Who Is AWOLNATION?

AWOL is a high school nickname of Aaron Bruno. He's never liked to leave social events where he needed to say goodbye, so instead he just leaves. That's how him being called AWOL started.

When he started writing his solo songs, he thought they sounded like what AWOLNATION sounded like to him as a band name.

The band's CD, 'Megalithic Symphony,' was released March 2011 on Red Bull Records. Their first single, 'Sail,' debuted at #30 on the US Billboard Charts.

05 / 16 / 2013   SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA    
05 / 18 / 2013   IRVINE, CA    
05 / 19 / 2013   MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA    
06 / 08 / 2013   SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO    
06 / 09 / 2013   FORT COLLINS, CO    
06 / 29 / 2013   CHICAGO, IL    
06 / 30 / 2013   SAINT LOUIS, MO    
07 / 02 / 2013   MILWAUKEE, WI    
07 / 12 / 2013   LANSING, MI  

AWOLNATION - Megalithic Symphony

AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault

Starship Guitarist Passed Away

Mark Abrahamian guitarist for the band Starship died following a concert in Nebraska.  

The tweet form the band read - "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark." 

On facebook they said - "Mark was a kind, thoughtful and innovative soul. He was also a friend and family member. Mark also happened to be one hell of a guitar player. We are devastated by the loss of our brother and just dealing with it the best we can."

Mark had toured with the band since the year 2000.  He has also played with other bands such as - Survivor, Toto, Loverboy and ACDC.

King's X to Tour

King's X have announced their tour dates for their upcoming American tour.  
The dates will be the band's first tour since drummer, Jerry Gaskill's heart attack earlier this year.  

King's X tour dates with supporting group Kansas: 

9/13/2012--New York, NY--Best Buy Theater
9/14/2012--Bethlehem, PA--Sands Casino
9/15/2012--Atlantic City, NJ--Music Box
9/20/2012--Springfield, IL--Prairie Capitol Conv. Ctr
9/21/2012--St. Charles, IL--The Arcada Theatre
9/22/2012--Minneapolis, MN--The Myth
10/4/2012--Des Moines, IA--Val Air Blrm
10/5/2012--Salina, KS--Stiefel Theater
10/6/2012--Kansas City, MO--The Uptown Theater 

 

Free and Easy Down the Road I Go - Dierks Bentley

Hypochondriac

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder


My sister is one of the biggest hypochondriacs that ever lived. And, she has my mother convinced that she has every illness known to man. It has been that way our whole lives. She is the baby of the family and has always been treated like she is some kind of princess. It used to bother me, but now that I am grown and don’t see my sister that often I rarely think about it. Of course, when I am talking to my mom, she always steers the conversation towards something about my sister. For instance she wants me to email her and ask her how she is feeling. I mean seriously do I really want to know how she is feeling? Now don’t get me wrong, if she really had something seriously wrong with her I would be there to support her. But, I just can’t get on the bandwagon when I know that she is really playing everyone for everything she can get out of them. She is always looking up diseases on WebMD on her internet service she has through SatelliteStarInternet.com. Then she finds one that suits some kind of symptom she says she is having and is convinced that she has some strange illness. Of course, it never pans out. But she has my mom suckered in to believe all these different things are wrong with her. Even when she had her kids, she had my mom convinced that it was the worst labor and delivery that anyone ever had. I think that if it had been the worst, then she would no longer be with us. Give me a break!

Lollapalooza 2012 Line Up

Friday, Aug 03

• The Black Keys
• Black Sabbath
• Bassnectar
• The Shins
• Passion Pit
• The Afghan Whigs
• M83
• NERO
• Metric
• Wale
• Die Antwoord
• Dawes
• The Head & The Heart
• Dr. Dog
• SBTRKT
• Porter Robinson
• Tame Impala
• Band of Skulls
• Madeon
• Zedd
• Blind Pilot
• The Black Angels
• Yellow Ostrich
• Sharon Van Etten
• Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
• The War on Drugs
• Michael Kiwanuka
• O Rappa
• The Growlers
• Anamanaguchi
• First Aid Kit
• Wax
• The White Panda
• Animal Kingdom
• Dev
• Kevin Devine
• Dry the River
• Helena
• Haley Reinhart
• Ambassadors
• DJ Zebo
• thenewno2

Saturday, Aug 04

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Avicii
• The Weeknd
• Bloc Party
• Calvin Harris
• Franz Ferdinand
• Frank Ocean
• Delta Spirit
• Santigold
• The Temper Trap
• tUnE-yArDs
• Skream & Benga
• Twin Shadow
• The Tallest Man on Earth
• FUN.
• Alabama Shakes
• JJ Grey & Mofro
• Neon Indian
• Paper Diamond
• Washed Out
• Aloe Blacc
• Bear in Heaven
• Chairlift
• GIVERS
• Doomtree
• Star Slinger
• JEFF the Brotherhood
• FIDLAR
• JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
• Milo Greene
• Los Jaivas
• Kopecky Family Band
• LP
• Walk Off The Earth
• SALVA
• The Dunwells
• Empires
• Moon Taxi
• Chancellor Warhol
• Laura Warshauer

Sunday, Aug 05

• Jack White
• Florence + The Machine
• At The Drive-In
• Justice
• Kaskade
• Sigur Ros
• Miike Snow
• J. Cole
• Childish Gambino
• Zeds Dead
• Big Gigantic
• The Big Pink
• Toro Y Moi
• Little Dragon
• Of Monsters And Men
• Gary Clark Jr.
• The Gaslight Anthem
• Amadou & Mariam
• The Walkmen
• Dum Dum Girls
• Trampled By Turtles
• Polica
• Bombay Bicycle Club
• White Rabbits
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• The Devil Makes Three
• Oberhofer
• Bowerbirds
• Mona
• Hey Rosetta!
• The Jezabels
• Nadastrom
• DJ Nihal
• Yuna
• The Sheepdogs
• DJ Mel
• Imaginary Cities
• Overdoz
• Red Oblivion
• Kid Color

Gotye tour dates

April 18, 2012 -  Bill Graham Civic Auditorium  - San Francisco, CA April 19, 2012 - Nokia Theatre - LA Live - Los Angeles, CA April 22, 2012 - Coachella Music & Arts Festival -  Indio, CA

Gotye ~ State of The Art

Bringing on the glam for prom

Guest post written by Karen Pillman

Every girl can have her red carpet moment and most of the time that's when her prom happens and then her wedding. So it's understandable why teenage girls make such a huge deal out of prom. Although in my experience, I decided that getting dressed and dolled up for the big night was way more fun than actually the time that you spent at the prom. But I won't tell my daughter that because she's even more excited about the prom itself and I'm helping her get ready for hers in April.
I've been looking up the costs that I can expect to pay for my daughter for the prom and trying to fit them all into our budget. When I was doing some research on how much I can expect to pay for a prom hairstyle, I saw information on Debt Counseling and decided that my husband and I could really use it. We’ve been having some trouble with managing our credit cards, and this seems like it could help
I've figured out that we can buy some great nail polish instead of paying for a manicure and pedicure. A few other short cuts and we're going to make her prom dream work!

Arctic Monkeys - U R Mine?