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More Bands Added To 2010 Warped Tour

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More bands have been added to this years Warped Tour. The list of previous bands as well as the ones below will be rocking this summers tour.

Agent Orange(8/11, 8/12, 8/14, 8/15)
Angry Samoans(6/25 – 6/27)
Automatic Loveletter(whole tour)
Cobra Skulls(8/7 – 8/15)
Deas Vail(8/1 – 8/15)
Dickies(6/24 – 6/27)
Die Mannequin(6/27 – 7/8)
Face To Face(whole tour)
Fear(6/24 – 6/27)
Four Year Strong(whole tour)
Green Jello(8/11, 8/12, 8/14, 8/15)
Hope For AM(6/27 – 7/3)
Hot Chelle Rae(7/17 – 8/2)
Ice Nine Kills(7/21 – 8/1)
Left Alone(whole tour)
Longway(8/5 – 8/15)
Mike Posner(whole tour)
Neo Geo(8/7 – 8/15)
Our Last Night(8/7 – 8/15)
The B Foundation(8/11 – 8/15)
The Bouncing Souls(6/26, 6/29 – 7/11)
The Downtown Fiction(7/7 – 7/16)
The Fabulous Rudies(8/7 – 8/15)
The Mighty Regis(6/24 – 7/22)
The Sparring(whole tour)
The Untouchables(8/11, 8/12, 8/14, 8/15)
This Time Next Year(8/2 – 8/15)
Victory In Numbers(7/1 – 7/8)

Copeland Announce Farewell Tour

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Florida indie rockers Copeland have announced their farewell tour kicking off March 3rd in North Carolina. I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody’s Business, Person L and Deas Vail will be joining them on their final trek.

“Doing a final headline tour was a priority for all of us says guitarist” Bryan Laurenson. “We didn’t want to end our journey without the opportunity to say “thank you” to all of our fans in person. We’re really excited about the lineup, and I think it’s going to be a fun and somewhat emotional experience.”

Copeland will be performing a retrospective set each night including songs from every album, calling back to the days when the songs were originally conceived. Playing each night like it is in fact their last show, the band will be sure to bring everything they’ve got to each performance.

Copeland Farewell Tour Dates:

Wed/Mar-03 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Thurs/Mar-04 Towson, MD Recher Theater
Fri/Mar-05 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
Sat/Mar-06 Cambridge, MA The Middle East Downstairs
Sun/Mar-07 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Mon/Mar-08 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wed/Mar-10 Toronto, ON Opera House
Thurs/Mar-11 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
Fri/Mar-12 Akron, OH Musica
Sat/Mar-13 East Lansing, MI Small Planet
Sun/Mar-14 Chicago, IL Metro
Mon/Mar-15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
Wed/Mar-17 Omaha, NE Slowdown
Thurs/Mar-18 Lawrence, KS Granada
Fri/Mar-19 Englewood, CO Gothic Theater
Sat/Mar-20 Murray, UT Murray Theater
Mon/Mar-22 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Tues/Mar-23 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
Thurs/Mar-25 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
Fri/Mar-26 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Sat/Mar-27 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
Mon/Mar-29 La Jolla, CA Porter’s Pub
Tues/Mar-30 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse Music Venue
Thurs/Apr-01 Austin, TX Emo’s Alternative Lounging (Outdoor)
Fri/Apr-02 Dallas, TX The Door
Sat/Apr-03 Tulsa, OK The Marquee
Mon/Apr-05 Nashville, TN Rocketown
Tues/Apr-06 Knoxville, TN The Square Room
Wed/Apr-07 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Thurs/Apr-08 St. Petersburg, FL The State Theatre
Fri/Apr-09 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Sat/Apr-10 Orlando, FL The Social
Sun/Apr-11 Orlando, FL The Social

Albums In Stores Tomorrow 3-6-07

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Relient K – Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Lovedrug – Everything Starts Where It Ends
The Higher – On Fire
Deas Vail – All The Houses Look The Same
Kaddisfly – Set Sail The Prairie
Emmure – Goodbye To The Gallows
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Life In Your Way – Waking Giants
Means – Sending You Strength
Photo Atlas – No, Not Me, Never

Deas Vail – All The Houses Look The Same

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deas vail all the houses look the same

Artist: Deas Vail
Album: All The Houses Look The Same
Label: Brave New World
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: March 6th, 2007

Overall: 9.0
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 9.0
Production: 9.0

From a pretty unknown band comes the best release thus far in the year. Deas Vail has a style pop enough to attract almost anyone, but deep enough to earn your respect. â┚¬Ã…”All the houses look the sameâ┚¬? is an amazing full length debut from the band, and will surely put them on a lot of peopleâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s radar from now on.

Even the first time I listened to the record I knew I liked it; the more I listened the more I love it. Deas Vail will probably sound very familiar to you like it did me. At first I shook it off, but it finally hit me when listening to the mellower song â┚¬Ã…”Shorelineâ┚¬?. â┚¬Ã…”Shorelineâ┚¬? sounds like a song from Mae, it doesnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t stop there though. â┚¬Ã…”Stillâ┚¬?, the closing song sounds like Copeland, and â┚¬Ã…”Life in these little boatsâ┚¬? sounds like it could have been on a Mute Math record. I think mostly itâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s the music thatâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s reminiscing of those bands but when I finally figured out who it was reminding me of, it surprised me how similar the songs sounded. Of course this is not a bad thing for Deas Vail I guess just a compliment to the other bands I mentioned.

â┚¬Ã…”All the houses look the sameâ┚¬? is beautiful both musically and vocally. The instruments lay down a perfect foundation for the stand out vocals. The album achieves a balance of rock and intimacy most bands only dream of. The stand out tracks would have to be â┚¬Ã…”Anything you sayâ┚¬?, along with â┚¬Ã…”Light as airâ┚¬?. Please check out this release, it will be worth your money for the disc.

Track Listing
1. Standing…
2. Light As Air
3. Surface
4. Rewind
5. Shoreline
6. A Lover’s Charm
7. Follow Sound
8. Anything You Say
9. Shadows and City Lights
10. For Miles To Come
11. Life In These Little Boats
12. This Place Is Painted Red
13. …Still