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California’s best festival Monster Energy’s Aftershock returns to Sacramento

March 5, 2014

THE DATES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! START THE COUNTDOWN! MONSTER ENERGY’S AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 13TH & 14TH In our opinion here at Music Junkie Press, California’s BEST festival is returning to Sacramento! The Monter Energy Aftershock Festival be held on the weekend of September 13th & 14th. Mark your calendars and make sure you are free that weekend. If you are from out the area, get working on your travel plans to get out here and be part of one of the funnest and best festivals, Monster Energy’s Aftershock Festival. Last year’s festival included a lineup that will be hard to match with the likes of Korn, Asking Alexandria, Shinedown, Avenged Sevenfold, Steel Panther, In This Moment, Five Finger Death Punch and so many more! Check out below some of our highlights of coverage from last year’s show by our Rockin Ryan. This year, get ready because I am sure there is going to be one hell of a lineup planned. Lineup and details will be coming soon. Visit www.aftershockconcert.com for more info. We [Read More]

Big Tour News for Monster Truck and the premier of their new video for “The Lion”

March 5, 2014

We featured hard rockers Monster Truck on our Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule in 2014 back in December. Well, with another tour announcement, these guys are set to dominate 2014. In April they will touring with Alter Bridge for an 11 date tour starting off in Dallas, Texas on April 14th. Then shortly after their Alter Bridge tour, Monster Truck will be heading out on the road with Alice in Chains starting on May 6th in North Charleston, SC. Also, they have been confirmed for several festival performances to include Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, FL (4/26), Sun Fest in West Palm Beach, FL (5/04) and Rock On The Range in Columbus, OH (5/18). Although, Monster Truck started as a formation of musicians from various Canadian Indie bands, it quickly gained momentum and has brought them front and center in the spotlight. Monster Truck is Jon Harvey on Bass and Vocals, Brandon Bliss on Keys and Vocals, Steve Kiely on Drums and Vocals and Jeremy Widerman on Guitar and Vocals. Together these four guys deliver well crafted and seasoned rock n [Read More]

Get Ready for Texas Indie Fest 2014 during SXSW Week

February 26, 2014

Coming right up is one of the busiest weeks in Texas, the SXSW Week. If you are going to be heading out for SXSW make sure to mark your calendars for the Texas Indie Fest 2014 which is being presented and hosted bty Match1 Entertainment and INDIE ON AIR! Records. The Main Showcase will take place at the Red Shed Tavern in Austin, TX. The events are to be held on Wednesday, March 12 and Friday March 14 from 5pm to Midnight during SXSW 2014. Their will be so many great indie-artists to check out including: LoveBettie (Pittsburgh, PA) David Martinez (Corpus Christi, TX) Jason Jeka (Chicago, IL) Rorie Kelly (NY, NY) Sofia Talvik (Sweden) MCShella (LosAngeles, CA) Darrius Willrich (Seattle, WA) L.W. Perry/100 Proof Justice (Buffalo, NY) Jennifer Sullivan (NYC-Austin) There will also be other special guest artists. Don’t miss this great showcase during SXSW week! Check out some of the music from the artists featured: ~ Marisol Information & Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Match1ent

Check out the lineup for the Bunbury Music Festival set for July 11th – 13th!

February 21, 2014

Check out the lineup for the Bunbury Music Festival! The festival is set for July 11th – 13th and is being held at Sawyer Point/Yeatman’s Cove in Cincinnati, Ohio. You may ask Bunbury?? What does Bunbury mean? “To Bunbury, or to go bunburying, is to have a made-up excuse to get out of doing something boring. Every Bunbury weekend in July, we give you a great excuse to get out of whatever you don’t want to do” The lineup this year includes Fall Out Boy, Paramore, The Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Fitz and the Tantrums, New Politics, Foxy Shazam and many more. Here is the list of the artists so far and additional headliner will be announced soon: You can head over and get your tickets to this three day, six stage music festival on the banks of the Ohio River. Yahoo! Music picked this fan-friendly festival as one of the ten “Essential Summer Festivals” in 2012. TIcket prices will increase after February 21 and again after June 30. Head over to their [Read More]

Travis Barker presents 7th Annual Musink Tattoo and Music Festival 2014

February 18, 2014

It is back! Yes, the Musink Tattoo and Music Festival presented by Travis Barker returns to Southern California on March 21-23rd at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, CA. The 7th Annual Festival has quite a lineup including the following performances: March 21, 2014 The Descendents Love Canal March 22, 2014 Tech N9ne Transplants Rittz March 23, 2014 Gorilla Biscuits Judge H2O Strife The festival will host over 300 renowned tattoo artists from around the world including Jack Rudy, Dan Smith,Tokyo Hiro, Nikko Hurtado, Small Paul, Oliver Peck among many others. This year’s event is definitely one not to miss. Travis Barker explains more, “I’m really proud to be a part of an event like MusInk It encompasses everything I love, from tattoos to music and cars. Stoked to have so many great bands and tattoo artists involved.” Tickets are set to go on sale Friday at 10:00AM PT at musink.frontgatetickets.com. Ticket Info: General Admission Tickets are $25 single day ($30 Day of Show), $50 3-day ($60 Day of Show/Sold on Friday Only) VIP Tickets are $75 single [Read More]

Rock on the Range 2014 Lineup has been announced!

January 16, 2014

I hope you are sitting down for this one. Rock on the Range 2014 has just announced the lineup for this year’s festival which is set for May 16, 17, and 18th at Crew Stadium in Colombus, Ohio. It is one crazy good lineup and we are already planning our trek out to cover this event, possibly set to be the Best Festival of 2014!! There will be Guns n Roses, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, Motorhead, Heaven’s Basement, Alter Bridge, We as Human and the list just goes on and on! One of the highlights forme will be able to see (Harlot) We Are Harlot which we featured as our #1 Band to Rule in 2014! Let’s begin the countdown… 119 Days……. ahhhhh. Now how about checking out the lineup: Tickets for the festival go on sale next Friday, January 24th at 10 AM. You can pick up full weekend tickets, hotel and VIP Packages right from their website www,rockontherange.com. I can’t wait for this one and we will feature all the artists who will be playing [Read More]

Aftershock Festival announces new bands added to the lineup!

July 1, 2013

As promised, the Monster Aftershock Festival has announced the bands that are being added to the two day festival lineup. This festival already had quite a lineup and we were expecting two bands to be added but they have added many more. Here is the list o f the bands that are being added: Five Finger Death Punch, Testament, Filter Thousand Foot Krutch Love and Death We As Human Miss May I Butcher Babies Gemini Syndrome Eye Empire Girl on Fire and the ERNIE BALL BATTLE OF THE BANDS partnership! If any of these bands are the reason you want to go, you can still get in on the pre-sale price! Here is what Aftershock stated: “Due to all the new bands being announced, and out of respect to all their fans, we are going to offer each and every band’s fan base the opportunity to purchase ‘Five Finger Discount’ tickets at a pre-sale price! Ticket are $89.50 all week via the Monster Energy AFTERSHOCK 2013 ticket page! Discount ends SUNDAY July 7 at 11:59PM PST! PASSWORD: [Read More]