JULY 24, 2014
ROCKWiRED CONCERT WATCH: SUPER BOB WiTH THE DAYS REMAiN,  SEVEN TEN OiL, AND A COURSE OF ACTiON
WRiTTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEREMY GiLLEY


JULY 23, 2014

Citing influences such as RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, BOB DYLAN, TOM WAITS, THE DARKNESS, THE BLACK KEYS  and KINGS OF LEON, GHOST TOWN ORCHESTRA create a vibrant folk-inspired sound well suited for fans of rock & roll and alternative folk fans alike. LOGAN STAATS (guitar/vocals),VICTORMARTISIUS (guitar/vocals), IAN MARTINS (Bass/vocals) and PAUL VENDETTI (Drums) steadily morphed themselves into an experimental rock-funk outfit during the the early summer of 2012 in the forgotten ghost town of Brantford Ontario. What began as a simple collaboration project between the young but scattered musicians quickly transformed into a rambunctious hybrid of swaggering indie rock and danceable Folk not bound by any specific genre. Guided by sandpaper-gritty vocals, a blend of raw unpolished boogie rock, and unvarnished guitar parts these gentlemen of the stage are set to prove that anything is possible when you put you heart and soul into it.  

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JULY 12, 2014

This ain't active rock! This is rock n roll and WAYLAND's front man MITCH ARNOLD ain't gonna let you tell him different. Back in 2012 ROCKWIRED first became acquainted with the band  when they released their debut EP WELCOME TO MY HEAD. Since that time. the band has honed their act  on the road. With a live set that is both pyrotechnic and legendary in it's own time, WAYLAND are taking advantage of this momentum and looking to release a new album later this year. This forthcoming release is preceded by a rockin' new single GET A LITTLE - a thunderously stomping tune that kicks out the motherfucking  jams like it's nobody's effin' business. And they say that rock n roll is dead!

JULY 11, 2014

JULY 11, 2014

In the years that ROCKWIRED has been doing ABORIGINAL SOUNDS we've been  pretty desperate to find a band of Natives that aren't afraid of turning up teh volume and just letting it rip. With all of the hip hop, blues, reggae and new age that has become typical of teh sounds comingout of Indian Country  we've been shouting out into the heavens this simple question "Where is the metal music?' Obviously we had to set our sites above the U.S. Canadian border and become acquainted with the band KICKIN KROTCH. Comprised of members of the Maliseet and Mi'kmaq Nations. KICK IN KROTCH take their inspiration from lifes hard knocks and set it to music you can bang your head to. Sure, the metal appraoch has set them apart form the likes of  FRANK WALN or a A TRIBE CALLED RED but their headbanging approach is showing signs of paying off professionally. THe band is currently nominated for  the prestigious ABORIGINAL PEOPLE"S CHOICE MUSIC AWARD on the strength of  their gritty self titled album.

JULY 7, 2014
ROCKWiRED CONCERT WATCH: KELEN HELLER WiTH SOMETHiNG CLEVER,  SKiNN JAKKiT, AND RED EYED ROMANCE
WRiTTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEREMY GiLLEY

JULY 7, 2014
 
JULY 6, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - BACK FROM ASHES
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE JUNE  2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

What are you looking to as a release date for this album?
We're looking at releasing it towards the end of the year. Maybe around August.

So far how do you feel that ti's different from your previous release?
It's a lot more intense as opposed to 261 and BROKEN. There's been a lot of personal stuff that has been going on since JASON left and I personally put my own touch to it. I was worried that the fans were going to react to it very differently. And they loved it. They were like "Wow! It's like new life has been brought to BACK FROM ASHES!" They loved it. The reaction has been great.

JULY 6, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - 3D iN YOUR FACE
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE JUNE  2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

What kind of scene are you guys surrounded by?
It's a tough scene. We're surrounded by a lot of indie music. That's what is hot right now and we're kind of smack dab in the middle of a thriving indie rock scene which completely goes against the grain of what we're doing. Indie rockers are minimalists and we're a band that puts on a big rock n roll show. We've got the loud guitars, big hair and makeup.

Minimalist is a great word to describe the current indie scene. Who all comes out to see you guys when you do a show?
It's an array of people. It would surprise you. It's kids that have never seen rock n roll shows before and their parents will bring them out because their parents grew up in the eighties and can remember what rock n roll used to be. We've got kids in the audience - anyone from twenty one year old college students to forty or fifty year old parents. A whole gamut of people come out to see us.

