Updated Weekly Dosage!

Here is some of the latest singles to hit the market at the moment, check them out!

Upcoming Summer Events

Here are the biggest rock events that will be going on during summer 2015, I hope you guys can attend at least one just to say you've had the chance to experience an event like these!

June 12th-14th

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With a starstruck lineup each day of the weekend Downloadfest would be a great way to kick off summer vacation! Started back in 2003 has been growing every since then with some of the most notable rock bands around the world! Check out all the other attractions at this event it's more than just rock music! http://downloadfestival.co.uk/experience/attractions

June 24th -July 5th

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I wanted to throw a bit of a curve ball event into the calendar mainly because it's the largest music Festival in the entire world that takes place over an 11 day span with 900,000 people attending at some point during the week. This event has a wide spread of genres performing from Rolling Stones to Kings of Leon, Sublime with Rome, Kendrick Lamar, and even good ole' Kansas will be on stage! There will be over 800 bands playing here and without a doubt there should be at least one artist you now at Summerfest unless you live under rock then I could understand.. Link to there site for more info http://summerfest.com/festival-overview/

June 26- Aug 02

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This festival is for all you headbangers out there, with metal bands stacked from top to bottom of the lineup. Mayhem festival is the largest metal festival in America and travels all throughout the nation to numerous amphitheaters just for all the hardcore metal-heads out there. Here is the promo for the festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpxRa7cjC50

Month of Festivals

List of all the rock festivals that will be going on in the month of May!

May 15-17

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The link shows is a great representation of what is to come if you have never attend Rock On The Range! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii586UtZs9s

May 22-24

Multiple festivals will be going on this weekend since it's a holiday weekend, you can't go wrong with either choice!

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Will be going on all Memorial Weekend single-day or weekend passes are still available for purchase! http://rocklahoma.com/

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Compared to Rocklahoma, Pointfest is a much smaller venue and it's only a ONE day event. http://www.1057thepoint.com/blogs/pointfest/main

May 30th

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Rockfest is the closest out of all the events to the Topeka area, tickets are still up for grabs better jump at them while you still can! This is a recap video of last year's event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=53&v=okwOw6kAk64

Rocklahoma

May is upon us my friends that means it's time for rock festivals! These festivals are some of the largest events in America, the crowds at these concerts are enormous and so full of energy that I can't even describe the feeling. The concert I'd like to focus in this post is one of the largest 3 day music festivals in the entire nation, that's right I'm talking about...

                                                          (Photo from rocklahoma.com)

Going into their 8th year of this event they are hitting it in full stride with about 50 bands performing over Memorial weekend, the estimated attendance over the recent years have been near 100,000 people insane right? This is a great road trip for people who want to get out over the holiday, it's definitely worth the money spent whether it's just one day or the entire weekend! Below are some the household bands that will be performing throughout the weekend.

Friday May 22

• Slayer
• Godsmack
• Papa Roach
• Apocolyptica 
• In This Moment

Saturday May 23

• Linkin Park
• Volbeat
• Halestorm
• The Pretty Reckless
• Anthrax

Sunday May 24

• Tesla
• Breaking Benjamin
• Otherwise
• Of Mice & Men
• Aranda

Wanna know more about Rocklahoma? Just click the link at the bottom of the page to view their full site. I highly recommend this event for people who are looking for an escape over the holiday weekend finals should be coming to an end for most students around this time. 

That means everyone will be able to relax and enjoy themselves while listening to some great rock n' roll! http://rocklahoma.com/index.html

New Albums!

Let the countdown to summer begin! Since its almost that time of year it provides bands a sense of urgency to put out new albums to promote for their upcoming tours, this is known as concert season!

It's critical for bands to put out a quality group of songs during this time so they can generate the maximum amount of revenue for their events. So I wanted to share with my viewers some of the most anticipated releases that are coming out right before concert season officially kicks off!

April 14th

I've posted about Halestorm in the past and the time has finally arrive after 3 long years for a new album! They produced four great singles to introduce the record Mayhem, I am the Fire, Amen, and Apocalyptic. The link below is to their album, I recommend tracks 3,10,13,14 plus any of the singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7DsxqYEjc 

( Photo from Halestorm.com )

May 12

It's been a few years since Hinder was last on the rock scene.

 Over the past couple years the landscape of the band has changed to a certain degree because the lead singer Austin Winkler had to leave the band due to health issues and entered himself into rehab while the band carried on. Now the band is moving in a new direction with a new lead vocalist Marshal Dutton but using the same familiar sound us rockers love from the band. Definitely check out the album next month! Click the link to listen to their new single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOAqU8BO8lM

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June 23

This is one of the most anticipated albums of the summer for me! Breaking Benjamin has produced an album since 2009, so they're motivated to put themselves back on the map with all the other great rock bands. Many people can relate to their music

because of the time and thought that goes into their lyrics,

they've done a great job in the past using different 

the tempos in their songs so some are harder rock than others. Dark Before Dawn should be well worth the wait! Click on the link below to preview their new album with their new single  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDzE3lY9CII

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Comment below on what albums are your looking forward to coming out this summer, enjoy everyone!

 

Dosage of Acoustics

Rock music isn't always about how hard you rift on the guitar nor is it about just banging the hell out of the drums. A good change of pace for rock is acoustic, this style of rock music puts more emphasis on the vocals and lyrics of the song instead of the instrumental. Sometimes as listeners we  base our opinion off the rhythm of a song and base our opinion off that instead of actually listening to the meaning behind the music. This is an important element to a song and which is why I wanted to dedicate this week's dosage playlist to bands who do a great job of representing this specific style of rock n' roll. Comment below on which style you like better electric or acoustic. Enjoy everyone!