Salad Days Magazine

EXTREME THING 2010 RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS MARCH 27
THE 15TH ANNUAL EXTREME THING SPORTS & MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT DESERT BREEZE SKATE PARK
THIS YEAR’S LIVE MUSIC LINEUP INCLUDES THE USED, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, ESCAPE THE FATE, REEL BIG FISH,
LESS THAN JAKE, STORY OF THE YEAR, NEVER SHOUT NEVER, HEY MONDAY, CALL THE COPS, EVERY AVENUE,
THE READY SET, THE SUMMER SET AND MORE
FESTIVAL WILL ALSO INCLUDE RICARDO LAGUNA’S PRO BMX DIRT JUMP COMPETITION, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING BY ADRENALINE UNLEASHED, AND ROLLER DERBY;

February 24, 2010—The 15th annual Extreme Thing Sports & Music Festival will be back in Las Vegas this year. Held Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Desert Breeze Skate Park, this year’s event will again offer fans a full day of rock and extreme sports, including a Pro BMX dirt jump competition, professional wrestling, roller derby, as well as the Vegas AmJam amateur BMX and skate competition.

For the first time ever, the festival will feature three live music stages, including the Verizon Wireless main stage, the newly formed AP (Alternative Press) Stage featuring the Alternative Press Tour, and the XPOZ Local Band Stage consisting of local area acts. Bands performing at Extreme Thing 2010 include The Used, Five Finger Death Punch, Escape The Fate, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Story of the Year, Never Shout Never, Call The Cops, Hey Monday, Every Avenue, The Summer Set and The Ready Set. More artists will be announced shortly.

Concertgoers should note, only a personal “unopened” bottle of water can be brought into the festival along with still cameras and sunscreen. There will be multiple ATM’s on site, plus an array of food for purchase, from barbecue to Thai, along with beverages. Please note: no alcohol will be sold. No animals, coolers, weapons or chairs will be permitted.

Extreme Thing Sports & Music Festival sponsors include X107.5 FM, Verizon Wireless, City Life, My LV TV, CW Las Vegas, Red Bull, Qdoba Mexican Grill and The XPOZ Coalition.
Extreme Thing will take place Saturday, March 27 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Desert Breeze Skate Park, 8275 Spring Mountain Road at Durango Drive.

www.extremething.com

ALKALINE TRIO
‘This Addiction’-CD
(Hassle/Rude)

Si dice che per fare un buon album, ci vogliano buone doti in fase di composizione ironia e talento,
e questo se non altro era il parere del mai troppo citato Jhonn Cummings aka Ramones brother n. 1!
Ora qui parlando di chitarristi ancora in vita e parlando degli Alkaline Trio, il bridge giusto scivola
su Matt Skiba leadear formale e spirituale, voce e sei corde appunto della band. Focalizzo la vostra attenzione e mi spiego: Skiba sta agli Alkaline, come la schiuma sta ad una pinta di birra. Interessante esemplare di mammifero, si esibisce dentro e fuori dal palcoscenico, scaltro a pavoneggiarsi ma senza esagerare, frequenta di rado la sala prove, preferisce comporre in chat o lasciando messaggi sonori nella segreteria telefonica degli altri due Alcalini, roba che neanche Costello e Burt Bacarach. Se ci mettete pure un certo gusto “sano” per l’occulto, abbiamo una bella band che intriga, suona e non scontenta quasi nessuno, ‘This Addiction’ è il parto di tutto questo, ottimo rock che oscilla su un’onda punkeggiante – proto dark – e pop d’annata, con pezzi che fanno il verso ai migliori
Misfits come ‘Dine Dine My Darling’ e ‘Draculina’ e omaggiano Cure e Smiths: ‘Dead On The Floor’!! Durante gli anni Skiba ha limato la sua creatura come Rodin limava le sue pietre, dandone una forma non necessariamente migliore di come lo era inizialmente ma facendola pulsare, ri-portandola alla vita; questo e molti altri trip tra cui abiti gessati a tre bottoni, make up da geisha e film horror di dubbio gusto spiegano il perchè una band partita a braccetto coi Pennywise è finita poi a leggere poesie di Baudelaire nella bat-caverna! La cosa sconvolgente (ed è qui che mi levo tanto di tuba ) è che gli Alkaline non ci tengono a passar per intellettuali, piuttosto per burloni, standosene lì a suonare pettini rotolando per una scogliera chiusi dentro un armadio, e direi che noi ci stiamo abbastanza dentro.
(Mat The Cat)

