As the sun set on another crisp New York City spring day, fans piled into Irving Plaza, eager to shout and stomp away the evening with Chuck Ragan and The Camaraderie with help along the way from The White Buffalo and Jonny Two Bags.
You’ve been crossing off the days on your calendar for months now, and the time is finally almost here – the 2013 edition of the Vans Warped Tour kicks off this Saturday. With so many bands to check out and only so many hours in a day, our writing team has put together a list of our must-see artists on this year’s Warped – some you already love, some you may not have heard yet, but all you should make an effort to see this summer.
Mark Rose just wrapped up the final stretch of the “Warm Our Bones, Caffeinate Our Hearts” tour with JT Woodruff of Hawthorne Heights. Read about their last week out on the road here!
Bitch Slap Radio is live tonight at 10:30 Pm est! Tonight on the show Zac, John, James and Drew talk you through everything thats been going on in the world…. Our big topic tonight should the NCAA fix its self? Miami got busted for paying players.. But who really cares? If it cool to have a lot of money and try to live through other people… This and more tonight on Bitch Slap Radio, live at 10:30 pm est! Make sure to tune in BitchSlapRadio.com and idobiradio.com
Whats up Bitch Slap Fans! Tonight is the first official week here in the Bitch Slap Studios, and we got a lot of shit planned for everyone. Tonight on the show we talk about why we come up with the best ideas when were drunk or stunned. Some of the best ideas in the world were created when someone was drunk, or stoned. Things like Cematech, or the gooey spider thing you throw on the wall and is slowly falls down. That guy was not sober when he created that. Then on the show we talk about how to crash… Read more »
At the Grammy Awards on Sunday night (Jan. 31), Green Day gave the world a preview of the musical based on their 2004 album American Idiot.
Alberta rockers Nickelback may have picked up a leading three trophies at the MuchMusic Video Awards last night, giving music critics across the country another reason to groan, but in the end it was all about Lady Gaga’s “flaming boobies.” The critically unpopular group, who picked up three Juno Awards back in March, went into the televised street-oriented awards show – which saw thousands of fans take over the blocks surrounding MuchMusic’s Toronto Queen and John Sts. headquarters – with a leading five MMVA nods, tied with R&B Toronto newcomer Danny Fernandes. Nickelback’s trio of trophies were for best video… Read more »
LOS ANGELES — The diagnosis on Dr. Jan Adams’ career: inoperable. The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother the day before she died in 2007 has given up his license to practice medicine in California after the state’s Medical Board brought charges against him over two criminal convictions for driving under the influence. In court documents, Adams admits “the truth of each and every allegation,” thereby resolving the board’s allegations against him. “The mission of the Medical Board is pubic protection, and this action reflects the Board’s ongoing commitment to that mission,” Barb Johnston, the Medical Board’s executive… Read more »
Up from the bottom, indeed. Five years after going belly up, Phish resurfaced with a vengeance Friday night, playing the first of three sold-out reunion concerts in Hampton, Va, in a bid to reclaim their position at the top of the jam-band heap. Sharing in the groove at Hampton Coliseum otherwise known as “the Mothership,” 13,000 Phishheads nearly brought the house down with a collective roar as Trey Anastasio keyboardist Page McConnell bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman hit the stage. It was an emotional homecoming, though not everyone was a Phish veteran. “We flew in from Seattle to… Read more »
Three years ago, Cobra Starship weren’t even a band. Two years ago, they weren’t one either, but at least things were beginning to happen. Gabe Saporta – tired of watching his band Midtown being mired in the major-label quagmire – began writing songs on his own, under the name of Cobra Starship (apparently borrowed from a brand of vintage jackets). Somewhere along the way, he got tapped to write the theme song for the Samuel L. Jackson flick “Snakes on a Plane,” which became the first official Cobra release. Since then, they’ve released two full-lengths, kicked out a keytar player… Read more »
