I was checking on my domain registration recently and it turns out that upstarter.com is officially 15 years old today.
I’d like to say thank you to all the bands and labels and fans and friends that have helped make !upstarter what it is through good times and bad.
Cheers,
Jerry Actually
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I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN
Stream New Album Beloved at Alternative Press Now!
Listen by Visiting: altpress.com/iktpq
Australian purveyors of metalcore, I Killed The Prom Queen, stream their new album, Beloved, in its entirety two weeks before their February 18 US release date, out February 14 in Australia / February 17 in Europe. Visit Alternative Press to listen now: altpress.com/iktpq.
To pre-order Beloved, visit: smarturl.it/iktpqbeloved.
Beloved is the first new album from I Killed The Prom Queen in 6 years and they are primed for their re-launch of epic proportions. Since forming in Adelaide, Australia in 2000, I Killed The Prom Queen have maintained a standard of excellence that has placed them head and shoulders above the pack. Hitting their peak around 2006 with the release of their sophomore effort, Music For The Recently Deceased, the five-piece garnered local chart success and built a loyal worldwide following. However in 2008, mounting pressure and internal strife led to their premature demise. Yet, ironically, the hugely successful ‘Say Goodbye’ Australian tour, which was to be the band’s swan song, gave them the impetus to continue
For several years the band lay dormant, as members went on to play in other bands. In 2011, I Killed The Prom Queen reclaimed their sound, style, history, and legacy with an all new line up, and original member Jona Weinhofen who spent time with Bleeding Through and Bring Me The Horizon. Joined by new screamer Jamie Hope, Shane O’Brien on drums, Kevin Cameron on guitar, Benjamin Coyte on bass, and of course, Jona bringing vocal choruses, guitar, and keyboard to the mix.
IKTPQ entered the studio in 2013 in Gothenburg, Sweden with Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, At The Gates, In Flames, Dimmu Brogir, Architects UK) to record Beloved, their much-anticipated third album.
“We’ve really extended ourselves,” says Weinhofen, “But we’ve done it in a way where it’s tasteful and it makes sense with the music. It’s not like we’ve gone from sounding like a metalcore band to sounding like Dimmu Borgir. It still sounds very much like Prom Queen.”
Having overcome so much adversity during their 13-year existence, I Killed The Prom Queen have a fresh lease on life and a newfound desire to leave an indelible mark on the world stage. Look out, planet.
Catch I Killed The Prom Queen on the Take Action Tour this March through April, with The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, and Dangerkids. Tickets are on sale now and moving fast. To purchase, visit: http://takeactiontour.com/
TAKE ACTION TOUR DATES
Mar 12 Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater
Mar 13 Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
Mar 14 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
Mar 16 Grand Prairie, TX – South By So What Fest?!
Mar 17 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Mar 18 Odessa, TX – Club Patron
Mar 19 Corpus Christi, TX – La Hacienda
Mar 21 Nashville, TN – Rocketown
Mar 22 Birmingham, AL – Zydeco
Mar 23 Jacksonville, FL – Murray Hill Theatre
Mar 24 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Mar 25 Baltimore, MD – Sound Stage
Mar 27 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon
Mar 28 Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
Mar 29 Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak
Mar 30 Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
Apr 01 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
Apr 02 Columbus, OH – Newport
I Killed The Prom Queen is:
Jona Weinhofen (guitar/vocals/keyboards)
Kevin Cameron (guitar)
Jamie Hope (vocals)
Benjamin Coyte (bass)
Shane O’Brien (drums)
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/iktpq.
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TIM ARMSTRONG PRESENTS FIRST EVER SOLO ART SHOW IN LOS ANGELES
Tim Armstrong: Avenues & Alleyways
Presented by SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS / Shepard Fairey
Opening Reception: Friday, January 24
Exhibition Dates: January 24 – February 22, 2014
Special live performance by Tim Timebomb & Friends on opening night
Tim Armstrong is having his first ever solo art show in Los Angeles at SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS, a gallery founded by Shepard Fairey and Blaze Blouin, January 24 – February 22, 2014. Opening night is January 24, and will feature a special live performance by Tim Timebomb & Friends.
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is proud to present Avenues & Alleyways, featuring never before seen artwork. The raw, hard-edged spontaneity in Armstrong’s art mirrors his approach to music making, exemplifying a “passion is more important than precision” aesthetic that speaks to the creative rebellion dwelling inside us all.
