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Interview with Santa Cruz as they continue Aiming High with their non-stop ROCK!

June 10, 2015

We recently brought you our coverage of the Massive Addictive Tour, as it made a stop at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. The tour featured Amaranthe, I Prevail and Santa Cruz. Check out our full coverage of the night here: Massive Addictive Tour in SF. The tour was a great success and one of our highlights was getting to see rockers Santa Cruz take the stage. We have been watching this Finnish rock band for several years now and have always admired their straight up non-stop rock and roll style. Whether you hear comments about the rock scene dying or there not being any good rock bands out there, Santa Cruz is here to prove them wrong! These guys have consistently been in the forefront of rock and roll overseas, and it is now time for the spotlight to shine on them here in America. We will be featuring Santa Cruz in the coming months as we crown them as one of the top bands responsible for keeping ROCK & ROLL ALIVE! Shortly before their [Read More]

I Prevail announce coast-to-coast Crossroads Tour with Danger Kids

June 10, 2015

We are so excited to hear that I Prevail have announced the dates for their new Crossroads Tour. The tour will feature Danger Kids as direct support and also include Fit For Rivals, Dayseeker and Animal In Me. Drummer Lee Runestad comments, “We’re absolutely stoked with the way The Crossroads Tour came together! It’s an awesome lineup of talented bands with great sounds who each have something unique to bring to the package. We’re also lucky enough to hit a bunch of new cities on this tour, which is really exciting. We couldn’t be more pumped to hit the road, make some new friends, and most importantly, keep giving it all on stage each night for our fans.” Tour dates are listed below: 7/09 Lakewood, OH The Foundry 7/10 Lansing, MI Common Ground Festival 7/11 Newport, KY Thompson House 7/12 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theater 7/14 Springfield, IL Donnies 7/16 Columbia, MO Rose Music Hall 7/17 Tulsa, OK Vanguard 7/18 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater 7/19 Council Bluffs, IA River Riot Festival 7/23 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater [Read More]

The Massive Addictive tour delivered an epic set in San Francisco with Amaranthe, I Prevail and Santa Cruz

June 6, 2015

This week has been filled with amazing concerts. I want to tell you about the Massive Addictive Tour by Amaranthe with guests I Prevail and Santa Cruz. The tour wrapped up this past week in Los Angeles and we were able to catch them the night before at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. What an epic night it was! First, the lineup was diverse bringing out everything from melodic metal, post hardcore to straight up rock n roll! We had the opportunity to talk with all three bands and will be bringing you interviews with each of them. We were excited to see Santa Cruz as they opened the show. They have been one of our featured bands that is determined on bringing Rock back to the forefront of the music scene. They were incredible as Johnny was a madman on the guitar, Middy was raging on the bass, and Taz was fiercely delivering a punch of precision on the drums. Then of course you are blown away by the powerful vocals of Archie [Read More]

Check out the new song, Us from Smashing Satellites

June 1, 2015

Smashing Satellites are gearing up for the release of their new album SonicAluzion which is set for a June 16th release. They have just premiered their new song, Us which delivers a funky new vibe that will insure to put a groove into your move. Check out the new track: You can preorder their new album, SonicAluzion by heading over to iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sonicaluzion/id983683599 In addition, how about winning a vintage strat signed by Smashing Satellites? Hell yes! In celebration of the band’s new album SonicAluzion, SMASHING SATELLITES is giving one lucky winner a signed vintage 1980’s Candy Apple Red Solid Body Squier Stratocaster guitar! You can check out their new song, What It’s All About and to enter the contest, visit the link below: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news! Smashing Satellites: Salvatore Costa Devon Lougheed Mick Valentyne Mykey Thomas ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://smashingsatellites.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmashingSatellites Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmashSatellites Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalvatoreMuzak Instagram: http://instagram.com/smashingsatellites Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashingSatellites iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-side-sonicaluzion-ep/id907190639

CONTEST: WIN A SIGNED Strat from Smashing Satellites

May 26, 2015

Smashing Satellites are gearing up for the release of their new album SonicAluzion which is set for a June 16th release. How about winning a vintage strat signed by Smashing Satellites? Hell yes! In celebration of the band’s new album SonicAluzion, SMASHING SATELLITES is giving one lucky winner a signed vintage 1980’s Candy Apple Red Solid Body Squier Stratocaster guitar! To listen to their new song What It’s All About and to enter the contest, visit the link below: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news! Smashing Satellites: Salvatore Costa Devon Lougheed Mick Valentyne Mykey Thomas ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://smashingsatellites.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmashingSatellites Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmashSatellites Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalvatoreMuzak Instagram: http://instagram.com/smashingsatellites Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashingSatellites iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-side-sonicaluzion-ep/id907190639

Station release music video for their epic rock ballad, With Me Tonight

May 20, 2015

Station are gearing up for their performance at this year’s Rocklahoma and they have just released a new music video for you. The video is for their epic ballad, With You Tonight. Check it out here: Chris Lane comments about With Me Tonight in his Track by Track guide of their debut album, This song was written in about 3 minutes sitting on the floor of my apartment. It’s really just about second chances and knowing what to do with them. I feel like a lot of times what I want is in conflict with that I think is best for me. That’s what this song is about. The funny thing about this song is that it was actually written about two weeks before we got in the studio and we had already picked out which songs we were going to record. We all decided this song definitely had to be on the first record. This was my absolute favorite song to hear come to life with the vocals. I love the harmonies. Make sure [Read More]

Station Track by Track guide for their new album

April 20, 2015

Just last week one of our favorite rock bands, Station released their self titled debut album which was recorded at The Music Refinery. These bad ass rockers released a complete 15 song rock album that will deliver a full dose of rock n roll to infect your soul. We featured Station last year as one of our highlighted bands of Rocklahoma. You can check out our interview with them and that post here: Station – Our Rocklahoma Featured band. Their new album makes the statement that Rock n Roll is far from being dead. With these dedicated rockers at the helm, there is no letting rock die. With engaging vocals, kick ass guitar riffs, 80’s over the top energy, this album will soon become the playlist of your life. It will not only have us middle agers reflecting back on our love of the 80’s but with its modern flair, the younger generation fall in love with it as well. You can’t help but get addicted to Station. We recently talked with guitarist, Chris Lane and [Read More]