Posted in Concert, Music Review, Photos, tagged all the world is mad, beggars, Brand New, Concert, Crime In Stereo, degausser, emo, hardcore, house of blues, indie, indie rock, Jesse Lacey, Jesus Christ, live, orlando, play crack the sky, post-hardcore, punk, Thrice on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brand New, Thrice, & Crime In Stereo: Live at the House of Blues
Concert Review
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
On November 4th fans of Brand New, Thrice, and Crime In Stereo flocked to the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida. The audience filled the building to the brim, scrounged up every last ticket, and witnessed a cavalcade [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged 21st Century Breakdown, alexisonfire, Anchor & Braille, August Burns Red, Barcelona, Bull Black Nova, Buthcher's Mouth, Constellations, Cutthroat Collapse, Dance Gavin Dance, Dinosaur Jr., Do You, Don't Tell Dave, Down In This Hole, Emery, Every Thought A Thought Of You, Farm, green day, Hang You From The Heavens, Happiness, Horehound, I Don't Want To Go There, I Want You To Know, In Shallow Seas We Sail, It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright, Jack White, Look Closer, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, MewithoutYou, Old Crows, People Say, Portugal. The Man, Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well, Set Your Goals, Sons Of Privilege, Stetson University, The Builders And The Butchers, The Dead Weather, The Fallen, The Reporter, The Satanic Satanist, Therefore I Am, This Will Be The Death Of Us, Timothy Hay, Treat Me Like your Mother, Tree Village, Wilco, Wilco (The Album), Wilco (The Song), Young Cardinals on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Top Ten Records Of The Summer
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
The summer is almost over. Officially, fall doesn’t kick in until September 22nd, but for many the splendor of summer ended when classes started. Personally, I’m still holding on to the freedom of the season by spinning the best records that the past three months had [...]
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Posted in Life, Music Review, tagged +44, 182, airwaves, album, all the small things, angels & airwaves, angels and airwaves, angles, AVA, barker, best rock album, best rock record, blink, blink-182, blink182, coldplay, dammit, delonge, dream, dreams, ejaculate into a sock, erection, first date, fuck, grammy, grammys, high school, hoppus, mark, mark hoppus, mark tom and travis show, mtv, new album, plus 44, plus44, pop, pop punk, punk, reality tv, reunion, reunite, rock, sex, shit my pants, show, story of a lonely guy, summer 2009, the enema strikes back, tom, tom delonge, tour, travis, travis barker, untitled, volvo, what's my age again, world tour, www.blink182.com on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Dream Come True? Blink-182 Reunite.
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV (International Culture Correspondent)
Check out the article at Stetson University’s The Reporter website HERE.
I woke up and my dreams were a reality. With the time change across the pond (I’m studying abroad in Scotland currently) it would have been 3am by the time the Grammys were [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged Emery, Copeland, Against Me, Anberlin, bayside, escape the fate, upcoming albums, new albums, jack's mannequin, the glass passenger, andrew mcmahon, everything in transit, new surrender, shudder, while broken hearts prevail, senses fail, life is not a waiting room, from the depths of dreams, manchester orchestra, let my pride be what's left behind, tom gabel, heart burns, The Night Watchman, Rise Against, Unearth, Haste The Day, Funeral For A Friend, Fear Before (The March of Flames), and many others on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a piece I did for the Stetson University Reporter a few weeks back, a little out of date now, but informative nonetheless. To view it online from The Reporter’s official website click here.
Upcoming Albums
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
Jack’s Mannequin – The Glass Passenger:
Andrew McMahon (chief songwriter, vocalist, and piano player of the band) [...]
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Posted in Concert, Music Review, tagged Concert, Florida, house of blues, live, Lost In The Sound Of Seperation, music, p.o.s., review, saosin, the devil wears prada, tour, underoath on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Underoath & Saosin Sell Out House of Blues
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
To see the version ran in Stetson University’s The Reporter click here.
