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Off-days on tour usually go one of two ways. They can be excruciatingly boring, spent in a van on a long drive or in a Wal-Mart parking lot, or they can be surprisingly fun if someone is able to find a place to hang out. That can be someone's house, a pool or a park. […]

Being a smaller band that didn't get the immediate success of the slew of bands that have gained semi-stardom in the scene can be tough.  My bandmates (in the Venetia Fair) and I have seen countless bands with the same cookie-cutter song writing formulas, the same nasally high pitch singing, and the same br00tal frontman […]

  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ new album, Am I The Enemy, is due August 23 via a partnership with Collective Sounds, the new label created by management/media company the Collective. The John Feldmann-produced album contains twelve songs, including the already-released “Reap” and recently-revealed song “Salvation.” The band will be on tour throughout June and July; the entire list […]