SPARKS THE RESCUE
‘Eyes To The Sun’-CD
(Hassle/Rude)
Un gruppo come gli Sparks The Rescue è sostanzialmente inutile. Però non sta scritto da nessuna parte che il concetto di inutilità escluda necessariamente quello di gradevolezza o quello di divertimento. Nel caso in questione, si tratta di tipico So-Cal Punk, energico ed orecchiabile, scritto con sufficiente abilità e ponderatezza. Nulla di nuovo sotto il sole (che non è il sole della California, come ci si aspetterebbe; la band infatti arriva da Portland, Maine), ma ‘Eyes To The Sun’ riesce comunque ad intrattenere con una certa affabilità: è sufficiente alzare il volume a palla e mettersi nello stato d’animo giusto. Che è poi quello del party sulla spiaggia, con tanto di falò, birretta ghiacciata e biondina caruccia con cui limonare. Blink 182, Simple Plan, Yellowcard, Alkaline Trio: i riferimenti sono espliciti, i cori ultramelodici, la produzione impeccabile, gli arrangiamenti efficaci, l’originalità inesistente. Tutto qua. Il minimo sindacale è raggiunto con comoda disinvoltura ma, come era solito ripetere il mio prof di matematica del liceo, i ragazzi si dovrebbero applicare un po’ di più se non vogliono impantanarsi tutta la vita in questa robetta per teenager.
(Flavio Ignelzi)

WHITE PAGODA
‘Chair Evolution (Not Design)’-CD
(Ufo Hi-Fi)
La Ufo Hi-Fi Records, piccola casa discografica capitolina che già ci aveva deliziato nel recente passato con gioiellini del calibro di My Awesome Mixtape o Black Circus Tarantula, concede oggi una (giusta) chance pure ai White Pagoda, band aretina che si era fatta notare grazie all’autoprodotto ‘Sofa’. Il nuovo ‘Chair Evolution (Not Design)’, debutto ufficiale con tutti i crismi del caso, si presenta come un disco punk old-style inzuppato di accenti retrò, in girandole garage, rassicurazioni sixties, persino beat o surf, e sfrontatezze indie-rock’n’roll. Ne vien fuori una sequenza di quindici pezzi vintage, insolenti e concisi (sempre nei due minuti di durata), molto coinvolgenti nella loro urgenza, adeguando a tali canoni pure la bella ‘Blister In The Sun’, classico dei Violent Femmes. L’album così macina giri in un turbine di sonorità melodiche ma abrasive, tra essenzialità e immediatezza. Il gruppo toscano guarda prevalentemente al passato, rivisitando la tradizione punk ante litteram nel modo migliore, rispettoso dei padri fondatori, e alla fine ci si rende conto che quest’uscita rappresenta quanto di meglio si possa chiedere in fatto di garage-punk, oggi come oggi.
(Flavio Ignelzi)

Blue Sky Noise Time Lapse + Track List

You’ve seen the cover art for ‘Blue Sky Noise’ but now you can see how it was created. Check out the video to see the masterful Esao Andrews paint our album cover. Below, you will also find the official track listing for the album. Dig.

TRACKLIST
1. Strange Terrain
2. Get Out
3. Glass Arrows
4. I Felt Free
5. Imaginary Enemy
6. Through the Desert Alone
7. Frozen Creek
8. Fever Dreams
9. Spirit of The Stairwell
10. The Longest Mile
11. Compendium
12. Dyed in the Wool

www.circasurvive.com

VELOCITY RECORDS/RISE RECORDS ANNOUNCE FIRST SIGNING: ABANDON ALL SHIPS

Velocity Records/Rise Records are excited to announce their first signing together: Abandon All Ships. Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, the band spent the majority of 2009 heavily touring North America and unleashing their own unique brand of hardcore, euro and dance music on the masses. Somehow between their time spent on the road and their time spent watching Jersey Shore in true guido fashion, they’ve managed to write a debut full-length album, which is tentatively set to be released at the end of summer. Stay tuned for updates.

