Bands

'80s Rock

Interview with NiteRain on the Sunset Strip during their debut trip to America

January 31, 2015

It was in 2013 when we first introduced you to NiteRain as one of Tuesdays Travels features.   Here is an excerpt from that post: “This week, I have incredible ’80s inspired rock band from Oslo, Norway as our Tuesdays Travels Pick.  They are NiteRain and they have an amazing sound. Their music reminds me of catching early Motley Crue out on the Sunset Strip in the ’80s.  Early Vince Neil style vocals, Kick ass guitar riffs, slamming bass and energetic drums. Together you have the intense rock n roll of NiteRain.” NiteRain is Adrien Persen on Guitar, Sebastian Tvedtnaes on Vocals, Morten Garberg on Drums and Frank Karlsen on Bass. They have been known to have explosive stage presence and deliver high velocity sleaze rock. These guys are definitely in the running to take over the glam sleaze rock scene! They have had great success in touring with L.A. Guns across Europe and we hope they come out here to the US soon. Their glam infused rock is just as contagious as their fierce energy and is [Read More]

'80s Rock

Photo Gallery of STYX at San Jose City National Civic

January 30, 2015

Summertime for me in the ’80s was filled with days spent at the beach, hanging with friends and listening to great rock and roll. My car was filled with Styx cassettes as they were the playlists of my fun summer times.  Our contributing photographer Brian Kirksey recently caught Styx perform at the City National Civic in San Jose. Check out his photos here: One thing is for sure, their music is timeless and completely rocks! Need more Styx? You can also pick up the “Soundtrack of Summer” (The Very Best of Foreigner and Styx) Walmart Exclusive here. The 17 track album features all of your favorites, check out the track listing here: 1.Feels Like The First Time 2.Cold As Ice 3.Hot Blooded 4.Double Vision 5.Urgent 6.Waiting For A Girl Like You 7.I Want To Know What Love Is 8.Juke Box Hero 9.The Grand Illusion 10.Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 11.Lorelei12.Crystal Ball 13.Blue Collar Man 14.Miss America 15.Renegade 16.Too Much Time On My Hands 17.Hotel California – Featuring Don Felder Make sure to visit their social media [Read More]

Bands

Pre-Order We Are Harlot new album

January 29, 2015

We Are Harlot are busy as hell on a press tour promoting their new album. You can pre-order their album by visiting on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-are-harlot/id957528135. The album is scheduled for a March 27th release date. Album cover and track list: Dancing on Nails Denial Dirty Little Thing Someday Easier To Leave One More Night Never Turn Back The One Love For The Night Flying Too Close To The Sun We Are Harlot are set to perform at many festivals this year including Rocklahoma, Rock on The Range, Download and many more. Visit their social media sites for a complete list of upcoming tour dates. Check out their latest video for their song, Dancing On Nails as well as our previous interviews with them.     In case you missed our We Are Harlot coverage, check out our previous posts: Interview with We Are Harlot at Aftershock 2014 Day 1 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to Jeff George  Countdown of 14 Bands to Rule 2014 and No. 1 Goes to Harlot Interview with Brian Weaver, Bassist [Read More]

Bands

The Deadlies is our BottleRock Napa 2015 Featured Band of the Day

January 12, 2015

  Today our BottleRock Napa Featured Band is The Deadlies. They will be returning to play at BottleRock Napay 2015 and they blew everyone away last year with their fun in the sun kick ass set!  The Deadlies can be described as a California surf punk/rock band with a little Honky Tonk and Country thrown in.  One thing is for sure, when you listen to The Deadlies, you can’t help but move around and have some fun! They are “paying homage to the Ventures Dick Dale and the Chantays as well as the California Honky-tonk sound of Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam while keeping an under lying presence of the California surf punk scene that brought us the Dickies, Agent Orange and Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs.” The Deadlies are the “Cave Band” on “Creepy KOFY Movietime”, the “house band” at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo and their music has been featured on Live 105, 107.7FM the Bone (San Francisco), 99.3FM KVYN (Napa) and 810AM KGO (San Francisco). You can enjoy them once [Read More]

Aftershock Festival

We Are Harlot announce official release of their new album

December 31, 2014

  As the year comes to a close, how about some exciting news for the new year from We Are Harlot?? Hell yes! We all love news from them. We Are Harlot posted an update on their Facebook page which announces that in March they will officially release the album we have all been waiting for. Here is the post: 3 years ago… The four guys in this picture sat down for some wine and spoke about how happy they were about an album of songs they wrote and recorded. Since then they have been working, starving, scratching, clawing and fighting for nearly 4 years total to let you and the world hear our music. If you wanna see what kind of toll that takes on you.. Take a look at us then and now.. Haha. The battle wounds a visible. But it goes to show.. That if you want and believe in something enough.. You will always win. We broke all the rules and will continue to break them to make sure our music [Read More]

Bands

Vans Warped Tour announces another five bands for the 2015 lineup!

December 31, 2014

Vans Warped Tour have  announced another  five bands of the 2015 lineup.   The Relapse Symphony (6/19 – 7/12) Icon For Hire Matchbook Romance (6/19 – 7/11) Baby Baby The Wonder Years Dates for the tour are as follows: JUNE 19 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex JUNE 20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre JUNE 21 Ventura, CA Seaside Park – Ventura County Fairgrounds JUNE 23 Mesa, AZ Quail Run Park JUNE 24 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater JUNE 25 Oklahoma City, OK Remington Park JUNE 26 Houston, TX Reliant Park – Main Street Lot JUNE 27 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion JUNE 28 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center JULY 01 Nashville, TN Tennessee State Fairgrounds JULY 02 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood JULY 03 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park JULY 04 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre JULY 05 Orlando, FL Tinker Field JULY 07 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion JULY 08 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live JULY 09 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion JULY 10 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center JULY 11 Wantagh, NY [Read More]

Alternative

My Body Sings Electric release new video for Wild Things

December 20, 2014

My Body Sings Electric have  released a music video for Wild Things. The video features behind the scenes and performance footage that was filmed at Riot Fest Denver, capturing the true essence of the band. Check out the new video here: My Body Sings Electric have a sound that has been described as pop, indie, alternative, rock and much more. One thing is for sure, you can feel those influences throughout their music and what they deliver is awesome fun, energetic songs with emotionally driven lyrics. They are the perfect playlist for fun times.  Also, check out their music video for their song, Keep It Simple Stupid here: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. Information & Links: Website:  http://mybodysingselectric.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyBodySingsElectric Twitter: https://twitter.com/mybodysings Instagram: http://instagram.com/mybodysings Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/part-1-the-night-ends/id814092063 Bandcamp: http://mybodysingselectric.bandcamp.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mybodysingselectric