As Video Matt cleans out his drawers and closets he’s coming up with all sorts of badass old footage: Fall Out Boy live at Warped Tour, Vaux, Dropkick Murphys, etc. My favorite so far of course, is the above vid of Surrogate playing “The Fence” live at Chico State’s BMU Auditorium. I wonder why that is….

Fearless Records is probably one of the sickest labels around, and we’ve hooked up with them to give you free shit in honor of this summer’s Warped Tour. Here’s what you get: posters from Fearless bands that are on Warped, CD’s from Alesana, Every Avenue, Mayday Parade, and Video Matt’s current band crush, The Maine. In addition, you can have as many of these damn Korn vinyls as we can give away… they make great frisbees. Check out this poster for everything I just told you, then sign up right HERE

That chill ass California indie hip hop group (band?) that Video Matt spoke with at Warped Tour, that your girlfriend can’t stop listening to, that seem like some rad bros you’d totally kick it with… have a brand new reality show called Buzzin’ that airs tonight on MTV at 10:30 EST. Basically, those guys are going to be hotter than Miley Cyrus in Playboy. Good thing we actually did something right and lined up a bunch of content on Shwayze. Stay tuned for articles on DJ Skeet Skeet, as well as the Fashion brands they endorse. And soon you can enter to win a Shwayze beach pack from the sweepstakes page.

Check out the trailer for “Buzzin” here.

Shwayze is a new, laid-back Malibu group. Shwayze and Cisco Adler (Whitestarr) have teamed up to record an album with some super catchy melodies, hip-hop style and acoustic guitars. Cisco produced the album and co-wrote the songs and the duo definitely hit the jackpot with their new single of the summer, “Buzzin.” They were named the “Artist To Watch In 2008″ by the Los Angeles Times and MTV will soon air a Shwayze reality show in July. The show will document the pair and their entourage as they put out their debut. You can also see Shwayze all summer at Warped Tour!

See some hilarious Shwayze bloopers and interview with Synthesis’ Video Matt at Warped Tour & subscribe to our YouTube page while you’re at it!

Check back on our Synthesis Sweepstakes page soon for a chance to win some Shwayze beach gear!

The very first Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival kicked off in Seattle yesterday. It’s put on by the same team that founded some other well-known music festivals like the Vans Warped Tour (AWESOME videos of 2008 Warped Tour here!) & Taste of Chaos Tour so it best be good.

In addition to Slipknot and Disturbed, the main stage features DRAGONFORCE and MASTODON, as well as a JÄGERMEISTER second stage with MACHINE HEAD, AIRBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, WALLS OF JERICHO and the JÄGERMEISTER Battle of The Bands Winner. There will also be a HOT TOPIC STAGE featuring UNDEROATH, BLACK TIDE, SUICIDE SILENCE, THE RED CHORD and 36 CRAZYFISTS.

The World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross team THE METAL MULISHA is also confirmed to perform on all dates.

07/09/2008 Seattle, WA- White River Amphitheatre

07/11/2008 Sacramento, CA- Sleep Train Amphitheatre

07/12/2008 San Francisco, CA- Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View

07/13/2008 San Bernardino, CA- Glen Helen Pavilion

07/15/2008 Fresno, CA- Save Mart Center

07/16/2008 San Diego, CA- Coors Amphitheater

07/18/2008 Phoenix, AZ- Cricket Wireless Pavilion

07/19/2008 Albuquerque, NM- Journal Pavilion

07/20/2008 Denver, CO- Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler’s Green

07/22/2008 Kansas City, MO- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

07/23/2008 St. Louis, MO- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis

07/25/2008 Dallas, TX- Smirnoff Music Centre

07/26/2008 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre

07/27/2008 Houston, TX- Sam Houston Race Park

07/29/2008 Tampa, FL- Ford Amphitheatre

07/30/2008 Miami, FL- Sound Advice Amphitheatre

08/01/2008 Virginia Beach, VA- Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheatre

08/02/2008 Pittsburg, PA- Post-Gazette Pavilion

08/03/2008 Scranton, PA- Toyota Pavilion

08/05/2008 Boston, MA- Tweeter Center for Performing Arts

08/06/2008 Uniondale, NY- Nassau Coliseum

08/08/2008 Toronto, ON- Downsview Park

08/09/2008 Detroit, MI- DTE Energy Music Theater

08/10/2008 Chicago, IL- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

08/12/2008 Atlanta, GA- Lakewood Amphitheatre

08/13/2008 Indianapolis, IN- Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis

08/15/2008 Camden, NJ- Tweeter Center at the Waterfront

08/16/2008 Hartford, CT- New England Dodge Music Center

08/17/2008 Washington, DC- Nissan Pavilion

08/19/2008 Buffalo, NY- Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

While I was away on tour (the exploits of which will be posted in this space eventually…when I run out of other bullshit to write about…which will be never…), Video Matt posted a metric shit ton of videos from Warped Tour, and from his vault of content. I was sifting through them today to edit them words when I stumbled across a video Matt was yapping about yesterday, Rody Walker (Protest The Hero) and his letter to Metal Jake.

From Matt’s description I thought it was just Rody writing a letter to “Metal”; the greater concept, not just a friend of Matt’s. Perhaps my misinterpretation of Matt’s story will be the genesis of another Award Winning Manchild Drink Beer episode. Only time will tell. This video from Rody is still pretty BA though.