December 2009
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Mike Muir vs. Your Twitter Questions
Mike Muir of Suicide Tendencies was cool enough to take some of your questions via Twitter just for Vans! If you’ve ever wondered what makes him angry, what he thinks about Senses Fail’s cover or what his take on the future of cholo metal, I suggest checking out our videos. And though there are many, they are a fun, short watch.
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Your face in Tmes Square!
We started this a week or so ago and I can say it’s gotta be one of the coolest things ever…
We have a massive digital billboard space up in Times Square New York. If you’re familiar with it, it’s across from MTV. What goes up on this space, you say? YOU DO! We are letting you post YOUR photos with YOUR messages to be displayed in one of the busiest places on the...
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The Aquabats have a gift for you!
Aquabats, we love you. And we think you love us, too. Know why? Because you are throwing free music our way! The Aquabats have 2 free Christmas tracks available for download straight from their website. And now, here. To get them, just right click and “save link as” for the freebie MP3s.
The first is a cover of the 1980’s Lyndsey Buckingham jam HOLIDAY ROAD. To jar your memory,...
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The Souls Hit the Big Screen
The Bouncing Souls are going to have an Asbury Park, NJ screening for a special sneak preview of the new documentary. The film features a behind-the-scenes look at The Gold Tour with tons of never before seen footage. Keep in mind it will be a “rough cut” of the editing process- so you may get the chance to see footage that doesn’t make it to the final draft! This...
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The Devil Wears Prada working on new album
Despite the buys year for The Devil Wears Prada in 2009, the band have already been working on new material for a late-2010 album release. Guitarist Jeremy DePoyster has said:
We are working on stuff right now, and I want to put the right amount of time into it since there was pressure and eyes on our current record. There will be more pressure and eyes on the next record to...
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Warped Tour bands announced!
The bands for 2010 for the Vans Warped Tour have been announced today! The line is looking good, bringing back some oldies but goodies and mixing them with some great newcomers that you guys will be jazzed about! No word on ticket sale date, but keep an eye out for it. Warped’s going to be crazy this go around!
I went ahead and brought the rest of the line up to you: After Midnight...
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The most metal tour that could possibly happen...
…is actually happening. I think a few people died or at least crapped their pants when this was announced.
This is actually the first time in history this has ever happened. Think you can handle this…? Metallica + Slayer + Megadeth + Anthrax will be on tour together.
MIND = BLOWN They are on the bill for Sonisphere Festival 2010 which as of now is scheduled for 15 dates throughout...
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Vans Exclusive: P.O.S.
I had the privilege of talking with hip-hop artist Stef Alexander, better known as P.O.S., today about his current tour, punk rock band, and ideal pair of Vans.
P.O.S. is currently in the running for Spin’s Best Rap Artist of 2009. Pretty sweet, huh!? Vote for him everyday until the poll closes on January 5th. He’s actually beating Jay Z, Little Wayne AND Kayne West....
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Warped Tour 2010 dates, website and bands!
Before I was the Vans music blogger, I was the Pit Reporter for Warped Tour. I have the first big announcement for the tour already! I’ll be back in 2010 as your trusty pit reporter bringing you all the latest and daily news, photos and videos from the pit. I can’t wait to take this upcoming summer and top everything I did last year. I’m ready to start now with your questions,...
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Who's the pirate now!?
I’m taking a break from the artist news today for some serious music news going down right now.
Universal, Warner, Sony BMG and EMI are being sued for piracy. Seriously! The big 4 are being taken down by a group of Canadian artists who are taking a stance against the major labels using songs without permission, like putting a track on a compilation CD without asking the band first. The suit...
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Major Christmas party on the East Coast
Guess what East Coast? We get a sweet Christmas party! The Baltimore Bass Connection presents XMas Part 6: CHOPPED AND SCROODGED taking place this year on Christmas Eve’s Eve. Don’t think too hard kids- its just December 23rd. There’s a sweet bill of artists performing, including our buddies The Death Set and Ninkasonik, as well as some sick DJ sets. According to Spin Magazine,...
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Street Dogs and New Songs
Word on the street (sorry, I just couldn’t help myself) is that Street Dogs are in the middle of some new tunes. According to the band’s twitter, they just wrapped up.
My deductive intuition tells me that new songs are recorded and should be in final part of the first stage of production. I think. It would be safe to say that mixing is just now getting off the ground. Seeing as the...
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Shadows Fall wants Your Help!
Shadows Fall has its fans involved with the band in a pretty rad way. They are in the midst of having a merch design contest where they invited fans to submit shirt ideas that would be voted on by fellow fans. 6 have been chosen for consideration. Let’s call them the semi-finalists!
The winner will be determined by how many “likes” the design gets on the band’s Facebook....
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The Grammy's Nod to Metal
The Grammys hit 52 this year. With the recent release of nominations, we always perk up our ears for the metal and rock categories. Am I right or am I right? This year we have some of our favorite bands in the mix of all the hype.
Best Metal Performance:
Judas Priest – “Dissident Aggressor” (track from: “A Touch Of Evil Live“) Lamb Of God – “Set To Fail”...
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Punk Rawk Christmas
MXPX is good at promises! Over the years, the punk trio have released Christmas songs available to the fan club. They said there may in fact be a full length album of all these holiday jams- and it’s out now!
The album is ready for a digital download at iTunes OR! You can check out all the multitude of physical options. There’s a RED CD which is out...