Catch Abandon All Ships on their upcoming tour w/A Skylit Drive, I Set My Friends On Fire, and Tides Of Man:

5/28 Stockton, CA @ Plea For Peace Center
5/29 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
5/30 Tucson, AZ @ Rock
6/1 Tulsa, OK @ Marquee
6/2 Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory
6/3 Tyler, TX @ Knights of Columbus
6/4 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
6/5 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
6/6 Nashville, TN @ Rockettown
6/8 Raleigh, NC @ Greene Street Club
6/9 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
6/10 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
6/11 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance/The Loft
6/12 Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84
6/13 Toledo, OH @ Headliners
6/15 Grand Rapids, MI @ Mixtape
6/16 Dekalb, IL @ House Café
6/17 Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
6/18 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground

www.abandonallships.com
www.velocityrecords.com
www.riserecords.com

MARK SULTAN (aka BBQ) DAL VIVO IN ITALIA PER SOLE 3 DATE.

Mark Sultan, noto anche come BBQ, una leggenda del Garage Punk dai tempi degli Spaceshits, Sexareenos, BBQ, Mind Controls.
Suona con King Khan nei mitici KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW e ALMIGHTY DEFENDERS (assieme ai BLACK LIPS).
Mark Sultan è THE VOICE, le sue hit sono un viaggio in ciò in cui è stato pioniere, fondere DOO-WOOP, GARAGE e PUNK

ma anche esplorazioni di POP PSICHEDELICO, COUNTRY e NOISE.
Ha fatto dischi per etichette come la IN THE RED, BOMP!, FAT POSSUM, CRYPT, NORTON, SUB POP…

Torna in italia dopo molto tempo, per registrare del nuovo materiale all’Outside Inside Studio degli amici Mojomatics.

Di seguito le date del minitour italiano:

4 Marzo – POP CORN CLUB, MARGHERA (VE)

5 Marzo – SPAZIO 211, TORINO + MOJOMATICS

6 Marzo – OFFICINA 49, CESENA

Ulteriori informazioni su:

www.marksultan.com
www.myspace.com/marksultan
www.blitzstudio.it

HOPELESS RECORDS & ANARBOR TO STREAM NEW TRACK ‘GYPSY WOMAN’ TODAY AT 4:20PM EST AT WWW.ANARBOR.NET

ANARBOR’S FULL-LENGTH DEBUT THE WORDS YOU DON’T SWALLOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE 4/20

February 23, 2010—In an attempt to brighten everyone’s day, Hopeless Records and Phoenix, AZ guitar pop-rock outfit ANARBOR will be streaming ‘Gypsy Woman’ – a brand new track this afternoon at 4:20pm EST to set the internet ablaze.

Fresh on the heels of two well-received EP’s, the band is preparing the 4/20 release of its full length debut, ‘The Words You Don’t Swallow’.

Known for its dynamic guitar sound with soul-shaking howls and relatable melodies, ANARBOR has become a live juggernaut thanks to non-stop touring, on such bills as ‘Take Action Tour’, and the ‘Vans Warped Tour’ which it will be a part of again this summer.

Catch ANABOR on tour with This Providence, The Audition, The Bigger Lights, Artist vs. Poet, and on the entire run of this summer’s Vans Warped Tour.

ANARBOR is Slade Echeverria on vocals and bass, Adam Juwig and Mike Kitlas on guitars, and Greg Garrity on drums.

Make sure to visit www.anarbor.net today at 4:20pm EST to hear ‘Gypsy Woman’.

