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Featured Band: Sky Eats Airplane. Interview with Lee Duck.

Music By: Portugal, The Man. Dear and the Headlights. Take the Crown. Emarosa. They Mean Us. Cineplexx. Oxford Collapse. Sky Eats Airplane. Death Vessel. Soldiers.

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Dear and the Headlights just completed recording their follow-up to 2007’s Small Steps Heavy Hooves at Flying Blanket Studios in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona.

Wasting no time, Dear and the Headlights are hitting the road this weekend to begin their month-long headlining tour with fellow Arizona band What Laura Says. They’ve also scheduled a handful of shows opening for Jimmy Eat World along the way!

w/ What Laura Says
7/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory Buy Tickets
7/6 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
7/9 - Modesto, CA @ Sidelines
7/10 - Reno, NV @ Tonic Bar
7/11 - Boise, ID @ The Venue Buy Tickets
7/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theatre Buy Tickets
7/13 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre Buy Tickets

w/ Jimmy Eat World
7/15 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox Buy Tickets
7/16 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Buy Tickets
7/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore *SOLD OUT*
7/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon *SOLD OUT*
7/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon *SOLD OUT*

w/ What Laura Says
7/25 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
7/28 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Buy Tickets
7/29 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s BBQ Buy Tickets
7/30 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Buy Tickets
7/31 - San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom

Look for the new album to be released in September on Equal Vision Records.

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FEB 21 2008 – Equal Vision Record’s DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS have been hand picked as the sole opener of the highly anticipated Paramore/Jimmy Eat World co-headlining spring tour. The tour kicks off April 1^st in San Antonio, TX and wraps up May 2^nd in Atlantic City, NJ. The tour also makes a stop at Bamboozle Left in Irvine, CA on April 5^th.

The Arizona natives were at home writing and recording the follow up to 2007’s SMALL STEPS HEAVY HOOVES when they received the offer to join the tour. They couldn’t refuse the chance to tour with one of the most influential bands of the last decade, and a talented young band who in just a few years have broken into superstardom.

In January, Alternative Press listed the forthcoming DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS release one of the Most Anticipated Albums in 2008. While the April tour does put a slight delay on the writing, the record is still set for a Fall/Winter 2008 release.

Before the tour begins, DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS will be playing one last local show on February 29th in Tempe, AZ with Equal Vision Record’s latest signee’s Alive In Wild Paint. Arizona locals should buy tickets for this show quickly – It may be your last opportunity to see DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS for a long time to come.

DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS on tour in the following cities:

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DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS — writing, recording, and entertaining on YouTube

While they’re writing & recording, Arizona natives DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS have set up a camera in their practice space and will be posting weblogs of their progress.

The band explains: “Every Sunday starting January 27th we’ll be posting a ‘video blog/diary/documentation’ of our record writing process. There will be lots of heartfelt explanations of what the lyrics mean and such. It’s going to be a total cry-fest. So get out your Kleenex® and prepare. Of course I’m joking, but it will be interesting in its own way.”

The first one can be seen on their Myspace (www.myspace.com/dearandtheheadlights) or on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz_Yij4OtEA

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 IndieUprising #19: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (957)

Featured Band: Victory Lane. Interview with bassist Jimi Romanus.

Music By: We Are the Arsenal. Yesterday. Settlefish. Dear and the Headlights. Fear Before the March of Flames. Victory Lane. One Small Step for Landmines. Ha Ha Tonka. Jonah Matranga. Controller.Controller. Tonight Tonight.

HOST DISCLAIMER: I accidentally swapped the songs during the interview with Jimi. Looks like I got the songs mixed up when the interview was edited together. My apologies to the band! Thanks Jacquelyn for pointing out my embarrassing mistake!

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