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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]

Catch (hed) P.E. and Soil out on the Born To Ride 2 Tour set to start in May!

April 16, 2014

Get your calendars ready and save the date in May for you to catch (hed) P.E. and SOiL out on the Born To Ride 2 tour. The tour is set to start on May 1st at the HOME Bar in Arlington, IL and will wrap up at the end of May. This tour is the follow up to the first Born To Ride tour featuring the same bands. (Hed)P.E.’s forthcoming album “Evolution” is currently being mixed and is slated for a summer 2014 release on Pavement Entertainment. This is the follow up to 2010’s “Truth Rising”. According to vocalist Jahred, the album will be “Some of the heaviest material we have ever recorded”. Their label mates, SOiL is currently supporting their new single “The Hate Song” which comes from the critically acclaimed new album “Whole”. This is one tour that you don’t want to miss. We caught SOiL at the Aftershock Sacramento Festival last year and they were amazing as always. I can’t wait to see them perform their new single, “The Hate Song” which has some [Read More]

Truckfighters return to the US for another tour in May, DON’T MISS THEM!

April 15, 2014

Last month we caught Truckfighters perform at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. They put on one of the most energetic, fantastic and entertaining performances I have seen in a long time. These Swedish ROCKERS know how to put on a show!! If you missed them, don’t worry they are coming back to the US for another tour starting in May. Make sure to catch them live, here are the tour dates: When I first saw Truckfighters, the singer reminded me of Kurt Cobain, the guitarist reminded me of Angus Young and the drummer remind me of Tre Cool. It was like I was watching a supergroup as these charismatic and intense musicians gave it a 150% and rocked the crowd from start to finish. You can check out a tribute video that Rockin Ryan made from footage of their set at the DNA Lounge. Then I am sure, you won’t want to miss them!! Also be sure to head over to Itunes and pick up their latest album Universe. ~ Marisol [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjiqL6fcII&feature=youtu.be] [Read More]

Silence the Messenger start their tour in New York

April 15, 2014

Get ready for some heavy death metal/hard core coming to your town with Silence The Messenger. The band is from Texas which might surprise you for a heavy death metal band but they are heading out and bringing a dose of heavy metal core d directly to you. They are setting out on tour which starts tonight at Bogies in Albany, NY for the Mindfucked and Furious Tour with Years Since The Storm. Tour dates are listed below: April 15 – Albany, NY at Bogies April 19- New England Metal and Hardcore Festival April 21 – New York, NY at SLake April 23 – Stanhope, NJ at Stanhope House April 24 – Allentown, PA at Crocodile Rock Cafe April 25 – Akron, OH at Rock Factory April 26 – Peoria, IL at Rail Li April 28 – St. Louis, MO at Fubar April 30 – Kansas City, MO at Czar Bar May 2 – Englewood, CO at Moes Original May 8 – Phoenix, AZ at Joe’s Grotto May 9 – Tucson, AZ at The Rock [Read More]

Glamour of the Kill set to release Savages on May 13th amid U.S. Tour

April 14, 2014

One of England’s hardest working bands, Glamour of the Kill are set to return to the United States for a tour in support of their upcoming album, Savages. Savages has a release date of May 13th for the U.S. and vocalist Davey Richmond explains, “We are more than excited that our second full length SAVAGES will be released to the GOTK family in America! We are so proud of this record and can’t wait for everyone to hear it and learn the words!“ The album was produced by Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria) and have already seen great success in the UK with their music video for Second Chance and their very popular singles, Freak Like Me and Break which features Michael Vampire (The Killing Lights, Vampires Everywhere). Check out their video for Second Chance here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRY8Vg_2GzI&feature=youtu.be] You can pre-order Savages on Itunes here and make sure to catch them out on tour. They will be setting out on tour with Avatar in support of co-headliners Escape the Fate and Pop Evil. Check out the tour [Read More]

Pop Evil debut video for “Torn To Pieces”

April 14, 2014

Pop Evil’s song, Torn To Pieces” from their highly successful album, Onyx has been rapidly climbing the charts and hits the Top 5 spot. The song deals with the loss of loved ones, something everyone is bound to go through. “Digging up the past can be very difficult,” says vocalist Leigh Kakaty, “Losing someone close to you has a healing process, and I choose to do it through this video.” They have released a new video for the song which is directed by Johan Carlén and you can check it out here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8A9J94UWI8&feature=youtu.be] Pop Evil is currently set to start another tour, this time co-headlining with Escape The Fate and label mates Avatar and Glamour of the Kill which kicks off at the end of this month. Pop Evil have been busy touring in support of their album ONYX as well as recently collaborating with legendary artist DMC who recently remixed their No. 1 hit single, Trenches. The remix will be feature on the opening video montage prior to each game for the ACC [Read More]

Y & T celebrating 40 YEARS of Rockin The Planet!

April 10, 2014

One of my favorite rock bands of all time, Y&T is celebrating 40 years of Rockin The Planet. Maybe one of the reasons I have always loved them is that they were a local band from the Bay Area and I saw them perform maybe over 25 times. Y & T started in Oakland, California and originally released their first couple albums under the name Yesterday & Today. Since 1974 they have released 18 albums, three greatest hits collections, plus a box set and have sold over 4 million albums. Long before Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, RATT, Metallica, there was Y&T and they are one of the founding rock bands that set the standard for many to rock! They have never stopped rockin the planet and there is no slowing down in sight for these guys. You can celebrate their 40 year anniversary by purchasing their “40” design tee which is available on their website here: http://store.meniketti.com/ Also make sure to catch them out on tour. Y&T promises to deliver a high energy powerful set [Read More]