‘The Words You Don’t Swallow’ Track Listing

1. Contagious

2. Drugstore Diet

3. Gypsy Woman

4. Mr. Big Shot

5. Let The Games Begin

6. Going to Jail

7. The Whole World

8. Carefree Highway

9. I Do What I Do

10. This Can’t Be Healthy

11. Useless

Anarbor Tour Dates:

w/ This Providence, The Audition, The Bigger Lights, Artist vs. Poet (3/25-4/3)]

*3/25/2010 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater

*3/26/2010 Orangevale, CA – The Boardwalk

*3/27/2010 Saratoga, CA – Saratoga Rec Center

*3/30/2010 San Diego, CA – Soma

*3/31/2010 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse

*4/02/2010 San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit

*4/03/2010 Houston, TX – The Channel

*4/05/2010 Orlando, FL – The Backbooth

*4/06/2010 Tampa, FL – Orpheum

*4/07/2010 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

*4/08/2010 Nashville, TN – Rocketown

*4/09/2010 Charlotte, NC – The Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall

*4/10/2010 Virginia Beach, VA – Club Relevant

*4/11/2010 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar

*4/12/2010 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church

*4/13/2010 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs

*4/15/2010 Hartford, CT – Webster Underground

*4/16/2010 South Hackensack, NJ – School of Rock

*4/17/2010 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar

*4/18/2010 Toronto, ON – The Mod Club

*4/20/2010 Akron, OH – Musica

*4/21/2010 Pontiac, MI – ilounge

*4/22/2010 Grand Rapids, MI – The Mixtape Café

*4/23/2010 West Dundee, IL – Clearwater Theater

*4/24/2010 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar

Vans Warped Tour

6/24/2010 San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

6/25/2010 Carson, CA – Home Depot Center

6/26/2010 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

6/27/2010 Ventura, CA – Seaside Park

6/29/2010 Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavillion

6/30/2010 Las Cruces, NM – NMSU Practice Field

7/01/2010 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center

7/02/2010 Houston, TX – Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park

7/03/2010 Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center

7/05/2010 St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Ampitheater

7/06/2010 Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center

7/07/2010 Burgettstown, PA – Post Gazette Pavillion

7/08/2010 Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre

7/09/2010 Toronto, ON – Arrow Hall

7/10/2010 Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau

7/11/2010 Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater

7/13/2010 Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center For The Performing Arts

7/14/2010 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake PAC

7/15/2010 Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavillion

7/16/2010 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center

7/17/2010 Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

7/18/2010 Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Racetrack

7/20/2010 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion

7/21/2010 Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach

7/22/2010 Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte

7/23/2010 St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park

7/24/2010 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater

7/25/2010 Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds

7/26/2010 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheater

7/28/2010 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

7/29/2010 Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater

7/30/2010 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park

7/31/2010 Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Pavilion

8/01/2010 Shakopee, MN – Canterbury Park

8/02/2010 Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre

8/05/2010 Edmonton, AB – Northlands Park

8/07/2010 Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds

8/08/2010 Denver, CO – Invesco Field @ Mile High Stadium

8/11/2010 Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex

8/12/2010 Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre

8/13/2010 Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre

8/14/2010 George, WA – Gorge Ampitheatre

8/15/2010 Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds

www.hopelessrecords.com

ROLO TOMASSI fissano l’uscita del secondo album ‘Cosmology’, prodotto da Diplo, al 19 Aprile

- Album prodotto da Diplo ( Santoglod, MIA)

- Masterizzato da Howie Weinburg (Nirvana ‘Nevermind’, Beastie Boys ‘Licensed To Ill’, Jeff Buckley ‘Grace’)

- Tour Europeo in Aprile con i Trash Talk

I Rolo Tomassi hanno finalmente fissato l’uscita del prossimo album, ‘Cosmology’, al 19 Aprile per Hassle Records (Rude Networks). Ulteriori dettagli arriveranno presto.

La band, attualmente impegnata nel Soundwave festival in Australia tornerà presto in Europa in Aprile a supportare l’uscita del disco, con un nuovo tour in Uk. A supportarli saranno i Trash Talk.

