Wednesday, June 24th packed quite the crowd into the Aftershock in Merriam, Kansas. Talented locals By This Time Tomorrow, A Complete Mess, and Lost In The City reeled in the crowd to support Heartist on one of their final cross country tour dates. By This Time Tomorrow started the night by beckoning the lingering crowd…
Eager fans packed The Jackpot Saloon in Lawrence, Kansas on Sunday on June 28th for the fourth night of I The Mighty’s first headlining tour. From the start of soundcheck, it was obvious that the night featuring openers Too Close To Touch and Hail The Sun the stage was set for a night to be…
Coming off of the Writing The Future tour with Paramore, Copeland embarked on a final handful of tour dates celebrating their newest album Ixora. Copeland had parted ways in 2010 but are back and stronger than ever. The Dallas-based band Valise, whose full-length album Young Bloomer was released in February of this year joined Copeland…
Cinco de Mayo has joined the ranks of many overblown alcohol-soaked occasions such as New Year’s Eve and St. Paddy’s Day, however, with Houston’s monumental diversity and huge Latino population, it may be a little more than just an excuse to drink. On May 5th White Oak street was ground zero for the partying as…
In the words of Punk Rock Bowling’s brochure “It’s that time again. Lace up your boots, spike your hair, ditch your work, and F— the rest! Get ready for another edition of the biggest punk rock party of the year!” The team behind Punk Rock Bowling has worked hard for the last 17 years to…
“They’re a band, we’re not talking about the book,” is often the start of conversations with Of Mice and Men’s growing fan base. Joining them on The Full Circle Tour are Crown The Empire, winners of Alternative Press’ award last year for Best Breakthrough Band, and Volumes, LA natives with an exciting stage presence. Upon…
The Maine have been producing songs with lyrics that get crowds excited for years now. Sporting a bill that promised energetic sets from Knuckle Puck and Real Friends along with the feel-good music provided by The Technicolors the crowd was ready and anticipating a night of excitement. On Monday, April 20th, the American Candy Tour took the Granada Theatre in Lawrence, Kansas by storm! The most memorable part…
Founder of Smelvis Records Elvis Cortez (Transplants / Left Alone) has become the Nike of punk rock. Once he sets his mind to something he just does it! Not only did he just release Hooligans United: A Tribute to Rancid through Smelvis Records, but also his string of release parties held April 10-12 rival the…
Two valuable lessons learned at the Hold On Pain Ends Tour : Do not judge a venue by its size, and do not judge a pit by the number of people within it. Alive Like Me, Vanna, Slaves, and The Color Morale conveyed these lessons through their stage presence at every stop of their nearly two month tour….
After 13 years of empowering fans with catchy and meaningful pop punk The Swellers played their final US show at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California. The band brought San Francisco pop punk band Heartsounds and Only Crime/Good Riddance vocalist Russ Rankin along for their final ride. After adding locals Eye the Realist and Normandy to the…
