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Check out more tour dates for Tantric in support of new album “37 Channels”

April 20, 2014

Tantric, one of my all time favorite bands have just announced more tour dates in support of their 5th studio album titled “37 Channels“. This album will definitely have you exploring their diverse range of music that satisfies all your needs. You may wonder about the title but as frontman Hugo Ferreira explains, “What goes on in my brain constantly; 37 things or channels if you will, all at once vying for my attention“. Well Hugo they may all be vying for your attention but what you do with those 37 channels is pure magic! In addition to the many featured guests such as Shooter Jennings and members of Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Saving Abel and Uncle Kracker there is as special guest vocalist on “My Turn” that you would not believe or at least I can’t! Well it is none other than the hot Leif Garrett who spent years on my wall of my room during my teen years! As Hugo is quoted on Leif’s website: “It’s an absolute honor to have such a iconic artist such as [Read More]

Photos and Video from Crown The Empire’s set in Chico for the Break Down The Walls Tour

April 18, 2014

Last week, we covered the Asking Alexandria show at The Senator Theater in Chico, CA. This was the only California stop on the Break Down The Walls Tour and there was no way we were going to miss it. What was awesome is that the tour included a great group of bands. One of the opening bands was Crown The Empire and they delivered a heavy rock set worthy of our attention. The band came out and immediately captured the attention of the crowd. They are full of energy as they bounced across the stage unleashing their music and enthralled the listeners. What is awesome about Crown The Empire is that their sound is a mix of hard/heavy rock to post-hardcore, interweaving melodies to scream vocals, but never overdoing it either way. They have finely balanced their musical fusions in order to create a unique and quite infectious sound. They were definitely one of my favorites of the new night. You can check out the photos of Crown The Empire by our Rockin Ryan here: Their debut album [Read More]

Billy Idol announces finalized title of new album to be released in October!

April 18, 2014

We have been hearing a lot of news about Billy Idol and his plans for a new album. In our recent post, Billy had mentioned the title as Return to Splendor but today we have a new tweet from Billy Idol as he announces the finalized title of the album. The album is: “Kings & Queens of the Underground” The album will be released on the BFI label. We are very excited for the new album. Billy also did a photo shoot for the album and shared the following photo on whosay. Billy tweeted in March that he was finishing vocals on a couple of the tracks and it is nearing completion. Here is the previous tweet with the old album title: Billy has a couple US dates and then they are off to tour in Europe. Dates for Europe are listed below. We look forward to October and to Billy adding US Tour Dates after they return from overseas! Seeing Billy Idol perform two back to back shows in San Francisco [Read More]

All Time Low gives the crowd their all time high with their amazing set at the Ace of Spades in Sacramento

April 17, 2014

We have been anxiously waiting for the A Love Like Tour to come to town and earlier this week, we were able to catch the sold out show in Sacramento, CA. Openers Handguns and Man Overboard warmed up the crowd and proved that the night would be a pop punk invasion. Headliners All Time Low came out and performed to a completely packed house. For a Tuesday night, I couldn’t believe how crowded it was, but with the dedicated fan base of All Time Low it should come as no surprise. All Time Low has consistently packed venues and always deliver a solid show that leaves people talking about it for a long time after. The band came out to a crowd filled with balloons floating around and the fans wildly chanting their name. They started with their get up and go song, “Do You Want Me”. From the first song to the last, there was nonstop energy and these four young guys fueled with adrenaline in their veins delivered a performance that was spectacular. Singer [Read More]

Dave Mason premieres new version of Dear Mr. Fantasy from forthcoming new album

April 17, 2014

The iconic singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason, the co-founding member of Traffic has premiered a new version of Traffic’s song Dear Mr. Fantasy. The song is off the rock and roll hall of fame inductee’s forthcoming new album, Future’s Past which features new versions of some of his classic songs plus new material is set for a May 13th Release on Something Music/MRI. You can listen to the re-interpreted version of Dear Mr. Fantasy here: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/143740661″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] “It [“Dear Mr. Fantasy”] came about redoing the chords,” MASON tells USATODAY.com of the bluesy rewrite. “I was doing some shows and I was trying to think of something to make it a little more interesting, so I just started playing around with it. I put it in a minor key instead of a major key, and I sort of developed it from there. Of the new album release, MASON says, “There is a version of ‘World in Changes’ that is absolutely nothing like the original and there is a great live version that is absolutely beautiful of ‘Sad and Deep [Read More]

Interview with Handguns and catch them out on the “A Love Like Tour”

April 17, 2014

The “A Love Like Tour” with All Time Low, Man Overboard and Handguns came through Sacramento this week. It was a Tuesday night and it was completely sold out, as with many other stops, it has been sold out for months. It was a Pop Punk Invasion like no other. We got there just in time to catch Handguns hit the stage. They were incredible as they led the crowd into high energy sing alongs to fast paced power punk tunes. One thing is for sure, this band is not short on energy as they delivered a 150% at all times. The crowd went wild as they played their new song, Heart vs. Head which is off of their forthcoming album, Life Lessons. Life Lessons is due out on July 8th via Pure Noise Records. You can pick up the new track on Itunes here. We had a chance to chat with Kyle and Taylor after their set and are pleased to bring that to you here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://youtu.be/tjlnB_OEs-E&feature=youtu.be] We are all excited about the [Read More]

Heavy Metal Band Bombus from Sweden release new video and kick off first US Tour

April 16, 2014

Heavy Metal band Bombus from Gothenburg, Sweden are kicking off their first U.S. Tour this week as they spread their punk energy infused heavy metal to the masses. Bombus have a really unique metal sound with hard rock interwoven and punk style influences. What they have created is the high energy, no holding back heavy metal that is demanding to be heard. Bombus have just released their video for their song, Let Her Die and you can check it out here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcW7SMsxKxE&feature=youtu.be] The track is off of their debut album THE POET AND THE PARROT which was released through Century Media Records. They will be touring in support of their album and will be selling a special U.S. edition of THE POET AND THE PARROT on the road that contains the two bonus tracks from the Europen special edition and also another, not heard before bonus track. Check the tour dates below and get yourself to a show: 4/15/2014 Wonder Ballroom Portland OR with Graveyard 4/16/2014 Neumos Seattle WA with Graveyard 4/18/2014 Thee Parkside San Francisco CA 4/19/2014 [Read More]