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Congratulations to TWO of our 14 Bands in Indiana to Watch in 2014 for getting picked to play the Ernie Ball Stage at this year's Vans Warped Tour in Noblesville on July 3rd! If you're heading to the show, be sure to stop by the stage and catch amazing performances by Authors and Shiny Penny!
--SA
FREE COMPILATIONS: SELFMADE CO DISTRIBUTING LIMITED AMOUNT OF CDS FEATURING ACTS FROM RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHER MASSACHUSETTS AT VANS WARPED TOUR 2014
Going to Warped Tour? FANTASTIC.
Going to Warped Tour and getting free music? EVEN BETTER.
SelfMade Co. is going out this year on Vans Warped Tour and will have a limited number of copies of a fantastic compilation album, featuring War Games, Sienna, Northernmost, Rich Ferri, Beautiful Tuesday, Adam Jensen, and We Built the Moon!
How do you get one of these fantastic compilations, you ask? Just find the SelfMadeCo. tent and ask one of the workers!
Track listing: WAR GAMES 1. MY FOUNDATION 2. ANXIETY TRACKS SIENNA 3. BETTER MAN 4. REASON TO STAY NORTHERNMOST 5. I WISH I WAS HONEST 6. BELITTLE ME 7. JETTISON RICH FERRI 8. TRENCHES 9. GOOD OL FASHIONED GREED 10. PAY UP BLIND MICE 11. SPECTATOR 12. JOKE BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY 13. THE CROWN ADAM JENSEN 14. THE KID 15. STILL HANGING ON
WE BUILT THE MOON 16. RESISTANCE 17. MORE THAN A FRIEND
--SA
Wolves At the Gate: 'VxV' Album Review
There are screams to be heard coming from Ohio these days. They are not screams of terror nor ones cheering a sports team. These screams are accompanied by fantastic melodies and incredible lyrics, forming the brand new music from Wolves At the Gate. VxV was released on Tuesday, June 10th and is a MUST BUY for any rock/post hardcore lover.
Post hardcore these days is made up of a lot of bands who have a pitchy, melodic singer and a vocalist who cannot seem to understand the art of screaming. Wolves At the Gate is not one of those bands. WATG have recreated that art, completely evident in VxV.
Aside from impeccable vocals that excel far beyond their rivals in the post hardcore genre, WATG deliver a balance of strong melodies and ones that offer more emotional pulls. The rhythm section is spot on, driving the emotion even deeper into the listener.
VxV will pull you into the band's world. It will make you stop and listen intently. It's not an album to turn on for background noise. Wolves At the Gate have done a phenomenal job on this album. Pick it up NOW. Add it to your music library. You won't be sorry.
Recommended Tracks: Relief, East to West
Watch their brand new music video for "Relief" HERE
Visit Wolves at the Gate on Facebook for tour dates, music, and more!
--SA
Lindsey Stirling / Dia Frampton
Shatter Me Tour
Chicago, IL
6.6.2014
Photos By: Priten Vora
Copyright 2014 Priten Vora / Sensory Addiction Magazine
View the whole gallery HERE
Hollow Bodies Tour Review: Blessthefall, Silverstein, and More Blow the Top of Chicago's House of Blues
by: Greg Rothstein
If you look up “passion” and “intensity” you might as well go Google, “The Hollow Bodies Tour.” May 3rd 2014, Chicago, IL. Weather has picked up, festival season is upon us and the spring is winding down. The House of Blues in Chicago is slowly filling to capacity. I’m in the photo pit waiting with excitement for all 5 bands to throw down, and so is the crowd.
Why wait any longer lets jump right into it. First up is SoCal’s Heartist. Led by singer Bryce Beckley, this quintet started the night off playing one of their newer songs, “Pressure Point.” Going into this show, Heartist for me are seen as the new kids on the block and they needed to prove themselves, I need not say more after their first song. They got the crowd going, Bryce bouncing around the stage left to right. Guitarists and Bassist, Tim, Robby, and Evan showing the crowd how hard they can headbang, and drummer Matt, holding thing down in the back showing how lively he can be. What stuck out most about Heartist is how effortlessly they played. Not only are they comfortable with the music they play, but they are comfortable with their group dynamic and are not afraid to show that to the crowd. When you see a band enjoying themselves on stage you cannot help but enjoy it yourself! Combine that with Beckley’s humor, lovingly opening the show with a Zoolander reference, you are bound to have a good time. Heartist blew my mind and then some, great song choices, a variety of great dramatic lighting for the stage, and the crowd was feeling every second of their set. Not only do they have a new fan in me, they have me extremely excited for the new music that should be coming our way in 2014!
