I'm so happy that this is going so well! I hope you're all enjoying and rocking out to all the podcasts this weekend! This is the Countdown for the week of 7/9. And today's 7/9. Do you know what that means? I'm caught up!! Woohoo!!!! And there's still two more days of podcasts for you to look forward to! Countdown #62 (This is another long one (there's a particularly long intro...) so let me know if the link's not working!) ***Featuring*** The Airborne Toxic Event AWOLNATION The Beggars' [...]
Another memorial day happened on Day 4 of Ottawa Bluesfest 2011. Besides the weather and missing out the Black Keys. There were other great acts that I saw on July 8th were: Eamon McGrath Cage The Elephant Blue King Brown Rise Against Cavaliers Hey Rosetta! [...]
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Well, here we are on day 2 of the Appetite For Distraction Podcast Marathon (or something like that) which will see a new podcast posted every day at 830 (with the exception of yesterday's when I didn't know that I was doing the 830 thing) until Monday! Today's podcast is.... Countdown #61 ***Featuring*** The Airborne Toxic Event AWOLNATION Coldplay Death Cab for Cutie Foo Fighters Foster the People Incubus Rise Against Seether Sublime with Rome U2
Punks Bad Religion and Rise Against cover Dylan for Amnesty International. What song should they do?
Okay, how is this album going to sound. Rise Against’s last album, “Siren Song of the Counter-Culture” was hit after hit, but how will “The Sufferer and The Witness” even sound? After the band kicks into “Chamber the Cartridge”, I had little doubt in my heart that the band would deliver with this album. If [...]
I’ve never liked Rise Against as much as many of my friends, but these five cuts off of “Siren Song of the Counter-Culture” has fast become some of the most-played tracks on my radio show. “Paper Wings” has the perfect mix of scratchy vocals and smoothed-out yet break-neck guitar lines. The tightness of the band [...]
Bad Religion and Rise Against will be contributing covers to an upcoming Bob Dylan tribute album for Amnesty International. According to BR guitarist Brett Gurewitz' twitter , the band is currently recording their contribution to the release, which at this point has not been revealed. Rise Against , on the other hand, will be contributing their cover of "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" to the compilation. In a recent interview with the Edmonton Journal lead singer Tim McIlrath explained his interest in Dylan: " I'm kind [...]
Behind The Scenes: Rise Against "Make It Stop (September's Children)" For more on It Gets Better Project visit www.itgetsbetter.org.
Rise Against has released a music video in support of the It Gets Better campaign to raise awareness about bullying. "Make it Stop" appears on Rise Against's great new album, Endgame , which is in stores right now. Frontman Tim McIlrath says that the topic of bullying hasn't really been addressed in the rock scene saying, "I decided to create the song as a response, and when I discovered the It Gets Better campaign and [It Gets Better Project co-founder] Dan Savage's commitment to such an important and concise message, I was moved. I immediately felt that [...]
Rise Against work with It Gets Better Project Rise Against and The It Gets Better Project are proud to announce a collaboration in conjunction with the release of Rise Against's new single, " Make It Stop (September's Children )" from their album " Endgame ". The It Gets Better Project and Rise Against shift the spotlight to bullying via "Make it Stop (September's Children)," a topic Rise Against lead-singer Tim McIlrath says really hasn't been adequately addressed in the rock scene. [...]
Rise Against and The It Gets Better Project ® are proud to announce a collaboration in conjunction with the release of Rise Against's new single, "Make It Stop (September's Children)" from their album Endgame, which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The It Gets Better Project and Rise Against shift the spotlight to bullying via "Make it Stop (September's Children)," a topic Rise Against lead-singer Tim McIlrath says really hasn't been adequately addressed in the...
All of the songs moved either up or down this week, save one. Which one? You will have to listen to find out! Countdown #60 ***Featuring*** The Airborne Toxic Event The Black Keys Death Cab For Cutie Foster the People Foo Fighters Incubus Mumford & Sons Rise Against Seether Sublime With Rome
RISE AGAINST announce a November 2011 UK headline tour, with Tom Morello The Nightwatchman and Polar Bear Club in support - Set to release their new single ‘Make It Stop’ on July 4th - Main-stage slot at this years Reading and Leeds Festivals - Video link for some of this years performance at The Electric Ballroom The full list of UK, headline dates are below: Wednesday 2nd November – Nottingham Rock City Thursday 3rd November - Leeds O2 Academy Friday 4th [...]
To foster charity work in the community, Rise Against is holding a contest to find out what their fans doing to help out. The band will be selecting 50 of their favorite entries and donating a t-shirt to the Los Angeles Youth Network under each winners name. The winners will also receive a free t-shirt and signed copy of Endgame from the entire band. To enter, visit our contest page here and fill out the information near the bottom of the page. The band will [...]
So, along with the Flashback song being a better song than I even remembered, I think I've determined that there are at least 2 songs that will be on my end of year "Best of" List! Try to guess what they are. You might be surprised! Countdown #59 ***Featuring*** The Airborne Toxic Event AWOLNATION The Black Keys Death Cab for Cutie Foo Fighters Foster the People Incubus Mumford & Sons Rise Against Sublime With Rome Toad the Wet Sprocket
Help Is On The Way! Rise Against are donating 50 T-shirts to the Los Angeles Youth Network in your name. Winners will have a t-shirt donated in their name, and will also receive a signed copy of Endgame and a t-shirt for themselves. Here's how to enter: • Fill in your info in the form [...]
THIS, my friends. This is how I always want the podcast to go. It's Monday night. The baby is sleeping. I knocked out the podcast and had fun doing it. It's a pretty exciting little episode. Only three songs stay in the position they were in last week! I hope that I can continue to stay on top of this podcast. I enjoy it even more when it's punctual! Plus there's the factor of the unknown. Recently, I've been a week behind, so I was doing intros knowing full well what the song did the following week. And I haven't [...]
Anualmente, en Los Angeles, California, se lleva a cabo este concierto, presentado por la estacin de radio KROQ desde 1993. El lineup de este ao prometa a Linkin Park, Rise Against, The Strokes, Bad Religion, entre otros, adems de Lykke Li quin cancel, por cierto, su participacin. Como aparicin sorpresa, vaya que Fo Fighters sorprendi [...]
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Not in California and wanted to catch this year's KROQ Weenie Roast? No worries. You can peep the full live stream of the show here which features performances from some of your favorites like Linkin Park, Rise Against, The Strokes, Bad Religion, Cage The Elephant, A Day To Remember, Face To Face, Neon Trees, The Airborne Toxic Event, Lykke Li, Foster The People and Young The Giant. Show begins at 2pm PST with Young The Giant. Check out the full schedule along with the live stream after the jump and you can also join in the discussion [...]
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