, a triple live album documenting its historic trek across Europe that became not only one of the band’s best-selling releases, but also set the gold standard for live Dead. Now the group proves you can never get too much of a good thing when it revisits that legendary collection with EUROPE ’72: VOL. 2, an essential continuation of the original that includes more than two hours of unreleased performances from that storied tour.

Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux, who produced this 20-track compilation, says he only chose song titles that did not appear on Europe ’72 as a way to complement the original. “I think this album, coupled with Europe ’72, represents a complete overview of the tour in every way,” he says. “In fact, songs like ‘Beat It On Down The Line,’ ‘Next Time You See Me’ and ‘Sing Me Back Home’ were selected by the Grateful Dead for the first set, but were left off because there wasn’t enough room.”

In a nod to the original, VOL. 2 features new cover art by Stanley Mouse, the artist who helped create the iconic artwork from Europe ’72, which features the return of the legendary Ice Cream Kid. “Trouble comes in many flavors. Ice Cream Kid is in hot water. The jury is out. His only defense is love,” says Mouse of the Kid’s return.

Recorded at various locations during the band’s 22-show tour, the performances on VOL. 2 feature Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Ron (Pigpen) McKernan (sadly, his last tour), plus some of the earliest shows with pianist Keith Godchaux and singer Donna Godchaux. The collection captures the Dead in white-hot moments of improvisational revelry as the band explores a number of its most enduring songs, like “Bertha,” “Sugaree” and “Playing In the Band,” plus relatively obscure cuts like “Black-Throated Wind” and Pigpen’s “Chinatown Shuffle.”

As a special treat, the set includes an epic hour-plus jam that combines “Dark Star” and “The Other One.” Recorded at the Bickershaw Festival, it was the only show on this tour where the band broke out both of these beloved improvisational showpieces. VOL. 2 also includes “Good Lovin’” and “Dire Wolf” from the April 26 show at Jahrhundert Halle in Frankfurt, West Germany. While much of that concert was released on 1995’s Hundred Year Hall, these particular tracks were not included and have remained unreleased until now.

The high-quality sound heard on VOL. 2 stems from painstaking work done by Jeffrey Norman, who has been the primary mixer of the Dead’s archival multi-track material for the past 15 years. For this release, he mixed each show from the original 16-track recordings while two-time Grammy®-winning engineer David Glasser mastered the music to HDCD specs.

Not only does EUROPE ’72: VOL. 2 provide a welcome sequel to one of rock’s best-loved live albums, it also serves as an indispensible primer for EUROPE ’72: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS. Also due out in September, this massive 73-CD collection includes every note from the Dead’s European tour. While the limited edition version quickly sold out, music-only copies are still available for purchase at dead.net.

EUROPE ’72: VOL. 2
Track Listing
Disc One
1. Bertha – Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (4/14/72)
2. Me And My Uncle – Wembley Empire Pool, Wembley (4/7/72)
3. Chinatown Shuffle – Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (4/14/72)
4. Sugaree – Olympia Theatre, Paris (5/3/72)
5. Beat It On Down The Line – Theatre Hall, Luxembourg (5/16/72)
6. Loser – Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (4/14/72)
7. Next Time You See Me – Olympia Theatre, Paris (5/4/72)
8. Black-Throated Wind – Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (4/14/72)
9. Dire Wolf – Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt (4/26/72)
10. Greatest Story Ever Told – Olympia Theatre, Paris (5/3/72)
11. Deal – Olympia Theatre, Paris (5/4/72)
12. Good Lovin’ – Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt (4/26/72)
13. Playing In The Band – Strand Lyceum, London (5/24/72)

Disc Two
1. Dark Star> – Bickershaw Festival, Wigan (5/7/72)
2. Drums > – Bickershaw Festival, Wigan (5/7/72)
3. The Other One> – Bickershaw Festival, Wigan (5/7/72)
4. Sing Me Back Home – Strand Lyceum, London (5/26/72)
5. Not Fade Away> – Wembley Empire Pool, Wembley (4/7/72)
6. Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad> - Wembley Empire Pool (4/7/72)
7. Not Fade Away – Wembley Empire Pool, Wembley (4/7/72)

On September 20, Rhino and Grateful Dead will release EUROPE ’72: VOL. 2 as a two CD set or digital download at all physical and digital retailers, including dead.net, for suggested list prices of $19.98 (CD), $14.99 (download).

