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Check out video for Falling Like The Sun by The String Theory

May 6, 2014

Straight from Independence, Kentucky is one of the most promising new Indie Rock bands for 2014… The String Theory. This powerful trio brings to life a culmination of sounds from blues, hard rock, metal, funk and so much more. In a world where so much music has been compartmentalized to fit a genre or sub-genre standard, it is awesome to see a band just put their full attention to putting out GREAT MUSIC! That is exactly what The String Theory does.They clearly capture, Heart, Soul and Rock and Roll. The String Theory is David Cahill on Vocals and Guitar, Andrew Sterner on Bass and Vocals and Tristan Arnold on Drums. These three combined, create a big powerful sound that deserves your attention. I had the opportunity to listen to their new album, “Falling Like The Sun” and I am hooked on this band. The whole album is filled with well-written, energetic and fun songs. You can read our review of the album from our previous post here. They have released a video for their title track, Falling [Read More]

Beck and The National set to headline First City Festival in Monterey!

May 5, 2014

Goldenvoice has announced the lineup and date for the return of the First City Festival which is celebrates indie music and underground artists. The two day festival is scheduled for August 23rd and 24th and will take place at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center. First City Festival is named after Monterey’s claim as the official “first capital” of California, which eventually became one of the country’s most desirable vacation destinations. Musically, the city is well-known for the historic Monterey Pop Festival, as well as the annual Monterey Jazz Festival. In its debut year, FIRST CITY FESTIVAL attracted more than 10,000 attendees each day that enjoyed a line-up of 30+ bands including Passion Pit, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Capital Cities, Father John Misty, Neko Case and many others. This year’s lineup has been announced and confirmed for the 2014 festival are: BECK, THE NATIONAL, THE NAKED AND FAMOUS, PHANTOGRAM, BEST COAST, DAWES, CULTS, COCOROSIE, BLIND PILOT, LAKE STREET DIVE, TOKYO POLICE CLUB, GEOGRAPHER, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, MIDLAKE, HOW TO DRESS WELL, SAN FERMIN, THE MEN, LO-FANG, MINIATURE TIGERS, SPEEDY ORTIZ, MIDI MATILDA, SLEEPY SUN, THE STEPKIDS, MIMICKING BIRDS, QUILT, MR LITTLE [Read More]

Check out our Interview with The Strive and pick up their single Keep Dreaming

May 1, 2014

The power pop band, The Strive from Kansas City have released an upbeat catchy new tune with Keep Dreaming earlier this month. The song has a great hard rock edge to it and will have listeners from all genres enjoying the passionate vocals, heartfelt lyrics and solid hook. We had the opportunity to interview vocalist, Brendan Stevens and are pleased to bring you it to you here: * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you so much for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. First we wanted to tell you that we love the energetic new song, Keep Dreaming, Can you tell us a little bit more about that song? Brendan: Thank you! Keep Dreaming to me is a song about never being able to break that wall of friendship with the person you’re truly in love with to progress to something more. I think while it’s one of our more fast-paced and “dancey” so to say songs, it’s also really bitter and dark which is a cool contrast to the upbeat tempo. [Read More]

Check out My Body Sings Electric and catch them out on tour

April 30, 2014

Tonight is the beginning of the Spring Tour for KIVEN and My Body Sings Electric. The tour kicks off tonight at Hemingway’s in Los Angeles and will end on May 17th at The Shred Shed in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 your summer fun. Check out their music video for their song, New Friends here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NBWHDnroH8&feature=youtu.be] The catchy track is off of their latest album Part 1: The Night Ends and you can pick it up on iTunes here or Bandcamp here. My Body Sings Electric is Brandon Whalen, Nick Crawford, Jeff Fedel, Jason Bower and Ben Scarboro. These five guys are going to deliver you a night of fun and catchy groove filled songs that will have you moving in no time. Check out the tour [Read More]

Kiven announces US Tour with support from My Body Sings Electric

April 30, 2014

Indie Rockers, Kiven have announced a US Tour which is set to kick off tonight at Hemingway’s in Los Angeles and My Body Sings Electric will be in support. Los Angeles band Kiven have been receiving a lot of great attention on their self titled album which is filled with 13 well crafted, solid rock songs. The first single off the album, In The Fire spent nine weeks on the KROQ charts, evening topping at the number 1 spot. Check out the song here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOOOXQkRMoE&feature=youtu.be] The next single off the album I Can Take It should begin radio rotation soon. The album was recorded at EastWest Studios and Pie Town at MixLA and is available on iTunes, here: Kiven, comprised of Tyler Demorest, Matt Cohen, Danny Schnair and Jake Reed. When asked about the album, vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist Tyler Demorest exclaims, “We spent a lot of time writing songs that were our sound and, at the same time, grew what KIVEN is. Tony [Hajjar] had a big impact on the music. It was a trip to work with someone that we looked up to [Read More]

The Strive release music video for their new song, Keep Dreaming

April 23, 2014

The power pop band, The Strive from Kansas City have released an upbeat catchy new tune with Keep Dreaming earlier this month. The song has a great hard rock edge to it and will have listeners from all genres enjoying the passionate vocals, heartfelt lyrics and solid hook. They have just released the video for their new song and you can check it out here: The song is currently available on Itunes here. Their previously released EPs, Anything Goes and Caught Inside produced by Kevin Gates(Never Shout Never, The Ready Set) and Design The Road produced by Matt Noveskey of Blue October, are a testament to their unstoppable progress and vibrant energy. This indie rock/pop band has definitely been catching everyone’s attention at their explosive performances and have played with All Time Low, Yellowcard, Blue October and Eve 6, and at Warped Tour on the Ernie Ball & Kevin Says stages and many more! Band Members: Brendan Stevens – Lead Vocals Luke Davis – Lead Guitar Greg Dowd – Rhythm Guitar Michael Zenk – Bass Nick Stacy – Drums Make sure to visit The Strive social media sites so you can stay up to [Read More]

The Tontons announce Spring Tours including a performance at Hangout Fest in May

April 16, 2014

Houston’s indie 4-piece The Tontons announce new tour dates for 2014 in support of their latest LP Make Out King and Other Stories of Love. The LP was released in February and has been well received. After quite a busy schedule at this year’s SXSW and performing back to back shows, they are soon gaining everyone’s attention. The Tontons aren’t looking to slow down anytime soon and are set to play an impressive lineup of shows and festivals this Spring and Summer including The Hangout Fest, Free Press Summer Fest, Middle of the Map Fest, Texas Crawfish Fest, FireFly Music Festival and more to be announced soon. The dates so far are: May 3 – Spring, TX @ Texas Crawfish Music Festival May 16-18 – Gulf Shores, AL @ The Hangout Fest May 24 – Ft. Worth, TX @ The Shack at Island Panther Pavilion May 31-Jun 1 – Houston, TX @ Free Press Summer Fest Jun 19 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival July 18 – Pemberton, BC, CA @ Pemberton Music Festival If you are not familiar with [Read More]