ICYMI: January 2019 Edition

Here’s a list of things you may have missed this week:

• This Wild Life announced the “Petaluma Tour.” Accompanying This Wild Life across the United States are Sleep On It and Crooked Teeth. The tour travels across the United States throughout the month of April. For tickets and tour dates click here.

We're taking Petaluma on the road this spring and we're bringing @SleepOnItBand and @crookedteethca with us! Ticket… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
This Wild Life (@thiswildlife) January 09, 2019

• Movements announced the “USA 2019.” Playing along side Movements are Boston Manor, Trash Boat, and Drug Church. More information here.

Last US tour of the year. https://t.co/ADqg3S4SDn pic.twitter.com/0iKmNdVPW2

— Movements (@movementsCA) January 8, 2019

• MewithoutYou announced a tour with Tigers Jaw across the United States in March. For tickets and more information click here.
• An update has been made on the “Artificial Selection Tour” headline by Dance Gavin Dance. Hail The Sun will be added to the lineup.
• Bayside released “Mona Lisa.”

• Emarosa released “Don’t Cry” which is featured on the upcoming album Peach Club hitting the shelves next month.

• Bring Me The Horizon released the music video for “Follow You” and fair warning…it’s emotional.

• I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME shared the music video for “Choke.”

• Panic! At The Disco’s setlist for the “Pray For The Wicked Tour” has been released (for a spoiler click here.)

Rock on, stay humble, and be positive!

-ovictoria

Modern Baseball On Hiatus, Cancel Upcoming Tour

Modern Baseball is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group announced this week that they will be taking a break as a band.

Modern Baseball was supposed to headline a spring tour but cancelled their shows. A Facebook postrevealed that the group has struggled with anxiety and their main focus when forming was to enjoy themselves. The band is refunding the tickets that were purchased.

It’s so important to realize that mental health is equally as important as physical health. It’s okay to not be okay and to reach out to people if you need it. You’re not in this alone, you’re loved. Here is the suicide hotline number if anyone you know needs it:

National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Various Country Phone Numbers can be found here. Modern Baseball posted a photo with various numbers you can text if you or someone you know is concerned about their mental health. If anyone needs a person to talk to, I’m always here for anyone who needs it.

In other news, COIN released a song last week “I Don’t Wanna Dance,” The Maine released a music video for “Bad Behavior,” All Time Low announced their new album Last Young Renegade will be released on June 2. Their latest single is “Dirty Laundry.” The 1975 released a new song “By Your Side,” and Knuckle Puck has an EP releasing on March 17, Calendar Days/ Indecisive. Check out their single “Indecisive.”

Rock on, stay humble, and be positive!

-ovictoria

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Depatures of Band Members in 2017

It hasn’t been a full month into 2017, and several groups have lost members. Their music won’t sound quite the same, but here are the groups who have parted ways with a memeber.

1. Austin Carlile of Of Mice & Men has left the band one of the last few days in 2016, and Of Mice & Men will continue on without Carlile. Despite the departure, Of Mice & Men will be playing Rock On The Range festival in May of 2017.
2. Vocalist David Escamilla, left Crown The Empire. Crown The Empire released the statement of Escamilla’s depature via. Facebook. Though the group won’t sound the same because of Escamilla’s departure, Crown The Empire will be accompanying Pierce The Veil and Falling In Reverse. The tour was announced on Jan. 10 via. social media. Tickets and tour information can be found here.
3. Josh Balz parted ways with Motionless In White this week. The group released a statement of his departure. Balz played the keyboard and syntheizer, and was the backup vocalist. Balz has been apart of the band for a decade.
4. Attila has parted ways with their drummer, Sean Heenan. The band released a statement via. Facebook of the depature. Heenan did not contribute towards the writing process of their music, so lyrically things should not change.

On a more positive note, Simple Plan announced a 15 year Anniversary Tour for No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (ticket and tour information can be found here,) Green Day released that they will be touring over the summer for Revolution Radio (tour information can be found here,) Four Year Strong expanded their 10 year anniversary tour for Rise Or Die Trying (ticket information can be found here,) Bayside and Say Anything are touring together, and the xx debuted their latest album I See You.

Rock on, stay humble, and be positive!

-ovictoria

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Starting Off 2017 With 17 Things Going On In Music

2017 is officially here! Here’s what’s been going on in music.

