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You Know They Suck Live… – The Decline To Play A NOFX Set At Annabells On Friday

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Hey everyone.  I just learned of something fun that is happening this Friday at Annabells in Akron…and it’s FREE!

The Decline, a NOFX cover band project featuring members of past acts like Friends Back East and D.F.T.W. will be playing a set at Annabells for all who decide to attend.

Local Cleveland punk rockers (and great friends of mine) The Facials have decided to jump on the bill as well as the still smells-like-new Akron act Worship This! (also friends of mine).

If you were once of the seven people that accidentally read my Best Of 2010 post a couple months back, you might remember that The Facials dressed up as NOFX and played a Halloween set at Now That’s Class.  It was fun, they sounded good, and everyone in the venue was loving it.  I am pretty sure that The Decline will do the very same as they are a group of good guys looking to just have a night of fun.

Doors are at 10pm and admission is free unless you are under 21 and in that case you will need to sell your soul or offer up $3.00 (I think).

Don’t act like anything else is going on Friday night in Akron.  Be there.

Austin, Good Times, Live Shows, Music, Personal Entry, SXSW, The Awesome

T-Minus 18 Days…

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I am sure I have bragged about this before but…  I’m going to be checking out SXSW finally, well sort of.  I am going to be missing a few days of it thanks to school but will be able to catch the latter end as I will be arriving in Austin on March 18th around noon.

Why am I telling you all this?  Well why wouldn’t I?  I’m stoked to actually check some of this amazing span of days in one of my favorite cities.

Plus I am hoping people from Austin will read this and give me a ride from the airport to the city as I have things to do!!!  Just kidding, I made arrangements already.

Shirts For A Cure will be putting on a free show at Red 7 that will start right around the time my plane lands.  I am hoping I can make it there in time to see Paint It Black, Fake Problems, BANE, Title Fight, Riverboat Gamblers, Dave Hause, and The Flatliners. I am not holding my breath though as I am sure a ton of kids will get there before I do.

Later that night I need to poke around the city and find The Scoot Inn as Screeching Weasel, Banner Pilot, Dead To Me, and The Flatliners (2 shows in one night!) will be playing a later set.  I am pretty certain that this show is going to not be free and I will do my best to find a way in as I did not obtain a SXSW bracelet since I am only going to be there technically for two days.

Saturday afternoon it looks like Alternative Press is having a free afternoon of music as well but I am not too sure I am going to dig any of the bands so we shall see.  If anything I will spend that day eating good food and seeing good people.

I plan on making it over to Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon (see Ginny on the right) and see Dale Watson and crew play a show on Sunday the 20th.  That right there would make my weekend.  Plus I hear the chicken-shit bingo is a ton of fun too.  Mike B., I’ll be looking for you man!!!

Other than those couple events I have nothing really planned for my 5 days in the coolest city in Texas other than hanging with one of the coolest ladies on Earth.  I hope to mingle with some other friends too that I have who live in the area as well as meet up with some of the PR folks who help keep this site awesome including JT and Vanessa.

I am sure I will spend a dollar or two at Waterloo Records and I am hoping to see the cool parts of town and maybe see about getting a permanent souvenir again at Triple Crown Tattoos (not counting on that as Austin is going to be insane, but still…).

I am done bragging…for now.

 

Akron, Good Times, Got Local?, House Show, Live Shows, Music, Music News, Pop, Punk, Rock, The Awesome

Daytrader & Mixtapes @ It’s A Kling Thing House – This Sunday!!!

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Screw you Valentines Day.  I never liked you.  You do nothing for me at all and I refuse to buy your stupid cards/flowers/crap to proclaim my love for someone special in my life on just one special day…  Granted I am flying solo this year, but still.  Screw you!

This weekend is going to be all sorts of red and pink and all lovey dovey and honestly, I am not into it.

Luckily for me (and those who are not suckers for V-Day) there is going to be a sweet house show this Sunday featuring two of my favorite newer acts Daytrader (from NY) and Mixtapes (from Cincinnati, OH).

