Month: September 2019

Concerts

Maggie Rogers; Beauty and Light personified, delivers spellbinding performance at Greek Theater

September 24, 2019

Last Friday evening at the Greek Theater in Berkeley was the place to be.  The majestic setting of the Greek Theater was the perfect backdrop for the beauty and dazzling performance by Maggie Rogers. We first saw Maggie Rogers perform at Outside Lands just two years ago and we knew she would be well on her way to the top. Selling out the Greek Theater, no problem for her. There is no stopping the effervescent and mesmerizing Maggie Rogers. Show after show, she exceeds our expectations and delivers spot on spellbinding performances. Her vocals captivated the audience and you could feel a positive energy race through the crowd. If I could compare it to anything, it would be to that one moment in How The Grinch Stole Christmas – that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.  At a Maggie Rogers concert, you can’t help but have your heart grow. You feel a positive energy that grabs a hold of you and the songs become the life line to your soul.  From the first song to the [Read More]

New Music

With “Love on Mars” Binx knocks it out of the stratosphere.

September 24, 2019

Binx has taken the next step into the solar system after the stratosphere-penetrating “Space DJ” with her newest song, “Love on Mars”.  Actually, it’s a very big step – as any trip from the edge of the atmosphere to the Red Planet would be.  “Love on Mars”, at its lyrical core is about falling in love – with yourself first and then with your soulmate.  No surprise there for a too-busy-for-love woman who has been evolving and defining herself since she left small-town South Africa, survived the club scene in New York and is now relaxing into herself and thriving as a songwriter, performer and web personality in LA, the world’s most competitive music market.  But the music of “Love on Mars” moves beyond its lyrical orbit into a very sophisticated and addictive solar system – several parsecs beyond “Space DJ” and her earlier releases “Headlights” and “Radiohead”, which were themselves addictive and enjoyable. “Love on Mars”, feels and sounds like a BIG HIT.  Its hooks are subtly addictive, its choruses are designed to be [Read More]

Aftershock Festival

AFTERSHOCK 2019 Set Times: Have you planned who you will be seeing?

September 24, 2019

  We are only weeks away from California’s greatest rock and metal festival, Aftershock 2019! Three days of amazing bands that you don’t want to miss! Make sure to plan your days and check out the set times for each day below: The music schedule for Aftershock is as follows (subject to change). Friday, October 11 Monster Energy Stage Kolas Discovery Stage 8:20 PM Slipknot 7:15 PM Staind 6:20 PM Lamb of God 5:30 PM Halestorm 4:45 PM Dropkick Murphys 4:05 PM Clutch 3:25 PM I Prevail 2:45 PM Beartooth 2:05 PM Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals 1:30 PM Motionless In White 1:00 PM Poppy 12:30 PM DED Coors Capital Stage 7:25 PM Sum 41 6:20 PM The Interrupters 4:50 PM Knocked Loose 3:30 PM Angel Du$t 2:10 PM The Pink Slips 1:00 PM Santa Cruz Saturday, October 12 Monster Energy Stage Kolas Discovery Stage 8:50 PM blink-182 7:45 PM Rob Zombie 6:45 PM Bring Me The Horizon 5:55 PM Marilyn Manson 5:05 PM Stone Temple Pilots 4:20 PM Bad Religion 3:40 PM Highly Suspect 3:05 [Read More]

music

Davey Suicide release new song ‚Medicate Me’

September 21, 2019

Davey Suicide just released ‘Medicate Me’, which features Telle Smith from The Word Alive. It’s the first single from their upcoming record ‘Rock Ain’t Dead’. It’s the fourth studio record of the band and it will be released January 2020 through the German label Out Of Line Music. Track list: Rock Ain’t Dead Medicate Me (feat. Telle Smith of The Word Alive) Animal (feat. Gustav Wood of Young Guns) One Of My Kind Death Won’t Tear Us Apart Flyaway Disappear Sinner Riot Addict (feat. Hyro The Hero) I Need You (feat. Blacklisted Me) For more information on the band, check out their social media https://www.facebook.com/daveysuicide/ https://daveysuicide.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/DAVEYSUICIDE https://www.instagram.com/daveysuicide/

Concerts

Combichrist, Soulfly and Rave The Requiem live in Munich at the Backstage August 7th, 2019

September 21, 2019

After an extensive tour through the US in April and May 2019 with over 40 dates, Combichrist went over the great pond to continue their ‘One Fire’ tour through Europe and the UK in June, July and August 2019. We were lucky to catch the band live in Munich on August 7th. It was the only double-headliner show the band did with Soulfly, well-known through it’s frontman Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura). Opening act was a Swedish band called ‘Rave The Requiem’. While unknown to most of the people, they could easily win over the crowd. Their performance was very energetic with an amazing female vocalist Jenny Fagerstrandh. Her voice complements the bands vocalists’ and guitarists’ Filip Lönnqvist. Him also being the founder of the band. RTR released their latest record ‘FVNERAL’ in October 2018. Make sure to check them out live, if you get a chance. Combichrist and Soulfly as co-headliners, a strange combination one might think….. When the date was first announced, it was only Combichrist, Soulfly have been added to the line-up later on. [Read More]

music

Silvertomb release new single ‚Waiting‘

September 21, 2019

US metalband Silvertomb shared their new single ‘Waiting’. It’s the second single from their upcoming debut-record ‘Edge Of Existence’, which will be released November 1st 2019 through Long Branch Records/SPV. Kenny Hickey on the single “Waiting”: “After a long night in the studio wrestling with key changes and heavy riffs I became frustrated and picked up my acoustic and this song just sort of spilled out at 3am. It was completed in around 15 minutes. I guess it was just what I needed: a straight up simple rock song to put my feet back on the ground. I decided to end the record with it to refresh the ear after 36 minutes of dirge and weighty tuned down sludge, so it actually shares with the listener the state of mind I was in when it was written. It’s a song about wasting time and emotional energy over the things you’ve lost in life and the things you could never have.” Silvertomb’s debut record ‚Edge of Existence‘ is about Kenny Hickey’s personal struggle with addiction, love and suicide, [Read More]

music

Stand Atlantic share new song and video

September 19, 2019

Australian four-piece, Stand Atlantic, have shared a new song and video for ‘Hate Me (Sometimes)”. Speaking about the meaning behind the song, lead singer Bonnie Fraser shared: “Hate Me (Sometimes)” is about finding it hard to break through your own barriers. It’s about the frustration that comes from being your own worst enemy, but at the same time trying to celebrate it because it makes you who you are”. Stand Atlantic will be performing in Europe with The Maine in February 2020. Check the dates below: 5th February @ Kavka (Antwerp, BE) 6th February @ Live Music Hall (Koln, DE) 7th February @ Patronaat (Haarlem, NL) 8th February @ Uebel & Gefahrlich (Hamburg, DE) 9th February @ SO 36 (Berlin, DE) 11th February @ Futurum Music Bar (Praha, CZ) 12th February @ Flex (Vienna, AT) 13th February @ Strom (Munich, DE) 14th February @ Arci Ohibo (Milan, IT) 15th February @ Komplex 457 (Zurich, CH) 18th February @ Sala Independance (Madrid, ES) 19th February @ Sala Boveda (Barcelona, ES) 21st February @ Trabendo (Paris, FR) Stand Atlantic, made [Read More]