It seems like just yesterday we were reminding you how bad the Eagles of Death Metal are live while praising The Hives for putting on one of the best shows of the year. Well, the band Axl Rose so memorably dubbed The Pigeons of Shit Metal are coming back in February, and they won't have the Sweds to save them. Who else is coming? Well, fans of bands with names stolen from pop culture and skankers should definitely click the link for this week's concert announcements. --Martin Cizmar
Local pretty boy rockers Anarbor will be hitting the road with Cute is What We Aim For for the Take Action! Tour starting Feb 11.The tour is put together by Anarbor's emo-pop-rock label, Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization, Sub City, and also features Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue. It's the eighth year, for the tour, which donates money to youth-oriented charities.Jimmy Eat World, Coheed and Cambria, Le Tigre and The Promise Ring played the first tour in 2002,
Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their second EP for Hopeless Records, including playing the Take Action Tour with Cute is What We Aim For, Breathe Carolina, Meg & Dia and Every Avenue and a current tour with Forgive Durden and You Me and
Good With Grenades will take a page from fellow popsters The Maine and appear at Desert Ridge's Hot Topic Thursday, July 2. The local band, who are hot off performing at the New Times Summer of Sound pop show last week at the Tavern on Mill and have quickly built a steady fanbase in the Valley, will rock outside the store at 7 p.m. on the District Stage. The guys then will hold a meet and greet with fans inside the store and sign autographs.
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We've been disappointed by sophomore albums by pop rock artists we love before--see Cute Is What We Aim For, Quietdrive--so we were very happy that Michigan-based Every Avenue's Picture Perfect, off Fearless Records, is even better than their solid debut, Shh. Just Go with It.