KEIKO MATSUI The Musical Road From The Mojave Desert To Alaska

With over a million and a half albums sold and sold out concerts around the globe, keyboardist Keiko Matsui is a citizen of the world and one of the brightest stars in instrumental music.

Earlier this year, Shanachie Entertainment released Keiko Matsui’s The Road…, her 22nd album and a follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 South African inspired Moyo.

Building on the success of the album’s first single “Affirmation,” featuring Kirk Whalum on saxophone, Ms. Matsui recently filmed a sublime music video for the majestic title track which features another preeminent sax player, Jackiem Joyner.

Directed by Phil Lee, the video showcases breathtaking aerial views of Keiko playing a white grand piano in the Mojave desert along the outskirts of Palmdale, CA.



The lush impressionistic choreography in the video for The Road... echoes Keiko’s visionary musical ability throughout the album of the same name as she exhibits a natural affinity for melody while effortlessly transcending boundaries; borrowing from such diverse idioms as jazz, classical, rock, blues, traditional music of the world and beyond.

Over the course of three decades, Keiko's free spirit and creative genius have afforded her the luxury to share the stage with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis to Hugh Masakela and Bob James. Keiko will soon be gracing stages once again, beginning with a four-day stint at the world-famous Yoshi’s in San Francisco, CA on August 3rd.

From there, she will commence on the second leg of her U.S. tour with shows at clubs, theaters and wineries throughout California before embarking on a seven-day cruise as a performing artist aboard the Dave Koz and Friends At Sea excursion from August 26 – September 2nd.

Aside from performing worldwide, Keiko (pronounced Kay-Koe means ‘happy celebratory child’ in Japanese) is an activist by nature, using her music to speak to the world while also lending her voice to causes championed by organizations like The United Nations World Food Programme, Be The Match Marrow Registry and The National Donor Program and Marrow Foundation.

KEIKO MATSUI
TOUR DATES
Aug 03 - San Francisco, CA, Yoshi’s
Aug 04 - San Francisco, CA, Yoshi’s
Aug 05 - San Francisco, CA, Yoshi’s
Aug 06 - San Francisco, CA, Yoshi’s
Aug 07 - Temecula, CA, Thornton Winery
Aug 10 - Livermore, CA, Bankhead Theatre
Aug 11 - Santa Cruz, CA, Kuumbwa Jazz Club
Aug 12 - Cerritos, CA, Cerritos Center for the Arts
Aug 13 - Modesto, CA, State Theater
Aug 26 - Dave Koz and Friends At Sea (7-day Alaskan Cruise)
Oct 14 – La Quinta, CA, La Quinta Spa and Resort
Oct 16 – Annapolis, MD, Ram’s Head Tavern
Oct 17 – Alexandria, VA, Birchmere
Oct 20 – Scottsdale, AZ, The Compound
Oct 21 – San Diego, CA, Anthology
Oct 22 – Catalina Island, CA, Jazztrax Festival

“Simply breathtaking.” Jazz Review

“Keiko is a brilliant performer, arranger and composer.” Bob James

KEIKO MATSUI
THE ROAD...
1) Secret Pond (ft. Vinnie Colaiuta)
2) Falcon’s Wing (ft. Richard Bona)
3) Nguea Wonja (ft. Richard Bona)
4) Bohemian Concerto (ft. MB Gordy)
5) Embrace & Surrender (ft. Vinnie Colaiuta)
6) Awakening (ft. Kirk Whalum)
7) Touching Peace (ft. Richard Bona)
8) Affirmation (ft. Kirk Whalum & Vinnie Colaiuta)
9) The Road... (ft. Jackiem Joyner)

PARAMORE Move On With WARPED Dark Moon MONSTER

MORE is now less but, more or less, the PARAllelless same...

