Inaugural Wrecking Ball Fest Revise Line-Up Time Slots

Ever wish you had the power to change a music festival’s schedule just because certain artists that you would like to see play at the same exact time?

This seems to be one of the biggest issues with music festivals that have line-up that feature great artists, but a crazy scheduling process.

As much as you complain about the time slots conflicting, festivals and their organizers really don’t care and in a way tell you to take it or leave it.

Well, as it turns out, there is a music festival out there that has taken the attendees complaints to heart and decided to change their daily schedule.

Wrecking Ball revealed today an updated daily schedule after listening to fans complain about the time slots conflicting.

Why would you have both main stage performance times start and end at the same time? Same for the other two stages.

It looks like the Atlanta festival decided it would be wise to change the times on the schedule so concert goers can at least see 15 minutes of the main bands later in the evening.

Check out the newly revised daily schedule below.

The Wrecking Ball Festival will hit Atlanta during the weekend of Aug. 8-9. The festival is in honor of Atlanta concert venue, The Masquerade, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Inaugural Wrecking Ball Festival Reveal Complete Line-Up

If you’re a fan of “alternative rock” music and are looking for a music festival that’s a little different from the ones the United States has to offer, you might be interested in a brand new festival slated to make its debut later this year.

Earlier today, it was announced that a new music festival named the “Wrecking Ball Festival” will hit Atlanta in August of this year. But before you assume it has to do with Miley Cyrus because of the name, check out the line-up and you’ll see it has nothing to do with the tabloid staple.

Acts like Coheed and Cambria, The Descendents, Glassjaw, The Get Up Kids, the Movielife, Title Fight, and the recently reunited Thrice, will be heading to Atlanta to celebrate the first year of the (hopefully) yearly event. We will admit, we’re a little jealous it’s not happening in our backyard.

Check out the complete list of performers heading “down South” for the festival.

The festival is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Atlanta’s The Masquerade where a lot of musicians have stopped by to perform at. The event will take place during the weekend of August 8-9.

As the poster points out, two-day passes and VIP tickets will go on sale beginning this Monday, April 6 through Ticketmaster. If you so happen to live in Atlanta and wouldn’t mind the trek to The Masquerade, then tickets can be purchased at the venue’s box office.

Apparently, the festivities will kick off with a punk rock pre-party featuring guests like Greg Hetson (Bad Religion), Eric Melvin (NOFX), and Derek O’Brien (Social Distortion).

The only question now is, where do we sign up?

La Dispute To Perform a Couple of Intimate Shows on Upcoming Tour

La Dispute already announced they would be heading out on a Spring tour with Title Fight and The Hotelier, but now, the band have announced that they have added some more tour dates to the previously announced schedule with a special treat for fans.

Throughout the month-long trek, the band will be performing five intimate seated shows with fans meaning no pushing or shoving during those five days. Just a bunch of people enjoying a band having a personal and intimate moment with the people who appreciate them and got them to where they are.

The originally announced tour dates will still begin on March 21 at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, but will now wrap up on April 7 at the Covenant Fine Arts Center in La dispute’s hometown of Grand Rapids (this show will reportedly be for a benefit).

Check out the newly revised tour schedule below.

LA DISPUTE SPRING TOUR with TITLE FIGHT and THE HOTELIER:

3/21 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s *
3/23 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *
3/24 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
3/25 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theater *
3/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
3/27 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall *
3/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church #
3/29 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
3/30 – Boston, MA @ TBA #
3/31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar *
4/01 – Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theater *
4/02 – Detroit, MI @ Mosaic Temple Chapel #
4/03 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot *
4/05 – Chicago, IL @ Metro secret room (matinée performance) #
4/05 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro *
4/07 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Covenant Fine Arts Center (DAAC benefit) #

* w/ Title Fight, The Hotelier
# Seated Show

South by So What? Reveal Fifth Installment

The new year is right around the corner and the people behind Texas’ South By So What? are making sure that they close out 2014 with a new reveal before 2015 kicks off.

For months the festival which will be celebrating its eighth year in existence, have been releasing the names of many of the artists who will be making the trek to Grand Prairie in mid-March for the weekend-long festival.

Now, South By So What? have revealed the fifth installment of their line-up which includes artists such as Circa Survive, La Dispute, Ghost Town, Ice Nine Kills among many more.

Funny enough, Ice Nine Kills will be in the middle of a tour with Motionless in White when they are scheduled to appear at the festival while La Dispute and Title Fight will begin their own joint tour the day right after their appearance.

