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Alternative folk duo The Bergamot announce new album and 48 state Unity Tour

December 8, 2015

The alternative folk duo The Bergamot from Brooklyn, NY are gearing up for an exciting 2016! They are set to release their new album Tones on February 11th. They are also setting out on a 48 state Unity Tour. The “Unity Tour” kicks off in NYC on January 2nd, 2016, with a homecoming South Bend, IN on April 2nd. At each stop on the tour, the Bergamot will be inviting fans to sign their car as a symbol of unity. It also marks the band’s last tour in their 2002 Volvo, which has racked up over 263,000 milesthroughout their history of touring. The Bergamot which is a husband-and-wife duo Nathaniel Paul Hoff and Jillian Speece, recently launched The Unity Collective USA Kickstarter in hopes of raising $15,000 to help fund the upcoming tour. The money will be used to maintain the Volvo throughout the tour, in addition to documenting the entire experience and providing updates to fans along the way. Rewards for backing the Kickstarter include credits in the “Unity Tour” documentary, Unity Tour t-shirts, personalized videograms, personal [Read More]

Yellowcard’s Ryan Key launches Kickstarter for The Lone Tree Recordings

August 24, 2015

Yellowcard frontman, Ryan Key is already at the halfway mark of his recently launched Kickstarter campaign for The Lone Tree Recordings, a studio that he hopes will be the platform for the next step in his music career, as well as a place for other artists to start theirs. Key’s beginnings in the music production business started with a simple email to the Yellowcard website in 2011. The email was from the band manager of Like Torches, an alternative rock band based in Sweden, looking to produce a new record and go on tour. Key and Yellowcard guitarist, Ryan Mendez, teamed up to produce the band’s first record and that project ignited Key’s passion for producing. In early 2015, Key recorded and produced the second Like Torches album on his own in Stockholm, Sweden. “Working with Ryan on our last two records has really helped us reach a new level,” said Jonathan Kärn of Like Torches. “We feel like we’ve created a great sound that we are proud of and Ryan definitely helped us find it.” [Read More]

Radio Black working on new album and this is definitely one you want to be part of!

July 16, 2014

It was only a couple weeks ago where we told you about the great new song, Run Away by Radio Black featuring Foo Fighter’s Taylor Hawkins on drums. You can read that original post here. The grunge three piece rock band, Radio Black recorded the song at Dave Grohl‘s studio and home of the famed Sound City mixing console, Studio 606. “Run Away,” is the first song off a to-be-announced upcoming album. Check out the new song here: They recorded three songs for their new album, which was recorded and produced by John “Lou” Lousteau, Fireball Ministry front-man and “Sound City” documentary producer Jim Rota, and Brad Smith of Blind Melon and features appearances from studio players including Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne), Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), and Mick Murphy (My Ruin, Chevy Metal). Now they are ready to finish this album and you can be a part of the making of this highly anticipated debut album. The band hopes to raise $12,000 to go back to the studio where they recorded the first 3 songs of their debut album, using the Sound City Neve 8028 analog mixing console, previously graced by the likes of Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, [Read More]

Check out Scarlett Gypsy Band and pre-order their new album, All Access!

April 30, 2014

I wanted to tell you about a great glam metal/old school hard rock band, Scarlett Gypsy. You know how much I love my 80’s rock and my glam metal! Well, this is one band that delivers it straight to you with the volume cranked up high. Scarlett Gypsy is based out of York, PA and is David Mathew on Lead Vocals, Steve Plonk on Guitar & Vocals, Robert Douglas on Bass & Vocals and Scotty Scarlett on Drums & Vocals. Together these four combined create a great new refreshing sound of old school rock complete with blazing guitar riffs, melodic vocals and infectious hooks. You can check them out on a sampler video here: Now that I have caught your interest in these bad ass rockers, I know you want to hear more from them. Scarlett Gypsy have recently begun a Kickstarter campaign where you can pre-order their new album, All Access and you can even pick up some cool merch along with your pre-order depending on your pledge amount. Maybe you can even get a Custom G.C.G. “Scarlett [Read More]

Interview with Neal Middleton of Royal Bliss

November 22, 2013

Royal Bliss have announced their release date of February 18th, 2014 for their upcoming album, “Chasing The Sun”. These Salt Lake City rockers have been hard at work on this album. Their first single they released, “Cry Sister” has been climbing the active rock chart! You can pick up the new single today on Itunes here. Royal Bliss has been busy working on their new album,”Chasing the Sun” and the new single, Cry Sister has been getting great airplay. It is an awesome that has me very excited for their album. We had the opportunity to interview vocalist, Neal Middleton once again and we are pleased to present that interview to you here: * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: It is good to talk to you once again, Neal! How are you doing? Neal: A little ill, but hanging in there. It is crazy. It is typical when you are out on tour, you are bound to catch something. Music Junkie Press: You are getting what must be going around. I [Read More]

Royal Bliss set to release new album “Chasing The Sun” February 18th, 2014

November 11, 2013

Royal Bliss have announced their release date of February 18th, 2014 for their upcoming album, “Chasing The Sun”. These Salt Lake City rockers have been hard at work on this album. Their first single they released, “Cry Sister” has been climbing the active rock chart! You can pick up the new single today on Itunes here. I can’t wait to hear more from this new album. So mark your calendars for the release date of February 18th, 2014. We will also see if we can bring you another interview with the band. If you missed our first interview with Neil Middleton from October 2012 you can read it below or check it out here. * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you Neal for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press! We had the great pleasure of catching a couple of your shows when you were opening up Hinder and Candlebox. We instantly fell in love with your music and we are so excited to [Read More]

Join RED9 in the making of their new music video!

November 5, 2013

I remember the first time I saw Red9. They were personally chosen by Slash to open for him at his Los Angeles Wiltern show in 2012. They were incredible. Red9 is a Southern California rock trio. Just because there are only 3, does not mean they do not deliver a huge sound! These guys are a powerhouse of rock and adrenaline. Then earlier this year, they released their CD “Under Dark Skies” and it KICKED ASS! You can read my review of their CD here. Well, here we are in November and they are ready to make a video for their song, Ignoramus off their CD. I can only imagine what they will do that song. It is great, it has a dark edgy sound with an exuberant build up. They have just announced a Kickstarter campaign to fund their Official Video. They had great success with their first music video “Fanatico” that included an Orange County Music Award nomination for best music video. So head over to their Kickstarter page and see how you can [Read More]