Last year marked the Rockstar Energy Drink Taste of Chaos festival’s return to Southern California after a five year break. Now, for the second year in a row, the festival will return to San Bernadino, CA on Saturday, July 16th at the San Manuel Amphitheater Festival Grounds.
This year’s lineup includes Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Quicksand, The Get Up Kids, The Starting Line, Saosin with Anthony Green, Senses Fail, The Early November, The Anniversary, Hot Rod Circuit, and Reggie and the Full Effect. In addition, the festival will also include food trucks, craft beer, carnival rides, a vendor village and more!
So What?! Music Festival
Quiktrip Park; Grand Prairie, TX
Saturday, March 19th – Sunday, 20th, 2016
Written by Caitlyn Willard
Lineup:
So What?! had an incredible lineup this year with headliners including Underoath, Saosin, Neck Deep, State Champs, New Found Glory and Beartooth. There was a vast variety of genres to please all festival goer’s. A
Pennsylvania rockers, Young and Heartless, have an exciting and busy next few months! The band recently announced they’d be heading out on tour with Saosin, kicking off on March 11th in Silver Spring, MD and wrapping on March 24th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, AND will also be releasing their new album, Stay Away, the day after on March 25th! Check out the tour dates here:
3.11 -Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore 3.12 – Nor Folk, VA @ NOrVa 3.13 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend 3.14 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom 3.16 – St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room 3.18 – New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf 3.19 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall 3.22 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks 3.23 – Orlando, FL @ Beacham 3.24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
The artwork and track listing for Stay Away can be found below!
1. Fevers 2. Noisecreep 3. Stay Away 4. Bad Brain 5. Misery on Misery 6. Fall 7. Nightwalking 8. Punch Drunk (LOA) 9. Heaven Nights 10. The Blinds 11. Strange Lows 12. Kids
I’m a sucker for concept records. The focus that goes into them, the sort of tunnel-vision
writing that it takes to continue with one constant story or theme, it’s always
such an interesting approach and it’s one that I and my oft-scattered thought
patterns commend. Though it’s not a new idea whatsoever, it’s one that always
stands out when it makes an appearance.
Nashville’s Clay Cages returned this year for their
sophomore EP The Lenses We See Life
Through, a five-chapter representation of one’s progression throughout
stages of life.
“Permanence” begins with smooth, echoing guitars as drums
filter their way in. The music softly builds, gently guiding into the light
both lyrically and in tempo. The bridge leads in with “I wonder what these eyes
will see / Just breathe it in.” repeated a handful of times. Tempo following
along with lyrics is a strong way of supporting the album’s conceptual path,
with the aforementioned lines backed by an increased speed, or a
softly-whispered “Patience … Slow things down. Look up, look around,” later
bringing the backing music to a rumbling crawl. Something that I missed on my
first listen, this was a beautiful technique that came about from a closer
listen and that I’m glad I caught a second time through.
Where “Permanence” is patient, allowing itself to build and
grow, “Burning” is anxious and eager, diving in without testing the water. An
anti-love-song, the subject frantically runs through the situations and memories
of a relationship and breakup. The opening verse races in, with our character
seeing the object of his affection and their eyes lighting up his sky as he
shouts “I’m in love!” A sudden tempo shift, and “life moves slower now, days
look the same … growing dependant on dependency.” “Am I really alone again?” “… Am I broken or bent?” “… Was it all just a punishment?”
The final one hundred seconds or so (about half) of the song
is a nearly-endless stream of questions and fast, succinct sentences, showing
us the deterioration within the character’s head. Song times aren’t necessarily a telling piece of an album,
but it shouldn’t go without saying that this sharp, fast, second-guessing recap
of a fleeting fling is also the shortest track here.
In the span of twenty minutes (give or take a few pesky
seconds), Clay Cages craft a beautiful story of the travelling we all do
throughout our lives. We’re introduced to the world; we learn, we grow, we
plan, we question, love, battle, doubt, fear. Things come full-circle, loose
ends get tied, endings are started. The
Lenses We See Life Through not only encompasses a life’s story, but helps
me form an opinion on this band that also reflects how we should approach each
day – eager to see what comes next.
Release Date: November 20, 2015 Run Time: ~21 minutes Rating: 4.25/5 For Fans Of: The Junior Varsity, Saosin, Boys Night Out
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