WE are PAR-A-MORE

Officially moving forward as a trio, PARAMORE unveiled a video earlier this week for a newly-penned post-Farro brothers song called MONSTER which appears on the soundtrack to Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Other artists on T:DOTM include Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Staind, Mastodon, Art of Dying, Theory of a Deadman, Stone Sour, Skillet, Serj Tankian & Black Veil Brides.


PARAMORE
MONSTER
You were my conscience, so solid, now you're like water
And we started drowning, not like we'd sink any farther
But I let my heart go, it's somewhere down at the bottom
But I'll get a new one and come back for the hope that you've stolen

I'll stop the whole world, I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster and eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well now that you're gone, the world is ours

I'm only human, I've got a skeleton in me
but I'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching.
Call me a traitor, I'm just collecting your victims
And they're getting stronger
I hear them calling.

I'll stop the whole world, I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster, and eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well now that you're gone, the world is ours

Well you find your strength in solutions
But I liked the tension
And not always knowing the answers
But you're gonna lose it, you're gonna lose it

I'll stop the whole world, I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster, and eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well now that you're gone, the world...

I'll stop the whole world, I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster, eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Now that you're gone, the world is ours.



In other news, Paramore, led by singer Hayley Williams, just wrapped up a half dozen shows on this year's Vans Warped Tour (with one more to go in San Diego). The seven appearances mark the first U.S. concerts since the departure of founding band members, drummer Zac Farro and guitarist Josh Farro.

The band, which made their Warped debut in 2005, played a rousing 40-minute set at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls as a formidable six-piece (with count 'em, three guitar players...and four if you count the fan that came up on stage to play during "Misery Business").

Each of their three releases were represented (Twilight's "Decode" was replaced with Transformers' "Monster") with a grand finale explosion of red and orange confetti capping the early evening proceedings.

Smiles abound all around at the end of a Paramore show...

It was business as usual.

PARAMORE
WARPED TWENTY ELEVEN
SET LIST:
1. That's What You Get
2. For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
3. Careful
4. Looking Up
5. Here We Go Again
6. Pressure
7. Ignorance
8. Monster
9. Misery Business

DATES
JUL 14 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain
JUL 15 Mississauga, ON @ The Flats at Arrow Hall
JUL 16 Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
JUL 17 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
JUL 19 Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheatre
JUL 20 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
AUG 09 San Diego, CA @ Cricket Amphitheatre

V-ROYS Suit Up Again For SOONER OR LATER And NYE Reunion Show

Knoxville, TN: Landing September 27 is SOONER OR LATER, the first-ever compilation from THE V-ROYS, the seminal roots rock band that influenced a generation of Alt-country revelry.

Vocalist/guitarist Scott Miller, lead guitarist/vocalist Mic Harrison, bassist Paxton Sellers and drummer Jeff Bills left an indelible footprint on the music community during their succinct but illustrious run from 1994-2000 in which the quartet released two critically-acclaimed studio albums, Just Add Ice (1996) and All About Town (1999), and one live album, Are You Through Yet? (2000).

The 18-track collection of remastered material releasing on Miller’s F.A.Y. Recordings pairs thirteen previously released album tracks including fan favorites “Guess I Know I’m Right,” “Fade Away” and “Cold Beer Hello” with five unreleased studio recordings.

Added to the mix are unreleased covers of Tom T. Hall’s “That’s How I Got To Memphis,” Neil Young’s “Burned,” and Leiber and Stoller’s “Smokey Joe’s Café” (from the Add Ice era) with the unearthed originals, “Hotel Room” and “Someone To Push Around” from the About Town sessions. The two newly restored tracks, both penned by Harrison, represent the only unreleased original songs stashed in archives.

Bills was the driving force navigating the waters of putting together a retrospective that both the band and the fans will hold in high regard, “The goal at the onset was to make it sound as good as we could. We had a production standard we tried to shoot for and did everything in our power, short of animal sacrifice, to get there. “

Miller adds, “When Jeff (Bills) gave me the final mastered version of this compilation, which he really put the effort into making, he had written "Sooner or Later or Just Whenever" on the disc. "Perfect!" I thought. I think we all knew we'd do it sometime. It’s nice to hear (and play) these songs again. I'm proud of what we did and I think it still stands up."



