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Sherwood on MTV; Tour Dates

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Check out a killer MTV News segment on Sherwood starting tonight. The piece begins airing this evening (Wednesday May 16) on MTVu and then will hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVNews.com starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). Airtimes listed below!

Also be sure to catch Sherwood on tour as direct support for Motion City Soundtrack this summer. A string of headline dates have also just been announced starting June 14th.

Sherwood on:

MTV
Thurs 5/17- 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9:50am, 12:50pm

MTV2
Thurs 5/17: 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am

MTVu
Wed 5/16: 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm

Thurs 5/17- 12:45am, 1:45am, 2:45am, 3:45am, 4:45am, 5:45am, 6:45am, 8:45am, 9:45am, 10:45am, 11:45am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 2:45pm, 3:45pm, 4:45pm, 5:45pm, 6:45pm

Sherwood On Tour:
With Relient K and Mae 5/16-5/18
Sherwood Headline 6/14-6/27 and 7/3 w/ support from The Fold, Sound The Alarm
With Motion City Soundtrack, The Forecast and The Higher 7/5-8/7

May 16 2007 7:00P
Janus Landing St. Petersburg, Florida
May 17 2007 8:30P
Handlebar Greenville, South Carolina
May 18 2007 7:00P
The Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
May 20 2007 7:00P
Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas
Jun 14 2007 8:00P
Empire Theater Stockton, California
Jun 15 2007 7:30P
The Underground Cafe Roseville, California
Jun 16 2007 7:00P
The Wrec Saratoga, California
Jun 19 2007 6:00P
Country Club Theatre Ogden, Utah
Jun 20 2007
The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 21 2007
The Refuge Amarillo, TX
Jun 22 2007 7:00P
The Door Dallas, Texas
Jun 24 2007 7:00P
King Of Clubs Claremore, Oklahoma
Jun 25 2007 7:00P
The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 26 2007 7:00P
The Rock Papillion, Nebraska
Jun 27 2007 8:00P
The Warehouse La Crosse, Wisconsin
Jun 29 2007 8:00P
SUMMERFEST Milwaukee, Wisconsin (with Jacks Manniquin, Say Anything etc)
Jun 30 2007 5:15P
Cornerstone Festival Bushnell, Illinois
Jul 3 2007 7:30P
Rymar Studios Bellingham, Washington
Jul 5 2007 7:15P
El Corazon (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Seattle, Washington
Jul 6 2007 7:45P
Hawthorne Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Portland, Oregon
Jul 7 2007 7:30P
Great American Music Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Francisco, California Jul 8 2007 7:15P
Chain Reaction (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Anaheim, California
Jul 10 2007 7:15P
Roxy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) West Hollywood, California
Jul 11 2007 7:15P
Soma (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Diego, California
Jul 12 2007 7:15P
The Clubhouse (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Tempe, Arizona
Jul 14 2007 7:30P
Marquis Theater (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Denver, Colorado
Jul 20 2007 6:00P
The Social (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Orlando, Florida
Jul 21 2007 8:00P
The Loft @ Center Stage (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 23 2007 8:00P
Theatre of the Living (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 24 2007 6:30P
Axis (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 25 2007 7:00P
The Gramercy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) New York, New York
Aug 1 2007 7:00P
St. Andrews Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Detroit, Michigan
Aug 2 2007 7:00P
The Rave (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Aug 6 2007 7:00P
Agora Ballroom (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 7 2007 8:00P
The Opera House (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Toronto, Ontario

Motion City Soundtrack Summer Tour

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Motion City Soundtrack has announced a summer tour with support from Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast. Tickets for the all of the band’s headlining dates will go on sale Saturday, May 12. There will be a special pre-sale starting on Saturday, May 5 in coordination with Myspace.

