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What artist can you name that not only called audience members to the stage, but also ventured into the audience and then up to the balcony to honor his high school volleyball coach sitting there? Michel Franti & Spearhead, best described as acoustic rock with a hint of reggae, played […]

Seeing Pink Martini in concert typically raises a lot of questions. Why are there fourteen people performing? Why is there a harp and a set of bongos on stage at the same time? What language is the vocalist singing in? Could the pianist look any more similar to a leprechaun? […]

If Junip’s new album Fields sounds familiar, it’s probably because of Jose Gonzalez. For the Zero 7 fans out there, you’ll recognize his voice from tracks like “Futures” and “Left Behind” on their album, The Garden. A side-project of Gonzalez’s, Junip shares many of Zero 7’s qualities while differing ever […]

Summer quickly came to a close, but there is still plenty of wonderful music to explore. On June 29th Kentucky natives, Emarosa, released their self-titled follow-up to their 2008 full album debut, Relativity. Since their first release, they have made great strides in progressing their music. Here, they take their […]

One of the more seasoned bands of this year’s Warped Tour, Dropkick Murphys, who have been together for almost 15 years, have been headlining on the Main Stage all summer long. Shortly before their set, we were able to spend some time talking to drummer Matt Kelly about the origin […]

Between scheduled interviews, I was presented with the opportunity to interview currently unsigned band The Early Strike. With their high-energy pop-punk sound, they are showing great promise as up-and-comers in today’s punk music scene. According to lead vocalist Ryan, the band originally started with him and Brit, originally from Texas […]

While Mayday Parade are enjoying their third year on Warped Tour, I was able to spend some time talking to lead vocalist Derek Sanders about their most recent album, working with both Fearless and Atlantic records, upcoming tour and album plans, and their former vocalist’s departure and formation of Go […]

Although this year’s Warped Tour has been dominated by many hardcore-punk and pop-punk bands, there is one band that joined the last leg of the tour with a different genre of music from the Warped Tour norm. Deas Vail, a Christian indie-rock band from Arkansas may seem like an odd […]

FRIDAY by The Coto Twins Ask an average person what the Electric Daisy Carnival is and they will probably say anything from “I don’t know” to “that electric music concert at the Coliseum.” Ask someone who was there and they’ll say “awesome,” “amazing,” “massive.” As of now, Electric Daisy Carnival […]

After Midnight Project, an alternative-rock band from Los Angeles, are enjoying the last few dates of Warped Tour 2010. This has been their third time on the tour, and has been an excellent fan-building experience for the band, who released their now-platinum single “Take Me Home” in June of 2009, […]