August 2016 | Music Junkie Press

Pick up the new vinyl single out now from The Cherry Bluestorms!

August 26, 2016

The Cherry Bluestorms are back at with their mod psychedelic Brit power pop and they are sure to capture your attention with their newly released vinyl single. The Vinyl features SEE NO EVIL and DEAR PRUDENCE. This is a vinyl must have as they once again bring to life a psychedelic 60’s inspired rock pop to life with vocal harmonies that feeds your soul and an infectious pop rock edge. You are treated to two very different songs that will have you fall in love with their infectious style and charismatic charm. Both will soon become regulars on your playlist! The vinyl single feature See No Evil on the A Side that Glenn Laughlin explains more about, Usually I write very, very quickly these days, but the chorus of SEE NO EVIL was circulating in the back of my mind for years. I tried a few different verse ideas, but it never really clicked for me. I finally came up with the current verse and wrote some uncharacteristically topical lyrics. I wrote a bridge too, but I couldn’t [Read More]

Check out the new track Living For The Weekend from Maradeen off their new album

August 26, 2016

The Southern rock pop flair of Maradeen will capture your attention with their new track, Living For The Weekend. The song is off their upcoming new album, Above the Horizon which is set for an October 21st release. The album described as “seamlessly blends pop hooks with masterful musicianship and southern rock flair with each song telling a story”. Vocalist and guitarist Whit Murray explains the inspiration behind the new single: “One of my best friends who I grew up with is insanely creative and sort of lives vicariously through what we do and loves helping out anyway he can. We text back and forth just bouncing ideas off of each other. I told him, I need the single for our last album that we’re recording. I told him that Wes said if I came up with a good title, he’d help me write it. My friend asked the premise for the title and I told him we needed a chorus that college kids are going to be singing at Hangout Fest, arm and arm, [Read More]

KAABOO DEL MAR featured Artist is Lenny Kravitz

August 26, 2016

Today our highlighted artist is none other than the amazing Lenny Kravitz. He wowed us at BottleRock and now is set to blow you away at KAABOO DEL MAR next month. He is amazing as he infuses the crowd with the infectious funk and soul that he brings to life with his music. He insures the energy will sweep through the crowd as everyone dances and sings along to their favorites. Check out some photos of Lenny Kravitz from his May performance by our Rockin Ryan: Make sure to visit his social media sites for the latest news. We look forward to this incredible festival and hope you have your passes already. Stay tuned as we continue to feature many of the artists in the coming weeks. ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://www.lennykravitz.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lennykravitz Twitter: https://twitter.com/LennyKravitz Website: https://www.kaaboodelmar.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaabooexperience Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaaboodelmar Instagram: https://instagram.com/kaaboodelmar/

Check out ZAKK WYLDE’s video for Sleeping Dogs featuring Corey Taylor

August 25, 2016

Guitar icon ZAKK WYLDE has been quite busy out on his tour in continued support of his new LP Book Of Shadows II. Zakk recently released a video for Sleeping Dogs featuring Corey Taylor. The track has gone on to become the most successful active rock radio single of Wylde’s career reaching as high as #22 in the U.S. and #11 in Canada. Directed by long time collaborator Justin Reich, the video can be seen below. Catch Zakk Wylde out on tour now! Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and Jared James Nichols will serve as support. ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://www.zakkwylde.com/ Website: http://blacklabelsociety.com/home/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zakkwylde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blacklabelsociety Twitter: https://twitter.com/zakkwyldebls Instagram: http://instagram.com/zakkwyldeBLS Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/zakkwyldetv

Heavy Metal band TYTUS signs with Sliptrick Records and check out their new track Desperate Hopes

August 25, 2016

Heavy metal band TYTUS from Italy has announced they signed with Sliptrick Records ahead of their upcoming debut release. Their album Rises is due out in October and you can check out their track Desperate Hopes: Check out the news below: TYTUS play heavy metal in the glorious tradition of bands like Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Megadeth and so on. The band is a classic four-piece: Mark Simon Hell and Ilija Riffmeister on lead guitars, the second handling also lead vocals, Markey Moon on bass and Bardy on drums. All of them made are experienced former members of bands like Gonzales, La Piovra, Eu’s Arse, Upset Noise, active for years in the punk, rock and hadcore european scene. While rising from the muds of 80’s hard rock, the four-headed monster stomp its big feet in the swamps of stoner rock with the urgency of punk rock.Their very first full lenght opus “Rises” will be published in october 2016 by Sliptrick Records. There is a sort of subtext behind “Rises”. In some billions [Read More]

SUM 41 release new single and music video for WAR off upcoming album 13 Voices

August 25, 2016

SUM 41 have just released a new single and music video for their track WAR. The song is off their upcoming album, 13 Voices which is set for an October 7th release on Hopeless Records. The video which features the band performing in the dessert as singer Deryck Whibley comes across some reminders of his past – a journal, old drawing, t-shirt, guitar, and empty bottle of alcohol in the wreckage – and burns them along with his past life. Whibley says that the crash site represents how he “crashed and burned” and that the graveyard was “a place for a funeral for my past.” The song has special meaning to Deryck because of its importance to his personal life, “I feel that this song literally saved my life. I was at my absolute lowest point of what seemed like a never-ending recovery. When I was at a tipping point of falling back into drinking or staying the course of recovery, I grabbed a pencil and paper instead of a bottle and started writing. Whenever [Read More]

NEWS: Houston Open Air set to feature over 35 Bands! September 24-25.

August 25, 2016

Get ready Houston for an incredible two days of kick ass music as Houston Open Air is set for September 24th and 25th. The festival will feature over 35 bands including Avenged Sevenfold, Alice In Chains, Deftones, Chevelle, Slayer and many more. Also one lucky unsigned band will have the chance to perform at Houston Open Air through Reverbnation Battle of the Bands. For details head over to: www.reverbnation.com/submission/details?campaign_id=11001&in_preview_mode=true&show_s1=true&submission_intended_action=create_cpo_submission. Check out the news for Houston Open Air here: In addition to three stages of top rock bands, Bud Light joins Houston Open Air as the official beer of the festival. Houston Open Air features the celebrated Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Whiskey Row, and a Texas-sized Gourmet Man Food experience, which will highlight Houston’s emergence as a great American food city, and include the Tacolandia Mexican food village with some of Houston’s top Tex-Mex spots. Weekend, single-day and VIP tickets for Houston Open Air are on sale now at www.HoustonOpenAir.com. Here’s a preliminary list of Houston Open Air onsite experiences, including Gourmet Man Food [Read More]