November 2015 | Music Junkie Press

While She Sleeps announces North American headline dates!

November 24, 2015

While She Sleeps are excited to announce tour dates for a North American headline tour! We are excited to see that they will be coming to San Francisco! British hard rockers While She Sleeps announce North American headlining tour dates for 2016. The band is set to kick off the new year with a few headlining shows (select support dates with Asking Alexandria). All shows and tickets are available for purchase HERE. The band has been touring nonstop in support of their sophomore album Brainwashed. In addition to their headline dates, While She Sleeps will bring their insane live shows to the British Invasion tour as support to Bullet For My Valentine. All tour dates are listed below. British Invasion Tour Dates February 2 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues February 3 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theater February 4 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction* February 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern February 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint February 8 – Salt Lake City, UT [Read More]

EMO Night One Year Anniversary Lineup Announced

November 24, 2015

Performances + DJ Sets From Dashboard Confessional, Mark Hoppus, All Time Low, My Chemical Romance + More Massive Party To Takeover The Echo + The Echoplex On Tuesday, December 1st “Much as the scene did during its height, Emo Night has brought together hordes of like-minded people across the country to scream along to songs by the bands they grew up with.” – Rolling Stone Los Angeles, CA – LA’s monthly event Emo Night: Taking Back Tuesday has teamed up with Rolling Stone to announce the line up for their massive one-year anniversary celebration! On December 1st, fans will have a chance to enjoy live performances and DJ sets on 4 stages from renowned artists including Dashboard Confessional, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Jack Barakat of All Time Low, Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance, We Are The In Crowd, Sugarcult, FIDLAR, Seahaven, Have Mercy, and more! Limited tickets for this huge celebration are still available for purchase here: http://bit.ly/1Hdwrnu. Fans can currently enter to win a pair of tickets by taking a picture of the event’s [Read More]

Naughty By Nature announce 25th Anniversary Tour and new EP

November 24, 2015

We wanted to share the latest new on Naughty by Nature as they announce their 25th Anniversary Tour! Grammy Award winning, platinum-selling hip-hop trio Naughty By Nature are back in full force, announcing their 25th Anniversary Tour that is set to hit 26 major cities across the U.S. in 2016! After kicking off the international leg of the tour earlier this month, the group will return to the states on January 27th kicking off in Greensboro, NC. For more information, please visit: http://naughtybynature.com. When asked about celebrating 25 years of their career as a trio, Naughty By Nature said: “We’re recording a new project, got that classic merchandise, we are a legendary brand and group. We put on one of the best live shows in the business, and after 25 years we are still here!” New Jersey natives Naughty By Nature took the hip-hop scene by storm in 1989, originally calling themselves The New Style. Comprised of Vin Rock, Treach as well as DJ Kay Gee, the trio immediately garnered the attention of fellow [Read More]

58. NAMM Foundation Believe In Music Fund is featured on our Countdown to NAMM 2016

November 24, 2015

We are so excited to feature the Believe In Music Fund on our Countdown to NAMM 2016! Members of NAMMs Executive Committee personally donate $25,000 to kickoff new music industry community chest donor program expanding efforts to keep music education strong The NAMM Foundation works year round to create a world in which every child has a deep desire to learn music and a recognized right to be taught. Now NAMM members and all of those who share that vision are invited to help support the Foundations work through the Believe in Music fund. We are proud to announce the opening of the Believe in Music fund with the initial goal of raising $100,000 to further support music and music education, said Mary Luehrsen, executive director of the NAMM Foundation. There are more than 10,000 NAMM member companies around the world with founders and employees who have been touched by this incredible industry. A gift to the NAMM Foundation will enable more young people to have the same opportunity that we had: the [Read More]

59. Our chat with Provo of Everybody Panic! is featured on our Countdown to NAMM 2016

November 24, 2015

We had the chance to chat with guitarist, Provo of Everybody Panic! at NAMM 2015 and are featuring it on our countdown to NAMM 2016! Check out our quick chat with Provo here: You can visit their Facebook page and check out the updates from the Studio. One thing is certain Everybody Panic! delivers a fierece dose of high energy alternative metal that brings flavors of rock, industrial and electronic along for the ride. You can’t help but remain adrenalized and refueled after listening to them. Check out their video for Such A Waste: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. ~ Marisol Information & Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everybodypanic Twitter: https://twitter.com/EVERYBODYPANIC1 www.reverbnation.com/EVERYBODYPANIC www.youtube.com/EVERYBODYPANICMUSIC NOTE: NAMM is an industry only event, see if you qualify for NAMM membership at https://www.namm.org/membership For more details on NAMM 2016, visit their website at https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016 About The NAMM Foundation The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 9,900 members. The Foundations mission is to [Read More]

HBO’ The Latin Explosion: a celebration of todos somos Americanos, but we need more

November 24, 2015

A joyful record of Latin music in America, except California Patrick O’Heffernan Two unforgettable images flowed across American television screens this week: on Monday the HBO documentary The Latin Explosion: A New America reprised 1980 news footage showing sign-waving white crowds in Miami protesting Cuban immigrants fleeing Castro; on Wednesday night on the Latin Grammys, rockers Maná and Los Tigres del Norte unfurled the now famous banner, “Latinos Unidos no Voten Por Los Racistas!”. Of course, Latin Explosion executive producer Tommy Mottola had no idea that the Latin Grammys would put an exclamation point on his musical/demographic/political documentary which chronicled – brilliantly but incompletely– the emergence of Latinos as a mainstream cultural, political and market power in the US. But there it was on two nights later on the Latin Grammy stage in front of 10 million viewers, not a bookend to his story, but rather a continuation. The documentary’s title itself announces Mottola’s purpose, to lay out the thesis of the “New America” Latinos are creating through their music and their influence in [Read More]

The Walcotts at the El Rey: nowhere to go but up. By Patrick O’Heffernan

November 22, 2015

(Los Angeles) There is a reason why people were lined up Monday night on the sidewalk outside the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles at 5 o’clock. As one girl who was hanging over the barrier separating the photo pit from the stage said, “We wanted to be right here when The Walcotts come on”. Of course she – and the hundreds of people pressing her and her friends into the rail – were also there for the headliner, Christ Stapleton. But LA’s high-octane, countrified, California Americana rock band was more than enough reason to stand in the cold for 2 hours. Being within touching distance of Tom Cusimano, Laura Marion, Devin Shea and the other half dozen indefatigable musicians that make up The Walcotts was a special magic. And The Walcotts delivered that magic. The pounded out a generous set of 12 songs, all so high powered and fast moving that you could almost feel the air being pushed off the stage like the exhaust of a jet plane. If you only knew [Read More]