Sooner or Later is poised to entice a new generation of music lovers to become acquainted with these sharp-dressed-East-Tennessee-men as the original E-Squared releases are long out-of-print and are not available on digital portals such as iTunes and Amazon. In fact, most of Gen “Y” likely did not have the distinct opportunity to experience the real fruition of The V-Roys, that of a burning hot set raisin’ the rafters of a sweaty packed club.

The V-Roys played their last show on New Year’s Eve 1999 at the historic Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. With nearly a dozen years of perspective for collective reflection, it wasn’t just another show at a historic theater, but the close of a historic chapter in the annals of a fiery brand of Americana.

Lives move forward. In the years since the turn of the millennium, Miller and Harrison have enjoyed successful solo careers with both continuing to tour around the country. Bills runs Lynn Point Records which has released several dozen artists’ albums including three by Harrison as well as a live album from original V-Roys guitarist John Paul Keith. Paxton joined Mic and Jeff in 2000 for a project called The Faults before segueing into the corporate work force.

Memories live on. Legends beget infamy. In 2009, The V-Roys were named the best Knoxville band ever in a poll hosted by Metro Pulse, the city’s weekly newspaper and iconic tastemaker No Depression continues to feature glowing archived articles about the group.

Chatter of the band’s stature in the grand pantheon of Alt-country and “live” rock ‘n roll has been on a slow simmer for the past decade and will soon reach a feverish boil with the planned “One show; Goodbye” New Years Eve blowout at the historic Bijou Theatre, located right up the street from the Tennessee Theatre.

For this special show-of-a-lifetime, the band will treat fans to a lengthy all-encompassing set of their recorded catalog and favorite covers. Tickets, priced at $35, will go on-sale September 9th.

4217 days later and the reverential dam hath opened. The cognoscenti reckoned it would happen sooner or later.

QUOTES
“Elegantly Tailored Country Rock.” Q Magazine
“Evocative mid-'8Os garage vibe of The Replacements.” MOJO
“The V-Roys may look like frat boys, but they play like mothers.”
Stereo Review
“Basic rock 'n' roll: raw, confident, angry, hooky, rhythmic.
Makes you thirsty for beer.” The Tennessean
“A split-down-the-middle combination of twang-rock and power-pop…the missing link between Roger Miller and the Knack.” No Depression

THE V-ROYS
Sooner or Later
1. Guess I Know I’m Right*
2. No Regrets*
3. Pounding Heart*
4. Sooner or Later*
5. Goodnight Loser*
6. Cry*
7. Lie I Believe*
8. Kick Me Around*
9. Mary+
10. Amy 88+
11. Over The Mountain+
12. Fade Away+
13. Burned (Neil Young)**
14. Someone To Push Around++
15. How I Got To Memphis (Tom T. Hall)**
16. Hotel Room++
17. Smokey Joe’s Café (Leiber and Stoller)**
18. Cold Beer Hello*

*From Just Add Ice (1996)
**Recorded during Just Add Ice sessions
+From All About Town (1999)
++Recorded during All About Town sessions

Guest musicians:
Michael Smotherman: Hammond B3 Organ on “Lie I Believe” & “Mary”
Tommy Hannum: Pedal Steel on “Pounding Heart”
Ronnie McCoury: Mandolin and Backing Vocals on “Mary”
Jim Hoke: Baritone and Tenor Saxophone on “Amy 88”
Steve Earle: Vox Mando Guitar on “Amy 88”
Ray Kennedy: Percussion on “Amy 88” & “Over The Mountain”
Dan Gillis: Tin Whistle on “Over The Mountain”
Larry Atamanuik: Drums on “Fade Away”

The V-Roys
Scott Miller
Mic Harrison
Jeff Bills/Lynn Point Records

EVOLOVE Breaking Heartstrings And Binding Minds Of The Utmost Kind

Hollywood, CA: On August 9th, alt-rockers EVOLOVE, fronted by charismatic vocalist Lucy Levinsohn, will release their sophomore Ep BREAKING HEARTSTRINGS, the inaugural release on the band’s very own HeartChord Records. In addition to being available via iTunes and other digital outlets, Hot Topic stores will offer a version on CD as well as exclusive band apparel.

