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 The Iveys
February 18th, 2012
At: El Paso Scottish Rite Theater (301 W. Missouri) 533-4409
6pm
$15 (Adults) / $10 (Students)

El Paso, Texas based rock band The Iveys are well-rounded & well-traveled, having performed more than 200 shows in support of their self-titled debut produced by Italian producer Ettore Grenci.  After its release in ‘09, The Iveys hit the road in earnest, criss-crossing the states numerous times and garnering a healthy fan base along the way.

Now, the group is preparing for the next chapter in their musical journey after recently wrapping up recording for their 2nd studio album set to be released in January, 2012. Writing music based on their life experiences has come naturally to them, & band leader Arlen Ivey, one of three siblings that front the band along with sisters Jessica and Jillian, says the new music is a bit different than previous work.

“This album is going to have a little more of an edge, plus we’re going to self-produce it so it’s going to be a very new and interesting experience for all of us,” said Arlen.

The Iveys are clearly a group that is shaped by multiple influences, and the end result is a sound that might remind listeners of acts from The Eagles to The Avett Brothers, to Matchbox Twenty. But with what they’ve been listening to in the van as they travel the highways, it’s clear that the new material is going to be different, and that progression is normal in the life of any band.

“I think every song you listen to impacts you in a certain way, a lot of the time you might not even realize it, but it definitely affects you,” says Jessica.  Adds Jillian, “Of course we’re still inspired by the music we grew up listening to (and we still listen to) but recently we’ve been listening to more indie artists.  We really like the images and stories these artists have been able to create through their music.”

Whether acoustically or with a full band, The Iveys have big goals.  They are young, hungry and immensely talented, and are gaining the songwriting prowess and performing chops needed to reach new and exciting heights.

“Every day we grow a little more as songwriters and musicians, and just over all life experience,” says Jillian.  “We want the new songs to showcase where we are now as people and as artists. The goal is to get our music to the ears of as many people as possible.”

Tia McGraff
June 23rd, 2012
At: El Paso Scottish Rite Theater (301 West Missouri) 533-4409
6pm
$15 (Adults) / $10 (Students)

Described as having “a voice stolen from angels”, Tia McGraff first stepped into the international spotlight on a CBC TV special with Johnny Cash and June Carter. Johnny was so impressed with Tia, he invited her into June’s dressing room to introduce the two.

Fast forward to 5 CD releases, 4 CMT videos, 15 years of main stage festivals and headline concert performances, and you have a singer/songwriter who has crafted a musical career that is respected and celebrated by thousands of fans and industry notables today.

Tia McGraff was born and raised in the small Lake Erie town of Port Dover, ON, Canada, and grew up working on her family’s 18 hole golf course.
Second generation of Transylvanian descent, Tia was taught that hard work and
big dreams must go hand in hand in order to succeed!

After winning the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest at the age of 18, Tia left the local music theatre leading roles she had been starring, and entered into the world of the recording music industry.

Johnny Cash wasn’t the only one who recognized a shining star! Soon heavy weights like Randy Bachman (BTO), Dan Hill (Celine Dion), Andrew Gold, Mark Slaughter (Rock Band “Slaughter”), and countless others, were inviting Tia to write and record with them.

Every songwriter’s dream is to make it in Nashville, and Tia soon found herself moving there to further her passion and craft. It was in Music City, USA, that this Canadian songstress met Colorado native, Tommy Parham
(Lee Greenwood’s “Rocks You Can’t Move, Ashley Judd’s “Come Early Morning”).

The two began collaborating and soon broke their rule of “never date a co-writer”. Today they are married, write extensively, co-produce Tia’s albums, and love touring together around the world performing their songs!

In 2010, Tia McGraff recorded, Diversity, on their own label, Bandana Records, and within weeks of the album’s release, received Country Recording of the Year at the Hamilton Music Awards, and broke the top 70 on the US based Americana Music Association charts.

Last year, Tia and Tommy answered their fans numerous requests, and recorded a full length Christmas CD, Listen! It’s Christmas!!! Tia also wrote a book to accompany the CD, and the combination won the hearts of her fans and audiences. Her Americana radio release, “Angels We Have Heard On High” was an instant radio add and once again broke country and Americana charts in the US..

In her ambitious and passionate nature, Tia McGraff has decided to make 2012 the year her fans have been waiting for! This year, Tia will release a new CD (now being penned), tour extensively, and share that “voice stolen from angels” with her thousands of beloved fans around the world!

Described as having “a voice stolen from angels”, Tia McGraff first stepped into the international spotlight on a CBC TV special with Johnny Cash and June Carter. Johnny was so impressed with Tia, he invited her into June’s dressing room to introduce the two.

Fast forward to 5 CD releases, 4 CMT videos, 15 years of main stage festivals and headline concert performances, and you have a singer/songwriter who has crafted a musical career that is respected and celebrated by thousands of fans and industry notables today.

