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Transplants Announce Los Angeles Show

Transplants have announced they will play The Roxy in Los Angeles, CA on February 10th.

Jimmy Eat World To Play Bleed American In Los Angeles

Jimmy Eat World have announced they will play 'Bleed American' in its entirety at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on September 29th.

Tickets go on sale this Thursday (June 30th) at 10am PDT.

The Get Up Kids Los Angeles Shows

The Get Up Kids have announced details of two Los Angeles show this summer.

August
13th - The Satellite, Los Angeles
14th - Pioneertown, Los Angeles

My Chemical Romance Announce Live In LA MTV Webcast

My Chemical Romance's upcoming record release show at the Los Angeles House Of Blues on Sunset Strip (November 22nd) will be streamed live on MTV.com at 10pm ET/ 7pm PT.

'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys' is released on November 22nd (UK) / 23rd (US) via Reprise Records.

My Chemical Romance To Play Los Angeles Record Release Show

My Chemical Romance have announced they will play an all-ages, record release show, for their new album 'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys', at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles on November 22nd.

Hey Monday Shooting Music Video For New Single This Week

Hey Monday will be filming a music video for their new single in Los Angeles this Thursday (June 24th).

If you're interested in appearing in the music video, e-mail heymondayvideo@gmail.com along with your name and a photo.

Hole To Play NY + LA Shows

Hole have announced details of two shows in the US before they head to the UK for their tour in May.

Dates as follows:

April 22nd - Henry Ford Theater, Los Angeles, CA
April 27th - Terminal 5 New York, NY

Glassjaw Play First Show Of 2009

Glassjaw played their first headline show of 2009 last night at The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.

The band played a collection of old favorites as well as the yet-to-be released tracks, Jesus Glue and Natural Born Farmer.

Setlist was a follows:

(You Think You're) John Fucking Lennon
Tip You Bartender
Mu Empire
Stars Above My Bed
Ape Dos Mil
Gillete Cavalcade of Sports
Two Tabs of Mescaline
Jesus Glue
Natural Born Farmer
Stuck Pig
Pink Roses
Siberian Kiss
Lovebites and Razorlines
Pretty Lush
Motel Of The White Locust
Babe

Deftones Add Second Los Angeles Benefit Show

Deftones have added another benefit show for bassist Chi Cheng at the Avalon in Hollywood, California on November 20th.

Deftones To Play Los Angeles Benefit Show

Deftones have announced they will be playing a benefit show for their injured bassist Chi Cheng in Los Angeles next month.

The band will play the Avalon in Hollywood on November 19th.

Tegan And Sara For Los Angeles Instore

Tegan and Sara have announced details of an instore signing in Los Angeles this Tuesday.

The duo will be signing at Stories Bookstore between 4pm-8pm.

Tegan and Sara posted the following message:

"to celebrate the release of SAINTHOOD, we are hosting a special signing in Los Angeles at Stories book store on tues, october 27, from 4-8pm. We thought long and hard about how many people we could realistically accommodate given the size of the store. We considered the amount of time it would take to sign cds or the rubbers of your sneakers while squeezing in a photo and divided those digits by the square root of day light savings hours. The magic number…500.

In order to get a wristband for the event you will have to pre-order the album at stories bookstore between october 23 and october 27. There are only 500 of these wristbands, and those will be the only 500 people who will have access to the signing and photo taking. I’m over stating this fact because i worry that you may sleep in your mom’s aerostar mini van overnight thinking that if you exhibit both patience and adorable dedication you will get in to the bookstore without a wristband. sadly, no. so if you REALLY want to go, make sure to pre-order the record at Stories and secure a wristband.

the rest of you are more than welcome to have your own SAINTHOOD SOCIALS and post your photos on twitter or facebook or whatever it is the kids social network with these days. i’ll have tegan show me before i place a hot water bottle on my feet and watch coronation street.

see you all soon!

sara (and tegan)"

Thrice To Play Secret Los Angeles Show

Thrice are set to play a secret show in Los Angeles next week (September 30th).