Ulteriori dettagli, insieme alle dichiarazioni della band sul nuovo disco, sono già visibili su www.ruderecorz.com

TRINITY SKATEPARK MILANO

every stop is just another start

Questa Settimana, dalle 22:30

MARTEDI’ Live Music con ZIVI Duo and the Looper.

MERCOLEDI’ Proiezioni Skate Videos amatoriali e pro.

GIOVEDI’ Live Music Experimental 8 Bit, con:

Tonylight
www.myspace.com/microtony

Arottenbit
www.myspace.com/arottenbit

Kenobit
www.myspace.com/kenobit

VENERDI’ Jam Session JAZZ

SABATO serata New Wave con BOXPOSITION

DOMENICA proiezione film ‘Basta Che Funzioni’

VI ASPETTIAMO!

Trinity Skatepark

Via Cevedale, 5
MILANO 20158
www.trinityskatepark.com

Come arrivare:

Dalla stazione di Milano Centrale FS recatevi alla fermata dell’autobus n°82Stz Centrale – Q.re Bovisasca) che si trova in Via Galvani Via Copernico(300 metri da stazione Centrale FS) e scendere alla fermata Via Candiani Via Tartini e siete a 200metri dallo skate park.

MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE RELEASE VIDEO FOR “ON WINGS OF INTERGRITY” FEATURING MITCHELL DAVIS

In June 2008 a guy by the name of Mitchell Davis (www.youtube.com/livelavalive)
created and posted a parody video about the Usher cologne fragrance and living the day in the life of the rapper on You Tube. In his video he wondered if a band like MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE had their own fragrance, and what his day would be like. After finding out about the video, the band reached out to Mitchell and an instant friendship was formed. They both agreed that it would be amazing to do a full video for ‘On Wings Of Integrity’ and take his original concept and continue the story. MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE’S video ‘On Wings Of Integrity’ features Mitchell living a day in the life of the band and the MCMB fragrance. The video debuted online on February 16th with over 60,000+ hits within 18 hours.

You can view Mitchell’s original video here:

You can view ‘On Wings Of Integrity’ by Mychildren Mybride feat. Mitchell Davis here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC1U6bRw3ZI

MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE
www.myspace.com/mcmb

MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE are currently on a co-headlining tour with The Red Chord, Chelsea Grin, and Those Who Lie Beneath. Check them out in a city near you!

Tour Dates:
2/19 House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
2/20 Meridian – Houston, TX.
2/21 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX.
2/23 The Rock (AZ ) – Tucson, AZ.
2/24 Area 702 – North Las Vegas, NV.
2/25 Jerry’s Pizza – Bakersfield, CA.
2/26 Modesto Virtual – Modesto, CA.
2/28 The Crossing – Palmdale, CA.
3/1 The Joint (AZ) – Flagstaff, AZ
3/2 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM.
3/3 The War Legion Underground – Amarillo, TX.
3/4 Bricktown Live – Oklahoma City, OK.
3/5 New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN.
3/6Uncle Pleasants – Louisville, KY.
3/7 Rocketown – Nashville, TN.
3/8 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC.
3/9 The Brewery – Raleigh, NC.
3/10 Sonar Club Stage – Baltimore, MD.
3/11Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA.
3/12 School Of Rock – South Hackensack, NJ.
3/13 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT.
3/14 Waterfront Tavern – Holyoke, MA.

Mitchell Davis
www.youtube.com/livelavalive

Mitchell’s YouTube channel livelavalive is currently #30 on YouTube’s Most Subscribed (All-Time) list. As a full time director and performer, his popularity is immense with his videos being viewed a combined total of 67 million times.

He recently performed in front of a sellout crowd at his first live show. Upcoming live show dates are below.

April 7th – Vinyl in Atlanta, GA
April 9th – The Social in Orlando, FL
April 10th – Jack Rabbits in Jacksonville, FL
April 11th – Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, FL

VNDLZ TEE DOJO

Prima shirt estratta dalla collezione Spring Summer 2010
di DOJO, VNDLZ è la classica tag colata per chi ama i graffiti con
uno stile piu old, classic shit!

www.dojoclothing.co.uk