Systematically erecting a delicate balance between soaring melodies and aggressive elegance, Breaking Heartstrings represents a natural evolution expanding upon the musical footprint of 2012: Countdown to the End, an auspicious debut mixed by Brian Virtue (Audioslave, 30 Seconds to Mars, Deftones) that fostered an array of key placements on ABC's top-rated teen drama Pretty Little Liars as well as MTV’s hit shows Made, True Life and Teen Mom.

Amps and emotions on overdrive embolden Heartstrings as first single “Wake Up Call” carves a psychological hole in the center of the sun with its penetrating urgency igniting a meteor shower of wattage. Led by the twin stack, guitar attack of Dave Corsile and Colby Jensen and bolstered by the propulsive low-end theory of bassist Billy Berman, it’s a four-minute gut-check that packs a heavyweight wallop.

It’s no head fake. “Wake Up Call” has the potential to unite a nation of “broken heartstrings,” so to up the ante; Levinsohn recently collaborated with Swedish audiovisual phenom Iggi Ogard (Piñata Protest) on an elaborate story-driven music video.

Filmed during one twenty-hour day on a horse ranch in the celebrity-filled hills above Mulholland Drive, its visual arc is a mélange of campy revelry, old western folklore and a dab of voodoo.

Rounding out the remainder of the five-song Ep, producer Michael Eisenstein (Letters to Cleo, The Posies, Cruiserweight) adds a trademark pop sheen to the mid-tempo “Irony of Life,” the anthemic alt-rock of “Four Walls,” the theatrical Iron Maiden dynamism of “Fear (Is A Four Letter Word)” and the passionate yearning of “Nothing But Me” which brings to mind power ballads by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shinedown and Staind.

Last summer, EVOLOVE (pronounced Eh-Voh-Luv) were thrust into the national spotlight as finalists of the FreeCreditScore.com band search.

Debuting the group’s commercial during the MLB All-Star game on FOX, the spot amassed millions of impressions across broadcast and cable spectrums. Significant airplay on outlets such as ESPN, CNN and CNBC led to further exposure on MTV and LA’s KTLA TV.



Congealing the TV awareness with incessant touring, EVOLOVE was a featured artist during Hot Topic’s successful “Shop Till You Rock" tour before commencing on a non-stop canvassing of festivals, bars, all-ages clubs, high schools and key industry events including the 2011 Winter NAMM Convention and the 25th Annual SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX.

This summer, EVOLOVE is putting the rubber to the road once again on their first-ever cross-country jaunt. Joining them for the initial batch of dates are Hollywood hard rockers STITCHED UP HEART (led by glitter-girl Mixi Demner), whom also have a new Ep entitled ESCAPE THE NIGHTMARE on the horizon.

Both bands will then assimilate an axis point of a Reinforcement Tour triumvirate coalesced by ethereal metal quintet GEMINI SYNDROME and its lead prognosticator, Aaron Nordstrom.

