June 2016 | Music Junkie Press

Don’t miss Allen Stone this Thursday at SOMO Concert Series

June 27, 2016

We are looking forward to this Thursday as Allen Stone with the Monophonics will be heading into the SOMO Concert Series in Rohnert Park. This year Sonoma Cider, the award-winning hard cider producer, is partnering with Second Octave for the SOMO Concert Series. Check out the news below: As the North Bay’s “greenest” and most unique live entertainment venue, the 3,000 seat outdoor venue will host an incredible line-up of acts for the 2016 season. This year, Sonoma Cider will be serving concert goers with their flagship local organic cider line as well as showcasing a limited cider release at every show. The Solar-powered SOMO Village in Rohnert Park, a mixed-use community on 200 acres, was designated as the first One Planet Community in North America. The SOMO Concert Series line-up for 2016 includes: Allen Stone with Monophonics Thursday, June 30 Brit Floyd: Space and Time Continuum Sunday, July 10 Grace Potter with Special Guest Friday, July 22 UB40 with Ali Campbell, Astro & Mickey, with The Wailers Wednesday, July 27 Sonoma Blues Festival featuring [Read More]

Of Mice & Men release new song, Pain

June 27, 2016

After a few teasers over the last few days, Of Mice & Men released a new single/video today. The song is called ‘Pain’. The wailing guitars at the beginning and the awkwardly bending women in the video give a clear expression what the song is about. It’s a guitar driven song, lacking the clean vocals of Aaron Pauly. It’s the first single of their upcoming record ‘Cold World’, which will be available September 9th via Rise Records. Pre-oders can already be placed at http://smarturl.it/cold-world-merch. Check out the song/video here: Of Mice & Men will make a special appearance at this year’s Alternative Press Music Awards on July 18th at The Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH. They will also be out on a European Tour starting on September 30th in Birmingham, UK until October 15th in Antwerp, BEL. Ticket sale already started by the end of May. Tickets for OMM are always selling fast, so better get yours quickly. Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest [Read More]

Hard rockers Romantic Rebel set to tour with Smile Empty Soul this summer

June 27, 2016

Hard rockers Romantic Rebel have announced they will be heading out on tour this summer with Smile Empty Soul. The tour kicks off on July 14th in Joplin, MO and concludes September 14th in St. George, UT. Check out the tour dates below: Tour Dates with Smile Empty Soul: 7/14/2016 Guitars Rock ‘n’ Country Bar Joplin MO 7/15/2016 Fubar St. Louis MO 7/16/2016 Outland Ballroom Springfield MO 7/19/2016 Open Chord Knoxville TN 7/20/2016 Hard Rock Café Louisville Louisville KY 7/22/2016 Oddbodys Dayton OH 7/23/2016 Six Pence Pub Parkersburg WV 7/24/2016 The Gin Mill Northampton PA 7/26/2016 Mac’s Bad Art Bar Syracuse NY 7/27/2016 Pineapple Jack’s Rochester NY 7/28/2016 The Outpost Kent OH 7/29/2016 The Music Factory Battle Creek MI 7/30/2016 The Machine Shop Flint MI 7/31/2016 Long Shot Rock Falls IL 8/2/2016 Top Fuel Saloon Braidwood IL 8/3/2016 District Bar & Grill Rockford IL 8/4/2016 H.O.M.E Bar Arlington Heights IL 8/5/2016 Q&Z Expo Center Ringle WI 8/6/2016 The Venue Dubuque IA 8/7/2016 The Metal Grill Cudahy WI 8/9/2016 Opinion Brewing Company Newport MN 8/10/2016 Bigs [Read More]

The Raskins set to support Ted Nugent throughout July dates

June 27, 2016

One of our favorite up and coming bands, The Raskins have been selected to support Ted Nugent on the upcoming July dates. The Raskins which is led by the brother duo of Logan and Roger Raskin have captured a lot of attention when they performed on 70 dates of the Motley Crue final tour. After the tour, they headed straight back into the studio and wrote 40 songs – 12 of which will be featured on their new album. Their new album which they worked at Henson Studios, with French producer/engineer Nico Essig (Coldplay, Paul McCartney, the Goo Goo Dolls), as well as producer Brian Virtue (30 Seconds to Mars, Jane’s Addiction, Kiss), and will also be issuing a new song “Never Too Late” to be released right before their summer tour (released on MIRAL Records). “Can’t think of a better way to release our new single,” says Logan about the upcoming dates with the Nuge. “It’s so wild to think that the Raskins get a chance to tour with such a rock icon as Ted Nugent,” adds Roger. [Read More]

Catch John Mayer and Bob Weir on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live tomorrow night!

June 27, 2016

We are excited to share the news with you that you can catch John Mayer and Bob Weir tomorrow night on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live. News and details are below: Tune into Bravo on Tuesday, June 28th, when ‘Watch What Happens Live’ will feature PRS playing guitarist and current Dead & Company bandmate John Mayer with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir. Grammy-award winning artist John Mayer joined the new Dead & Company band in 2015 and is currently touring across the USA. John’s soulful vocals and guitar mastery have brought new excitement to this iconic jam band. With D&C, John plays a PRS Super Eagle and PRS McCarty 594. ‘Watch What Happens Live’ is the only live show on Late Night and features the hottest names in pop culture and entertainment. Hosted by Andy Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning host, producer and author, the Mayer/Weir WWHL episode will air on June 28 at 11 p.m. ET on Bravo. http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live

Check out the new video from progressive metal band Sunburst

June 27, 2016

The melodic progressive metal band Sunburst are from Larissa, Greece. They have released a music video for their track, Lullaby. The song is off their album, “Fragments of Creation” was released on February 26th in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings. Check out the video here: Sunburst are: Vasilis Georgiou (Black Fate, Innosense) – Vocals Gus Drax (Biomechanical, Paradox, Black Fate, Suicidal Angels) – Guitars Kostas Milonas (New Day Slave, Foray Between Ocean, Paradox, Outloud) – Drums Nick Grey (End Of Innocense, Jailcat) – Bass Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. Information & Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunburstofficial

Concert Review: Atreyu with Tenside at Munich. Contributed by Alex Bock

June 27, 2016

Strom, Munich, June 22, 2016 Since June 7th Atreyu is on a European summer tour on which they’re attending festivals as well as playing clubs, like they did on June 22nd in Munich. The Strom was already pretty packed when Tenside, a local band from Munich, came on stage to warm up the crowd that night, which they did pretty well. Atreyu got the crowd going from the first song on. They kept a very close contact to the audience, esp. Alex Varkatzas, their singer. He more than once got down from stage to join the people. That night a family with three kids was there. A rare sight in Germany, since younger kids usually don’t attend shows here. The band took the kids with them on stage for a few songs. Something they’ll probably never forget. The song list for the night included ‘Doomsday’, ‘Long Live’, ‘When Two Are One’, ‘Bleeding Mascara’, ‘Do You Know Who You Are?’ and also a cover of Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’. Here [Read More]