May 2017 | Music Junkie Press

AZRA set to perform at East Coast Pride Festivals this June

May 25, 2017

We are excited to announce that Azra is set to perform at Pride festivals on the East Coast. Check out the news below: Up-and-coming pop artist, Azra, will be touring the east coast this June, performing at Pride festivals in cities like Queens, NewYork, Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA. This string of dates comes in support of Azra’s debut EP, Freedom, which was released on March3rd, 2017. Featuring inspiring lyrics and uplifting hooks, Freedom encourages listeners to be their authentic selves and live in their own unconventional way. “The LGBTQ community and Pride events inspire us to be ourselves and accept others no matter the challenges – to shine through, and move forward together, as one,” Azra explains. “I am honored to sing and share my songs on stage for Pride because I will be able to sing for what we all are standing for- celebrating our beautiful individuality.” For more information, please visit: http://azraofficial.com. Tour Dates: June 04 – Queens Gay Pride – Jackson Heights, NY June 10 – Capital Pride Festival [Read More]

Concert review: Kieran Robertson with Ravenfield. Contributed by Alex Bock

May 24, 2017

Munich, Garage Deluxe, May 6th 2017 Kieran Robertson, a young musician from Scotland, made stop in Munich that night at the Garage Deluxe. A small cozy club close to Munich East train station. Small as it is, it has some awesome acts on its schedule. It’s hard to draw people on a Saturday in a city like Munich, where there’s clubs and venues on end. So only a few people showed up that night. A fact that didn’t stop Kieran though from delivering an awesome performance. Kieran recently played guitar on some US-shows for Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche) and there’ll be more collaboration after that small tour through Germany is done. There’s only three German dates set this time. One of them was Munich. So if you want to check Kieran Robertson out live, I suggest you catch him in Hamburg on May 26th at Marias Ballroom or Berlin on May 27th at the Maze. Don’t’ miss it! Opening act in Munich was a local band called Ravenfield. Make sure to follow Kieran on social [Read More]

Stone Sour release new song/video and announce European/UK tour dates

May 24, 2017

Stone Sour introduced a new video for ‘Song #3’. It’s the second release from their upcoming record ‘Hydrograd’. The long-awaited successor of ‘House Of Golden Bones Part 1&2’ will be in stores June 30th. Pre-orders can already be placed at http://stonesour.com . Check out the video here: The video for their first release from ‘Hydrograd’, ‘Fabuless’, is already at over 3 million views in about 3 weeks: With the release of the new song came the announcement of an extensive European tour with 22 dates for this winter. Special guest will be The Pretty Reckless. Ticket sale starts May 25th. Stone Sour are currently touring in the US in sold-out venues. So better be quick and save yourself a ticket. For more information on the band follow their social media https://www.facebook.com/stonesour/ http://www.stonesour.com/ https://twitter.com/stonesour https://www.instagram.com/stonesour/ ~ Contributed by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp

THIS WEEKEND!! CATCH ONOFF in the North BAY for (2) Album Release shows!!!

May 23, 2017

Hey Bay Area, I have another great show for you to check out this weekend! One of our favorite bands, ONOFF will be playing not one, but two album release shows this weekend. You can catch them tomorrow night at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and then again on Saturday night at the Boardwalk in Orangevale. They are releasing their new album Reborn and you can check out a video for their bad ass new track, Keep That Fire Burning: These guys are always invigorate with their high energy rock n roll. This track features high voltage riffs, fluid bass lines that grab your attention, powerful angsty vocals and revved up in-your-face drumming! ONOFF will be headlining Vetstock Fest 2017 on Saturday, June 24th. Make sure to pick up your tickets and support our Veterans. More details can be found on the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VetstockFestival. Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on all their latest news. ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://onoffrock.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ONOFFNEWS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ONOFFnews/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ONOFFband/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-uc5tEFWgXZLOWIjbnaaXw

Lord Of The Lost announce Ensemble Tour 2017

May 21, 2017

Just about two weeks after they finished their headlining tour through Germany and Austria, German Dark Rock band Lord Of The Lost announce the Ensemble Tour 2017. In 2015 the band already did a successful acoustic tour with a classic ensemble. Check out our report from April 2015 at https://musicjunkiepress.com/music/concert-review-lord-of-the-lost-and-florian-grey-in-munich-by-alexandra/. Many fans hoped for a comeback of this arrangement and the band listened. Tickets are already available at www.lordofthelost.extratix.de. Better be quick, because there will be seats, so there won’t be as many tickets available for that shows. Lord Of The Lost just recently signed a worldwide record deal with Napalm records, an Austrian label. First release on that label will be another acoustic/ensemble record, ‘Swan Songs 2’, announced for fall 2017. Make sure to follow the band on their social media http://lordofthelost.de/ https://www.facebook.com/lordofthelost/ https://twitter.com/lordofthelost https://www.instagram.com/officiallordofthelost/?hl=de

The duo Mitré soars and harmonizes at DTLA’s plush Continental Club.

May 21, 2017

Patrick O’Heffernan (Los Angeles) The duo Mitre, composed of Louis Mitré and Andie Sandóval, introduced new songs and old favorites at a BMI showcase sponsored by Peroni at the plush Continental Club in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. They were joined, as usual, by Hugo Melendez in his La Katarina persona, delighting the jam-packed room with his startlingly accurate costume and make up by Ruben Lopez. While the new duo has appeared in several live events around Los Angles over the past few months, this was an official coming out party in a major club in both English and Spanish (all the songs were in Spanish but the conversations from the stage was bi-lingual). Louis Mitre has worked with a number of female singers-songwriters over the past year or so including Alih Jey and Irene Diaz, to add female color to his own astonishingly rich voice. Andie Sandoval, a singer-songwriter originally from Sinaloa in Mexico seems to be the perfect complement, both in vocal range, songwriting and stage presence, hence the new duo. They opened [Read More]

Blue October, The Fillmore San Francisco.

Interview with Justin of Blue October ahead of their stellar performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco

May 20, 2017

Earlier this week we headed to the legendary Fillmore as Blue October brought the Heart Go Bang Tour to San Francisco. We have impatiently waited for this date to arrive. See, Blue October was not just another band for us to cover, they are a band that had provided the playlist to my life’s ups and downs for the past 20 years. Most recently in March, during my Mother’s hospice care at home, she would lay next to me and listen to Blue October, nearly silent for days, yet show would respond and tell me she liked the songs. Her favorite during that time, The Feel Again, (Stay). What a heavy song and yet, I truly clutched to those words… Stay… selfishly I wanted more time with her. After she passed away, I could feel the dark depression setting in as it had with my Father 5 years earlier. But I turned to music and once again to Blue October. Their latest album, Home which shot up the charts to a No. 1 spot [Read More]