JUNE 25, 2014

The title of BEST NOT BROKEN's infectious new five track EP FALLING IN has as much to do with the overriding theme of its songs - many about the twists and turns of romantic relationships - as it is a declaration about just how far the New England-based based band has evolved from its humble roots in 2007. FALLING IN opens with the anthemic yet reflective pop-rocker BREAKING MY HEART, which recalls how a friendship is first stretched and then broken as a young man comes to terms with the fact that he is losing his lover to his best friend.  This is followed by the upbeat, new-wave influenced I WON'T STOP LOVING YOU and then again by the hypnotic mid-tempo rocker LISTERINE about a guy who feels helpless in the face of a relationship that's beyond salvaging despite his best efforts - much like swigging the strong-tasting mouthwash. The earnest opening songs are balanced on the EP by the final more playful tracks. ANARCHY finds singer ERIC JACKSON taking a tongue-in-cheek look at the ups and downs of a crazy relationship that's full of "sexual insanity" - complete with references to pop culture icons like JUSTIN BIEBER, KATY PERRY, NASCAR and MILLER LITE.  The EP concludes with the mischievous, electronic dance-rocker TELL ME THAT YOU WANT ME an energetic chronicle of temptation and a lover's struggles with faithfulness.

JUNE 25, 2014

Anytime you feel like knocking a teenage musician who seems to be noodling in his parents' basement and getting nowhere, stop in your tracks and think about multi-talented singer/songwriter TAYLOR COCHRANE. He grew up on a crazy amount of anti-ADD meds had led to severe highs and lows. But they also inspired serious bursts of songwriting genius that would eventually evolve into the wild, progressive swirl of sugary indie pop/rock, moody soundscapes and intense psychedelic wall of sound that drives his Calgary based art rock band with a name as quirky and intriguing as its music: 36? On their expansive, wildly eclectic new full length album, which includes a whopping 17 tracks (including a few well placed interludes), they find increasingly wild and unpredictable ways to answer the title question: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Impatient for the tracks to be mixed, TAYLOR took some downtime to create an alternative recording of where do we go from here called reprise, featuring bizarre acoustic instruments and household objects like running water, a toaster, pots and pans, etc. Though 36? has four previous recordings (released in various digital formats, but not in physical CD form), this is the first featuring the full band of SCOTT WHITE (guitars and keyboards), drummer RYAN KUSZ and bassist ERIC SVILPIS, who left the band shortly after recording the new album and was replaced by TAYLOR's longtime friend MIKE MALKIN. " On past projects, I had recorded all the instruments myself and had total control over every aspect of the music," says Taylor. "On this album, everyone adds their own personality to their parts and the music is better for it."

JUNE 25, 2014

In conceptualizing the most effective, high impact way to share the optimistic, consciousness raising themes of his latest and most powerful musical venture, MICHAEL SHIELDS, frontman and founder of the socially conscious soul rock collective EARTH AND TH ENEXT SOCIETY, released the 2011 concert recording LIVE EARTH as their debut. The bold experiment of launching a group with a live album (recorded in locales like Taos, New Mexico and Northern California) paid off, as they received airplay in over 180 countries. The group also opened shows for legendary rockers like JOHNNY WINTER and NAZARETH. Recording in his newly built state of the art home facility in Sedona, Shields translates the expansive vision for his new full length album 100TH MONKEY to the studio environment perfectly, balancing crisp sonics, exciting grooves and powerful lyrical themes with a lineup featuring keyboardist TOM McMILLAN, bassist JIMMY MACK (SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, EDWIN STARR) and drummer DAVID BEDDELL. Currently finishing the album for release later in 2014, SHIELDS is releasing an EP featuring four key tracks that hint at the overall sound of the album�s distinctive production and a range of retro vibes that roll from CURTIS MAYFIELD inspired 70s funk cool (CHEAP HUSTLE) to the 70s and 80s pop/rock sensibilities of AWAKE AND ALIVE. 

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JUNE 14, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - RED TiDE RiSiNG
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE MAY 2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

JUNE 14, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - DARK BEFORE DAWN
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE MAY 2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE
DARK BEFORE DAWN, tell me about the band, who is in it and what do they do? Where are you from?

JUNE 11, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - ELiSiUM
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE MAY 2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

JUNE 11, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - BLACK ANGEL DOWN
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE MAY 2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

JUNE 9, 2014

FOR iMMEDiATE RELEASE:

The fact that MTV no longer plays music videos is almost not worth repeating anymore.  Why that is such a problem for people to accept is beyond us.  Can't people watch videos on YOUTUBE? And yet with MTV's absence,  there are more bands releasing music videos than ever.  For the July 2014 issue of ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE we will be celbrating the art of the music video with a little help from RADIO KSCR which not only operates a rather fine online radio station but they have also launched  an online music video channel.  This issue will feature excitng pictorials of some of the most fascinating music videos that youare going to find online as well as profiles on the directors of these videos. Alongside this special feature is just the sort of bold editorial that folks have come to expect from ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE. In June we will be featuring exclusive interviews with (HED) P.E., CHARMiNG LIARS, BLUE MOVIE, THE VEER UNION and more. Another exciting edition to our editorial is SAY WHAT NOW? - a series of podcast news features that go behind the usual Q&A. These shows will address issues in independent music and profile entrepreneurs and movers and shakers in the music industry. We are truly excited to be making this addition to ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE and are even more excited about pushing the limits for what is possible with a digital publication.

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH 
CRiSPiN EARL OF
THE VEER UNiON
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
DiViDE THE BLACKENED SKY

THE VEER UNION was founded in 2004 by singer/songwriter CRISPIN EARL from Vancouver, Canada. The band made their mark in 2009 with the top 10 hit single SEASONS off their debut album AGAINST THE GRAIN, which peaked at #7 and was the longest charting rock song for a new artist all year. It became the theme song for the 2009 Stanley Cup winners, the Pittsburgh Penguins. SEASONS was also featured in all MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL postseason telecast as well as NFL, NASCAR, ESPN, WWE, NHL and more. PAVEMENT ENTERTAINMENT now brings you the DELUXE EDITION of DIVIDE THE BLACKENED SKY which includes three new songs and re-mastered tracks. Frontman CRISPIN EARL said  of the album,"DIVIDE THE BLACKENED SKY, is a much darker and heavier effort than our previous works. It depictsall the hard times we have been through over the last couple of years". 

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH 
STEPHEN ANTHONY GREGORY
AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW ALBUM
ME, MYSELF AND i

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ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  SiNGER SONGWRiTER
NiCK DEUTSCH
AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW EP
CRAZY RiDE

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ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  LiSA FOEDERER, TONY PARiS, ANTHONY NOTO AND ROBiN MAYER OF
BLUE MOViE
AND THEiR NEW SiNGLE
ELECTRiC WATER

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ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  BiLLY ZANE MUNA OF
BACK FROM ASHES
AND THEiR NEW SiNGLE
RiZEN

BACK FROM ASHES has performed with the likes of DISTURBED GODSMACK, Rev Theory, Jet, Megadeth, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT,  SALIVA, MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, HATEBREED, just to name a few! This unsigned phoenix powerhouse has been making international waves coming in on the FMQB and CMJ music charts at number 5 and 6 one spot behind OZZY OSBOURNE himself. Their dedication to fans is unlike any other as seen by their relentless social networking and response to all those that contact them. They have drawn the attention listeners on the strength of their previous releases 261 and BROKEN. Now armed with a new lead singer BILLY ZANE MUNA - the band is gearing up for a bran new album release later this year whichis being preceded by the roaring first single RIZEN.

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH GUITARiST KARNiG MANOUKiAN OF
CHARMiNG LiARS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW EP
WE WON'T GiVE UP

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH ANDREA LAZZERETTi AND FRANCESCO BiNi OF
PiQUED JACKS
AND THEiR TWO NEW SiNGLES UPTURNED PERSPECTiVES AND NO BAZOOKA

PIQUED JACKS describe their sound in their own words: "being able to speak without impediment; having sex in the most intense way possible; expressing ourselves 100%". You have to hear it to experience it for yourself. PIQUED JACKS are brave souls. Raised in a small village in Italy, they have methodically made their way from obscurity to Austin, the heart of the indie music scene, performing at SXSW in 2013 and 2014, and sharing the stage with international acts such as ATOMS FOR PEACE and BOB SCHNEIDER. Their powerful alliance and headstrong vision has resulted in rapid success and the positive flow of their career indicates a confident band gaining serious momentum. Back in 2006, the PIQUED JACKS were anything but serious. They causally acquired the band name after someone dropped a bass during rehearsal. The damaged jack resembled a boner and the boys felt the sexual allusion suited their sound. A few years later, something clicked, a unified connection to the music making process, and from 2010 to 2011 they released two EPs, conquering Italian airwaves (RAI 1, Radio RAI 1). This new material leads the band to a brand new, iridescent eclecticism, paving the way for a new album and tour. Their conviction is stronger and stronger, and their genuine camaraderie is highly palpable in their live show. This talented band of brothers seem to scream "this is not your usual fly by night, ME ME ME group of young men"; they know the strength of their sound and the endurance of their brand was born from their powerful friendship.

