Angry at your date (or lack thereof) for Valentine's Day? Channel some of that anger in a healthy way when Virginia Coalition (VACO) returns to Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave. at 9:30 p.m Monday.

State College favorite Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, along with upstart singer/songwriter Matt Wertz, will be opening in support of VACO, a band that according to the Crowbar operations director Dave Wells makes it back to State College at least twice a year.

"[They're] a great band, we've had a lot of history with them ... they've been well received by the students, it's been a good relationship," Wells said.

Bass guitarist and VACO vocalist Jarrett Nicolay agreed wholeheartedly.

"[Crowbar's] definitely one of the more memorable college venues," Nicolay said. "We played there when we first started doing a lot of touring... everyone there seems really cool."

VACO has shared the stage with many big name bands in the recent years, including The Roots and Maroon 5. These musical influences, as well as the four individual band members' musically diverse tastes, seem to create VACO's "melting pot" of sound.

"We cover the bases musically ... it's the coming together of all the elements of our music ... I think they complement each other," Nicolay said.

Stephen Kellogg and his band The Sixers are not only in support of VACO this time around, but also supporting its barely week-old, self-titled major label album release.

Kellogg doesn't see the jump from small to big labels as anything drastic. In fact, he sees no big differences at all.

"We have four other releases [on small labels] ... honestly, there's no real change [from small to major labels], we've just been out there trying to play one show at a time and just grow artistically," Kellogg said.

Kellogg said that life on the touring path with a band can have ups and downs, although it's mostly smooth sailing.

"It's like dating, except there's a bunch more people with no ex involved," Kellogg joked.

Wertz, only 24 years old, is still fairly new to the whole touring thing, having been at it for around one and a half years. However, he's extremely excited to be playing a college club for the first time, and sees nothing but good times ahead.

"This will be my first time in a club there, so I'm really excited to play there, for sure. I love the town, we got to hang out in State College last time I was there. It's a great place," Wertz said.

Although he's still quite unknown here in the northeastern U.S., the Kansas City native said that he's built quite a following in and around his home area, all without a high cost means of getting his name out.

"I don't have any radio play or album now, so it's all word of mouth," Wertz said. "So it's rewarding to see [getting a large fan base] happen, you know that it's not bought -- no one paid for ad space, referrals, stuff like that."

Wertz's bluesy "dirty south" sound -- which draws from many artists including Stevie Wonder, according to Wertz -- should be a welcomed addition to two other bands that seem to bring out the students by the pack when they arrive in State College.