Little thing I wrote up about my mom for altpress.com. Happy Mothers Day momma!
Mine is 4th from the end on the 3rd row.
Chris from Texas In July wrote about how awesome his momma is for AltPress’ Mother’s Day special (and check out the adorable photo with his mom and little sister)! Also featured in the article: Jesse and Jason from HRVRD, Dan from Set It Off, Reed from Tallhart, and Tom from For All I Am. Go read it! And then tell your mom that you love her.
Love this shot of Ben Witkowski from Texas In July diving into the crowd at Jamboree Fest this weekend! Head over to AltPress.com to see the rest of their photos from the festival!!
photo credit: Alternative Press
AP Jamboree set up. Stop by for a high five! (Taken with instagram)
Look at all the We Came As Romans love at the AP booth at Jamboree Fest today!
We Came As Romans signing at our booth right now! #jamboree (Taken with instagram)
At the Jamboree. Stop by for band signings & cheap subs! (Taken with instagram)
![SET IT OFF ANNOUNCESSPRING HEADLINING TOUR
PLANS TO RELEASE DEBUTFULL-LENGTH ALBUM IN SUMMER 2012
Tampa, FL’s Set It Off has announced that this Spring they will co-headline a US tour with Divided By Friday.
Set It Off has also announced new tour dates with Equal Vision Records’ labelmates Life On Repeat and Glass Cloud (ft. Jerry Roush, ex-Of Mice & Men/Sky Eats Airplane and Joshua Travis, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza) following their appearances at SXSW. All three bands will perform at the recently announced Equal Vision Records Showcase on Friday, March 16 at Lucky 13 (418 E 6th St, at Neches St). Co-headlining the showcase will be Say Anything and We Came As Romans. The complete lineup and set times can be seen below.
Last week, Set It Off completed the recording of their debut full-length album, after four weeks in the studio with producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount [All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Cartel]. Though an official release date has not been set, the album is expected to be released in Summer 2012.
In addition to weekly studio video updates posted by the band on YouTube.com/setitoffband, frontman Cody Carson recently did an in-depth interview revealing details of the writing and recording process with Alternative Press.
In the interview, Carson explains that the new album will feature Set It Off’s signature sound of orchestra-infused pop with a new sense of heaviness, diversity and intensity in the album, both lyrically and musically. He elaborates, “What’s really present on this album…we’re very theatrical when we present our story. If it’s a darker subject, there is a lot of angst and neurosis that goes into that song…In fact, in one song, Zack and Ken think I sound like the Joker from The Dark Knight. Not that I’m going for that, I just really try to get into character for each song as far as the mood goes. It has that diversity, but it still sounds like Set It Off.”
“We made a list, and we had to figure out which song is serving which purpose on the album. Do we have a song that’ll take people on an emotional ride? Do we have a song that’s really energetic and in-your-face?…A lot of people will release an album and have every song sound like, “Yes, that’s their band,” but they don’t necessarily have songs that take you on a whole ride. That’s what we’re really focusing on,” Carson explained. “If people are going to buy our album, we want to make sure that people are going to feel like they’re hearing an entire story or sitting down for a movie.” The interview can be read in full HERE.
All upcoming Set It Off tour dates can be found below.
Set It Off Mar 12 Marietta, GA @ Swayze’s Mar 13 Covington, KY @ Bangarang’s* Mar 14 St. Louis, MO @ FUBAR* Mar 15 Dallas, TX @ Six Flags *w/Life On Repeat
EVR Showcase – SXSW 2012 Mar 16 Austin, TX @ Lucky 13
12:15 - 12:40 Young Statues (Soroka Agency guest)12:55 - 1:20 I the Mighty1:35 - 2:00 Ghost Thrower2:15 - 2:45 Set It Off3:00 - 3:30 Life On Repeat3:45 - 4:15 Glass Cloud4:30 - 5:00 We Came As Romans5:15 - 5:55 Say Anything
Glass Cloud, Life on Repeat and Set It Off Mar 21 West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern Mar 22 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club Mar 23 Richmond, VA @ Kingdom Set It Off w/ Divided By Friday Apr 13 Myrtle Beach, SC @ The Sound Hole Apr 14 Charlotte, NC @ After Hours in Cone Center Apr 16 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java Apr 17 Philadelphia, PA @ UACA Hall Apr 18 Rockville Centre, NY @ The Vibe Lounge Apr 19 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café Apr 20 Boonton, NJ @ Canvas Clash Apr 21 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs Apr 22 Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Art Theatre Apr 24 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s Apr 25 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s Apr 26 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room at Crofoot Apr 27 Barrington, IL @ Penny Rd Pub Apr 28 Minneapolis, MN @ The Beat Apr 29 Madison, WI @ The Loft Apr 30 Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Café May 01 Terre Haute, IN @ THMV Music Venue May 02 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown May 03 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade May 04 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth May 05 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum Theatre](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l0igRaCW1qcct2ao1_400.jpg)
SET IT OFF ANNOUNCES
SPRING HEADLINING TOUR
PLANS TO RELEASE DEBUT
FULL-LENGTH ALBUM IN SUMMER 2012
Tampa, FL’s Set It Off has announced that this Spring they will co-headline a US tour with Divided By Friday.
Set It Off has also announced new tour dates with Equal Vision Records’ labelmates Life On Repeat and Glass Cloud (ft. Jerry Roush, ex-Of Mice & Men/Sky Eats Airplane and Joshua Travis, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza) following their appearances at SXSW. All three bands will perform at the recently announced Equal Vision Records Showcase on Friday, March 16 at Lucky 13 (418 E 6th St, at Neches St). Co-headlining the showcase will be Say Anything and We Came As Romans. The complete lineup and set times can be seen below.
Last week, Set It Off completed the recording of their debut full-length album, after four weeks in the studio with producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount [All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Cartel]. Though an official release date has not been set, the album is expected to be released in Summer 2012.
In addition to weekly studio video updates posted by the band on YouTube.com/setitoffband, frontman Cody Carson recently did an in-depth interview revealing details of the writing and recording process with Alternative Press.
In the interview, Carson explains that the new album will feature Set It Off’s signature sound of orchestra-infused pop with a new sense of heaviness, diversity and intensity in the album, both lyrically and musically. He elaborates, “What’s really present on this album…we’re very theatrical when we present our story. If it’s a darker subject, there is a lot of angst and neurosis that goes into that song…In fact, in one song, Zack and Ken think I sound like the Joker from The Dark Knight. Not that I’m going for that, I just really try to get into character for each song as far as the mood goes. It has that diversity, but it still sounds like Set It Off.”
“We made a list, and we had to figure out which song is serving which purpose on the album. Do we have a song that’ll take people on an emotional ride? Do we have a song that’s really energetic and in-your-face?…A lot of people will release an album and have every song sound like, “Yes, that’s their band,” but they don’t necessarily have songs that take you on a whole ride. That’s what we’re really focusing on,” Carson explained. “If people are going to buy our album, we want to make sure that people are going to feel like they’re hearing an entire story or sitting down for a movie.” The interview can be read in full HERE.
All upcoming Set It Off tour dates can be found below.
Set It OffMar 12 Marietta, GA @ Swayze’s
Mar 13 Covington, KY @ Bangarang’s*
Mar 14 St. Louis, MO @ FUBAR*
Mar 15 Dallas, TX @ Six Flags
*w/Life On Repeat
EVR Showcase – SXSW 2012
Mar 16 Austin, TX @ Lucky 13
12:55 - 1:20 I the Mighty
1:35 - 2:00 Ghost Thrower
2:15 - 2:45 Set It Off
3:00 - 3:30 Life On Repeat
3:45 - 4:15 Glass Cloud
4:30 - 5:00 We Came As Romans
5:15 - 5:55 Say Anything
Glass Cloud, Life on Repeat and Set It Off
Mar 21 West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
Mar 22 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club
Mar 23 Richmond, VA @ Kingdom
Set It Off w/ Divided By Friday
Apr 13 Myrtle Beach, SC @ The Sound Hole
Apr 14 Charlotte, NC @ After Hours in Cone Center
Apr 16 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
Apr 17 Philadelphia, PA @ UACA Hall
Apr 18 Rockville Centre, NY @ The Vibe Lounge
Apr 19 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
Apr 20 Boonton, NJ @ Canvas Clash
Apr 21 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
Apr 22 Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Art Theatre
Apr 24 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
Apr 25 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
Apr 26 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room at Crofoot
Apr 27 Barrington, IL @ Penny Rd Pub
Apr 28 Minneapolis, MN @ The Beat
Apr 29 Madison, WI @ The Loft
Apr 30 Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Café
May 01 Terre Haute, IN @ THMV Music Venue
May 02 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
May 03 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
May 04 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
May 05 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum Theatre
woah woah woah - look at all of this amazing music Alternative Press is giving you for FREE! Be sure to check out the tracks from Equal Vision Records’ Ghost Thrower and AP cover band We Came As Romans. Get It all at facebook.com/altpress
Huge congratulations to all of the Equal Vision Records’ bands featured in the new Alternative Press ’100 Bands You Need To Know In 2012’ issue: We Came As Romans, Ghost Thrower, I the Mighty, Glass Cloud, and For All I Am. The issue is in stores this week and an exclusive We Came As Romans bundle is also available HERE.
