Month: July 2024

Electronic

Photo Gallery: Combichrist, Priest and Circus Bizarre

July 28, 2024

Last week I had the pleasure of shooting Combichrist live again during their show at the Free & Easy festival at the Backstage in Munich. It`s an annual festival with lots of bands on different stages for 18 days. The best thing is – all shows are free. Check out the upcoming shows until August 4th and take your pick. Meanwhile enjoy some photos of Combichrist, Priest, and Circus Bizzare. Circus Bizarre Priest Combichrist Combichrist just started that European leg of their tour. Make sure to catch them live in a town near you. For more information on the bands, follow their social media: Combichrist https://www.facebook.com/combichrist/ https://www.instagram.com/combichrist/ https://twitter.com/combichristarmy Priest https://www.facebook.com/priestofficial https://www.priestnexus.com/ https://instagram.com/priestofficial https://twitter.com/dominumpupa Circus Bizarre https://www.facebook.com/circusbizarre https://instagram.com/circus_bizarre https://linktr.ee/circus_bizarre Backstage Munich https://backstage.eu/ ~ Alex

Music News

Grace Bowers releases her cover of Dance to the Music (Sly & the Family Stone)

July 25, 2024

  Are you ready to Dance to the Music? Today Grace Bowers releases her cover of Sly & and the Family Stone’s groovy hit, Dance to the Music. The song is giving you a taste of what her new album Wine on Venus will deliver, set for an August 9th release. Bowers shares about the song, “‘Dance To The Music’ is The Hodge Podge’s take on Sly & The Family Stone. While keeping the spirit of the original, but with a modern twist. Recorded live in the room, you can hear the amount of fun we had while making this song!!” Check out the track here:   About the album Produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne), Wine On Venus captures the electric energy of Bowers’ live performances with The Hodge Podge. The record consists of nine soul-infused tracks including a new version of Sly and the Family Stone’s “Dance to the Music” as well as previously release single, “Tell Me Why U Do That,” Of the record, Bowers shares, “I’m so excited to share my first album with the world [Read More]

Outside Lands

Outside Lands announces set times and launch mobile app

July 23, 2024

NEW LINEUP ADDITIONS FEATURING: binki, Rochelle Jordan and DARUMAS plus icon Crystal Waters and Nina Sol LAUNCHES MOBILE APP 3-DAY AND SINGLE-DAY FESTIVAL PASSES ON SALE NOW EXCLUSIVELY AT WWW.SFOUTSIDELANDS.COM It’s time to start planning! The 2024 Outside Lands set times are here and featured in the Outside Lands mobile app. Fans can explore world-class musical offerings as they dart between the festival’s seven stages in Golden Gate Park to catch all of their favorite acts. Those attending can choose from the website or download the festival app for the most up to date, real-time set time information to plan their Outside Lands weekend-long adventure. Download for iOS now and get to work building your schedule, planning your meals from over 100 restaurants, familiarizing yourself with the map (coming soon!) and having all the festival details at your fingerprints. Be sure to turn notifications on so you don’t miss any festival updates! Available for Android soon. Organizers are also pleased to announce some additions to the lineup including binki, Rochelle Jordan and DARUMAS, plus icon Crystal Waters and Nina Sol will perform at Dolores’! This announcement comes on the heels of the return of Grass Lands [Read More]

Video

The Last Dinner Party release video for The Feminine Urge

July 22, 2024

The Last Dinner Party have released a video for their hit The Feminine Urge. Check out the video here: We can’t wait to see The Last Dinner Party perform at this year’s Outside Lands Festival next month.  We are having TLDP withdrawals. The last time we caught them was earlier this year in April as they performed at Bimbo’s 365 in San Francisco. Check out the photos from their set by Rockin Ryan:   Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on the latest news. Information & Links: Website: https://www.thelastdinnerparty.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLastDinnerParty/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lastdinnerparty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelastdinnerparty/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SHgclK1ZpTdfdAmXW7J6s

Festival

OUTSIDE LANDS ANNOUNCES GRASS LANDS PRESENTED BY EMBARC

July 19, 2024

The Groundbreaking Cannabis Marketplace Returns For Its Sixth Year In Golden Gate Park 3-DAY AND SINGLE-DAY FESTIVAL PASSES ON SALE NOW EXCLUSIVELY AT  WWW.SFOUTSIDELANDS.COM Grass Lands presented by Embarc is Outside Lands’ groundbreaking cannabis experience. Returning for its sixth year, Grass Lands is designed to bring California’s best cannabis marketplace to life and highlight innovations and culture in the cannabis industry. Grass Lands is the first curated cannabis experience at a major American music festival and serves as a way of celebrating, educating, and integrating cannabis products into our daily lives. Available to festival attendees 21+ in age, the highly anticipated space will once again feature the return of sales and consumption of cannabis at the festival. Embarc, one of the fastest growing cannabis retailers in California, joins Outside Lands in 2024 as the presenting sponsor of Grass Lands and has been involved with the activation for the last four years. Grass Lands also features 17 partners representing some of California’s best cultivators, brands and retailers. Additionally, returning culinary delights from Total Meltdown and Bloomstock will be served within the Grass Lands experience. Grass [Read More]

New Music

PALAYE ROYALE share new single and video for Ache in my Heart

July 19, 2024

Palaye Royale have just released a new single, along with a video for Ache in My Heart. The song is off their forthcoming album, Death or Glory which is set to release on August 30th via Sumerian Records.  You can pre-order the album HERE. The video for ‘Ache In My Heart’ was filmed in Italy, in between the band’s highly successful and sold out European run of dates last month. Watch the video here: Palaye Royale also recently announce a full run of EU tour dates, including their biggest headline show to date at Wembley Arena. Check out the dates below – tickets are on sale HERE. PALAYE ROYALE – “Death Or Glory” EU / UK Tour 2024  November 1st @ Cineteatro Capitolio (Lisbon, PT) November 3rd @ Sala La Paqui (Madrid, ES) November 4th @ Sala Apolo (Barcelona, ES) November 6th @ den Atelier (Luxembourg) November 7th @ 013 Poppodium (Tilburg, NL) November 9th @ OVO Arena Wembley (London, UK) November 11th @ L’Olympia (Paris, FR) November 12th @ Trix (Antwerp, BE) November 13th @ Komplex [Read More]

Tour

Dirty Honey announces dates for the final leg of “Can’t Find the Brakes World Tour”

July 16, 2024

We were there for last October for the opening night of Dirty Honey’s headlining Can’t Find the Brakes World Tour and it was phenomenal. Now, Dirty Honey have announced dates for the final leg of the tour. The final 33 dates of the tour will launch on September 13th in East Moline, IL and finish off in Calfornia on November 2nd. On most of these dates, the band – Marc LaBelle/vocals, John Notto/guitar, Justin Smolian/bass, and drummer Jaydon Bean – will welcome Special Guests, The Band Feel.  Pre-sale tickets will be on sale tomorrow. Vocalist Marc Labelle comments, “After visiting fans all over the world, we’re really excited to announce the final leg of our ‘Can’t Find the Brakes’ tour where we’ll be hitting new corners of North America along with some cities we’ve grown very familiar with. As you can tell from our live videos, audiences from Milan to Sydney and everywhere in between have been thirsty for our brand of Rock N’ Roll and we’re more excited than ever to get face to face [Read More]