Tia McGraff was born and raised in the small Lake Erie town of Port Dover, ON, Canada, and grew up working on her family’s 18 hole golf course.
Second generation of Transylvanian descent, Tia was taught that hard work and
big dreams must go hand in hand in order to succeed!

After winning the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest at the age of 18, Tia left the local music theatre leading roles she had been starring, and entered into the world of the recording music industry.

Johnny Cash wasn’t the only one who recognized a shining star! Soon heavy weights like Randy Bachman (BTO), Dan Hill (Celine Dion), Andrew Gold, Mark Slaughter (Rock Band “Slaughter”), and countless others, were inviting Tia to write and record with them.

Every songwriter’s dream is to make it in Nashville, and Tia soon found herself moving there to further her passion and craft. It was in Music City, USA, that this Canadian songstress met Colorado native, Tommy Parham
(Lee Greenwood’s “Rocks You Can’t Move, Ashley Judd’s “Come Early Morning”).

The two began collaborating and soon broke their rule of “never date a co-writer”. Today they are married, write extensively, co-produce Tia’s albums, and love touring together around the world performing their songs!

In 2010, Tia McGraff recorded, Diversity, on their own label, Bandana Records, and within weeks of the album’s release, received Country Recording of the Year at the Hamilton Music Awards, and broke the top 70 on the US based Americana Music Association charts.

Last year, Tia and Tommy answered their fans numerous requests, and recorded a full length Christmas CD, Listen! It’s Christmas!!! Tia also wrote a book to accompany the CD, and the combination won the hearts of her fans and audiences. Her Americana radio release, “Angels We Have Heard On High” was an instant radio add and once again broke country and Americana charts in the US..

In her ambitious and passionate nature, Tia McGraff has decided to make 2012 the year her fans have been waiting for! This year, Tia will release a new CD (now being penned), tour extensively, and share that “voice stolen from angels” with her thousands of beloved fans around the world!

Tom Russell
April 21st, 2012
At: El Paso Scottish Rite Theater (301 West Missouri)
7pm
$22 (Advance) / $25 (Day Of Show)

Tom Russell is a master storyteller and Mesabi, his new release for Shout! Factory , corrals some of the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most compelling tales to date. A thread runs through its songs, a zigzagging but determinedly solid line that connects the perilous bordertown of Juarez, Mexico to the real and faux glitz of L.A. and the bleak iron range of Minnesota—the Mesabi of the album’s title. The broad landscapes created by Tom Russell for Mesabi are inhabited by characters we all know—Bob Dylan, James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor—and some we may not: the now-obscure, once well-known singer Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards, the tragic Disney child star Bobby Driscoll and the character actor Sterling Hayden. It’s a logical progression from Russell’s last album, 2009’s Blood and Candle Smoke, yet it’s like no other album Russell has made in his nearly four decades as a recording artist.

PT & The Cruisers
March 24th, 2012
At: El Paso Scottish Rite Theater (301 W. Missouri) (533-4409)
7pm
$15 (Adults) / $10 (Students)

Day Glow Tour
Artists TBA
Friday February 24th, 2012
At: Buchanan’s Event Centre (11540 Pellicano Street)
All Ages / 9pm
$38 / $64 (VIP)

DAYGLOW, “The World’s Largest Paint Party,” began in 2006 on college campuses in Florida. Since then, it has quickly taken the nation by storm by positioning itself as a one of a kind experience. Now, hundreds of thousands of people have witnessed this spectacular show that fuses high-energy music, art, dance, and PAINT into one mind blowing combination. Founded by Committee Entertainment, DAYGLOW is truly a unique, spectacular, and innovative show that you must experience to comprehend.

What initially began as a college tradition has transformed into a world-renowned live concert, featuring spectacular DJs, soaring aerial acts, stilt-walkers, contortion acts, fire shows, and cannons to deliver the famous “Paint Blast,” along with many other unforgettable live performances. DAYGLOW has grown immensely each and every year in attendance, strength of line-up, and production. DAYGLOW Orlando at the UCF Arena set a new record for the United States with over 5,500 fans in attendance selling out days before the show. Starting off their International Tour with great success, DAYGLOW Cancun 2010 sold out its first show outside the U.S. with over 4,300 party people! DAYGLOW has featured live performances by legendary DJs such as Laidback Luke, Rodger Sanchez, Robbie Rivera, Diplo, Funkagenda, A-Track,  Joachim Garraud, Feed Me, Porter Robinson, Alex Gaudino, Funkerman, Starkillers, Austin Leeds, Oscar G, Electrixx, Static Revenger, David Berrie, The Devil From Acapulco, and resident DAYGLOW DJ David Solano. DAYGLOW has been a featured stage at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, FL in 2009 and 2010.

