January 2015 | Music Junkie Press

Our Tuesdays Travels band is Glowl from Colombia

January 13, 2015

We are back to our Tuesdays Travels Featured band where we scour the globe in search of great bands for you to discover. Today our featured band is Glowl from Medellin, Colombia. These young rockers are kicking ass with their fresh new rock style. Check out their lyric video for their song, Freedom Club. The song is their debut single and you can head over and get a free download of the song by visiting the Youtube link. Band Members: Sai: Vocalist/Guitar San: Bassist Alejo Ramos: Lead Guitar Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on them. We will see if we can bring you an interview and find out more about these Colombian rockers! ~ Marisol Information & Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlowlOficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/Glowloficial Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GlowlOficial

Adopt the Arts Benefit Concert to honor Billy Gibbons and Butch Trucks for their contribution to the arts!

January 12, 2015

Tonight is a very special night. Adopt the Arts will be holding a benefit concert to honor Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) for their contribution to American art and culture. The live benefit concert will include performances by BILLY GIBBONS, BUTCH TRUCKS, SLASH, DUFF McKAGAN (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver),RICHIE SAMBORA (Bon Jovi), STEVE LUKATHER (Toto), EDGAR WINTER, JIMMY VIVINO (Conan O’Brien) vocalist FRANKIE PEREZ,ADOPT THE ARTS founder MATT SORUM (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) and many more special guests. THE DISREPUTABLE FEW, a group of surprise killer musicians, will serve as the backing band for the night. Proceeds from the one-night-only event will go to ADOPT THE ARTS which raises money for music programs in LAUSD elementary schools(see VIP ticket/donation below). Tickets are on-sale now at http://adoptthearts.org. ADOPT THE ARTS (adoptthearts.org)–a Los Angeles-based charity co-founded by musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) and activist Abby Berman–works to preserve arts programs in U.S. public schools. Actress JANE LYNCH was the first celebrity to sign ontoADOPT THE ARTS and is on [Read More]

The Deadlies is our BottleRock Napa 2015 Featured Band of the Day

January 12, 2015

Today our BottleRock Napa Featured Band is The Deadlies. They will be returning to play at BottleRock Napay 2015 and they blew everyone away last year with their fun in the sun kick ass set! The Deadlies can be described as a California surf punk/rock band with a little Honky Tonk and Country thrown in. One thing is for sure, when you listen to The Deadlies, you can’t help but move around and have some fun! They are “paying homage to the Ventures Dick Dale and the Chantays as well as the California Honky-tonk sound of Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam while keeping an under lying presence of the California surf punk scene that brought us the Dickies, Agent Orange and Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs.” The Deadlies are the “Cave Band” on “Creepy KOFY Movietime”, the “house band” at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo and their music has been featured on Live 105, 107.7FM the Bone (San Francisco), 99.3FM KVYN (Napa) and 810AM KGO (San Francisco). You can enjoy them once [Read More]

Interview with Keaton of I Capture Castle

January 11, 2015

We recently featured I Capture Castle as our Band of the Day. They are definitely a band I hope you had a chance to check out as they are making a name for themselves with their unique blend of electronic hardcore metal. I Capture Castle are from Utah and are set to release a new EP Daydreamers this year. Their passion and determination to make music that is not simply categorized by a genre checkbox, has led them to rapidly grow their fanbase. They have recently released a new single/music video for their song, Paper Walls which is off their upcoming EP Daydreamer. The song will definitely have you excited for their new EP. We had the chance to interview lead guitarist, Keaton Stewart and are pleased to bring that interview to you here: Music Junkie Press: Thank you Keaton for your time. We recently featured I Capture Castle as our Band of the Day. You guys have brought a great refreshing new sound to the scene with electronics, hardcore and metal. Whom would be [Read More]

The Dreaming announce first leg of tour dates!

January 11, 2015

UPDATE: You can now get your Pre-Order in! Pre-Orders for Rise Again will include a digital cover of Garbage’s 1996 non-album single “#1 Crush”, available on iTunes and via the Metropolis Records website. The Dreaming have announced tour dates for the first leg of the Rise Again Tour and we are excited to see a San Francisco date! Even better news, is that they will be performing at the DNA Lounge, the exact place where I first saw Stabbing Westward perform many years ago. Talk about coming full circle as I have loved Stabbing Westward and now I have a new (well, somewhat new) to love! The Dreaming. The Dreaming reunites Stabbing Westward’s Walter Flakus (keyboards, programming) and Christopher Hall (lead singer) and they are set on reawakening everyone’s love for Stabbing Westward with their new band. The Dreaming also features guitarist Carlton Bost (Orgy, Deadsy), bassist Franccesca De Struct and one-time Stabbing Westward drummer Johnny Haro. They are set to release their new album, Rise Again on February 10th, 2015 on Metropolis Records. Talk about an awesome [Read More]

A conversation with Zach Villa of Cylvia and the debut EP, “CYLVIA”. By Patrick O’Heffernan

January 11, 2015

Patrick O’Heffernan Cylvia is a seven member alt rock/funk/blues/pop band created by actor and musician Zach Villa after a move across the country from New York City to LA – a move prompted by getting tired of dragging his amps and guitar through the subway to gigs. It was a great move. He knew exactly what he wanted – a front woman co-lead, three guitars, a highly skilled drummer and keyboard player and well-blended backup vocals. He got the singer in Lindsay Claire. Quickly joining them were rhythm player Steven Hood, bassist Justin Gagno, lead guitarist Manny Grijalva, drummer Eric Grivalva and keyboardist actress/musician Amy Landon. Onstage and in the studio, the “magnificent musical seven” move together like a single living organism with Villa at the controls. Zach joined us at Music FridayLive! for a conversation. Patrick. Welcome to Music FridayLive!. When I first saw you and the band onstage I was blown away with how good you were. How did you get to be so good so quickly. It has only [Read More]

CYLVIA by the band Cylvia: a midnight ride at full throttle in a musical Lamborghini by Patrick O’Heffernan

January 9, 2015

Joyful, sophisticated, dense, funky, intelligent, addictive, crazy-quilt soaring rock. I never thought I would write a review with that combination of words in it, but they all describes, CYLVIA, the debut EP of Cylvia, a band that just might be best new LA band of 2015. Listening to this album is like getting behind the wheel of vintage Chevy convertible and discovering that it is really a Lamborghini and you are coming down the PCH at full throttle. Cylvia was carefully assembled by Zach Villa whose instincts for music and talent are on the money. Seven superb musicians move together on this record like a single, living, breathing, rocking organism. The effect is almost scary if it wasn’t so much fun. Front woman Lindsay Claire is the very definition of fire and ice. She morphs from punk to blues to white-hot burning rock with a personal touch honed from her work in theater and her family of musicians and performers. She blends perfectly with the diverse creations of founder Villa and the precisely [Read More]