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Bands

Check out Died With You by Fozzy and don’t miss them on tour!

August 7, 2014

  Do you have the new album, Do You Wanna Start a War by Fozzy yet? If not, you better head over to iTunes, Amazon, or Century Media site to pick up the hard copy and some cool merch!  It has been cranking up loud on my playlist for a while now.  Some of my favorites on it are Lights Go Out, One Crazed Anarchist, Do You Wanna Start a War, Unstoppable and Died With You. Ok, let’s be honest, the whole damn album is my favorite!! Their song Died With You truly shows the versatility with the band and I love the edge and vulnerability it shows, yet maintains its powerful prowess. The vocals are captivating as they bring the emotionally driven lyrics to life. Check out the song here:   We can’t wait for FOZZY to return to San Francisco for some shows. We caught them when they came into San Francisco last year for a stop at the DNA Lounge. It was an amazing night and you can read more about our coverage here.  FOZZY has [Read More]

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Check out our Interview with Singer Songwriter Jamie Alimorad

August 6, 2014

Singer Songwriter Jamie Alimorad is definitely on his way to scoring another great You Tube hit with his new music video. The Boston based singer won over his Youtube fans with his first music video for Beautiful by reaching over  2 million views! Jamie’s charismatic songwriting and his captivating vocals are ready to do it again with his new video for Crawling Back to Me, the second single off his album, Words Left Unsaid. The song is a fun catchy pop punk track that takes you on a tale of a crazy ex-girlfriend. The video truly captures the fun spirit of the song. Jamie’s vocals carry the perfect punk angst vibe that bring the lyrics to life. The video is sure to be another fan fave! Jamie is set to perform at The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City tomorrow night and we had the chance to catch up with him. We are pleased to bring you our interview here: * * * * Music Junkie Press: HI Jamie, Thanks for the taking the time [Read More]

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Aftershock Festival

Butcher Babies are our Aftershock Featured Band of the Day

August 6, 2014

Today our featured Aftershock Band of the Day goes to the hard working non stop touring band of Butcher Babies! They are amazing and always deliver an intense adrenaline filled set that leaves you in awe.  They are going to be appearing at this year’s Monster Energy Aftershock Festival and shortly after will be heading out on their headlining tour which they are calling, No One Can Hear You Scream Tour. It is set for fall with dates starting September 27th in Scottsdale, AZ at Pub Rock and continues into late October. We just had the awesome time covering the Butcher Babies when they stopped into the Regency Ballroom for the Golden Gods Tour with Black Label Society. You can read more about that here: Butcher Babies at Regency Ballroom.  Their headlining tour features another great band Anti-Mortem  which I have been waiting to catch live! They will also be performing at the Louder Than Life Festival in October.  In addition, they announced this morning that Butcher Babies have been added to the Soundwave 2015 Festival in [Read More]

Aftershock Festival

Lacuna Coil will kick off fall tour with appearance at Aftershock Festival

August 6, 2014

Lacuna Coil have been touring worldwide in support of their bad ass album, Broken Crown Halo. There is no stopping these hard working rockers as they announce more fall tour dates. They will kick off the tour with their show at this year’s Monster Energy Aftershock Festival. Check out our feature on them as our Aftershock Festival Featured Band of the Day. This will be the second run of dates on this album cycle in the U.S. and Canada for the Italian Rockers! Devil You Know is set to support the entire tour and Starset are also appearing Sept. 23 – Oct. 12 except Oct. 7&8, where Unlocking The Truth will join for those two nights. Up and coming Canadian bandIncura have been added to all Canadian shows. The tour will kick off in Sacramento at this year’s AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL. LACUNA COIL Front woman Cristina Scabbia had this to say: “Hello all!! Busy year for Lacuna Coil …and we couldn’t be happier! We will be back in the US AND (finally!) Canada again! We are very excited [Read More]

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The Word Alive announce Fall UK/Europe Fall Tour with The Color Morale and Like Moths to Flames

August 4, 2014

Vans Warped Tour is officially over and the Fall Tour Announcements have been rolling in. One of our Vans Warped Tour Highlight bands, The World Alive have just announced their Fall Tour for the UK and Europe.     The Word Alive deliver a set that is fueled with energy from start to finish. Their modern heavy music has gained them a strong and dedicated fan base. They are going to tear it up over in Europe and the UK with their adrenaline filled sets. We had the chance to chat briefly with vocalist Telle Smith before he had to run off and sing guest vocals with Breath Carolina. Check out the interview here and find out what gives him energy before he plays his sets: To get you ready, take a look at the photos by our Rockin Ryan of their set: ~ Marisol Information & Links: Website: http://wearethewordalive.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewordalive Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWordAlive Instagram: http://instagram.com/thewordalive iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-word-alive/id320531813 Warped Tour: http://vanswarpedtour.com/

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Interview

Interview with Ívar Páll Jónsson, composer of Revolution In The Elbow Of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter

August 1, 2014

Interview with  Ívar Páll Jónsson By Patrick O’Heffernan  Ívar Páll Jónsson is the composer of the best musical soundtrack of the year.  That is not an easy judgment for me to make, but after listening to the 18 songs on the soundtrack album Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter by Ívar Páll Jónsson, I think we have a winner. The concept of both the album and the play brilliantly takes on big ideas and puts them in a small space where they are easily understood, like an elbow. The music spans decades and genres, soaring to electric heights and getting down and dirty with energizing beats, all performed by The Revolutionary Cellular Orchestra and a stunning international all-star cast. Just listening to the music has me thinking about cashing in my miles and going to New York to see the play. The next best thing is listening to the album and talking with the composer, Ívar Páll Jónsson. Patrick. I understand you had your first preview performance last night. Did it go [Read More]

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Interview with bright new band, Light Up the Town from Austria

August 1, 2014

We recently told you about an awesome band from Austria, Light Up The Town which really caught our attention with their recent release of a lyric video for their song Tonight. Who is Light Up The Town? Check out their members and brief self description of each: Jakob Schied (Jake) Guitar/backing Vocals – The ,,son of the darkness”. His word is law! Thomas Kern (Kerni)- Bass The band always keeps making bass jokes at his charge- but we all know that he’s the best man for this job! (He’s the guy, whos hairstyle always fit!) Thomas Meier (Meier)- Guitar The sunny boy of the band- and the youngest member. Always prepared for a good joke as well ^^ Leo (Letschi) Seewald- Drums The god on the Drumset! good mood of the band and our personal producer aswell 😉 Esther Hütter (Estherhasi)-Vocals Jokes about small people, dwarves or gnomes? she probably already heard all of them 😉 the only hen at a men party ^^ We had the opportunity to interview these talented young musicians and are pleased to bring it to you [Read More]