Rising to the level of technology in today’s entertainment world, “DAYGLOW 3D” kicked off its tour in 2010 and is coming to select cities. DAYGLOW 3D takes the DAYGLOW experience to the next level: eye-popping 3D visuals playing throughout the show on multiple screens, performers dancing covered in 3D body paint, and every member of the audience wearing a pair of DAYGLOW 3D glasses. All the while an enormous 3D Countdown plays leading up to the highly anticipated Paint Blast!

DAYGLOW is consistently breaking new boundaries as a highly anticipated concert in the United States and as an international show desired by fans all across the world. DAYGLOW continues to present the most groundbreaking production as well as live acts and surprises around every corner!

DAYGLOW is invading the world’s biggest cities in 2011: New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Diego, Cancun, Melbourne, London and many more to come. Get ready, this will be the best year yet!

Morgan page
February 10th, 2012
At: Buchanan’s (11540 Pellicano)
8pm / All ages / No refunds
$12 (First 50 tickets) / $18 (Next 50) / $23 (Regular Price)

Vermont native Morgan Page began making electronic music at the age of 12. After gaining the attention of jockeys at local free-form radio stations, Page — prior to graduating from high school — began DJing himself on the University of Vermont’s station. There, his horizons and knowledge about dance music broadened significantly, especially when it came to house. After taking up an internship at the Plastic City label, Page initiated a steady release schedule that saw a handful of 12″ singles scattered each year from 2000 through 2006. In addition to appearing on labels like Nordic Trax, Fiji, Bedrock, Saw, LowDown, and Force Tracks, Page remixed singles for Terry Lee Brown, Jr., Ashlee Simpson, and Men, Women & Children. Nettwek Records took note and signed Page for the release of 2008′s Elevate, a collection of remixes and original songs.

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Anthony Green
February 4th, 2012
At: Tricky Falls (209 S. El Paso St)
All Ages / 8pm
$18

With his high-pitched vocals and prolific songwriting, singer Anthony Green had a hand in many bands throughout the 1990s and 2000s, including Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, Saosin, Circa Survive, the Sound of Animals Fighting, and several smaller projects. Green was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he joined Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer in the late ’90s before relocating to Southern California in 2003. There, he briefly joined the screamo outfit Saosin but ultimately left before the band signed to Capitol Records. He resurfaced with Circa Survive and remained with the group throughout the decade’s latter half, during which period he also launched a solo career with the release of 2008′s Avalon.

VNV Nation
February 27th, 2012
At: Tricky Falls (209 S. El Paso St)
All Ages / 8pm
$18

The electronic project VNV (“Victory Not Vengeance”) Nation was conceived in London in 1990 by Ronan Harris, debuting in May of that year with the 12-inch “Body Pulse.” “Strength of Youth” followed a few months later, and at the end of the year Harris relocated to Toronto, where VNV Nation opened for Nitzer Ebb on their Canadian tour. After moving back to Europe, Harris released only a handful of compilation tracks in the years to follow before signing with the German label Discordia in 1995 to issue the full-length Advance and Follow. Three years later, VNV Nation resurfaced on another German label, Off-Beat, an alliance which generated the LP Praise the Fallen as well as the EP Solitary. Empires, which was issued with another European distributor Dependent, and on Metropolis in the U.S., followed in the spring of 2000. Singles such as “Standing” and “Dark Angel” were club mainstays, boasting Ronan Harris‘ love for pulsating club rhythms and his developing seascapes of dark ambient waves. Mix projects Genesis.1 and Genesis.2 followed that format in 2001, giving a sneak preview to VNV Nation‘s Futureperfect.

Agent Orange
Thursday March 8th, 2012
At: Tricky Falls (209 S. El Paso St)
All Ages
$11

Punk to the core, yet with audible influences from early heavy metal and surf rock, Agent Orange formed in Fullerton, California at the end of the ’70s, with vocalist/guitarist Mike Palm, bassist James Levesque and drummer Scott Miller. The first Agent Orange record, released in 1981 on Poshboy Records in the midst of Southern California’s already hectic hardcore community, cemented their reputation as one of the best skate-punk bands around the area. Two EPs during the next few years were all the band released until 1986′s This Is the Voice, for Restless/Enigma. A much less energetic LP with brighter melodies and an emphasis on vocal audibility, it was also Agent Orange’s last for quite awhile, except for a 1990 live record. The group was resurrected later in the decade, touring the world and recording the 1996 LP Virtually Indestructible. In 2000 Cleopatra released Greatest and Latest, a collection of songs from Agent Orange‘s catalog rerecorded by the band with three new songs, which was later reissued in 2004 on the Anarchy Music label under the title Blood Stained Hitz. In between these two identical issues, Restless released a two-disc best-of titled Sonic Snake Session, which chronicled many of the group’s defining moments in one set.