March 2016 | Music Junkie Press

Interview with hard rockers Last Bullet

March 24, 2016

We recently brought you the newly released video for SIN from bad ass rockers, Last Bullet. They grabbed your attention and I am sure you are ready to know more about them. Check out our interview with frontman, Bryan Fontez. * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you very much for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. First we have to congratulate you guys on the passion you bring to your music and determination to keep ROCK alive and thriving! You guys truly bring the rock and roll alive with your music. We have been noticing quite a rustle in the music industry that indicates a big rock wind is coming. Do you feel it as well? Bryan Fontez: Thank you so much for the kind words we really appreciate it and we definitely feel the same way. We definitely feel it. With bands like Rival Sons, Royal Blood, Monster Truck, The Temperance Movement and a whole bunch of other heavy, soulful, blues rock influenced bands popping [Read More]

Catch Saint Ridley on The Free Music Tour presented by A-Team Entertainment

March 23, 2016

We are very excited to share the news of The Free Music Tour which is being presented by A-Team Entertainment Group. The tour will feature hard rock metal band Saint Ridley. The tour will kick off on March 24th in Bradley, Illinois and continues until April 23rd in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We first caught Saint Ridley as they came to San Francisco last year opening for Coal Chamber at The Regency Ballroom. They were incredible as they delivered a straight up dose of hard rock/heavy metal with a Pantera vibe. In no way imitating, since this band definitely has their own signature sound for you to fall in love with. Their high energy set completely blew us away and we really look forward to their return to the Bay Area. Saint Ridley members: Paul Ridley: Vocals Phil “Alabama” Durham: Guitar Nathan Garcia: Bass Richard Schlager: Drums Check out their lyric video for Death by Design: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. ~ Marisol [Read More]

UK’s Idlewild announces first West Coast dates in 10 years!

March 23, 2016

We are very excited to announce that after nearly 10 years, UK’s Idlewild will return to the West Coast for a string of tour dates. There are planned stops in San Francisco, San Diego and LA as the band tours in support of their recent release, Everything Ever Written which is available now on Empty Words. Vocalist Roddy Woomble speaks on the album’s importance to the band’s overall trajectory, sharing “[it] soundtracks a period of transition. Working without time constraints gave the whole thing a creative freedom.”Woomble adds, “Idlewild is a new band to me now; Im excited for the future.The empathetic video for “Every Little Means Trust”, features How to Train Your Dragon star Jay Baruchelfollowing wanderlust across North London. Baruchel, an openly huge fan of the band, boasts that the group “soundtracked half his life” and proudly traveled over from Canada to make his appearance. Check out the video here: Idlewild Spring 2016 US Tour Dates:May 21 — San Francisco — Social Hall (TIX)May 22 — San Diego — The Casbah (TIX) May [Read More]

X Japan documentary film WE ARE X wins at SXSW

March 23, 2016

X Japan have debuted their award winning music documentary, We Are X at SXSW. Well, exciting news to share, the documentary film won SXSW Film Festival Audience Award for “Excellence In Title Design”, more here. Check out the trailer here: More news below: X JAPAN and ‘WE ARE X’ dominated social media conversation duringSXSW 2016 Music & Film weeks. The group marked the #2 most-used hashtag at SXSW this year: #X JAPAN and #WE ARE X-related tweets received (source: Keyhole and Forbes) just under 11 million impressions throughout the week (Posts: 11,888, Users who Posted: 1,799, Reach: 2,485,559, Impressions: 10,914,757). For a detailed breakdown, read “How POTUS and X JAPAN Dominated Social Media At SXSW” (here). YOSHIKI–songwriter, drummer, classically-trained pianist and the creative force of X JAPAN–performed a special set for the captivated SXSW crowd of movie-goers following the final screening of ‘WE ARE X’ at the Paramount Theatre in Austin on Friday, March 18. YOSHIKI’s classical versions of X JAPAN’s songs with a string quartet live on stage garnered a standing ovation following his [Read More]

Sebastian Bach announces US Tour and he is bringing along rockers Santa Cruz!

March 23, 2016

We are so excited to share the news of Sebastian Bach’s upcoming US Tour. He has just announced a full tour and he is bringing along bad ass rockers Santa Cruz. Get ready for a wild rock and roll ride! As you may know, they appeared on the AXS show Breaking Band with Sebastian Bach. Bach explains more in his Facebook post: Well I have been waiting a long time to make an announcement like this. I can’t remember the last time we went on a Full USA Tour WITH another amazing band, every single night. That is about to change!! Recently I had the pleasure to shoot an AXS TV Show called Breaking Band where I was introduced to a totally kick ass group of individuals named Santa Cruz (band) . These guys blew me away onstage, and were super nice and funny at the same time. I thought, “How cool would it be to take these dudes on tour???” Believe it or not, it’s happening!!! The Government of Finland has been kind enough [Read More]

Sunshhine Gun Club release new video for Fading Light

March 23, 2016

Sunshine Gun Club bring out a much needed dose of punk rock with their new video for Fading Light. The song is off their debut full length cassette Heaven which is set for a May 6th release via Wiener Records. Check out the video here: I love that they are releasing their full length on a cassette. They are truly bringing back our love for punk angst high energy music. We are looking forward to more new music from Sunshine Gun Club and hopefully they will bring a tour in support of their new music to us here on the West Coast. Sunshine Gun Club is: Danny Sunshine – Vox (The Death Set) Rex Weaver – Guitar (ex-Team Robespierre) Denis Red Scare – Bass (ex-Black Boots) William Broussard – Drums (ex-Village Psychic) Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. Information & Links: Website: http://www.sunshinegunclub.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunshinegunclub Twitter: https://twitter.com/SUNSHINEGUNCLUB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunshinegunclub/

AM Taxi release live studio video of Shake, Rattle and Stall

March 23, 2016

AM TAXI is one of the first bands we ever featured on Music Junkie Press, nearly six years ago as we embarked on our music site journey. From the first time we saw them opening up for The Spill Canvas at Slim’s in San Francisco, we were blown away and instantly fell in love with their music which was a blend of punk and rock with captivating gritty vocals. They have persevered through lineup changes and a label that I think didn’t truly appreciate the honest true talent that was right in front of them. AM Taxi is one of our favorite bands with a sound that is addictive in every sense. They are definitely back on the music scene and are working on releasing a mixtape, Semi-Confessional on May 13th. They recently released a video which was shot at the IV Lab Studio in Chicago and filmed by Press Photoraphy Network Inc. It features the band performing Shake, Rattle and Stall. It is awesome and I can’t wait for the tape! AM Taxi [Read More]