Orlando’s House of Blues overflowed with an ocean of fans on October 15th when Underoath sold out the venue for the first time in the band’s history. Underoath rose from the swamps of [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged 3OH!3, african americans, Arthur Crudup, B.B. King, big band, billboard, black man, black people, bo diddley, bring it on home, classical, elvis, eminem, emo, fall out boy, gangster rap, guitar, hits, improvisation, It's An Arms Race, jazz, Led Zeppelin, Metro Station, pop rock, punk, roadhouse blues, robert johnson, rock, Rufus Thomas, shaman's blues, Sonny Boy Williamson II, stoned, symphonies, The Doors, the rolling stones, This Ain't A Scene, top 40, trippy, vanilla ice, whole lotta love, Willie Dixon on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Come On, People — By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
(The Stetson University Reporter online version can be seen here.)
Bo Diddley died over the summer and the world kept turning. No one forgot how to play guitar. No one forgot how to write a song or sing a note. No one really seemed to care. Why should [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged 98 Degrees, Back Street Boys, bad music, Chuck Klosterman, Dream Theater, Elitism, Fugazi, Genghis Tron, good music, Joe Satrianni, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Les Claypool, LFO, Mike Portnoy, N'Sync, old people, On Letting Go, Prog Rock, Rush, Sex Pistols, Steve Vai, Terry Bozio, The #12 Looks Like You, The Clash, The Doors, The Ramones, The Who, too many tags on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This piece is another music debate piece I ran in Stetson University’s The Reporter and was originally as “On Letting Go: Part II — Cleaning Out Your Music Collection.” The version ran in newspaper can be seen here and the piece arguing against me can be seen here.
“Get rid of bad music now.”
By: Paul G. [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged disney, emo, folk, gallows, hannah montanna, hardcore, indie, johnny rotten, jonas brothers, kevin devine, Metalcore, minor threat, never mind the bollocks, new york city, nine inch nails, operation ivy, punk, punk is dead, punk is not dead, Radiohead, screamo, Sex Pistols, sid vicious, The Ramones on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a piece that ran as a debate column Stetson University’s The Reporter, here’s my piece and here is the piece that argued against me.
“Punk hasn’t died, it just reinvents itself.”
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
Punk is alive, but punk has been reborn. Those who think punk is nothing unless it’s raw, gritty, vomit inducing, [...]
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Posted in Concert, Music Review, tagged Against Me, alesana, all time low, Anberlin, anthony green, backbooth, Chiodos, club firestone, cobra starship, concerts, DeLand, divinci's, downtown disney, escape the fate, every avenue, finch, Florida, forever the sickest kids, from first to last, future of the left, gaslight anthem, good old war, hardrock live, house of blues, I-4, kevin devine, mayday parade, our last night, p.o.s., person l, Portugal. The Man, saosin, scary kids scaring kids, silverstein, sing it loud, Stetson, straylight run, ted leo & the pharmacists, the devil wears prada, the maine, the social, there for tomorrow, tickets, underoath, upcoming shows on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To view the version that ran in Stetson University’s The Reporter click HERE
Get Out of DeLand: Mosh The Fat Off Of Your Ass.
A guide for new concertgoers
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
Step One: Know Where To Go.
Yes, contrary to popular belief, you should seek out a good venue before you seek out a good band. The [...]
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Posted in Concert, Life, Music Review, tagged emo, Circa Survive, Dance Gavin Dance, Dead Poetic, Chiodos, Brand New, Evergreen Terrace, culture, cove reber, ace enders, alesana, alexisonfire, all time low, anthony green, arnold swarchenegger, as cities burn, as i lay dying, ash ketchum, audience of one, austrian death machine, band merch, blessthefall, blink-182, blowing chunks, bombast, brack cantrell, cd, charizard, chris conely, chris roetter, christian chaotic metalcore, chuck closterman, cinematic sunrise, city & colour, consume, craig owens, craog mabbitt, cute is what we aim for, dallas green, drop dead gorgeous, ebay, electronic grindcore, emarosa, epiphany, escape the fate, fads, fargo rock city, fifth grade, five minute ride, from first to last, frontman, fuse, good charlotte, grace period, green day, high and driving, hit the lights, i can make a mess like nobody's business, ignored by ap.net on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pokemon Cards: “I Choose You, Screamo Frontman”
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
We all played Pokemon. Well all my friends did. I mean, it was fifth grade; Yo-Yos had just been banned from school – even during recess! – apparently someone had used one as a weapon, but anyway I digress, basically: we needed a new fad, [...]
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