The hot new single of Hey Monday's upcoming album is taking the music scene by storm. As they do promotion on the Vans Warped Tour and plan to go on tour this fall they all gaining quite the fan base. Being released recently the song is already number 1 on the iTunes on the alternative charts. A huge accomplishment for the band. The music video, which was also just released, it also gaining some serious buzz as well. I love the song and video and congratulate Hey Monday on what is bound to be a ton of success.
Doing something special this time around on the Vans Warped Tour is the band A Rocket to The Moon. For the selected dates that the boys were on the tour they would take 30 people back to a secret VIP area and play an exclusive acoustic set instead of playing on one of the many stages. This exclusive experience is definitely one that will make Warped Tour memorable for any person who was lucky enough to go. Now the band is touring with Hanson and it has been exclusively announced that they will be touring with Baltimore native band All Time Low this fall.
In support of their upcoming album, releasing September 28th the band is going on a full tour across the country and have released all show dates, some venues are still TBA.
9/4 – Edmonton, AB – SONiC BOOM (Buy Tix: http://tinyurl.com/2a32xu3) 9/5 – Squamish, BC – LIVE at Squamish (Buy Tix: http://www.liveatsquamish.com/) 9/26 – Fontana, CA – Epicenter (Buy Tix: http://rockontherange.com/epicenter/) 10/7 – Detroit, MI – Clutch Cargo’s (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 10/8 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest (Buy Tix: http://riotfest.org/) 10/9 – Milwaukee, WI – Rave (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7) 10/11 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/6) 10/12 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Buy Tix:http://tinyurl.com/27yh32z) 10/14 – Toronto, ON – TBA (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 10/15 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Buy Tix:http://tinyurl.com/25s5lun) 10/16 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7) 10/18 – Boston, MA – House of Blues (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7) 10/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/6) 10/20 – New York, NY – Roseland (w/Off With Their Heads) 10/22 – Sayreville, NJ – TBA 10/23 – Atlantic City, NJ – TBA 10/24 – Baltimore, MD – TBA 10/26 – Atlanta, GA – TBA 10/27 – Tampa, FL – TBA 10/29 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – TBA 10/30 – Orlando, FL – TBA 10/31 – Myrtle Beach, SC – TBA 11/2 – St. Louis, MO – TBA 11/3 – Kansas City, MO – TBA 11/5 – Houston, TX – TBA 11/8 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/9 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/12 – Denver, CO – Fillmore (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/13 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/15 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/16 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA) 11/17 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7) 11/19 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Center – Grand Ballroom (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/22)
When in doubt, just cover somebody else's song. Many artists have gotten their start or boosted their music career by covering a popular song of the time. I personally really enjoy covers, sometimes more than the original. Recently I have come across three songs that where I NEVER listen to the original because of my various reasons, but I seem to be listening to other artists covers on repeat. It's the unique twist they put on the song that makes me wonder why Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Travey McCoy didn't think to do it in the first place.
Cady Groves covering California Gurls by Katy Perry
California Gurls is a song that, honestly, I hate it. I have no idea why it's so popular here on the East Coast, every time people over here sing it they're saying, "YAY, GIRLS IN ANOTHER STATE ARE WAY HOTTER THAN I AM AND GET MORE GUYS!" ....don't see much of the appeal. Plus the bubblegum pop sound it has turns me off as well. This version that Cady does, however, actually gives a bit more substance to the song. By slowing it down and making it acoustic it really makes the song enjoyable for me. Plus the vocals are just superb considering it's a one take recording in a hotel room. One of the many reasons why Cady is going to go far as a musician.
All Time Love covering Alejandro by Lady Gaga
Being an ATL fan for over six years I will listen to anything this they put out and 99% of the time I have really enjoyed it. When I heard they had put out an Alejandro cover I was really hoping that they would save this song for me because if you remember my review of the Alejandro music video, I'm not that fond of it or of Gaga. I was very pleasantly surprised by the cover and I hope they do it live when I see them on their fall tour.
A Rocket To The Moon covering Billionaire by Travey McCoy
I recently interviewed A Rocket To The Moon at Warped Tour 2010 where they talked a little bit about their cover and about how Travey himself tweeted to the band about how much he liked it. Out of all three of these songs I like the original of Billionaire the best, but it's so overplayed that I burned out after about a week and now have to change the channel when it comes on. Thankfully Rocket saved this song for me with their version of the song which is closer to the original than the other covers but still has it's own flare to it that makes it a unique Rocket To The Moon song.
So there are just a few songs that I enjoy that are covers of songs that I don't normally listen to. It's always great to hear your favorite artists cover a song that's topping the charts and bring it down to earth with an acoustic spin.
"Chelsea, Chelsea, tell me you love me. Chelsea, Chelsea, are you feelin' me now?"
That's the beginning of the chorus for The Summer Set's hit single Chelsea, which, of course, caught my attention when the video first came out. And I still say that I would beyond happy if any guy ever sang this song to me. So as you can imagine I was extremely excited to be able to sit down on the lush grass with Brian and talk about all things having to do with warped tour, the band, and calculus.
Chelsea's extensive guitar pick collection that has grown through all the concerts she's gone to. Some are lost but others remain. Artists include Christofer Drew, Cassadee from Hey Monday, Kevin from Stereo Skyline, Alex from All Time Low, Carter Hulsey, the band Valencia among others.
