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The Gaslight Anthem & Polar Bear Club Show Review

November 27, 2012 in Shows by Justine

On Monday November 26th, the House of Blues was alive with live performances from Matthew Ryan, the Polar Bear Club, and headlining band The Gaslight Anthem. When the show began I was surprised to see a man walk onto the stage with a guitar. I had absolutely no idea who he was and I had only read that the concert involved Polar Bear Club and the Gaslight Anthem. The only thing this man confessed before he started playing was how nervous he was. He had an amazing voice, somewhat raspy, but it was apparent that was what he was going for. After the third song someone from the crowd finally asked what his name was, he gave a fake name and then gave his real name a couple of seconds later, Matthew Ryan. On the fourth song he used a harmonica in addition to the guitar. The entire time he played I could not get out of my head the resemblance to Bob Dylan. I was completely surprised by this unknown to me performance, but it was amazing. He was very funny and get the crowd engaged. Next on the stage was Polar Bear Club, one of my all time favorite bands. The energy of this band is unmatched to any band I have ever seen. Jimmy Stadt, the vocalist, will never be seen standing still for honestly more than one second. The band sounded amazing per usual. It was easily apparent that many people in the crowd were not familiar with Polar Bear Club, but it didn’t seem to matter. People could be seen grooving along to the fast paced music the entire set, a sure sign that once again the Polar Bear Club did not disappoint. In the middle of the set Jimmy announced that this concert was very special. They’ve been touring
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Tags: 2012, Boston, concert, encore, house of blues, matthew ryan, november, polar bear club, show, the gaslight anthem, WRBB
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by Justine

AP Tour: Miss May I, The Ghost Inside, Like Moths to Flames, The Amity Affliction & Glass Cloud

October 24, 2012 in Shows by Justine

Last Thursday, October 18th, 2012 I had the privilege to attend the Alternative Press Tour (AP Tour). The bands performing on this tour from opener to headliner included: Glass Cloud, The Amity Affliction, Like Moths to Flames, The Ghost Inside and Miss May I. Where oh where do I even begin? I guess I will begin with the location of this show, Royale Boston Nightclub. It is a large venue that is perfect to host shows like the AP Tour. It has a dance floor directly in front of the stage where kids often get rowdy, and then around the edges of the room are chairs, tables, couches, and plenty of room to stand back from the screaming and thrashing crowd, not to mention that for guests over 21, Royale has a huge bar. The venue is large enough so you don’t feel crowded, the sound quality is great, and if you’re standing in the back of the room you can still hear the concert and see it quite well! Moving on. Glass Cloud was the opener for the AP Tour; a beginner metal core band from Virginia signed to Equal Vision Records who released their debut album, The Royal Thousand, just this year on July 10th! I’ve never seen Glass Cloud before but I was very impressed with their stage presence. They had amazing energy and really kept the crowd engaged. Next up came the Amity Affliction from Australia! This post-hardcore band just released their third album, Chasing Ghosts, on September 18th, 2012 in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Australian albums chart, a huge success for the band. Their clean vocalist, Ahren Stringer, sounded just as good, if not better than he does on their albums which doesn’t happen too often. The Amity
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Tags: 2012, AP tour, Boston, concert, glass cloud, jonathan vigil, levi benton, like moths to flames, metal, miss may i, Music, radio, royale, show, the amity affliction, the ghost inside, tour, WRBB
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by Justine

