May 2015 | Music Junkie Press

Franki Love premieres her new beautiful touching song, Lullaby.

May 5, 2015

We recently featured Singer/songwriter Franki Love and her amazing song Walking Wounded. Today we would like to premiere another incredible song from Franki called Lullaby. As I have said before, Franki so easily captures emotion when she performs and is like a touch of angelic bliss. In this song, the raw honesty pours out in a flood of warmth and delivers a much needed pause to reflect and appreciate love. Truly amazing and quite an inspiration. Franki comments about the inspiration behind Lullaby, “The inspiration of the song is eternal love. It’s about love that lasts for infinity and is the most unconditional love you could ever imagine having with another human being. “ Check out the song here: You can truly feel the emotion in this song and we asked Franki about the emotion when she is recording and she explains, “Recording ‘Lullaby’ was an interesting and eye opening experience. I created a demo to send to the producer I was working with and recorded the vocal and piano in one live take. When [Read More]

Interview with Swedish heavy metal band; Lancer

May 1, 2015

Swedish heavy metal band recently premiered their new music video for their new track, Iwo Jima. The track is taken from the band latest release, Second Storm, via Despotz Records. We are pleased to bring you our interview with LANCER guitarist and avid record collector, Fredrik Kelemen: * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you so much for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. Congratulations on the release of Second Storm earlier this month. It has been well received. How are things now that the album has released? Fredrik: Thank you very much! It feels really good to finally have new music out, two years after our debut album. Things are really starting to move for us, and more and more people find out about us every day. We have just finished our four release shows for the album, and we have got nothing but positive response. Music Junkie Press: You have recently signed to Despotz Records, Congratulations. Can you tell us what this opportunity will allow for [Read More]

BottleRock Napa Featured Band of the Day is Wild Ones

May 1, 2015

Today our featured BottleRock Napa 2015 Band of the Day is Wild Ones. This band will definitely brighten your mood and day as they deliver an infectious dream pop vibe that will take you away on a blissful journey of music. Their music brings in a variety of influences of punk, techno, American, R&B and much more. Make sure to not miss them at this year’s BottleRock Festival. Band Members: Thomas Himes Danielle Sullivan Clayton Knapp Nick Vicario Seve Sheldon Max Stein Music: Keep It Safe available on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/keep-it-safe/ Songs to Check out: It’s Real Video to check out: From Nothing Check them out out and make sure to visit their social media sites for the latest news. Also mark your calendars for the weekend of May 29-31st for the BottleRock Napa 2015 Festival. You can get more details about the festival and pick up your tickets at http://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com You can check out below all the bands that have been announced and stay tuned for a new band featured each day for BottleRock Napa. ~ Marisol Information [Read More]

September Mourning releases tribute to Ben E. King with cover of Stand By Me

May 1, 2015

Sadly we learned of the passing of the great Ben E. King. What an amazing musician who inspired so many will be remembered. We want to share with you a spectacular cover from September Mourning of the classic Ben E. King hit, Stand By Me. What a wonderful tribute to the late Ben E. King. September comments on Revolver, “With dramatic dark lyrics that show glimpses of hope and redemption, I couldn’t resist a reinterpretation of this standard. It begged for a dynamic dramaticism that we couldn’t resist bringing to life.” Check out the cover here: In case you missed it, check out our interview with September Mourning from NAMM 2015. In case you haven’t already seen it, check out their video for their powerful new single, Children Of Fate. It is like a heavy dose of cinematic hard rock that captures your attention. The vocals of September are passionate and soaring as she takes you through melodic bliss. The song has a powerful message as well, vocalist September explains, Children of Fate is a call to arms for [Read More]