Greetings internet world! It's been very busy business as usual for Vices I Admire. We've won a pretty arse-kickin' national contest called Breaking the Band hosted by the company We Are Listening. You can check out our pretty mugs and a write up about it here. Needless to say, it's pretty exciting. They're still figuring out the exact prize package, but you can get a good idea of the hotness by clicking on this word. If you don't have the time, I'll paraphrase. We've won the help of promotion and distribution company Tinderbox Music. Their job is to launch a massive promotion campaign on our behalf in an effort to get us placement on College Radio, Television and in Film That's right, Vices I Admire could be the sound of The George Lopez Show! Yeah, I know, impressive. Seriously though, it's very cool and we are grateful for the opportunity. We've also got some pretty cool shows coming up, check them out below.

April 23rd, 2010 - Friday - 9:00pm 

Road 34

• 1213 W Elizabeth St, Fort Collins, CO 80521 - MAP
• Vices I Admire, Common Anomaly
• $5 / 21+

We are excited to play Road 34 in Fort Collins for the first time in too damned long. Awesome food, good music and super cheap drinks = good times for all. Come join us! We’re playing with our new friends Common Anomaly. New tunes shall be on display. Hope to see all of you there!

May 1st, 2010 - Saturday - 12:00pm

Boulder Brew & Music Festival @ The Fox Theater

• 1135 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80304 - MAP
• Vices I Admire, Speakeasy Tiger, Umconscious, MTHDS
• $22 - Music Series / $35 for Brew Session

Come join us for the Boulder Brew & Music Festival! The historic block of "The Hill" will be dedicated to food, arts & crafts! Over 50+ craft, specialty and new release brews will be on hand! The event will feature live music throughout the day and into the night at the Fox Theater.

Purchase tickets and find more info at www.BoulderBrewFest.com or www.FoxTheatre.com.

The Brew Fest will take place from 1-5pm and the music series is scheduled for 6pm-12am. For a full line-up of bands that will perform please click here.

Thanks for your time, we very much dig that you dig us.

Vices I Admire

www.vicesiadmire.com

band@vicesiadmire.com

We've won a pretty arse-kickin' national contest called Breaking the Band hosted by the company We Are Listening. You can check out our pretty mugs and a write up about it here. Needless to say, it's pretty exciting. They're still figuring out the exact prize package, but you can get a good idea of the hotness by clicking on this word. If you don't have the time, I'll paraphrase. We've won the help of promotion and distribution company Tinderbox Music. Their job is to launch a massive promotion campaign on our behalf in an effort to get us placement on College Radio, Television and in Film That's right, Vices I Admire could be the sound of The George Lopez Show! Yeah, I know, impressive. Seriously though, it's very cool and we are grateful for the opportunity. Have a great day, we will!

Sooo, I (Mickey) wrote that I was going to start reviewing the album reviews we have. And I also said that it would be in good fun. But as I started to write the first one I realized that it would be the kind of good fun bully's had sitting on my head when I was in Elementary School. You know, the kind where no one wins, and by no one I mean myself. Everything I wrote came off as either insulting or just plain unfunny. And I wish to promote neither of those two things. While insulting critics is fun and awesome I will keep it to myself, laugh at my petty witticisms and never print them.

We're working on material to put out a new EP, hopefully this year. The songs are sounding great and we're going to be whipping them out at our live shows. I suggest you come check them out sometime! You can start tonight (April 10th) at Casselman's Bar and Venue!

Finally, it's that time again for us to push our way onto the Warped Tour with The Battle of the Bands! You can vote everyday, so if you've got the time, please do! It's been great the past 3 years and we'd love to keep it going! Thanks for your help!

Mickey

Since we released our second album, The Politics of Apathy, the record has been critiqued by a number of people from many different publications and outlets. These reviews have made for an interesting reading experience. We've had positive reviews, as well as negative ones. To see how people interpret our music, for better or worse, is surprising and sometimes confusing to me, but always entertaining.  And as they say, "any press is good press".

This is all good and great, but in reading many of album's reviews I have questioned the effort put forth by some of our critics. In some instances I wonder if the reviewer listened to the entire album, or the first thirty seconds of our first song before typing away. Other times I wonder if they wrote it in a stream of consciousness, Jack Kerouac lack of punctuation style without a thought towards editing. We've also had well written pieces that have both blasted and praised the album. Either way, I've come to the conclusion that music critics should also be held to the same standard of the music they are judging. Their output is a reflection of their talents, insight and ability as a writer that should be open to the same public criticism and praise that the music they judge is. And it is with this petty thought that I will start reviewing our reviews. I do not intend to use this platform as a chance to rail against the people who did not like our music, though that would be a great series in itself. No, this is really just something to keep me, and perhaps you, coming back to our website to have a little fun with what people take so seriously!

Mickey