Interview: Miss May I

October 22, 2012 in Featured, Music by Justine

Interview by: Justine Fischer Live photos by: Justine Fischer Miss May I is a metal band from Troy, Ohio. They are currently headlining the AP Tour and I had the chance to chat with Levi Benton before the show to talk about tattoos, superpowers, and his stretching routine in this exclusive interview. Miss May I is: Justin Aufdemkampe - lead guitar (since 2006) Levi Benton - lead vocals (since 2006) Jerod Boyd - drums (since 2006) Ryan Neff - bass guitar, clean vocals (2006–2007, 2009–present) B.J. Stead - rhythm guitar (since 2006) So you were on main stage Warped Tour this year! How was that? Yes. It was crazy just because we’re a metal band and metal bands don’t ever get to do mainstream cools tuff like the AP Tour. It was cool, it was fun to represent the metal world and stuff but uh yeah it was crazy! How have the last two days been? I know you had some bus problems? Yeah other than bus problems it was awesome. It’s always scary headlining because at the end of the day all the kids are sticking around to watch your band and it’s nerve-wracking. Other than that it’s been awesome, like I said its just crazy to be on the AP Tour because that’s like mainstream and we’re not a mainstream band. Exactly, it’s huge! So do you get nervous before you go on stage? Um, I only get nervous when there’s important people watching. Like last night our producer was there so he knows how the songs are supposed to be so when we were playing I was like ugh if I sound like crap he’s going to call me out. So, yeah. Understandable. So the new album dropped in June, good responses from it? Umm, yeah it was the best response we’ve had. Obviously
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Tags: 2012, AP tour, at heart, Boston, concert, event, interview, levi benton, Massachusetts, miss may i, radio, royale, Warped Tour, WRBB
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by Justine

Interview: The Ghost Inside

October 22, 2012 in Featured, Music by Justine

Interview by: Justine Fischer Live photos by: Justine Fischer The Ghost Inside, a hardcore band from California talk about cat chants, rehearsals and 3D movies in this exclusive interview. The interview is with the vocalist Jonathan Vigil, and Jim Riley, the bassist, jumps in for a few remarks. The Ghost Inside is: Jonathan Vigil – lead vocals (2006–present) Aaron Brooks – lead guitar, backing vocals (2006–present) Zach Johnson – rhythm guitar (2008–present) Jim Riley – bass, backing vocals (2009–present) Andrew Tkaczyk – drums, percussion (2011–present) So how were the last two shows that you’ve played so far on the AP Tour? Yeah the first two shows were awesome, we played New Haven, CT and New York City and um I don’t know, it’s always cool starting a tour on the East coast because it feels like actually going on tour you know because like whenever we start a tour on the West coast it still kind of feels like home because I get to go home every night. So it’s cool to be on a tour this size and the shows were awesome! So what do you think the hardest thing about touring is? For your band? Or for you? The hardest thing for me is probably just missing my friends and family and being a fan of music myself I miss out on a lot of really cool shows that come to my town. Like a lot of my favorite bands go on tour and I wont have a chance to see them or bands will get back together and play these shows and I don’t get to see them. And you’re on tour until Thanksgiving or around November 24th? Yeah around there, yeah. I think we have a show or two after but pretty much. And so what are your favorite
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Tags: 2012, AP tour, Boston, concert, epitaph, epitaph records, get what you give, interviews, Massachusetts, october, royale, show, the ghost inside, WRBB
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by Marisa

Interview: As I Lay Dying

August 14, 2012 in Music by Marisa

Interview by: Marisa Young Photos by: Corey Tilton WRBB caught up with Josh Gilbert, bassist / vocalist of San Diego metal band As I Lay Dying at Mayhem Fest August 3rd. Check out the interview below! Josh Gilbert You guys have been on Mayhem Fest for a while now and you only have a couple days left— Yeah it’s been almost a month, actually over a month now… What’s been the best date you’ve played so far? Well I was separating it into two best days: for the side stage the best date was Albuquerque because there was a crazy storm. The rain and wind were crazy and it tore up the stage and tore up a lot of the merch tents; we thought they were going to cancel the show. But we were the first band to play after the storm was kind of finished, and by then people were just so amped up that the show didn’t get cancelled so the crowd just went nuts. And then on the main stage the best one was probably Chicago because, you know a lot of the time the way the amphitheaters are, I haven’t seen this one yet, but there’s…a really small pit area and a TON of seats and then there’s a lawn area. Usually we don’t get much going on in the very front because it’s people who paid more money, like the older people who came to see the bands they wanted to get real close to, and they had to pay $120 bucks for their tickets. So they’re not going to be like moshing the way our normal crowd would be. But the lawn, we always address the lawn while we’re on the stage and this specific show we do a song where we do a
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Tags: As I Lay Dying, Boston, Comcast Center, Josh Gilbert, Mansfield, Mayhem Fest, metal
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