January 2010
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Oh Man (Man) this is going to be good
Since 2006, Honus Honus of Man Man has had the idea of working with Islands’ Nick Thorburn.
Here we are, 4 years later, and the two have been meeting and writing and working to form what will surely be an epic collab suitably dubbed as “doom wop.” They call themselves Mister Heavenly. See, kids? Dreams do come true! Not for only musicians, but for the rest of us...
Arch Enemy Tour Blog #1
Hello everybody, This is Angela from Arch Enemy checking in from the ‘Tyrants Of Evil US Tour’. We joined forces with Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within and are currently devastating the Northern part of America with our extreme brand of METAL ☺ We all had a rather lame start in Towson, Recher Theatre. Old venue, crap PA, tired audience, all bands struggling with the ‘first show chaos’ and technical...
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Millencolin VS Skateboarding
What goes better with Vans than skate decks? Ok, music of course, but you should know how we feel about skateboarding. Oh hey- how about combining those two? I just discovered this today and not only do I think it’s terribly clever, but flat out awesome. Our friends Millencolin paired up with Sweet Skateboards to release their own “Polarbeer” skate deck. Get it?...
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Hatebreed, Lamb of God and Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall, Lamb of God and Hatebreed have all been busy the past few months… Shadows Fall has had a merch design contest at the end of last year, already planned a tour for this spring, and, most recently, just released their track “Still I Rise” available for download on Guitar Hero. Careful…it’s blatantly been added to give you a thrash challenge! Lamb of God...
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DEP Single and Tour
For all of our avid readers, I’m sure you recall the posts about Dillinger Escape Plan writing and their fun video updates from the studio. Well, now we can go ahead and hear what all of their hard work has brought us!
DEP’s new album Option Paralysis isn’t due until March 23, but we can grab the album’s first single “Farewell, Mona Lisa” on iTunes or...
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More free tunes?! You shouldn't have!
Aw Ninjasonik, you are up to it again! Our buddies have so gracefully given us an entire CD’s worth of remixes and other tracks. The mix-tape…err…mix-CD is called STRICTLY FOR MY HIPSTAZ and features tracks from our generous Brooklyn duo, remixes of their songs, their remixes of other songs and tunes from some rad artists. Grab the album here for free (we...
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Shadows Fall Destroys North America
…or at least they will be!
We just got word that Shadows Fall will be heading Canada for the first time in February and March. It’s a full fledged tour kicking off in Calgary and spanning through to Quebec City. Front man Brian Fair said:
All of us in Shallows Fall are very excited to finally be heading to Canada for a full headlining tour!! We look forward to rocking with all the...
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Tumbledown Tour
Mike Herrera has been busy with his latest endeavor Tumbledown- a folk Americana/alt country quartet who has been blending old school riffs and twangs harking back to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash with the punk mentality of his other, more known band MxPx. It’s practically the perfect concoction. They made a guest appearance on Warped Tour last summer and since then I’ve been...
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More bands added to Warped Tour
Have you heard that the one and only Vans Warped Tour has had another band announcement? Get ready for a sick old school stage in the works, some more punk and a little more ska. We are getting everything fleshed out very nicely! Agent Orange (8/11, 8/12, 8/14, 8/15) Angry Samoans (6/25 - 6/27) Automatic Loveletter (whole tour) Cobra Skulls ...
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Ninjasonik R-R-R-R-Remix
I hope you’ve heard of Ninjasonik. I just discovered this pretty sweet Soundkeepers remix of their track “With the K not the C.” Oh- and check this out. You can download it for free!
With the K not the C (Soundkeepers Remix) by Soundkeepers
These guys also joined our other friends The Death Set not too long ago at Spank Rock BBC. By the looks of it, it was THE place to be!...
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Motion City Listening Partay!
Motion City Soundtrack is obviously getting stoked about their album release- and I believe I can speak for everyone else when I say we are just as excited. It doesn’t help that they’ve been a bigger tease than that cheerleader from high school but tonight, my friends, we can get our MSC full throttle.
Tonight at midnight, the band’s MySpace will have the...
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Totally Summertime
Totally Michael has a new music video for his infectiously catchy tune “Summertime.” Have you heard of not only this song, but Totally Michael himself? If you don’t feel like dancing maybe you should wait until you have ample room to shake your bum.
Warm up from these record setting lows with this video to remind you of all the fun-filled memories of summer…like...
Toxic Holocaust 2009: The Desecration
Hell-o from the wasteland! This is my first blog for the Vans site, so I guess I should take some time and introduce myself. My name is Joel, I play guitar and sing for the Speed Metal band Toxic Holocaust. I live in Portland, Oregon, but I’m originally from the east coast. I’ve been into Metal and Punk music since before I was a teenager. Some of my favorite bands are Accept, Kreator,...
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Vans Exclusive: Trash Talk
I recently caught up with Trash Talk’s front man Lee Spielman to catch up with what’s going on now, the US punk/hardcore scene compared to the US and exactly why you should check out his band. And who listens to Lady GaGa!? Thanks again Lee for taking some time out of touring to talking with us!
—- So let’s start out with what you guys are doing at the moment! You...