Avenues & Alleyways features drawings, paintings, watercolors, and mixed media works on found materials that have been collaboratively selected by Armstrong and Shepard Fairey. The range in medium, size, and subject matter provide a well-rounded presentation of Armstrong’s honest and unrefined artistic charm. The imagery includes figures in Armstrong’s life, tools of his trade, album covers for deceased musicians, and poetic ruminations scrawled across simple line drawings.
My primary computer is down. I should be back up and running sometime next week. Stay tuned.
-Jerry Actually
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Vannen Watches, Epitaph Records & LB Art Theatre
Present First So-Cal Screening of
FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL
Plus: Filmmaker Intro/Post Q&A
Sunday, August 25th @ 11AM at The Art Theatre of Long Beach
Vannen Watches, Epitaph Records, and the Art Theatre [2025 E. 4th, Long Beach] are excited to bring FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALLto Southern California for a FREE fan screening on Sunday, August 25th at 11AM at the Art Theatre [2025 E. 4th Street, LBC 90814].
Long before Green Day and Blink-182 inflicted punk-rock’s puncture wound on the map of mainstream music, the Descendents were in a garage concocting the perfect mix of pop, angst, love, and coffee. FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL follows band leader/drummer/square-peg Bill Stevenson and his “caffeinated retardedness” as he pushes his rotating door of bandmates to “achieve ALL,” his philosophy of going for greatness at all costs. Stevenson is a force to be reckoned with, proving that not even a grapefruit-sized brain tumor can keep him down. Featuring interviews with the band, along with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Mike Watt (Minutemen), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) and many more reveal the story of a band – if not THE band – responsible for pop-punk as you know it.
TICKETS: This is will be the FIRST Southern California showing ofFILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL, unfortunately space and tickets are limited, so we’re holding a lottery and picking people at random to attend. Please register by visiting the following link:
http://filmagesun.eventbrite.com
Click on “Register” button and once entered, your name will be added to the lottery list. We’ll pick the lucky attendees at random on August 21st, and all winners will be notified immediately by email. If you are not contacted, or not sure that you were contacted, you can go to VannenWatches.com to see the full list of lottery winners.
Support your community! The filmmakers encourage you to support our great community resource by making a donation to the Art Theatre of Long Beach (a public corporation for the arts), which generously donates its time and space to worthy arts-oriented organizations and causes. While donationsdo not guarantee you’ll be granted entry to FILMAGE, you’ll be a hero by supporting a great institution. Click the PayPal link HERE to contribute to this wonderful neighborhood resource. Or, if you’re one of the lucky ones who’ll be attending the screening, you can make a donation (in cash or via credit) at the theatre. Thanks for your support, and good luck!
Disclaimer: By registering for this lottery it does not guarantee entrance into the screening; you are only registering to be entered into a lottery to win tickets. Winners will be chosen at random. By entering the lottery your info will also be added to our mailing list. If you do not want to be added to our list, please let us know. No purchase necessary, but lottery entries are limited to one per person. Thanks for entering, and good luck!
FILMAGE TICKET LOTTERY: http://filmagesun.eventbrite.com/
FILMAGE WEBSITE: http://www.filmagemovie.com
FILMAGE TRAILERS:
http://vimeo.com/43951523
http://vimeo.com/67954204
http://vimeo.com/23539352
THEATRE DONATIONS
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=B2DDXTNXU4M7C
One year ago today, on July 31, 2012, we lost a true original, Tony Sly. While we continue to mourn Tony our friend, we also celebrate Tony the artist through his songs. On October 29th, we will officially release The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute. we can’t express how much it means to us and Tony’s family that each of the artists and bands on this album took the time and effort to contribute such meaningful and interesting interpretations of Tony’s songs. All proceeds from this compilation will go to the Tony Sly Memorial Fund.
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with guest appearances by Nick Zinner (Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs), Buzz Osbourne (The Melvins)
YPLL OUT MAY 28th via Epitaph
Band On Tour Now
(April 15th, Los Angeles, CA) RETOX have released a 60 minute documentary that is available with purchase of their forthcoming record, YPLL out May 28th. The documentary explores the realities of making an album, what it’s like to be in a touring band today and features interviews with Buzz Osborne from The Melvins and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who also appears on the new record.
The full documentary is currently available to watch courtesy of alarm-magazine.com, who also named YPLL, one of their favorites of the week here: http://alarm-magazine.com/?p=63248
“You kind of have to ruin your life to be in a punk band,” states Justin Pearson, currently on tour with new band Retox and renowned for his work with groundbreaking noise outfit THE LOCUST. Retox, along with some high-profile guests, shed light on the hardships and rewards of doing what you love instead of what you’re “supposed to,” discuss days and nights of relentless touring and the intense emotions experienced on stage and making music.