Hear some tunes while you read the magazine, the amazing team at AltPress set up playlists for the issue on Spotify!
EQUAL VISION RECORDS ANNOUNCES SXSW SHOWCASE FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY SAY ANYTHING, WE CAME AS ROMANS AND MORE
EVR SPRING 2012 SAMPLER AVAILABLE NOW DEBUTING NEW SONGS FROM TALLHART, GLASS CLOUD AND LIFE ON REPEAT
On Friday, March 16, Equal Vision Records will host their label showcase in Austin, TX at SXSW 2012. Performing at the free, all-ages event will be Say Anything, who will release Anarchy, My Dear, their new full-length album and Equal Vision Records debut, on March 13th.
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone Magazine premiered the band’s new song “So Good” as a free download on their website.
Co-headlining the show will be We Came As Romans. The Detroit, MI-based band is currently featured on the cover of Alternative Press’ ‘100 Bands You Need To Know in 2012’ issue, which is available now for pre-order and will be on newsstands March 6th. Also appearing in the issue are labelmates I the Mighty, Glass Cloud, For All I Am and Ghost Thrower.
We Came As Romans just recently returned from tours in Europe and Japan and will kick off The Fire and Ice Tour, a full US headlining run in support of their recently released album Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be, on Friday, March 9th in Covington, KY.
Sharing the stage with Say Anything and We Came As Romans will be Glass Cloud, Life On Repeat, Set It Off, Ghost Thrower, I the Mighty, and The Soroka Agency’s special guest Young Statues. The event begins at noon in the newly established venue Lucky 13 (418 E 6th St at Neches St).
In anticipation of SXSW, Equal Vision Records is streaming their new Spring sampler on facebook.com/equalvision, with tracks by Say Anything, Eisley and I the Mighty, as well the debut of new songs from TALLHART, Life On Repeat and Glass Cloud.
Among the premieres is a lyric video for “White Flag” - the first song ever released by Glass Cloud, which is fronted by Jerry Roush (ex-Of Mice & Men/Sky Eats Airplane). On March 20th, the newly formed band will put out a two-song digital release of “White Flag” and “Counting Sheep” (via iTunes, Amazon, etc.) and will release a full-length album later this year. In addition to SXSW, Glass Cloud will perform at festivals such as New England Metal Fest, Jamboree, Never Say Never, South By So What and on the Road To Metal Fest Tour with headliners Iwrestledabearonce.
Similarly, TALLHART’s new song “Fever (Sister of Mine)” will be released via digital retailers on March 6th with a new EP to follow this Spring. Details for the EP release will be announced soon. TALLHART is the first band signed to Rory Records, Max Bemis of Say Anything’s imprint label on Equal Vision Records. The Tampa, FL-based indie quartet will be on tour with Eisley in March, followed by dates with Say Anything in April.
The Spring 2012 Sampler tracklisting can be seen below, as well as set times for the EVR SXSW showcase. All tour dates and upcoming release dates for Equal Vision Records’ artists can be found on equalvision.com.
EVR SXSW DAY PARTY / LABEL SHOWCASE:12:15 - 12:40 Young Statues (The Soroka Agency special guests)
12:55 - 1:20 I the Mighty
1:35 - 2:00 Ghost Thrower
2:15 - 2:45 Set It Off
3:00 - 3:30 Life On Repeat
3:45 - 4:15 Glass Cloud
4:30 - 5:00 We Came As Romans
5:15 - 5:55 Say Anything
EVR SPRING 2012 SAMPLER TRACKLISTING
1. Say Anything - “Say Anything”
2. Eisley - “Deep Space”
3. TALLHART - “Fever (Sister of Mine)”
4. I the Mighty - “The Dreamer”
5. Life On Repeat - “Atypical”
6. Glass Cloud - “White Flag”
