Show Review: Rise Against's Endgame Tour with Bad Religion and Four Year Strong at Terminal 5, NYC

Spring has finally sprung along the East Coast, where snow delayed the budding and blooming of the trees and flowers until after April Fools' Day. The bad weather broke, and it was just in time for the Mike and Tom Awesome show to trek up to New York City (you know, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of) to see Rise Against's spring 2011 tour, supporting the release of their wonderful new album Endgame. Always the type to put on a good show from start to finish, Rise Against hand-selected Bad Religion to be the direct support for the entire tour, a sort of "full-circle" move considering Rise Against opened for Bad Religion at Terminal 5 just a few short years ago. They also enlisted Four Year Strong to open up the show. Based on how the show went on Saturday night, it seems Rise Against haven't made a wrong decision yet in 2011.

The Obligatory 2011 Bamboozle Recap Post

The annual Bamboozle Festival has seen its lumps over the last few years, opting to appeal to the younger crowd with artists in the final stages of their fifteen minutes of fame rather than honoring the weathered titans of the scene. However, the 2011 edition of the festival proved to be the final stand for those bands who are still fighting for and writing music that's actually good (there were bad ones, too, but they were far outweighed by the good). Thankfully, all three of us at the Mike and Tom Awesome Show were able to snag tickets for Saturday's all-star, legendary line-up, and luckily for you, if you missed the festival (and really, there's no excuse for that), you can sit in on our look back through one of the best Bamboozles (that should be a word if it isn't) of all time:

Show Review: Jimmy Eat World at House of Blues, Atlantic City 2/11/11

Hey guys, I know it has been a while since we posted anything up here but I decided to do a review of last night's Jimmy Eat World show in Atlantic City that Tom and I both went to.

Ok first off, if you have never seen this band live, you are missing out. They had a ton of energy in just about every single song, starting with Bleed American...all the way through the big finale, Sweetness. With the exception of a soundboard fault causing background music to be playing over the speakers right before Hear You Me, the show was great. Here is the setlist: