May 2017 | Music Junkie Press

In Vinyl News: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Complete 1957 RIVERSIDE RECORDINGS set to be reissued in box set!

May 3, 2017

IN VINYL NEWS: We are excited to share the new imprint Craft Recordings will be reissuing Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane’s Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings as a deluxe vinyl box set! Check out the news below: For an all-too-brief, magical time in 1957, two of the greatest musicians in history — Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane — performed together every night at New York’s Five Spot Cafe and between April and July of that year, they made their only studio recordings together. This June 9th, the newly minted imprint Craft Recordings, is set to reissueThelonious Monk and John Coltrane’s Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings as adeluxe vinyl edition box set featuring new artwork, rare photos and 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI from lacquers cut by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Remastered from the original analog sources, audio will also be released in hi-res digital formats. The collection features such stellar musicians as Art Blakey, Wilbur Ware, Coleman Hawkins, Shadow Wilson, Ray Copeland and Gigi Gryce. Rounding out the package is an insightful essay by the late Orrin [Read More]

Epiphone May 2017 FREE Giveaway! Enter to WIN a new Masterbilt AJ-45ME

May 3, 2017

Epiphone May 2017 FREE Giveaway! Enter to win a new Masterbilt AJ-45ME with Hard Case (Nashville, TN May 3, 2017) Throughout May 2017, visit Epiphone.com to enter to win a new Masterbilt AJ-45ME with hard case. A winner from the U.S., Canada, and the UK/EU will be chosen June 1, 2017. Guitar World gave the Masterbilt AJ-45ME a rave review calling its tone “impressively complex for a guitar in this price range…although the original “workhorse” J-45 has become a pricey object of desire, Epiphone’s Masterbilt AJ-45ME puts that popular, beloved model back in the hands of the working musicians that it was designed for.” The Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-45ME features a Solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid Mahogany back and sides, plus the revolutionary Shadow Sonic™ preamp system and under-saddle NanoFlex™ low-impedance pickup for true “acoustic” tone when plugged in. Epiphone continues its historic Masterbilt series with the new Epiphone Masterbilt 2015 AJ-45ME Acoustic/Electric. The legendary J-45 round shoulder dreadnought has been the driving power behind decades of classics in every genre–rock, pop, [Read More]

VIDEO: Check out the new video from FOZZY for their kick ass new track, Judas

May 3, 2017

FOZZY has just released a video for their kick ass new track, Judas. The song is off their forthcoming seventh studio record and will serve as the official theme song for the WWE event “NXT Takeover: Chicago” on May 20th. Frontman and WWE Legend Chris Jericho comments, “For such a dark and sexy song like ‘Judas’, we wanted a dark and sexy video to match…and we got that and more! In one take we filmed a unique, visually stunning masterpiece that combines an incredible song, psycho clowns, hot chicks, a man on fire and a great rock n roll band, all in one tasty video morsel. What more could you want…a giant rabbit holding balloons? Oh yeah, we’ve got that too!” Watch it here: You can catch FOZZY out on their Judas Rising Tour, which kicks off on May 5th. Tickets & VIP Packages for all dates on the tour to be found at http://www.chris-jericho.com/judas-rising-tour/ or www.rockeventsonline.com. Dates listed below: May 5 – Lunatic Luau – Virginia Beach, VA May 6 – The Revival – Canton, GA – Tickets May 7 – Carolina Rebellion – Charlotte, [Read More]

The Wild! announce tour dates supporting Adrenaline Mob on US Tour

May 3, 2017

The Wild! from Canada have announced plenty of upcoming tour dates, so you better not miss them. They will be out supporting Adrenaline Mob on their US Tour. Frontman Dylan Villain comments, All the way stoked to make our return to the US of A! We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone we met on our last American tour & make some new fans along the way. See you on the road friends!” In addition they will be out on a Canadian Tour with their labelmates CKY. Check all the upcoming tour dates below: w. CKY06.04.17 – Quebec City, QC @ L’anti06.05.17 – Ottawa, ON @ Babylon06.06.17 – Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club06.08.17 – Sault St Marie, ON @ Canadian Night Club06.09.17 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks06.10.17 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre06.11.17 – Saskatoon, SK @ Saskatoon Event Centre06.12.17 – Edmonton, AB @ The Needle06.13.17 – Calgary, AB @ Dickens Pubw. ADRENALINE MOB06.16.17 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft06.17.17 – New York, NY @ Marlin Room06.18.17 – Haverhill, MA @ The Whiskey Barrell06.20.17 – [Read More]

Charming Liars release video for cover of Elton John’s I’m Still Standing

May 2, 2017

Alternative rockers Charming Liars from Southern California have just released a video for their cover of Elton John’s classic “I’m Still Standing“. They’ll also be donating half of the proceeds from the song to MusiCares®, a charity of The Recording Academy® dedicated to providing a wide range of health and human services programs including emergency financial assistance, addiction recovery resources, and wellness initiatives to members of the music community. This partnership is especially meaningful, since Elton John was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year in 2000, at its signature fundraising gala held during GRAMMY® Week two nights prior to Annual GRAMMY Awards® Check out the video here: It is an awesome cover that they really brought their own sound to. We will have to add it to our next list of best remakes/covers! Charming Liars vocalist Kiliyan Maguire comments, “I grew up on Elton John and he has a million great songs, so to pick one was difficult. But we knew we wanted to cover something different, one that not many people [Read More]

MOVING UNITS announce final West Coast dates for Collision with Joy Division Tour

May 2, 2017

Moving Units have announced the final set of dates for their wildly successful COLLISSION WITH JOY DIVISION TOUR. The dates are below: May 10th Seattle Sunset Tavern May 11th Portland Star Theater May 12th Sacramento The Starlite Lounge May 13th Reno @ Sculpture Fest at Trocadero Room May 14th San Francisco The Chapel May 20th Los Angeles Regent Theater May 27th San Diego Blonde Bar We are excited to see a San Francisco date and especially at the intimate venue of The Chapel. It has such an eclectic vibe that truly will capture the spirit of Joy Division as performed by Moving Units. About the tour: Playing a full set of Joy Division classics including “Transmission”, “Atmosphere”, “Warsaw” and, of course, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” as well as a second set of their own dance rock anthems such as “Between Us & Them”, “The World Is Ours”, “Pink Thoughts”, and “The Opposite of Rhyming” among others, Moving Units apply appropriate respect and reverence to the classics while injecting their own dance-rock stamp. “It was kinda like the soundtrack to the discontent of my youth,” says [Read More]

Motionless In White premiere new song. Contributed by Alex Bock

May 1, 2017

Motionless In White premiered a new song called ‘Rats’ today. It’s the latest release from their upcoming record ‘Graveyard Shift’. Check the song out here: Motionless In White will start touring again in the US from May 2nd on. For a list of tour dates go here: https://www.facebook.com/motionlessinwhite/app/123966167614127/ They’ll also be back live in Europe. Starting out in June with two festival dates at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. They’ll also make appearances at Download UK, Longlive Rockfest, Graspop, Hellfest, Download Spain, Copenhell and With Full Force. Aside from those dates they’ll play with Of Mice And Men on June 12th and 19th in France and June 20th in Wörgl, Austria. A lot of chances for European fans to catch the band live. Go grab your tickets today! ‘Graveyard Shift’ will be released May 5th. To pre-order the record go here https://miw.lnk.to/GraveyardShift Don’t forget to follow the band on their social media for more information on upcoming music and shows http://motionlessinwhite.net/ https://www.facebook.com/motionlessinwhite/ https://twitter.com/MIWband https://www.instagram.com/miwband/ ~ Contributed by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp