Musicians Cisco Adler, Kenan Bell, and The Hold Steady jumped on board as Vans Custom Culture ambassadors for this year’s contest. Here is a look at the shoes they each made to promote awareness of the event. If you are a US High School student you can join in and customize your own with your school for a chance to win $50,000 and other awesome prizes. Full rules & registration at vans.com/customculture

Bonnaroo Graffiti: Part ii

We brought you some photos of the graffiti on day one, but as the weekend progressed, the walls became filled with loads more! Check out some of the awesome pieces that have been added:

Bonnaroo: The Artists

Dontcha just love the combination of art and music? At Bonnaroo, there’s loads of it. I thought I’d share with you my favorites who were set up this year. You purposefully only get a glimpse at their work. These guys (and gal) all need a proper look, so get on their website and check it all out:

William K. Stidham- williamkstidham.com



Odenedo Art (by Kevin Odenedo)- odenedoart.com



Phil Kunto Studios- philkuntostudios.com



Engrained Art (by Victoria Dempsey)- engrainedart.com

Bonnaroo Graffiti

All the walls surrounding the grounds already have some pretty awesome artwork of artists who have played the festival before, but they soon get covered with graffiti from campers throughout the weekend. Check out some of this artwork:

Voting is Open on Custom Culture Semi-Final

50 schools across the country have made it to the semi-final round of this year’s Custom Culture contest. The school with the most votes from each of the 5 regions will win a trip to NYC for the finals- with a chance to win $50,000 for their school. There is some stiff competition this year. I’m totally blown away by the shoes these kids have created. Take a gander at the designs below and vote for who you want to see in the finals!

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You vote will be cast after cliking “VOTE” at the bottom of each region.



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OFF!’s Latest Video

Keith Morris…you know…the Keith Morris, has a brand spankin’ new music video for his newest project OFF! The song is called “Upside Down” and will be the band’s first release appropriately titled First EP.

It’s art, skateboarding and punk rock. What more could you ask for in a music video?

Just to jog your memory on exactly why OFF! is such a big deal, it features Steve McDonald from Redd Kross on bass, Dimitri Coats from the Burning Brides on guitar and Mario Rubalcaba of Rocket From The Crypt on drums.

First EP comes out on October 12th only on 7” courtesy of Vice Records and is the first of a four part series. You can pre-game by checking out their music video below:

The Death Set’s “Far Weathered Friends” Video


We are excited to have the official music video for The Death Set’s “Far Weathered Friends,” a reworking of Daedelus’ “Fair Weathered Friends.” The video is directed by LAZLO, illustrated by J. Penry and animated by Wealthy Pictures.


On top of the video, we can (luckily) be expecting more stuff from The Death Set this year- including a documentary, a mix tape of the band’s favorite tracks and unreleased material….and all before a new fall album. Score.

After the unexpected death of founding member Beau Velasco in late ‘09, I applaud the band for their choice to continue their writing, touring and general badassery. No doubt that 2010 will wrap up to be a solid year, so here’s to many more awesome musical endeavors by TDS!

As details unfold about the year’s planned releases, you know where to look.

New Killswitch Engage Video

After posting a teaser last week, Killswitch Engage has premiered their brand new music video for “Save Me” today.

              

Before you check out the video, see what guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz had to say about it:

This was my favorite video shoot EVER! It took like 1/2 an hour, and we were turned into clay. And who doesn’t like claymation and space aliens? They didn’t like my suggestion of turning me into a blood-thirsty pterodactyl with laser eyes at the end of the vid, but it’s cool. Thanks to all who worked wicked hard on this video…it looks sweet.


Yes. It’s a video with Killswitch in space getting hijacked by aliens. In claymation. What!? It even features a claymation performance, too. Just….watch:

Punk Show + Art Installation THIS SUNDAY!

FREE show this Sunday | ALL AGES | FREE drinky drinks

See you there, LA!


As I Lay Dying New Album Info

As I Lay Dying has been working on their 5th album release over the past few months that can invade your CD player or iPod on May 11th. The album is called The Powerless Rise and we finally have the album art and track listing revealed!

            

And the track listing:

1.Beyond Our Suffering
2.Anodyne Sea
3.Without Conclusion
4.Parallels
5.The Plague
6.Anger and Apathy
7.Condemned
8.Upside Down Kingdom
9.Vacancy
10.The Only Constant Is Change
11.The Blinding Of False Light

You can also check out this video of Tim Lambesis spilling some info on the process of making the release: