Since it is now 2012, some of the music venue staff got together and compiled their favorite records that came out in 2011. Here they are:
Sasha Park (Front Desk/ Birthday Party Coordinator):
1. Alkaline Trio- Damnesia 2. Joyce Manor s/t 3. Bayside- Killing Time 4. Diamond- Don’t Lose Your Cool 5. Courtesy Drop- What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home 6. Panic at the Disco- Vice’s and Virtues 7. The Weeknd- Echos of Silence 8. Seahaven- Winter Forever 9. Crosses- s/t EP 10. This is Hell- Black Mass Honorable mentions: Foster the People- Torches, Adele- 21, Touche Amore- Parting the Seas…, Into.It Over.It- Twelve Towns, and Eisley- The Valley.
Michael Cheng (Front Desk/Vlogger)
1) Bjork - Biophilia
2) tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l 3) Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits On The Run
4) Nick Waterhouse - Is That Clear EP
5) Eisley - The Valley
6) Bright Eyes - The People’s Key
7) Feist - Metals
8) Pianos Become The Teeth - The Lack Long After
9) The Appleseed Cast - Middle States EP
10) Sucker Punch Soundtrack
honorable mentions:
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
CSS - La Liberacion
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
La Dispute/ Koji - Never Come Undone
The Jezabels - Prisoner
Zac Hinkle (Security/Pit Boss)
Balance and Composure - separation
Touché Amore - parting the sea between brightness and me
This is Hell - black mass
Trapped Under Ice - big kiss goodnight
A Plea for Purging - the life and death of
Bayside - killing time
Foo Fighters - wasting light
Title Fight - shed
Transit - listen and forgive
Into it. Over it. - proper
RC Noel (Show Manager/Jack of all trades)
Balance and Composure “Seperation”
City and Colour “Little Hell”
Letlive “Fake History”
Courtesy Drop “What Makes This Place Worth Calling Home”
Basement “I Wish I Could Stay Here”
Hundredth “Let Go”
As Hell Retreats “Volition”
Worker “Neurology”
Defeater “Empty Days and Sleepless Nights”
Thrice “Major/Minor
Wes Breedwell (Venue Manager/Gramps)
- Title Fight “Shed”
- Balance and Composure “Separation”
- Childish Gambino “Camp”
- Touche Amore “Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me”
- Hundredth “Let Go”
- Letlive. “Fake History”
- Thrice “Major/Minor”
- Seahaven “Winter Forever”
- Into it. Over It “Proper”
- Manchester Orchestra “Simple Math”
Honorable Mentions: Wugazi “13 Chambers” | Courtesy Drop “WMTPWCH” | I am the Avalanche ” Avalanche United”| Rival Schools “Pedals” | Taking Back Sunday “Self Titled”
2011, was a fantastic year for music. Let’s all hope 2012 is the same if not more! What are your top ten records from 2011? REBLOG to let US KNOW!
This weekend I am finishing up art for Worker’s new release entitled Neurology. They basically let me have complete artistic freedom on this project which makes this kind of stuff so much more fun. I’d love to hear what you think about these prints.. I’m pretty excited about how they’re turning out. Neurology will be available December 13th only at workerology.com.
Some upcoming shows!
October: 14: Friends, Dependency, Sons of God, The Joy of Painting, Sonsett, In Fidelity, Heartfelt 15: Tyler Ward, Jim Casey, Margate Duane, Jim Wes 21: Rookie of the Year, Since Forever, Like the Stars, Half Priced Hearts, Skyhook 22: Comeback Kid, Worker, Courtesy Drop, Friends 28: Social Jet Lag, Kartisa, Micah, Abby Kelly
November: 3: Cancer Benefit Show w/ 3 Minutes to Live 4: Get Rooted: BBOY Jam session 7: Yellowcard 11: Lazar Lazar, Goodbye June, Ezell, Snow Black Sunday 12: Action Item, Burnham, Meagan and Liz, The After Party, Memphis High 17: Oh Sleeper, Greeley Estates, Ten After Two, At the Skyline, Secrets 19: Farewell Fighter, Assemble the Skyline, Since Forever, Dinner and a Suit, The Summers
December: 5: As I Lay Dying, The Ghost Inside, Of Mice and Men, I Wrestled a Bear Once 8: Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth, Seahaven 9: Bless the Fall, The World Alive, Tonight Alive, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
We are announcing shows every week, so be sure to pay attention to all the social networking sites as well as http://www.rocketown.com/events
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TUMBLR CONTEST
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All you have to do is send the flyer out on tumblr, the person with the most reblogs will win all this Breathe Carolina stuff!
You have until 5:00 pm tomorrow! We will choose a winner then! YOU MUST BE FOLLOWING US ON TUMBLR!
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Who is ready for a TUMBLR Contest??
This week, we will be having a tumblr contest, and the winner will get 2 tickets to Night of the Devil Slayers 5. Which have you seen the line up for that show?
Lets look at the flyer….
Seems like a stacked show to us. So be sure to be on the look out this week for the contest. If it was anything like the As Hell Retreats giveaway, we did it very awkward and fast…….