With YPLL, Retox deliver a mission statement in 12 blistering tracks, the vast majority of them clocking in at two minutes or less. It’s the type of rallying battle cry that inspires lingering and dormant primal urges and too-long-suppressed societal dissatisfaction in those who encounter its punk rock lineage and postmodern crash-and-ban.
RETOX Tour Dates:
| 5/15/2013 | The Middle East Upstairs | Cambridge | MA |
| 5/16/2013 | The Acheron | Brooklyn | NY |
| 5/17/2013 | Pianos | New York | NY |
| 5/18/2013 | Philamoca | Philadelphia | PA |
| 5/19/2013 | Golden West Cafe | Baltimore | MD |
| 5/20/2013 | The Milestone | Charlotte | NC |
| 5/21/2013 | Purgatory at the Masquerade | Atlanta | GA |
| 5/22/2013 | Circle Bar | New Orleans | LA |
| 5/23/2013 | Rudyards | Houston | TX |
| 5/24/2013 | The Mohawk | Austin | TX |
| 5/25/2013 | Train Yard | Las Cruces | NM |
| 5/26/2013 | Trunk Space | Phoenix | AZ |
| 5/27/2013 | Punk Rock Bowling | Las Vegas | NV |
| 5/28/2013 | Che Cafe | San Diego | CA |
| 5/29/2013 | Vacation Vinyl | Los Angeles | CA |
| 5/30/2013 | The Smell | Los Angeles | CA |
(March 27th, Los Angeles, CA) The provocative SoCal band RETOX have unleashed a brand new video, a heart – stopping thriller that portrays the band’s kinetic, challenging energy in their latest track release, “MATURE SCIENCE.” Combining the jagged edges of stripped down/back-to-basics rock n’ roll with bombastic attitude and art-rock intelligentsia, using the prism of the past to look toward the potential brilliance of the future, RETOX’s YPLL arrives via Epitaph Records on May 7th, 2013.
Directed by Simon Chan, the new video features the band in a riot-like scenario, where the band kidnaps a police officer and brings him to an undisclosed location. The disturbing story unfolds in 2:47 minutes, ending in an intense, bloody scene that can only be fully realized by watching the video.
Check out the new video via Lambgoat.com here: http://lambgoat.com/features/69/Retox-Mature-Science-video-premiere
Guitarist Michael Crain offers, “Retox does not in any way condone or advocate the harming of police officers. We do however feel that our society as a whole would be far safer and not as unjustly regulated if local, state, and federal law enforcement were required to memorize the lyrics to Black Flag’s “Police Story” and N.W.A’s “Fuck tha Police!”
Retox deliver a mission statement in 12 blistering tracks, the vast majority of them clocking in at two minutes or less. It’s the type of rallying battle cry that inspires lingering and dormant primal urges and too-long-suppressed societal dissatisfaction in those who encounter its punk rock lineage and postmodern crash-and-ban.
In May, the band will take their energetic live performance across North America.
PRE-ORDERS are now live for RETOX’s YPLL, which will arrive in-stores and online on May 7th. Please go to: www.kingsroadmerch.com/epitaphrecords
RETOX Tour Dates:
| 5/8/2013 | Moonroom | Denver | CO |
| 5/9/2013 | Brother’s Lounge | Omaha | NE |
| 5/10/2013 | The Hexagon | Minneapolis | MN |
| 5/11/2013 | Township | Chicago | IL |
| 5/12/2013 | Smalls | Hamtramck | MI |
| 5/15/2013 | The Middle East Upstairs | Cambridge | MA |
| 5/16/2013 | The Acheron | Brooklyn | NY |
| 5/17/2013 | Pianos | New York | NY |
| 5/19/2013 | Golden West Cafe | Baltimore | MD |
| 5/20/2013 | The Milestone | Charlotte | NC |
| 5/23/2013 | Rudyards | Houston | TX |
| 5/25/2013 | Train Yard | Las Cruces | NM |
| 5/26/2013 | Trunk Space | Phoenix | AZ |
| 5/27/2013 | Punk Rock Bowling | Las Vegas | NV |
Band To Play Live At The 98-7fm Penthouse at The Historic Hollywood Tower Next Week
US Tour Starts April 25th
March 26th, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA – Chicago’s celebrated punk rock cult heroes, Alkaline Trio, are set to return with the exhilarating new album My Shame Is True out April 2nd via Epitaph Records. Fans are invited to stream the album in full starting today via Spin.com by going here: http://www.spin.com/articles/alkaline-trio-my-shame-is-true-album-stream-matt-skiba-interview-epitaph
On April 1st, Alkaline Trio will play an exclusive live set at the 987FM Penthouse at The Historic Hollywood Tower in Los Angeles. In addition, the band will hit the road at the end of the month with brooding punk rockers Bayside and Off With Their Heads for an exuberant live tour which already has numerous sold out dates throughout the country, including Chicago LA, and NYC.