Up next and not missing a beat was San Diego’s: Secrets. With these guys I knew what I was getting into, a hardcore sound who do a phenomenal job combining clean vocals with screams. The chemistry screamer, Aaron Melzer, and clean vocalist (and rhythm guitarist) Richard Rogers share is uncanny. The two not only work well together as a pair but they really bring the whole band together. The crowd got even rowdier during Secrets’ set and the crowdsurfing began and you know that no night is complete without that. For the most part the crowd was treated to tracks from Secrets’ most recent album, “Fragile Figures” but also old favorites such as (my personal favorite) “Somewhere In Hiding.” Secrets personifies that ideal band hardcore band. They have the look and sound that shows why they are a band with a great following and how they have amazing potential for the future! 2014 will be a big year for these guys as they prepare now for the upcoming Warped Tour this summer.
Slapped right in the middle of the tour, is Australia’s, The Amity Affliction. I do not want to sound like a broken record with how positive I can be, but good god each band just kept one upping one another and getting the crowd even more riled up than the previous band. It is honestly as if these guys feed off of the energy as if it were the air you and I breathe. This band has seen various lineup changes, but bassist Ahren Stringer and guitarist Troy Brady have stuck through it the entire time, and it seems they have finally found the perfect combination of band chemistry with drummer Ryan Burt, fellow guitarist Dan Brown, and the big man in the front, Joel Birch. Birch is a tall man let me tell you that, as I was in the photo pit, I had to bend back an extra inch or two to get him all the way in the frame. Joel’s vocal intensity is equally matched by Stringer’s passion in clean vocals as the two trade off chorus and verses. With their very anticipated 2014 release “Let The Ocean Take Me” slated for a June 6th release, these guys graced the crowd by performing their newest single, “Pittsburgh.” Not only was I happy that they performed this new song, the crowd seemed to also, seeing that security had to kick the photographers out of the pit due to the crowd getting to intense! If “Pittsburgh” is any indicator of what “Let The Ocean Take Me” is going to sound like, I can say that 2014 will be a big year for these guys.
Heartist, Secrets, and The Amity Affliction have one thing in common, they are fresh, new bands who all want to prove themselves. Each of them have a different sound but one thing is constant, their passion and intensity. Never have I seen this endless game of Jenga where one band keeps building on the energy of the previous one, and the crowd keeps getting louder and louder. 2014 will be big year for each of these bands respectively, but more importantly the future is bright for these young guns and I sincerely hope to see them leading the pack a year or two from now.
Now back to our scheduled programming, next up were the veterans of the tour, our boys from up north in Canada, Silverstein. These guys are unique in the fact that they have been a band together for nearly 14 years with the exception of the addition of Paul Rousseau in late 2012. And while these guys may be “older” by hardcore music standards do not let that fool you. Lead singer Shane Told has been writing since the beginning with drummer Paul Koehler and guitarist Josh Bradford, these guys haven’t missed a beat. 7 studio albums and they threw down songs from each one. You have to admire a bands willingness to play a variety of songs and not just cater to what is popular. Although, I must confess hearing “Vices” live was phenomenal. The crowd clapping along at the bridge as Told screams, “I’m not coming home tonight, I’d rather sleep on the streets” and the crowd singing with such passion right back at him. The one thing that moved me was how this was (I believe) their 29th time in Chicago. To hear that a band has come such a long way and now find themselves visiting the Windy City for the 29th time, that to me is just a testament to Silverstein’s dedication to their fans and music.
As Silverstein finished up the crowd anxiously waited for the headliner. Now, I had only gotten advice from a photographer about Blessthefall and how their shows are intense. Part of me was skeptical and figured it would be just like any hardcore band. Heck maybe I should have believed her especially after their tech guy came to the photo pit to tell us we would only have two songs instead of three. The band takes the stage, and the crowd roars when lead singer Beau comes on stage, and without even missing a beat, they get things rolling. Blessthefall’s lighting was second to none, lots of bright lamps that really gave the band a more human feel rather than your usual red, green, and blue. There are tons of best moments from the show so let me do the short list. First, when Beau demands that anyone who is seeing Blessthefall for the first time must crowd surf their way to the front and shake his hand. Second, when guitarists Elliot Gruenberg and Eric Lambert ring out the opening chord of the song called, “2.0” I have never felt more pumped as that song builds with bass player Jared Warth screaming, “dead we’re not dead” with drummer Matt Traynor hitting the toms as the intro builds. And lastly, Beau calling for a wall of death in the mosh pits. The command this band had over the rambunctious Chicago crowd was surreal. Blessthefall kept this crowd going from start to finish even through their encore of their hit single, “Hey Baby Here’s That Song You Wanted.”