To be in with a chance of winning tickets, click HERE.

Live Review: Vans Warped Tour 2009 - Home Depot Centre, Los Angeles- 23/08/2009

Like me, many fellow Brits are familiar with the hysteria surrounding the Warped Tour. The iconic Pop-Punk juggernaught is often hailed as an event at the pinnacle of the 'Punk' music scene, often copied, yet never fully imitated. Perhaps the nearest replication this side of the pond, is the hugely generic Give It A Name festival - this however is disregarding Warped's ill fated stint at the Reading/Leeds weekend.

This travelling Punk circus to the previously uninitiated like myself seems something of a novelty. Helped in part by the music of Blink 182 (Rock Show anyone?), music, summer, and pop-punk are all synonymous to the iconography of the Warped Tour.

Reality and ideals though are separate beasts. It must be noted though, that hosting a show the size and scale of the Warped Tour in the UK is not only implausible, but virtually impossible. Owing dependently on the vastness of the American landscape, the United Kingdom cannot compete, and various genre specific shows instead rely on patchwork collections of overseas tours bungled into a cross weekend bill, as opposed to a cross continental slog.

The Tour's concluding stop is LA's Home Depot Centre, a city with a facade not dissimilar from that of the tour, steeped in myths, and mistruths. With the sun beating down on the dusty parking lot, settings seek to only fuel the exhaustion facing many of the bands appearing. Despite being held in high regard to many musicians, this is not a tour for the weak, and behind the veneer and exterior aesthetics, the hard work of many of the acts, and others involved must be commended.

Opening Hurley stage act The Maine, epitomise everything about the current tour. A thoroughly contemporary act, well, a carbon copy of various other pop acts to be precise, deliver an astute, upbeat performance in the Californian sun. In stark contrast, Saosin are the worst act of the day, actually, the year. Maybe victim of the aforementioned exhaustion, Cove Reber is easily the worst live vocalist to grace the stage today. As he wails 'We speak in different voices', those in attendance can rest assured that we sing in them too, thankfully.

On the Main Stage, Less Than Jake deliver a light-hearted, horn infused set reminiscent of late 90's 'third wave ska, which was once popular'. Their words, not mine. Jokes aside, LTJ are easily one of the best bands of the day, and future attendees should be glad to know that this won't be the last time they appear on a Warped Main Stage. Playing classics such as 'All My Best Friends Are Metalheads' ensures that whatever the band do, they will always be fan favourites, and when accompanied with on stage banter, they provide the perfect respite to other acts, whose tone is not so informal such as the pristine and pretentious Chiodos. In contrast, as frontman Craig Owens shouts something to the effect of: 'I want to see you all punch someone,' I can only imagine the humour of the previous act appears to have been somewhat lost on the Michigan boys.

On the smaller stages, Valencia are very, very good as they deliver an honest performance, and when taking the bands documented personal matters into account, is even more impressive, as the lyrics take on a deeper more profound level than probably any other act on show. Back on the Hurley stage, to a massive crowd, A Day To Remember chug through an all too familiar set of shouts breakdowns, and chorus'. The band have hype, and a following, the only problem they now face is establishing longevity, a hurdle which could prove difficult, even for a band on such a current high.

As the sun begins to set over Los Angeles it becomes increasingly apparent that, despite the large bill, the Warped Tour is not about diversity. Despite several stand out acts, the day could largely have been spent watching the same act, as hundreds of identikit bands are swamped by thousands of identikit fans. This is not to call the Warped Tour a failure, as it is far from it. The hoards of people, combined with the image of the tour, speaks volumes for the successes it's had over the years. Many bands would give various body parts for a place on the whole tour. Here perchance, is where we find the problem with Warped. The status now associated with Warped is that it can make or break bands. In essence, the tour symbolises everything flawed with the American Dream, and transcribes it into music form.

In base form however, there is no other tour quite like Warped. The quantity of acts is something unheard of East of the Atlantic, but would we really benefit from something quite so ostentatious? I think we all know the answer...

Chris Powers

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