1. Austin Carlile of Of Mice & Men left the group. An issue was released by the band of Carlile’s departure.
2. Of Mice & Men was announced on Rock On The Range festival that is taking place on May 19-21 in Columbus, OH.
3. Oliver Baxxter of Broadside premiered a vlogging segment on YouTube. You can check out Broadside’s music journey by watching his videos on his YouTube channel. Broadside began recording their upcoming album and photographed them in pre-production.
4. Taylor York of Paramore is officially back on Twitter. He changed his name from “kbye” to “I’m Taylor” and creating a bio as well. He tweeted on Tuesday asking if people still use Twitter. He tweeted a thing or two more that you can check out his tweets and his account.
5. I Prevail released the news that they will be touring across North America with special guests Wage War, Islander, and Assuming We Survive. The “Lifelines Tour” begins on Feb. 12 in Pennsylvania and ends Mar. 8 in Seattle. Ticket and tour information can be found here.
6. Modern Baseball announced a spring tour starting in Huntington, NY on St. Patrick’s Day (Mar. 17) and ending in Sayreville, NJ. Kevin Devine, Sorority Noise, and The Obsessives will be supporting Modern Baseball on their North American tour. Ticket and tour information can be found here.
7. Too Close To Touch is going on their first headline tour in February. Waterparks, Creeper, and Chapel will be accompanying the band. Ticket and tour information can be found here. If you haven’t already, I recommend listening to their albums Nerve Endings, and Haven’t Been Myself. I wrote a blog post a few months ago about the album release of Haven’t Been Myself.
8. Panic! At The Disco performed on New Year’s Eve in New Orleans. You can see Panic! At The Disco perform “Victorious,” “Death Of A Bachelor,” and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” here.
9. Speaking of Panic! At The Disco, Panic! At The Disco is starting to work on new music.
10. You Me At Six released their new album Night People today. The 10 song album can be purchased on iTunes, and more.
11. The Wonder Years tweeted that they’re getting started with writing new music for 2017.
12. Ohio natives, The Flats released a music video for “Electric Lights” via. YouTube and “Transparent.” The group released an EP today, Auburn In The Everlast. You can get the 6 song EP free on Band Camp.
13. Less Than Jake released a new song that will be released off of their upcoming EP, Sound The Alarm via. Pure Noise Records. The song is “Things Changed.”
14. Mayday Parade launched a website in honor of their first full length album, A Lesson In Romantics.  The website is a bit unusual, but the group is up to something on the their new site. You can see the website here.
15. Rise Records signed a new band, The Gospel Youth. The Gospel Youth is anticipating to release an album sometime this year.
16. Attila lost a member in their group, their drummer Sean Heenan. Heenan posted a photo on Instagram in regards to his departure.
17. The nominations for the iHeartRadio awards for 2017 have been opened to the public. Twenty One Pilots, PVRIS, Blink- 182, Cage The Elephant, Pierce The Veil, PVRIS, and more have been nominated for awards. All of the nominations can be found here.

2017 is off to a great start! Let me know what you’re most excited about in music this year by tweeting to me @ovictoriamedia.

Rock on, stay humble, and be positive!

-ovictoria

This Week’s In Case You Missed It

This week…

1. Vans Warped Tour announced the dates for Vans Warped Tour 2017 Presented by Journey’s. The dates are found on their website, and tickets and band announcements will be in March.
2. Nine Inch Nails announced a new EP.
3. Polyphia’s song “Lit” has a new music video out via. YouTube.
4. Dani Abasi, the drummer of Neck Deep, announced a clothing store in his hometown that will be opened next month.
5. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness has a new song “Walking In My Sleep.”
6. State Champs announced a tour with Against The Current, With Confidence, and DON BROCO in the United States from April 7- May 14. Tour information can be found here.
7. ATTILA announced a tour with New Years Day, Bad Omens, and Cane Hill opening for them. The tour kicks off on Valentine’s Day and goes around the US. Tickets and tour information can be found on their website.
8. AFI added three more dates to their “The Blood Tour.” Ticket and tour information can be found here.
9. Oliver Baxxter announced via. Twitter that his novel Into The Setting Sun is restocked in a second batch online.
10. Panic! At The Disco will be on TV on New Year’s Eve. Their performance will be in New Orleans for Rockin’ Eve. The band announced the performance via. Twitter.

My apologies for the day late post. Rock on, stay humble, and be positive!

-ovictoria

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