The show will take place in the basement of the glorious It’s A Kling Thing House located on (you guessed it) Kling St. in tropical Akron, OH.  The fun starts at 8 p.m.  Local openers Northwestern will be performing their very first show, so make sure you get there early!

Daytrader features current and ex-members of Crime in Stereo, Latterman/Bridge and Tunnel/Monikers, the Motorcycle Industry and Divider. The band recently released an ever-so-addicting EP entitled Last Days Of Rome, a release that I have been listening to daily since it dropped.

I caught Daytrader just before Jesus Day last year at the Grog Shop and they killed it on stage so obviously I have high expectations seeing them again live.

Mixtapes, a band that just can’t seem to stop releasing songs (no, that is not a bad thing), hails from Cincinnati, OH and really have grown on me thanks to my other pop-punk loving friends who insisted I keep listening to them.  I started loving them the moment I realized I (at my thirty-ish prime) can actually identify with their lyrics as they sing about staying home and drinking Diet Coke.  Recently the band shared a two-song EP on Death To False Hope Records.  The first song is a cover to some Nickeldeon show and the other acoustic song titled “Hey Baby” bashes a Strung Out / Tim Burton loving lady who sucks.  Grab yourself a copy by clicking HERE.

It’s A Kling Thing House is a donation based DIY house so many sure you bring plenty of donation money to help out these hard-working bands.  Merch will be sold there, BYOB, and don’t be a jerk.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out there. Sunday can not come soon enough!

Cleveland, Emo, Music, Music News, Post-Hardcore

Share A Bus With Thursday

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Be the first to hear Thursday’s forthcoming new album!  On their bus!!!

Wait.  What?

It’s true.  Emo/Post-Hardcore act Thursday are currently in the middle of a tour and want their fans (well, 6 of them at each show) to hang out on their bus and listen to a few songs off their new album.

See the following from the band:

“Throughout our current tour with Underoath we’re giving you a chance to hear a little bit of the brand new album!  Each show we’ll bring 6 fans onto the bus to hang out and hear a few songs.  All you have to do to enter is send an e-mail to turnpikedivides@gmail.com with your NAME, CELL PHONE NUMBER and the DATE/CITY of the show you’ll be attending.  We’ll be notifying the winners a few days before the show so keep an eye on your e-mail as the date of your show approaches.  Winners will also receive a text day of show letting you know where to meet for the listening session.” – Thursday

Pretty sweet if you ask me.

What’s even sweeter s that they are coming to Cleveland on Feb 10th.  Shoot them an email and try your luck if you are going to the show.

Thursday Tour Dates:
Jan 24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
Jan 25 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Jan 26 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
Jan 27 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Jan 28 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Café
Jan 29 – San Diego, CA – Soma
Jan 30 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
Feb 1 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
Feb 2 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Feb 3 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Feb 4 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Feb 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
Feb 6 – Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall
Feb 8 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Feb 9 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Feb 10 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Feb 11 – Buffalo, NY – The Town Ballroom
Feb 12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Feb 13 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Feb 14 – Montreal, QC – Metroplis
Feb 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
Feb 17 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Feb 18 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Feb 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
Feb 20 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Feb 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Feb 23 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Feb 24 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
Feb 25 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Feb 26 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
Feb 27 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution

Festival, Good Times, Music, Personal Entry, The Awesome

The Awesome: SXSW 2011

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So in 2009 I made a promise that I could not keep.  I said that I was going to go to SXSW in 2010.  Sadly it did not happen that year…

Luckily for me 2011 is a new year.

I have made arrangements with friends in Austin, TX and will be heading down there having absolutely no idea what to expect.  SXSW has been something I have wanted to attend for years now and I could not be happier to finally be a part of it.

I have been to tons of concerts and festivals throughout the years, but can’t say that I have been to something quite like SXSW.  I am looking forward to seeing as many bands (and maybe even movies) as possible in one of the, in my opinion, greatest cities in the world.

March can not come soon enough.