Apple B Sides Served Medium Rarities

We released The Bird And The Bee Sides yesterday! We're so happy to have it

out and available. A toothy smile and thanks to everyone who picked it up or

who is planning on doing so.

The first 12 days of Warped Tour have been nothing short of fantastic.

Every show has been so much fun, and I've made a ton of new friends so far

(behind and in front of the scenes).

There's a ton of great bands on the tour that I've had a chance to meet and

see on the tour. There's more than 80 bands on the tour, and I think there

might be 50+ that I've never listened to before in my life. I've been

chiseling away at my personal "go see" list, and I've realized that this

Warped Tour is an even better value than I originally thought.

Some highlights include:

Say Anything (my favorite show on the tour... It may have something to do

with the fact that they've let me sing gang vocals on "Belt" a few times.)

The Higher (they play a great new song, and Seth's vocal is pretty smooth on

their cover of "Bye, Bye, Bye.")

The Academy Is (rumor has it...your foot will be tapping)

Reel Big Fish and Oreskaband (you can't beat a talented ska band on Warped)

Anberlin (I've seen them play a thousand times, but I still love watching my

buddies tear it up.)

Street Dogs (classic Warped punk rock)

The Maine (the day I saw them, they drove all night and played first on zero

sleep... They still managed to pull off a superb set.)

August Burns Red (I couldn't tear my eyes away from the drummer, Matt. At

one point he pulled off a fill so crazy that I started laughing and yelled

out "SICK!!!" I looked around, and everyone else watching was doing the

same thing.)

Beat Union (punk/ska/reggae from Birmingham, England. I could tell that

they're really loving Warped Tour. So much fun to watch.)

The Aggrolites (They play dirty reggae, and they're by far the tightest band

on the tour. One of the best moments of the tour was when I watched the

Aggrolites play the Warped BBQ in Las Cruces, NM.)

We've also been working with a wonderful organization called Blood:Water

Mission. They're providing wells and latrines for people in Africa whose

lives depend on those things. A huge thanks to Paul Reed Smith (PRS) guitars

for providing us with a guitar to raffle off for BWM at the end of Warped

Tour.

In conclusion, I guess I'm just recommending that everyone come out and

enjoy a day at Warped, and pick up our new EP/B sides record.

I'm having a lovely summer, and I hope the same applies to you.

Matty T.