Month: April 2014

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Americana

Thom Chacon is our Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Featured Artist of the Day

April 9, 2014

  Today our Bottle Rock Napa Featured Artist is Thom Chacon. For today I wanted to feature an artist who truly makes an impression with his words and melodies in his song. Thom Chacon is an Americana delight as his music brings to light his influences of Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, among others. His love of nature in his personal life trickles into his song as you find yourself often painting a scenic picture in your head as you listen to him.  His narrative style evokes so much passion in his songs and his vocals are soul touching. One of the songs that highlights this style is in Chasing the Pain, amazing song that tells such a reflective story of pain.     Thom‘s songwriting is spectacular and reminds me of true Johnny Cash style. Thom has gone on to tour around the world, opening for artists as diverse as Los Lonely Boys and Jason Mraz, playing shows in Thailand and India, and even one memorable gig on July 4, 2004 at Folsom [Read More]

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Bands

Catch Righteous Vendetta on tour and VOTE for them in the “Battle of the Bands”

April 9, 2014

  Last year we brought you an interview with one of the fastest rising bands that we wanted you to take notice of, Righteous Vendetta.   It seems that the spotlight on them has grown in the last several months and we are glad to see this Hard Rock/Mettal band, Righteous Vendetta get the attention they so deserve. We have been glad to see them getting great radio airplay as well as on XM Sirius Octane channel with their song This Pain. Righteous Vendetta are in the midst of touring and it seems that they are on a non stop mission to take their music across this country and make sure you all experience a live Righteous Vendetta show!  Right now they are competing for a spot on the Battle of the Bands stage for this year’s Rock on the Range Festival. You can head over to http://rotr.battleofthebands.com/u/righteousvendetta take a listen to a couple of their bad ass songs and CAST YOUR VOTE for Righteous Vendetta! You can also check the tour dates below and make sure to [Read More]

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Bands

PALAYE ROYALE WIN FINAL ROUND OF 2014 MTV MUSICAL MARCH MADNESS!!!

April 9, 2014

Here you go! PALAYE ROYALE just made history and I have never doubted them for a second!  We wrote about PALAYE ROYALE last year and simply titled them “The Best Indie Rock Band out Today That You Have to Hear“. Well I am glad to see that they are continuing to get the praise and recognition that they truly deserve.  Most recently, PALAYE ROYALE was the only unsigned band to be nominated in the MTV Musical March Madness. That is not where they stopped, they deserve to be at the Top and that is exactly where they are headed. This year it is the 5th Annual MTV Musical March Madness and we were ecstatic to see them make it through the following rounds: Round 1  beating out Vampire Weekend Round 2  beating out Coldplay Round 3 beating out Bastille Round 4 beating out Tokio Hotel Round 5 beating out We Are The In Crowd Round 6 beating Linkin Park   They DID IT!!! THEY WON!!!!! PALAYE ROYALE IS MTV’S 2014 MUSICAL MARCH MADNESS WINNERS!!   Take a read [Read More]

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Bands

The Veer Union announces tour and set to release Deluxe Edition of Divide The Blackened Sky

April 9, 2014

The Veer Union are set to release a Deluxe Edition of “Divide The Blackened Sky” which will include three new songs and re-mastered tracks. The new album is set to release on June 10, 2014 through Pavement Entertainment and distributed by MRI/Sony RED. Frontman Crispin Earl gives us his take on the album,“Divide The Blackened Sky, is a much darker and heavier effort than our previous works. It depicts all the hard times we have been through over the last couple of years”. Also The Veer Union has announced they will be heading out on tour in May for the “Beyond The Blackened Sky Tour” and will include Righteous Vendetta, Blacklite District and Black Oxygen. The tour is set to start off on May 27th with the first show at The Roxy in British Colombia. Stay tuned for more tour dates to be announced.     We are excited to see The Veer Union back out on tour and have been long time supporters of them since first seeing them in 2009 with Puddle of Mudd and Burn Halo. [Read More]

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Alternative

Smash Mouth is our Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Featured Band of the Day

April 8, 2014

  Today our Bottle Rock Napa Featured Band is Smash Mouth. This band does not need any introduction as almost all of us at one time or another cranked up “All Star” and sang out loud at the top of our lungs. I have always had a love affair with Smash Mouth since they bring out the fun side in me and capture the perfect essence of summer! You can’t help but listen to their music loud and dance along as their music has always been the life of the party!  “When we play itʼs a nonstop party,” Steve Harwell, lead singer says. That is so true and I hope you all come out to enjoy Smash Mouth and their non stop party at this year’s Bottle Rock Napa Festival. Smash Mouth started back in 1994 in San Jose and this year is the 20 year Anniversary for them.  They have hits that were and still are everyone’s favorites such as Walkinʼ on the Sun and All Star,Then the Morning Comes, Canʼt Get Enough Of You Baby, and [Read More]

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Bands

AEROSMITH & SLASH ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES and play surprise show at The Whisky a Go Go

April 8, 2014

What better way to announce the tour dates for the upcoming Aerosmith & Slash summer tour than playing a surprise show at The Whisky a GoGo in Hollywood. Well that is exactly what happened today. I was sitting in my doctor’s office as I get the tweet announcing Slash is set to perform with Aerosmith at the Whisky. I almost ran out there until I remembered I hadn’t succeeded at my teleportation transit yet! But at least we can watch the video here:   So the tour dates have been announced and here they are for the Let Rock Rule Tour: DATE CITY VENUE Thu 7/10 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre Sun 7/13 Kitchener, ON, Canada McLennan Park Wed 7/16 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center Sat 7/19 Cadott, WI Rock Fest Tue 7/22 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center Fri 7/25 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Wed 7/30 Inglewood, CA The Forum Sat 8/2 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena Fri 8/8 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys Wed 8/13 [Read More]

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Outside Lands Music Festival announces lineup and date is set for August 8-10

April 8, 2014

Outside Lands Music Festival which takes place in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco has just announced the lineup. The festival is set for the weekend of August 8 – 10. This year’s lineup is quite diverse and headliners include Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, etc. Here is the current lineup :   Tickets go on sale this Thursday April 10th at 10 AM. For more details on tickets can be found here: http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/tickets/. You can watch a video about the lineup here:  http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4cca4573d3/outside-lands-2014-lineup-announcement ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/home/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SFOutsideLands Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfoutsidelands