Month: April 2015

BottleRock Napa

BottleRock Napa announces Culinary Lineup for this year’s festival!

April 22, 2015

Things just keep getting more and more exciting for this year’s BottleRock Napa Festival. They have just announced  its star-studded culinary lineup and the addition of a fifth stage – the Williams-Sonoma Culinary Stage. Situated in the epicenter of America’s wine and food playground, BottleRock Napa Valley delivers a lineup of chefs, restaurateurs, winemakers, sommeliers, and craft brewers that is unparalleled in the music festival world. Michelin stars fly among the musical stars at the 3-day festival, May 29 through 31, in historic downtown Napa, California. David Graham, CEO of Lattitude 38 comments, “BottleRock Napa Valley is all about blending great music, food and wine. For 2015, we are ramping up our culinary experience with the Williams-Sonoma Culinary Stage. Where else but the Napa Valley can you pull off a food & wine festival within a music festival? There’s just no other music festival that matches the quality of wine and food star power that BottleRock provides.” More details below: Centrally located in the Whole Foods Restaurant Garden of the festival, the Williams-Sonoma Culinary Stage [Read More]

music

Polaris Rose rises with love, chemistry and joy by Patrick O’Heffernan

April 20, 2015

  “Joy” is not a word normally associated with alt. rock, but Friday night Polaris Rose produced some of the most joy-filled l music I have ever  heard on the stage of the venerable Hotel Café in Hollywood. The gifted musical couple Peter Anthony and Madelynn Elyse have grown their melodious talent and tightened their onstage personal chemistry several orders of magnitude since they released their 2013 debut EP, “The Moon & its Secrets” – and they were impressive then.  Today, Polaris Rose is now undeniably in the top rung of LA’s nationally-recognized alt rock pantheon. Joined by guitarist Matt Saba and drummer Carlos Beltran, Peter and Maddie played songs from all of their albums plus a new song, “Tiger Bait”,  that they debuted in January on Instagram.  Their evolution over the past two years was brilliantly obvious.  Joy with precision flowed from the stage as Peter and Maddie and the band moved through a diverse 8- song set that swung from  magically mystical to soaring rock. But no matter how diverse the music, each song was [Read More]

'80s Rock

Station Track by Track guide for their new album

April 20, 2015

Just last week one of our favorite rock bands, Station released their self titled debut album which was recorded at The Music Refinery. These bad ass rockers released a complete 15 song rock album that will deliver a full dose of rock n roll to infect your soul. We featured Station last year as one of our highlighted bands of Rocklahoma. You can check out our interview with them and that post here: Station – Our Rocklahoma Featured band. Their new album makes the statement that Rock n Roll is far from being dead. With these dedicated rockers at the helm, there is no letting rock die. With engaging vocals, kick ass guitar riffs, 80’s over the top energy, this album will soon become the playlist of your life. It will not only have us middle agers reflecting back on our love of the 80’s but with its modern flair, the younger generation fall in love with it as well. You can’t help but get addicted to Station. We recently talked with guitarist, Chris Lane and [Read More]

Concerts

Concert Review: Lord of The Lost and Florian Grey in Munich by Alexandra

April 19, 2015

Concert Review Lord Of The Lost / Florian Grey Munich, Backstage-Werk, April 17, 2015   So the German band Lord Of The Lost invited to ‘A Night To Remember’, an acoustic concert with an additional string quartet, yesterday at the Backstage in Munich. First time I’ve been to that venue and there were actually seats there and a great part of the audience was dressed up pretty nice ‘n neat. On every seat lay a program, which contained the timeline of the evening, all the musicians that played and a short paragraph from the band that welcomed everyone and also gave a brief insight on what the evening will be. It started off with Florian Grey. As stated on his home-page, he plays Dark Pop music. He’s not new to the music business and sang in a few projects and bands over the years. That night he played an acoustic set which was received well by the crowd. His debut solo album will be released May 29, 2015. The producer of this album is Chris [Read More]

Concerts

Breaking Benjamin and Young Guns in Pharr, Texas by Randy Salazar

April 19, 2015

Boggus Ford Event Center 4.17. 2015 Pharr, TX “Open Doors!” says Felix De La Garza, general manager of the Boggus Ford Events Center, the venue that has a reputation of hosting great concerts and events.  This Friday evening, April 17, 2015 was no different, a great show was in store for fans that were lined up outside the venue. Outside was a line of music fans that were there for one reason, which was to enjoy a great night of rock music.  The 2500 plus fans embarked on the event center to catch a glimpse of Breaking Benjamin and supporting act Young Guns. Young Guns, who are from London, opened up the show.  This was the first time they were performing in Pharr.  They had a great stage presence, very energetic performing songs from their album “Bones” which has a title track single called “Bones” that was a crowd pleaser.  They also played a few new tracks off their upcoming release, “Ones and Zeros.”   Their set and music was a great start to the evening [Read More]

Bands

We Are Harlot deliver Rock n Roll at 150% out on tour!

April 18, 2015

In a time where people are skeptical about the music industry, some declaring the typical Rock is Dead mantra, or demanding more rock, the fact is, now is the most exciting time in music! Rock n Roll is alive and thriving and it is up to you to get yourself to a live show and be a part of it all. When you go to a great live show, you literally lose all your worries and concerns the second the music starts and you lose yourself in the Rock n Roll. That is exactly what happens when you are at a We Are Harlot concert! We caught We Are Harlot as they made a stop in Fresno at Strummers for the first leg of their tour. People were arriving early and couldn’t wait to finally see We Are Harlot live. One thing is for sure, their high energy set did not disappoint and left everyone anticipating the next time they would see them. The sold out show had a great crowd that held no boundaries [Read More]

New Music

The Front Bottoms have a very special vinyl for you on Record Store Day

April 17, 2015

Here at Music Junkie Press everyday is Record Store Day, as it should be everywhere! But for those who have forgotten how great a vinyl sounds and the feel of it in your hands, there is one day a year which is a call for all to celebrate vinyl. This Saturday, April 18th is Record Store Day and where you should get out and support your local record stores by picking up some much needed vinyl! The Front Bottoms and GDP have teamed up for a Split 7″. The four song 7″ will be an extremely limited edition, only 2,000 copies and available on Record Store Day. This will be one amazing find if you are lucky enough to get one in your hands. The Jersey 7″ special highlights the ‘ cross fertilization of musical ideas from these New Jersey natives.’  GDP delivers a dose of rap with Limousine and Parking Garage. The special treat for me is Wolfman and Handcuffs from The Front Bottoms as they once again deliver their signature sound that defies all [Read More]