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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers announce tour dates and album release of July 29th

May 22, 2014

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced the release of their new album, Hypnotic Eye set for July 29th. Hypnotic Eye is the first studio album in four years and will be coming out on Reprise Records. Hypnotic Eye will be available in CD, digital, high resolution Blu-ray audio and vinyl formats. The vinyl will be available as 1-LP or as 2-LPs inclusive of an additional track not available in any other format. Beginning June 3, fans can pre-order the vinyl, CD and Blu-ray audio editions on TomPetty.com and Amazon and can pre-order the digital edition on iTunes and Amazon. In addition to the news of the much anticipated album, they have announced the dates for the North American 2014 Tour. The tour, featuring very special guest Steve Winwood, will begin in San Diego, CA on August 3rd. The tour includes already announced headline performances at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and at the Lockn’ Festival in Arrington, VA. On Labor Day weekend, for the first time ever, the band will perform at Boston’s Fenway Park. Check out the [Read More]

Powerman 5000 premiere new song and announce new tour dates!

May 20, 2014

Powerman 5000 premiere new song, Invade. Destroy. Repeat. today on Loudwire and it is an awesome new track. Check it out here: Loudwire. The song is off their forthcoming album, Builders of the Future which is set for a May 27th release. If you happen to be in the Southern California area, make sure to head over to the Viper Room for their Album Release Show on May 27th. You can get more details and tickets here: http://bit.ly/PM5K_AlbumReleaseShow In addition to their album release show, you can catch them as they are currently out on tour. They have also just announced a Fall tour with (hed) P.E. and Sunflower Dead both whom we just caught at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco for the Born To Ride 2 Tour. Check the dates below and make sure to catch Powerman 5000 live. I promise you will witness one of the best live perfomances out in the industry today! May 20 Lofi Cafe Salt Lake City, UT May 21 The Alley Sparks, NV May 23 Boardwalk Orangevale, [Read More]

California Breed stream new album today and debut performance set for May 28th at the Whisky

May 16, 2014

The bad ass new rock band, California Breed featuring legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23 year old newcomer guitarist/singer/songwriter Andrew Watt have announced their US debut performance. They are set to perform at the legendary Whisky a GoGo in Hollywood on May 28th. This is definitely a show you don’t want to miss! They will also be making an appearance at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City on May 31st. Their self titled new album is set to release on Monday May 19th through Frontier Records and was produced by Dave Cobb (Rival Sons, Jamey Johnson, Shooter Jennings) and recorded at his Nashville studio and features equal co-writing credits among the three man power rock group. To get you ready for the release California Breed will be streaming the new album on Ultimate Class Rock. Check it out here: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/california-breed-album-premiere/ We were first treated to their first single off the album, “Sweet Tea” and it rapidly began climbing the charts. Sweet Tea definitely kicks ass as it brings to life the big [Read More]

Foo Fighters put on a surprise show at the 9:30 club in Washington, DC

May 7, 2014

The Washington Post reported yesterday about a surprise Foo Fighters show at the 9:30 Club in DC this past Monday night. What was supposed to be a birthday bash for Trouble Funk bassist Big Tony Fisher actually turned out to be a surprise show from their hometown hero Dave Grohl and their mega uperstar band Foo Fighters. “I’m so glad I got to grow up here,” Grohl said from the stage while toasting Trouble Funk. “Because as a drummer, there’s no city funkier than Washington, D.C.” The night was filled with stories, great performances, and a night that no one would soon forget. Dave opened the show by keeping time for the Don’t Need Its, a band featuring bassist Darryl Jenifer and guitarist Dr. Know of Bad Brains, and vocalist Pete Stahl, frontman of Grohl’s pre-Nirvana punk group, Scream. They went on to play many early Bad Brains songs. The Don’t Need Its are Pete Stahl (Scream), Darryl Jenifer & Dr. Know (Bad Brains) and Dave on drums. (this may turn out to be more than a one [Read More]

ZAKK WYLDE’S stolen guitar found in Chicago Pawn Shop

May 4, 2014

We are pleased to let you know that Zakk Wylde‘s STOLEN Pelham Blues Les Paul Custom Guitar has been found! We brought you the story on March 14th about how the custom guitar was stolen off his tour bus during the Experience Hendrix show at the Chicago Theater. Social media was trending posts as a call to find the stolen guitar! You can read that initial post here. The guitar turned up at a Chicago area pawn shop that happens to be the setting of truTV’s Hardcore Pawn reality show. It was reported in the Chicago Tribune story how “The owners of Royal Pawn Shop, 428 S. Clark St., said a man came in to sell the guitar on March 24 – about 10 days after it was reported stolen from Wylde” They also claim they forgot about the alert and paid only around $50 for the guitar. $50 bucks for a GIBSON!! Hard to believe but I who knows…that’s TV for ya… Anyway, we are glad to see the stolen guitar get recovered and even more [Read More]

Interview with ReVerbed from the UK as they deliver fresh new aggressive pop punk!

April 29, 2014

Straight from the UK is the fast rising pop punk band, ReVerbed. They have quickly gained a lot of attention as they were nominated for the Kerrang Best British Newcomer Award 2013 and have performed at over 200 gigs in the last 18 months. Who is ReVerbed? You have George on Vocals & Guitar, Zoë on Vocals & Guitar, Josh on Drums & Vocals, and Joe on Bass. Check out a video for their song, Uncommonwealth which is from their album, This Machine: We had the chance to interview ReVerbed and are pleased to bring that to you here. * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. First we would like to get a bit of history on ReVerbed, How and when did you guys form? ReVerbed: We’ve been a band for just over 5 years now, myself, George and Josh met during secondary school and college. After being in other bands previously we decided to form one together. Then [Read More]

The Swellers release “B-Side and Rarities” a collection of unreleased music

April 17, 2014

Pop Punk band The Swellers from Los Angeles have announced the release of a special collection of unreleased music which have been collected over their decade long career. The record is called B-Sides and Rarities and includes some early versions of songs fans have come to love, some are really rough versions that never left the studio. One thing is for sure, it will be a must have for any fan of the band! “To us, these tracks are priceless. Some of them show our earliest efforts in songwriting while others show the process it took to make our records what they are today,” says the band’s guitarist/vocalist Nick Diener. “We never thought some of these strange demos would ever see the light of day, but we had so much fun opening up the vault and seeing what was in there. We included some never-before-heard unreleased songs, acoustic jams, and basement-style early versions of some of our favorite tunes.” “To us, they’re priceless, but we wanted you to have them. 5 bucks gets you 17 [Read More]