The Hollow Bodies Tour was by far one of the greatest concert experiences I have ever witnessed. Not only did I get to hear hard rock veterans Silverstein and Blessthefall, but I was able to witness what is arguably the future of hardcore music in bands like Secrets, The Amity Affliction, and Heartist. Needless to say the next time any of these bands are playing nearby, you should get yourself a ticket fast!
--SA
photos by: Greg Rothstein
#TBT- This Day In Music: "Livin La Vida Loca" hit No.1 on the US singles charts!
Go dancin in the rain!
THE ART OF TOUR- With We The Kings, This Century, Crash the Party, and Ashland
by: Priten Vora
BLOOMINGTON, IL - When you go into a concert with four bands on the lineup and you only know two, but walk out a fan of all four, you know it was something pretty special. The Art of Tour at the Castle Theatre in Bloomington, IL was just such a show.
We The Kings, This Century, Crash The Party, and local favorites Ashland all put on very good performances, but what made this show truly memorable was just how good all of these bands were at interacting with the crowd and making every single person feel special.
Local band Ashland, who were not traveling with the tour, opened up the show. I’d seen them once before the previous summer when they had just picked up a new bassist in Zebulan Griffith, and seeing them open up for this tour was an entirely different experience. The confidence they had gained in the months since that first show was palpable, and they were clearly much more comfortable this time around having Zeb on the stage with them. Also, having played in Bloomington before, they already had a rapport with the crowd. Asia, the band’s vocalist, even called out a girl in the crowd by name at one point. They kicked off the night with much more energy than openers usually do, and it was very gratifying to see the crowd respond in kind.
Crash The Party came on next to kick off the tour lineup proper. They had a very sweet-natured vibe to them throughout their set, and quickly endeared themselves to the audience. They had a good energy to them, and the vocalist, Ian, would often lean out to give high-fives or hold hands with people. Furthermore, they absolutely cemented themselves in many people’s minds as a band to remember by playing a great cover of “Let It Go” from the recent Disney movie, Frozen.
This Century was up next, and as seemed to be the general rule for everyone on this tour, took the crowd interaction up a notch. Vocalist Joel Kanitz seemed to perpetually be holding hands with at least one person in the crowd. The band cracked jokes both at each other and at the audience members. There were plenty of magical moments, from getting everyone to hold up their phones and lighters for a slow song to making a collective mass of hand hearts near the end of their set.
And finally, it was We The Kings’ turn. Even before they came on stage, fans got a sweet surprise announcement: the band would be using Google Glass to film the first song and would be using the footage in an upcoming music video. Every fan of a band dreams of being in a music video someday, and the audience absolutely erupted with joy when this particular announcement was made. By the time the band appeared on stage, the excitement was already boiling over, and like true pros, they harnessed it to the fullest. Their set was easily the most energetic of the night, and you could clearly see the sheer happiness on people’s faces as they danced and sang along with the band. I have to respect any band that can make their fans that happy with just their mere presence, and my hat is certainly tipped to We The Kings for their performance.
April Issue is here!
Features reviews of We The Kings, Vance Joy, and H.I.M.!
Issue #6 can be found at:
http://issuu.com/samusicmag/docs/sensoryaddiction_april2014
March 2014 Cover Artist J.A. releases brand new song, "Rafters"
Listen now!
#TBT Track: "Candy" by Mandy Moore
Craving the 90's like we are? Stay tuned for the April Issue when we pick some of our 90's favorites! (Out April 4th!)
Have you heard of Vance Joy? If not, you should get to know his name! "Atlantic/F-Stop folk/alternative singer/songwriter Vance Joy is quickly shaping up as a major breakout star of 2014. The Australian sensation’s debut North American single, “Riptide,” was recently named an iTunes’ “Single of the Week” and landed as the highest selling Australia song in Australia for 2013. “Riptide” has also seen major success on the UK airplay chart, currently in the Top 15. The buzzy track is beginning its ascent at multi-format radio outlets nationwide, including top 10 airplay at Triple A stations across the US. Vance Joy, who was just announced on Bonnaroo’s 2014 lineup and is currently on a North American tour with Young The Giant, has earned an extraordinary array of accolades in recent weeks including: SHAZAM: Top 10 Artists Predicted To Break In 2014 SPOTIFY: Spotlight Artist For 2014 TIME MAGAZINE: 2014 Artist To Watch BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: Top 10 Artists Making Global Noise" So make sure to catch this amazing act on tour with Young The Giant!
