Music has a lot of faces. Common. Less traveled, Maybe even a hint of fear. Fear of getting it right. If that would be the case I can promise you Moving Atlas doesn't share that fear because they seem too be busy getting it right. read more...

Summer time means concerts and festivals. And if you're in Texas you add to that heat. But the heat didn't seem to be a hindrance to the thousands of fans that converged on Superpages.com Center in Dallas on July 3rd for Vans Warped Tour. Though the doors were scheduled to open at noon they apparently opened a good hour or more earlier as I found out when I finally arrived. Traffic, especially downtown when Warped is in town, is a bitch.

Heat and traffic aside Warped was an amazing experience. First there was finding the press room - which was an experience since every security person I asked had no clue. Eventually, thanks to a friend from the Warner Bros camp, we found it and scored two of the four interviews we'd pick up during the day.
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one of the more charismatic bands of the local dallas scene just seemed to fade away as so often can happen in this business. strangleweed of old was straight ahead old school rock and roll with emotion and an attitude. when they broke up, the scene suffered for it. but time can have a strange way of working and if you give it long enough, it can bring the good back around and strangleweed 2.0 is back and ready to pick up where they left off with some new members and the driving force of kenny youngar refusing to give up on great music.

New to the band is Dallas Duff on vocals, a recent graduate of the Musicians Institute in LA and Art Struck on lead guitar. Long time 'weeder Neal Anderson continues bass duties and of course, the wildest drummer in the local scene with a touch of the muppets "animal" in him, Kenn Younger.

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