Check out the newly added acts to the line-up below.

SOUTH BY SO WHAT? FIFTH REVEAL:

Adaliah
Balance And Composure
Barrier
Bent Life
Chon
Circa Survive
Close Your Eyes
Emmure
Everyone Like Cathleen
Famous Last Words
Fine Fine Titans
Fire From The Gods
Ghost Town
Gift Giver
Ice Nine Kills
Kublai Khan
La Dispute
Modern Pain
Power Trip
Set It Off
Silent Planet
Stray From The Path
Title Fight
Traitors
Unity
Vulgar Display
Within The Ruins
Wolves At The Gate

La Dispute and Title Fight Announce Spring 2015 Tour

La Dispute fans have something to look forward to in 2015; the band have just announced plans to go out on a short tour in the Spring.

The tour is set to begin on March 21 at Fitzgerald’s in Houston and then wrap up a couple of weeks later on April 5 at The Metro in Chicago.

Going along as a co-headliner will be Title Fight who will be wrapping up their current tour with Circa Survive this upcoming Saturday (Dec. 13) the first of two stops at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer (Title Fight won’t be performing the following night, the official last day of the tour). The Hotelier will acting as a supporting act for the barely-a-month-trek.

Check out the full tour dates below.

3/21 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
3/23 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/24 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
3/25 – Washington D.C. @ Howard Theater
3/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
3/27 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
3/29 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
3/31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
4/01 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
4/03 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
4/05 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro

La Dispute released their new album Rooms of the House back in March of this year through their own record label, Better Living.

Circa Survive Reveal New Album Info

Amazon has a way of ruining surprises for bands who are about to make big announcement about upcoming new music and Circa Survive became another causality of the mega online marketplace’s advanced posting.

Today, Amazon revealed on their website that Circa would be releasing a new album in November through Sumerian Records, the record label that just last month released a deluxe edition CD/DVD of their fourth studio album, Violent Waves.

With the surprise already out there, the band went ahead and confirmed the news by releasing a trailer for the upcoming album on YouTube.

The record, the bands fifth studio album, will be titled Descensus and is set to be released on Nov. 24; just in time for hardcore circa fans to be thankful.

Pre-orders for the record will begin on Oct. 27, the same day a new song will debut. We’re putting our money on the track being the one in the trailer.

Watch the trailer and hear the new song here.

In a recent Reddit AMA interview, Sumerian founder, Ash Avildsen, confirmed the band’s addition to their roster following the decision to re-release the Violent Waves CD/DVD pack though them.

“It couldn’t have been more awesome. I’ve been a huge fan ever since they started and their drummer (Steve Clifford) is a close friend who I used to be in a band with. We toured DIY over 10 years ago before Myspace or Facebook when it was a whole different era in music. The new record is absolutely incredible. I can’t wait until we can show it to the world! Anthony and the guys are absolutely amazing to work with too. True artists full of great ideas and passion.”

Back in August, the band announced they would be heading out on tour at the beginning of November with Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth. Full tour dates for that can be seen here.

Circa Survive to Head Out on Tour

Good news have come for Circa Survive fans; the band will be heading out on tour beginning in November. Joining Circa as they travel all over North America will be Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth.

The news of Circa Survive hitting the touring circuit comes on the heels of the band announcing the deluxe edition CD/DVD re-release of their fourth studio album, Violent Waves. Last Friday, the band had posted on their official Twitter account that the re-issue would be released through Sumerian Records on September 9.

As for the tour it will begin on November 5 in Boston at the House of Blues and will wrap up on December 14 in Philadelphia at the Union Transfer. For those eager to see Pianos, the band will not be joining the tour until about halfway through.

Tickets for the shows are currently on sale and the band just posted about an $85 VIP package which will include a meet and greet, photo-op, and a three song Circa Survive acoustic set.

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

CIRCA SURVIVE feat. TITLE FIGHT and PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH

11/05 Boston, MA @ House of Blues

11/06 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/11 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre

11/14 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom

11/15 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom

11/20 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

11/21 Murray, UT @ Murray Theater

11/23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market

11/24 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

11/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

11/26 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater

11/28 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

11/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia

11/30 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee

12/02 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues

12/03 Austin, TX @ Emo’s

12/04 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Ballroom

12/06 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre

12/07 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage

12/09 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues

12/10 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

12/12 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ SouthEnd

12/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

12/14 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

*PIANOS (11/28-12/14)