Evolove Breaking Heartstrings Tour | Reinforcement Tour

EVOLOVE
TOUR DATES
Jul 15 - The Slidebar, Fullerton, CA
Jul 23 - Lake Irvine, Irvine, CA
Jul 31 - The Federal Bar, N. Hollywood, CA (International Pop Overthrow)
Aug 06 - Universal City Walk, Universal City, CA (co-headline w/ Dilana)
Aug 09 - Cheyenne Saloon, Las Vegas, NV*
Aug 10 - The One And Only, Saint George, UT*
Aug 11 - Club Vegas, Salt Lake City, UT*
Aug 12 - Kamikaze's, Ogden, UT*
Aug 13 - The Deathstar, Provo, UT*
Aug 14 - Rockstar Lounge, Denver, CO*
Aug 16 - The Garage, Kearney, NE*
Aug 17 - Knickerbocker's, Lincoln, NE*
Aug 18 - The Hideout, Omaha, NE*
Aug 19 - The Silver Dollar Saloon, Elizabeth, MN*
Aug 20 - The Nestor Tavern, Fargo, ND*
Aug 25 - Aftershock Bar, Shawnee, KS*
Aug 26 - Room 107, St. Joseph, MO*
Aug 27 - R Bar, Hutchinson, KS*
Aug 28 - Phoenix Lounge, Harrisburg, SD+
Sep 01 - House of Bricks, Des Moines, IA+
Sep 03 - Westside Rockfest, Cincinnati, OH+
Sep 04 - The Phantasy Nite Club, Cleveland, OH+
Sep 09 - Ground Zero, Minneapolis, MN+
Sep 10 - The Nestor Tavern, Fargo, ND+
Sep 13 - Knickerbocker’s, Lincoln, NE+
Sep 14 - Off Minor, Dubuque, IA+
Sep 15 - Kruse In, Wausau, WI+
Sep 16 - Players Lounge, Stevens Point, WI+
Sep 17 - The Penny Road Pub, South Barrington, IL+
Sep 18 - Elbo Room, Chicago, IL+
Sep 21 - Juggernaut, Gallup, NM+
Sep 22 - The Abbey Theatre, Durango, CO+
Sep 23 - House of Rock Live, El Paso, Texas+
Sep 24 - The Big Fish, Tempe, AZ+
Sep 26 - The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA* (Free show)

*Breaking Heartstrings Tour w/ Stitched Up Heart*
+Reinforcement Tour w/ Gemini Syndrome + Stitched Up Heart+

EVOLOVE
BREAKING HEARTSTRINGS
1. Wake Up Call (Free MP3)
2. Irony of Life
3. Four Walls
4. Nothing But Me
5. Fear (Is A Four Letter Word)

EVOLOVETHEBAND.COM

RAGE And Education On Parade At L.A. RISING On July 30

L.A. RISING AT THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM

Rage Against the Machine and Goldenvoice have teamed up once again to present L.A. RISING, the first major rock show at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (100,000 capacity) in 11 years.

Joining RATM on July 30, 2011 are Muse, Rise Against, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Immortal Technique and El Gran Silencio though L.A. RISING is about more than just the music. Each band participating in this historic event wants to raise awareness about the social issues plaguing Los Angeles and to accomplish this; L.A. RISING has established the “Re-Education Camp.”

The Re-Education Camp is a collection of 30+ local and international nonprofit organizations presenting issues that affect everyone in Los Angeles. Participating organizations include Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), US Uncut, Sound Strike, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), Enlace, Cuéntame, Jail Guitar Doors, peta2, Bus Riders Union, Instituto de Educacion Popular Del Sur de California (IDEPSCA), Greenpeace, PATH and Axis of Justice (a non-profit organization formed by Tom Morello and Serj Tankian).

L.A. RISING has invited each nonprofit organization to participate at zero cost in an effort to help the organizations promote their causes and raise awareness. The four major areas of concern include: WAR, IMMIGRATION, POVERTY and LABOR.

“We are passionate about ending the wars overseas, immigrant rights, protecting working families, and combating hunger and homelessness in L.A. We want to present our fans the opportunity to get informed and get involved while we rock them senseless.” Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine

Morello describes L.A. RISING as “a concert of the city, by the city, for the city” and delves a bit further in episode numero cuatro of an online video series entitled Guerrilla Videos:



In the clip, Morello reveals that the L.A. RISING show date closely coincides with the 20th Anniversary (August 1991) of the formation of Rage Against The Machine.

He waxes poetic about Rage's first rehearsals at Sunbirth Studios in the 110 degree heat of the San Fernando Valley, opening for Tool when both bands were unsigned locals and how they initially tried to make music that sonically mashed Nirvana's Bleach with Ice Cube's "most murderous" tracks.

