Matt Pryor Solo Tour

I received an email today announcing that Matt Pryor will be playing a solo tour with Chris Conley of Saves the Day. This is great news except they aren't coming to the Northeast. One thing that did puzzle me was the wording in the email:

"Matt Pryor (ex. The Get Up …

Blogs will become Record Labels?

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