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK SUMMER TOUR 2007
with special guests: Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast

July 5 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
July 6 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
July 7 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
July 8 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
July 10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
July 11 – San Diego, CA – Soma
July 12 – Phoenix, AZ – The Clubhouse
July 14 – Denver, CO – The Marquee
July 20 – Orlando, FL – The Social
July 21 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft @ Center Stage
July 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
July 24 – Boston, MA – Axis
July 25 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theater
July 28 – Mt. Fuji, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
Aug 01 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
Aug 02 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Aug 04 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
Aug 06 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora
Aug 07 – Toronto, ON – Opera House

Self Against City On The New-Fashioned Jive Tour

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Self Against City will be heading out for a west coast tour with Over It, The Higher (on selected dates), and Everybody Else starting at the end of April. You can preview the tour with this YouTube video and get more show information on the bands MySpace page.

TOUR DATES:

4/24 – Spokane, WA @ The Blvd House of Music
4/25 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon – TICKETS
4/26 – Boise, ID @ The Venue – TICKETS
4/27 – Logan, UT @ Utah State University
4/28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theatre
4/30 – Tempe, AZ @ The Sets – TICKETS
5/1 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock – TICKETS
5/2 – West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour – TICKETS
5/3 – Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
5/4 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
5/7 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA – TICKETS
5/8 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill – TICKETS
5/9 – Fresno, CA @ The Belmont
5/10 – Stockton, CA @ The Empire Theatre
5/11 – San Jose, CA @ TBA
5/12 – Sacramento, CA @ The Underground

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

The Higher – On Fire

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The Higher On Fire

Artist: The Higher
Album: On Fire
Label: Epitaph
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: March 6th, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 7.5
Lyrics: 7.0
Production: 10.0

On the verge of breaking up to then go on to put out what will probably be one of the most well produced, polished, radio friendly records of 2007. The Higher fit into an interesting place in the music spectrum. If I had to categorize â┚¬Ã…”On Fireâ┚¬?, it would get thrown into a pop punk section, and maybe thatâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s correct, yet the album raises the typical pop punk bar a couple of notches.

First thing is first, there are 2 songs they rerecorded, but the songs are so much better and flow so naturally that you might not even realize that they are older songs. There is actually a 3rd song â┚¬Ã…”Pace Yourselfâ┚¬? that is from their last record. Itâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s been remixed by Patrick Stump (think FOB) and I still canâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t figure out why they included it on the disc because itâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s flat out terrible. The song gets repetitive real fast and offers nothing to the record.

The thing â┚¬Ã…”On Fireâ┚¬? does well is try to give each song a unique feel. â┚¬Ã…”Insuranceâ┚¬? has a sort of salsa mixed with rock feel which is weird at first but strangely compelling. â┚¬Ã…”Can anyone really love youngâ┚¬? is a John Mayer reminiscent love song. And what album would be complete without a string/synth ballad like â┚¬Ã…”Our movie rulesâ┚¬? to close out the full album. This album rarely, if ever, repeats itself in terms of style and feel which is good because too often records are coming with the same song repeated 12 times.
The record reminds me of the catchiness of â┚¬Ã…”Cute is what we aim forâ┚¬? but without the embarrassment of saying you listen to â┚¬Ã…”Cute is what we aim forâ┚¬?. After everything is said and done â┚¬Ã…”On Fireâ┚¬? is definitely worth checking out and most people will probably agree itâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s worth the ten bucks.

Tracklisting
01. Insurance?
02. Guts
03. Rock My Body
04. Weapons Wired
05. Histrionics
06. Movement
07. Can Anyone Really Love Young
08. Darkpop
09. DARE
10. 31 Floors
11. Our Movie Rules
12. Pace Yourself (Patrick Stump Remix)

Staff Recommendations January 14th 2007

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Jamie Pham

The Higher – I’ve been listening to the new CD non stop since Friday. You guys should get it when it comes out in March.

The View – New band from Scotland, check them out!

Tyler Hayes

I have been listening to the new Switchfoot cd “Oh Gravity!” a lot lately, even if you have lost interest in them or never really cared for this band I recommend giving this cd a chance

Michael Schneider

Ernie Halter is soon releasing some new material which you can preview on his myspace page. Mixing soul, with pop and roll, Ernie is something fresh in a saturated scene.