Guerilla Video numero uno features RATM bassist Tim Commerford:



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Cult Classic Novel: Hello Lesbian! RIYL Chuck Palahniuk, Dave Berry

Wally Bain, the player of all players, is ready to settle down. He is tired of being the shallow guy who only dates women because they are beautiful. So what does he do? He falls for someone. The only problem...

she's a lesbian...

...Wally and Sharon hit the hottest dance club in town, The Dehydrated Rodent. This club was the only real adult club. The majority of the places were filled with college girls looking to get laid. Sharon suggested Shenanigan’s but Wally had an eerie reminder of a certain woman who may or may not be there.

He didn’t want to find himself making awkward excuses about a woman he had hooked up with weeks ago.

“How about the rodent?” Wally said. Sharon nonverbally said okay and the two found themselves dancing to 80’s hits like “Billie Jean” and disco songs that will never die. “Dancing Queen” and “Stayin’ Alive” topped the disc jockey’s list.

The place was wall to wall packed, making it difficult for them to get down. They were yelling at each other because the music drowned out any possibility to have a conversation. For a man with no dancing experience, Wally moved pretty well. He had watched a great deal of videos and picked up moves by mimicking Usher and Justin, which were essentially moves popularized by Michael Jackson. But it was the year 2006 and the kids, nowadays, believed Jacko was a scary looking caricature dreamed up by Tim Burton.

“You’re a good dancer,” Sharon screamed, who was doing the swaying, left to right action as best she could. She couldn’t dance and she knew it. It wasn’t a priority for her.

“What?” Wally said.

“I said, you’re a good dancer.”

“Check this out,” Wally said, hearing that the song was one he saw the video to hundreds of times. In a flash, Wally was breaking out moves that he must have had stored in his subconscious. Either that, or he was James Brown’s lost soul. Wally was spinning around like a ballerina, dipping down like he was competing in a limbo contest, and moving left to right like a Solid Gold dancer. Sharon stood in amazement, as did the small crowd that formed a circle around him.

Some began to clap to the rhythm, while others, a few hip-hop girlios yelled out, “It’s your birthday,” and “That boy is fly. He is fly.”

Sharon became smothered between two people squeezing in to admire Wally. Everybody was cheering him on, chaos to the full extent, was how one person described it to his friends.

The song finally ended with an eruption from the onlookers. Wally regained his awareness and walked away in embarrassment. Sharon followed him, still in awe...

[excerpt from Hello Lesbian!; re-printed with permission]

“I love the title ‘Hello Lesbian!” Chuck Palahniuk, Author of Fight Club, Choke & Rant

Jason Tanamor, award-winning writer and Editor of Zoiks! Online, recently re-released his cult classic novel Hello Lesbian! with a different cover and format. “When it originally came out in January 2007, I designed it to look like a junior high level book. It’s a really funny, ridiculous story. The problem is the novel is filled with obscene language and raunchy humor; it’s a story geared toward adults,” said Tanamor.
 
Influenced by Chuck Palahniuk (“Fight Club”) and Dave Barry (“Big Trouble”), Tanamor nicely blends a mix of light and dark humor with a raunchy stench of obscenity. “There is a strong sense of humor and in your face obscenity,” Tanamor said. “This is definitely not a book for those easily offended with sex and bad language. Some of it may be tasteless but everything contributes to the humor and charm of ‘Lesbian!’”
 
Tanamor also edits Zoiks! Online magazine, a leading online entertainment website, is a featured contributor for Yahoo!, and was named one of the most influential bloggers by Blogebrity.

“Hello Lesbian!” is available at Amazon (& Kindle) and Tanamor’s web site

Hello Lesbian!
Publication Date: Jun 11 2011
Page Count: 248
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5" x 8"
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Categories: Fiction / Humorous

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“I think Jason Tanamor will win the Pulitzer Prize very soon.” Stan Stankos, Comedian
 
“Tanamor’s humor has the appeal of SNL’s ‘Deep Thoughts’ – it’s not just off-beat – it’s an entirely different time signature.” Jenna Glatzer, Author of “Celine Dion: For Keeps