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Originally posted 2010-06-08 00:50:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
New Jersey based Rock & Pop Festival THE BAMBOOZLE hit the road for their 3rd nationwide tour this Summer kicking off on May 21 in Columbia, MD. The tour featured headliners Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Third Eye Blind, & LMFAO,hit 26 major U.S. cities in two short months
The Bamboozle Festival started in New Jersey in 2005, and has since stretched its wings launching festivals in CA and Chicago. Average attendance for the NJ festival tops 35,000 per day, with this year’s lineup features PARAMORE, KE$HA, MGMT, WEEZER, & DRAKE. This year will also mark the 3rd year of the traveling Bamboozle festival, “The Bamboozle Roadshow.”
WPPJ Had a chance to spend all day at the outdoor festival, catching bands like ALL TIME LOW, BOYS LIKE GIRLS, LMFAO, THIRD EYE BLIND and FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS. However, the coolest part of the day was getting a chance to catch up with Pop- Punk Icons Simple Plan.
Simple Plan let us onto their tour bus to discuss The Bamboozle Roadshow, Pittsburgh, and their new album which is currently in pre-production
If you want to find out more about Simple Plan, you can find the full interview below. Or listen to WPPJ, the interview will be featured all month long.
http://www.zshare.net/download/7897754822798482/
For more information about the Bamboozle Roadshow, and next years tour visit www.thebamboozleroadshow.com
With summer here, all music nerds want is that perfect “summer song” that they can listen to all the time reminding them of the wonderful season. Luckily, I have not had a hard time finding the perfect song. Introducing Veronica Falls, a band full of members from now defunct bands. Based in London, the trio (sometimes they have four people) has already garnered a lot of attention. With the perfect mix of that good summer lo-fi and the Beach Boy sound, “Beachy Head” is sure to be the perfect song for a barbeque with your friends or even at the beach. Roxanne uses her “rock-n-roll” voice to her advantage, this is one song you cannot stop your foot from bouncing to. With an album out shortly, we should all look forward to what lo-fi goodness this band will produce. Unfortunately this band is still looking for a label to pick them up for a full-length album.
For more information visit their myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/veronicafallshard
Also pick up their new EP here: http://boomkat.com/downloads/304294-veronica-falls-beachy-head
RIYL: Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Dum Dum Girls
WPPJ Looks To The Future
Blog PollsThis semester Point Park Universities radio station WPPJ has seen numerous amount of changes. In the forefront of the changes that were, being made to WPPJ was new General Manager Anthony Costulas. Costulas felt that there were some areas at that needed to be addressed. “Some of the other changes we put into place include trying to spruce the place up a bit and make it look more professional one day a time. Also trying to fix some of the structural problems we have as far as staffing; trying to make communication better,” says Costulas. But one of the biggest additions to WPPJ this semester has been the WPPJ web site.
The Inception of the Web Site
For a good year now, WPPJ has approached Point Park’s administration about creating a web site but it was not until this semester that it became a reality. “It was just going into a office of people and saying “we want a web site” and when they told me “no” we just told them that we were going to do it with are budget whether they liked or not and that changed their tone,” says Costulas. Costulas feels that everyone just needed to get over the fear of the idea being rejected by the administration. “It was getting over people saying that we couldn’t do it and once you can convince people that you can do it makes the process much easier,” says Costulas. But once the site was approved Costulas, credits Professor Heather Starr-Fielder and Music Director James Acklin for the actual design of the site. “I think the design stand-point Professor Heather Starr-Fielder pretty much did all that end for us as well as our Music Director James Acklin. Heather really designed the basic layout of a web site. She gave us the basic feel and James sort of wanted to put our own spin on it,” say Costulas. Other than the initial design of the site, Costulas says that the entire site is run by students and members of WPPJ. Costulas feels that the site has helped WPPJ tremendously and he has been very pleased with the response it has gotten from the public. “Once they log on to the web site we get a fantastic response from everyone,” say Costulas.
The Future of WPPJ
Some other issues that Costulas wanted to change were internal issues and he has felt that WPPJ has progressed in this area as well. “I think some of the old stigmas of people worried about not always being in contact with one another that sort of disappeared. I think less DJ’s feel like they’re being excluded,” says Costulas. One other issue that Costulas feels that has gotten an outstanding response is members being more involved with the everyday processes that goes on at WPPJ. Production Director Steve Linkowski has also noticed more involvement at WPPJ. “Since I’ve joined WPPJ in the fall of 2008, I’ve noticed that WPPJ has become more of an organized medium. It’s in the sense that the station has gone from a laid-back hideout for a few people to a place where there seems to be a lot more involvement from other concentrations in the JMC department, especially with U-View,” says Linkowski. Linkowski also feels this only the beginning and even bigger and better things could lie ahead for WPPJ. “I can definitely see WPPJ continuing to merge with other divisions of Point Park’s JMC department (i.e. U-View) to bring a bigger pool of talent and resources to both areas. I can also see WPPJ getting a lot of physical improvements: More funding, better equipment, a second production studio, possibly even a brand new location on-campus altogether. It’s a very exciting time to be a part of WPPJ and its only going to get more promising, from how things have been developing over the past few years,” says Linkowski. Costulas agrees with Linkowski’s assessment. “I think next everyone will be pleasantly surprised of what we developed and made. Hopefully that’s something we can pass on to future generations.”
Anthony Costulas Interview sound bite
On March 12, 2010 Old Avenue performed Live from WPPJ and stuck around for an on-air interview with Matt “Couch” Cooper.
Old Avenue has been causing a stir since the summer months when their performance momentum picked up throughout the triangle area. Immediately after adding the final member to their current lineup, Old Avenue performed as the headlining band for STRUT ’09 at the convention center. Shortly after they performed at Duke University in front of 1,500 students, and at the Midtown Music series at North Hills with the Embers to a crowd of 10,000. These performances led to repeat and additional bookings throughout the triangle, and have kept this eager band busy for months.
With a sound that can only be described as funky, jazzy, infectious grooves that will make you dance, with melodies that were meant for sing alongs, Old Avenue is the essence of the upbeat happy tunes we’ve all been missing. As a five piece band with a great back story that links all members back to Cardinal Gibbons High School, each member will tell you that they feel fate brought them together.
Equally and independently amazing musicians, with talent well beyond their years, Old Avenue is bound to make waves with the release of this new album. ‘Knockin’ on Doors’ is a refreshing break from the emotional angst that our youthful music lovers have been buried in for years. The upbeat, catchy tunes that pour from the piano keys and sing through the sound of the saxophone, immediately catch onlookers off guard. Old Avenue’s music projects an “It’s ok to smile.it’s even ok to dance” attitude.
Old Avenue will begin touring full time in January. They will begin with regional tours during the winter and expand to national touring by spring of 2010.
Old Avenue is – Greg Sullivan – vox/keys, Mark Cloos – guitar, Jason Hazinski – sax, Cameron Conklin, bass – Sean Steigerwald, percussion.
To Purchase Old Avenues New Ablum Knocking on Doors go to
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/its-over-right/id350521068?i=350521078&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
