The Rocket Summer News

Since its infancy in 2006, To Write Love on Her Arms has blossomed into a worldwide force.

Well alright! Vans made the first lineup announcement Friday of the bands that will be playing on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour .

Here are a couple of fun facts about the 817 musical entity Disco:Hate, a.k.a. Casey Colby: First, he sings and writes original material but doesn't consider himself a "singer-songwriter." Second, though he calls himself Disco:Hate, he bears no animosity toward the flashy, dancey sound popularized in the 1970s.

As usual, there's plenty of music to hear in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend.

When Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer stepped on stage to open his set during The Cheap Date tour, he did so without his band.

For first-year Ben Mogerman on bass, sophomore guitarist Ben Chappel, junior drummer Sam Mogerman and junior Luke Dawson on vocals, rhythm guitar and piano blend close friendship with family ties and shared passions.

The band that brought us "The Joker," "Fly Like an Eagle," and many other classics.

Power-pop punk rockers Forever the Sickest Kids played the AU Tavern on Friday, Nov.

To be completely honest, I am not a fan of Forever the Sickest Kids . I never really listen to their music, and it is definitely not my first choice on a playlist.

Monday, Oct. 26 Battle of the belts: In an effort to increase seat belt usage on campus, UMKC is competing against 12 other Missouri universities to show the highest number of students wearing seat belts.

As promised , Grapevine's own Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer has gone ahead and debuted his new single, "You Gotta Believe," the title track to his new EP, over on the Alternative Press ' Web site .

Grapvine's own The Rocket Summer --or pretty much the person we all have to thank for the success that all the mall-punk acts of the region have been having in recdent years --dropped some big news earlier this week, announcing two new records set for release in the near future.

Emo/Alternative rockers Dashboard Confessional are slated to release their sixth album "After the Ending" on November 10 and will be playing Pompano Beach Amphitheater a couple weeks later.

First Fleet Concerts just dropped us word about another string of concerts coming to town, hot on the heels of its announcement that Matisyahu , the hip-hop/rock/reggae artist well known for his Hasidic Jewish faith and a main stage performer at this summer's 80/35 Music Festival , will return to Des Moines to play People's Court on Oct.

Fans crowd the club's stage to hear The Rocket Summer, with singer Bryce Avary. If you think downtown St.