Since emerging in 1996, Alkaline Trio have become one of the punk rock’s most progressive and unique bands of the last decade, rousing a dedicated legion of passionate supporters with eight fan-adored albums and relentless world-wide touring. My Shame Is True is the next chapter in the band’s celebrated career.
“ A gnarled, zeitgeisty gem from the beloved Chicago outfit’s forthcoming ‘My Shame Is True…”– Spin
“…the band finds itself in its most vital place in years.” – Billboard
| 4/25/2013 | The Observatory | Santa Ana | CA | SOLD OUT |
| 4/26/2013 | House of Blues | San Diego | CA | SOLD OUT |
| 4/27/2013 | Fremont Country Club | Las Vegas | NV | |
| 4/28/2013 | Marquee Theatre | Tempe | AZ | |
| 4/29/2013 | Sunshine Theater | Albuquerque | NM | |
| 5/1/2013 | Cains Ballroom | Tulsa | OK | |
| 5/2/2013 | House of Blues | Dallas | TX | |
| 5/3/2013 | House of Blues | Houston | TX | |
| 5/4/2013 | Emo’s East | Austin | TX | |
| 5/8/2013 | Revolution | Ft. Lauderdale | FL | |
| 5/9/2013 | The Florida Theater | Gainesville | FL | |
| 5/10/2013 | House of Blues- Orlando | Orlando | FL | |
| 5/11/2013 | Center Stage | Atlanta | GA | |
| 5/12/2013 | Marathon Music Works | Nashville | TN | |
| 5/14/2013 | Cats Cradle | Carrboro | NC | |
| 5/15/2013 | The National | Richmond | VA | |
| 5/16/2013 | The Norva Theater | Norfolk | VA | |
| 5/17/2013 | Rams Head Live | Baltimore | MD | |
| 5/18/2013 | House of Blues | Boston | MA | |
| 5/19/2013 | Toads Place | New Haven | CT | |
| 5/21/2013 | Irving Plaza | New York | NY | SOLD OUT |
| 5/22/2013 | Chameleon Club | Lancaster | PA | |
| 5/23/2013 | Electric Factory | Philadelphia | PA | |
| 5/24/2013 | Best Buy Theater | New York | NY | SOLD OUT |
| 5/25/2013 | Water Street Music Hall | Rochester | NY | |
| 5/26/2013 | Newport Music Hall | Columbus | OH | |
| 5/28/2013 | House of Blues | Cleveland | OH | |
| 5/29/2013 | Clutch Cargo’s | Pontiac | MI | |
| 5/30/2013 | Metro | Chicago | IL | SOLD OUT |
| 5/31/2013 | Metro | Chicago | IL | SOLD OUT |
| 6/1/2013 | The Rave | Milwaukee | WI | |
| 6/2/2013 | Pops | St. Louis | MO | |
| 6/4/2013 | The Summit Music Hall | Denver | CO | |
| 6/4/2013 | The Venue | Salt Lake City | UT | |
| 6/7/2013 | Showbox Showroom | Seattle | WA | |
| 6/8/2013 | Hawthorne Theater | Portland | OR | |
| 6/9/2013 | The Regency Ballroom | San Francisco | CA | |
| 6/11/2013 | House of Blues | West Hollywood | CA | SOLD OUT |
| 6/12/2013 | House Of Blues | Anaheim | CA |
02/23/13 Sacramento, CA at Blue Lamp
02/24/13 San Francisco, CA at Slim’s
02/27/13 Eugene, OR at John Henry’s
02/28/13 Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre
03/02/13 Seattle, WA at The Highline
03/03/13 Vancouver, BC Canada at Rickshaw
03/05/13 Edmonton, AB Canada at The Pawn Shop
03/06/13 Calgary, AB Canada at Dickens Pub
03/08/13 Boise, ID at The Venue
03/09/13 Salt Lake City, UT at Burt’s Tiki Lounge
03/10/13 Denver, CO at Marquis Theatre
03/11/13 Colorado Springs, CO at The Black Sheep
03/13/13 Scottsdale, AZ at Pub Rock
03/15/13 San Diego, CA at The Casbah
03/16/13 Long Beach, CA at Alex’s Bar
03/17/13 Los Angeles, CA at Echoplex
