April 24th, 2013 
Anthony Galasso Vinnie Caruana of I Am The Avalanche and The Movielife has announced a short stint of co-headlining West Coast dates with Geoff Rickly, formerly of Thursday, this June.
The dates will kick off on June 22 in Portland, Oregon and finish up in Las Vegas on June 29. Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 26.
Caruana will also be performing on the Acoustic Basement Stage at Warped Tour this year between July 7 and August 4.
Check out Caruana and Rickly’s full set of West Coast tour dates below.
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April 17th, 2013 Adrian Garza Property Of Zack has partnered with Peace’d Out for the site’s series of Behind The Booth videos where the band discusses their experience on working on their latest recordings, in this case, their debut self-titled EP.
Today the site premiered video two of three, after having released part one on Monday. The final video is set to go live on the site this Friday. Follow the jump to watch today’s edition of Behind The Booth with Vinnie Caruana and Steve Choi, brought to you by POZ.
As far as addressing the concept of it, it’s in reaction to our …
Posted in News Tags: Behind The Booth, I Am The Avalanche, Peace'd Out, POZ, property of zack, rx bandits, steve choi, Vinnie Caruana No Comments » April 16th, 2013 Adrian Garza UTG’s close friends at Property Of Zack have premiered a video with Peace’d Out as their latest addition to the site’s “Behind The Booth” series.
As of right now, Peace’d Out hasn’t played any shows, and that could be due to the fact that the project is composed of busy musicians like Vinnie Caruana of I Am The Avalanche, Steve Choi of RX Bandits, Roger Camero of No Motiv, and Casey Deitz of The Velvet Teen.
While it’s only part one of three, the video really helps give insight on what the four piece experimental band believe it is that …
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April 10th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Peace’d Out, the supergroup featuring members from I Am The Avalanche, RX Bandits, the Velvet Teen, No Motiv, and the Warriors, have yet to tour or do a show. Nonetheless, after finishing their EP, they are now working on their debut full length recording. They’ve now released a video from their EP of them performing the song “I would like. To feed your fingertips. To the wolverines.” live.
The song features Peace’d Out playing at Bright Lights Studio. The track is killer, in our opinion – one of our favorites on the self-titled release we gave high …
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March 7th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Glamour Kills are definitely known for working very closely with musicians and they are always releasing exclusives and free music whenever they have the opportunity. Yesterday they launched this year’s spring music sampler featuring tunes from Diamond Youth, Kitten, Young Buffalo, Vinnie Caruana, Pretty & Nice, Man Overboard and Robert DeLong. If that lineup tickles your fancy you can download the sampler for free right here.
In case you are not just a fan of the free music they give out, they also recently released their spring clothing line so be sure to …
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February 16th, 2013 Adrian Garza One of the things that made the Vans Warped Tour of 2012 so memorable was the inclusion of the Acoustic Basement stage. The haven of shade and stripped-down sets makes its return this year, and with that comes in a slew of artists who are either branching out in their respective side projects or dedicated solo acts. The artists have been announced earlier tonight through the punk rock festival’s social networks.
Follow the jump for a list of the bands that have been announced tonight.
Posted in News Tags: ace enders, acoustic, acoustic basement, Alcoa, Allison Weiss, Basement, Billy The Kid, brian marquis, charlie simpson, craig owens, Defeater, festival, matt embree, punk (genre), summer festival, The American Scene, tour, vans warped tour, Vinnie Caruana, Warped Tour, william beckett No Comments » February 11th, 2013 Anthony Galasso Singer and songwriter, Vinnie Caruana recently played one of his old band’s songs while performing on the Acoustic Basement Tour.
Co-headlining the tour with former Thursday vocalist, Geoff Rickly, Caruana performed “Walking On Glass”, the opening track to The Movielife’s 2002 EP, Has A Gambling Problem.
Tour dates for the rest of the Acoustic Basement Tour with Rickly, Caruana, A Loss For Words, Koji and Brian Marquis can be found here.
Additionally, Caruana released his newest EP, City By The Sea, on February 5. Stream the EP here and pick it up on iTunes. Watch Caruana …
Posted in Live, News Tags: acoustic, acoustic basement tour, live performance, the movielife, Vinnie Caruana No Comments » February 4th, 2013 Anthony Galasso AltPress.com is streaming Vinnie Caruana‘s entire new EP, City By The Sea, on their website. The EP is due for release tomorrow via I Surrender/Run For Cover Records.
Read a review of the talented Movielife/I Am The Avalanche vocalist’s six-song EP right here on Under The Gun while streaming the EP on AltPress.com.
Caruana is currently supporting his EP while on the Acoustic Basement tour with Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickley, A Loss For Words, Koji and Brian Marquis. Check out the tour dates on Caruana’s Facebook.
January 31st, 2013 Tyler Osborne Artist: Vinnie Caruana
Album: City By the Sea
Label: Run For Cover Records
Genre: Punk/Acoustic
If you like pop-punk music and don’t know who Vinnie Caruana is, you’re probably really young, and that’s not really your fault. For those who don’t know, Vinnie Caruana has been in the pop-punk scene for a while now, first becoming famous for fronting the iconic band The Movielife. Now as the singer of I Am the Avalanche, Vinnie is slowly but surely making his way back into the ears of kids all over the punk scene. However today, I’m not reviewing either …
Posted in Features, News Tags: acoustic, campfire, city by the sea, ep, I Am The Avalanche, punk (genre), records, run for cover, solo, solo album, summer, the movielife, Vinnie Caruana No Comments » January 14th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Punk icon Vinnie Caruana (of I Am the Avalanche and The Movielife fame) is streaming a new song “Boy, You’re in Heaven” with our good friends at AbsolutePunk. The song is the second track that has been released to the internet from his debut solo EP, City By the Sea. His debut EP comes out via Run For Cover Records on February 5, and is most certainly one of the most anticipated releases of the year.
You can check out the new song by heading over to AbsolutePunk’s website here, but let us know in the comments what …
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January 8th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Today is a great day. We are pleased to let you know that Vinnie Caruana of I Am the Avalanche and The Movielife fame is currently streaming a new song “Somehow the World Keeps Turning,” which is the first single off his debut solo EP City By the Sea. Vinnie is one of those artists who you can pretty much guarantee there will be a certain level of quality to his music, and this song is no different. It’s got that sound you’ve really come to know in love from all of his projects, and I am so excited …
December 18th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Way back in March, we found out that Warped Tour had a new acoustic stage called The Acoustic Basement. Now, the idea is going on tour separately, with Geoff Rickly (ex-vocalist for Thursday), Vinnie Caruana (singer for I am the Avalanche, Peace’d Out, and The Movielife), A Loss For Words, Koji, and Brian Marquis all playing.
The tour stops at some of my favorite small venues (the first two stops, at the Marlin Room at Webster Hall in New York City and The Space in Hamden, Connecticut, are at my two favorite places to …
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