The March 2014 issue of Sensory Addiction is HERE!
Read it for free: http://issuu.com/samusicmag/docs/sensoryaddiction_march2014
What’s this? A new music video? That’s right. Our friends at Neon Gold are premiering the video for “Nicotine” watch it. Also, tickets to The Gospel Tour with WALK THE MOON, Magic Man, & Youngblood Hawke are now on sale for EST so get them below:
The Gospel Tour w/ WALK THE MOON, Magic Man* and Youngblood Hawke^
7/18 - Magna, UT @ The Great Salt Air (Tickets)* 7/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom (Tickets)* 7/23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park (Tickets)* 7/25 - Chicago, IL @ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (Tickets)* 7/27 - Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook (Tickets)* 7/29 - Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion (Tickets)* 7/30 - Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion At Nautica (Tickets)* 8/1 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE (Tickets)* 8/2 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun (Tickets)* 8/3 - Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion (Tickets)* 8/5 - New York, NY @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden (Tickets)* 8/6 - Toronto, ON @ TD Echo Beach (Tickets)* 8/8 - Toms River, NJ @ Pine Belt Arena (Tickets)* 8/9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier (Tickets)* 8/10 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier 6 Pavilion (Tickets)* 8/12 - Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center (Tickets)^ 8/13 - Charlotte, NC @ The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory (Tickets)^ 8/15 - Boca Raton, FL @ Mizner Park Amphitheatre (Tickets)^ 8/16 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre (Tickets)^ 8/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre (Tickets)^ 8/19 - The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (Tickets)^ 8/20 - Austin, TX @ The Moody Theater (on sale 3/7)^ 8/22 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom (Tickets)^ 8/23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre (Tickets)^ 8/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre (on sale TBD)^ 8/27 - San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre (Tickets)^ 8/28 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose State Event Center (Tickets)^
A Letter From The Editor:
Hey everyone!
So if you don't know me already, I'm Nicky- Editor/Art Director of Sensory Addiction Magazine. And boy- it's been a great ride so far!
5 issues in (5th comes out March 7th) and there have been so many changes! The most recent is my decision to pick up and move from Indiana to California. Los Angeles, specifically. I made this decision after working production on some amazing shows during NAMM week. I've been asked to come back out and work on more events with the production company and I accepted.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE END OF SENSORY ADDICTION! Actually- quite the contrary! We're merely expanding! Now, if you are in Indy/Ohio, you're still dealing with Kerstynn, but we have a great, new photographer- Jake Livingston! He's a great dude and does some really awesome work. I'm glad to have him as my replacement. Not to mention, we have many awesome new photographers on staff that are bringing a new level of excellency to the magazine! Thank you Reji, Priten, Anna, Rae, David, and Gregory for being a part of this growing venture!
That being said, I will be dealing with people on the West Coast from now on. We will now be able to bring music from the Midwest to the Golden Coast and vice-versa! My hope is that we will only continue to keep growing.
I just want to take the time to say "Thank You" to everyone who's been a part of our adventure so far. Especially those I've worked with during my stay in Indiana. So thank you to: The Beautiful Display, BoyMeetsWorld, Begging Victoria, Aesthetic Heart Promotions, Midwest Rising PR, J.A., UMusicians, Authors, Late Nite Reading, Drop The Anchor, Shiny Penny, The Drama State, Conquerors, Chin Up Kid, Give and Take, Takers, Smoke & Mirrors, Follow Me Forward, Don't Call It A Comeback, Homestead, Cassie Werner, Kelly Berger, Courtney Jones, Zack Miller, and everyone else we've met along the way!
I'm sad our time together was so short, but I hope to work with every single one of you again in the near future! Hopefully, I'll see you out on the West Coast! My heart is filled with hope for all of your futures and excitement to see your rising success! Please, if you're coming my way, let me know! Keep me updated on what's going on with each and every one of you!
They say this is goodbye, but I say this is goodbye- for now.
Much love to all of you and thank you so much for your continued support of Sensory Addiction!
XoXo,
Nicky Parry
Editor/Art Director
Throwback Thursday/Song of the Day: Outkast - "Hey Ya!" Outkast will reunite for the first time at Weekend 1 of Coachella! Who on the Coachella line up would you want to see the most!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw&feature=kp
Cassadee Pope releases beautiful, fantasy-like video for her hit song "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" Watch now on VEVO
Mayday Parade announce several Spring tour dates with We Are The In Crowd, Transit, and Divided By Friday
Who's excited?!
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