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH ALEX ELiOPOULOS AND DAViD MOLiNA OF
iMPURiTAN
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
MAKE iT LOOK LiKE NOTHiNG HAPPENED

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ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH ARUN RAMACHANDRAN OF
THE COSMONAUTS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER

ROCKWiRED .COM'S ABORiGiNAL SOUNDS
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH METiS SiNGER-SONGWRiTER
SHAUN ANDERSON
AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW ALBUM SHiNE

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ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH DAN C. WRIGHT OF
3D FRiENDS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW EP SUMMER BREAK

For most indie artists, having their debut single chosen as the official theme song of a prominent MTV show would be something of an end-all. But for composer and multi-instrumentalist DAN C. WRIGHT, founder of the multi-faceted Austin based indie dream-pop trio 3D FRIENDS, "LINA MAGIC" - used so prominently on the controversial teen drama "SKINS" - became his calling card/launch point for the deeper artistry that the band has developed over the past few years, both on their recordings and in their powerhouse live performances throughout Texas and on tour as far away as California. Their latest EP SUMMER BREAK is a perfectly titled soundtrack for Summer 2014, a five-track set of spirited, easy flowing positivity that achieves WRIGHT's goal of "stepping out from the realm of background music and getting on the other side of the camera."

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH BRANDON BAUMANN OF
DiAMOND LANE
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM TERRORiZER

You haven't seen this in a while. Or perhaps, ever. Now bear witness to the new face of modern heavy metal: DIAMOND LANE. Chosen by television network FOX to supercharge their May 2014 national sports broadcasts as Artist of the Month, the band shows no signs of slowing down - a truth reinforced by every explosive live performance. With the release of their new full-length album, "TERRORIZER" they have distilled a no-nonsense collection of songs that showcases their true firepower and raw energy. 2014 marks a new beginning in the evolution of DIAMOND LANE, as the band continues to further its horizons worldwide, one stage at a time.

ROCKWiRED.COM'S
ABORiGiNAL SOUNDS
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH SCOTTi AND JULiANA CLiFFORD OF SCATTER THEiR OWN (OGLALA SiOUX)
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW CD  TASTE THE TiME

It's always great to see attention being paid to to someone who has paid their dues in the studio and in clubs throughout the country. When we first became acquainted with SCATTER THEIR OWN last year, we were blown away by the release of their debut EP - the one that singer-guitarist SCOTTI CLIFFORD maintained was simply a demo that  got heard by the right people.  This time around SCOTTI and his wife and bassist JULIANA  have issued an album  that captures everything that has made their live set so damned electrifying. TASTE THE TIME  is a collection of  teh straight-ahead, riff driven rock n roll  that fans from across the country have come to expect  from the dynamic duo  with the stand out tracks being the  driving title track, ALL I HAVE and JUST BREATHE.

What inspired the change in the band's name from THE MOONBEAMS to simply BECK BLACK?
At first I called the band THE MOONBEAMS because I called our then-guitar player NICK MAYBURY "MOONBEAM". The band has only been around for two years. ADAM ALT is the drummer and my roommate and said to me that he wanted to be a MOONBEAM so we became THE MOONBEAMS and that was what we were for two years. We have our own PANDORA radio station which is a great thing. We've also been named one of the top five LA concerts in LA WEEKLY. As a band we've been doing really great and our next step was to trademark our name. We met with an entertainment lawyer in Century City and he said that there was a band from the 1950's called THE MOONBEAMS that was a one hit wonder and that it was going to be difficult to trademark the name. There is also a band called MOONBEAMS in Russia and they are actually fans of ours and they trademarked the name there in 2003. We just felt like we shouldn't be using a name that is being trademarked so often. It's a very common name so we decided to change it but the deal breaker came when the guitarist that I named the band after quit. Meanwhile LA WEEKLY hits me up and wants to do a story on us. We had some shows coming up and I had to tell them not to do a story on us. We couldn't do the show because we didn't have a guitarist. It was a strange place to be in. We had to change our name and we didn't want to appear just to appear. Image is everything with the band so I started toying around with names. Everybody wanted me to call the band BECK BLACK which is my name.

Does it feel like it's been thirty years?
There are times when it feels longer and there are times when it feels like everything happened yesterday. There were time periods in HELLION's history and the history
of metal that were like a virtual wasteland. Sometimes it feels like it's been a long time and sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday.

You're pretty much the first woman in Heavy metal. You had PAT BENATAR and you had BLONDIE but you were the first to get in front of a metal band and lead. Did that ever cross your mind as it was happening?
Yeah. Absolutely and I don't mean any disrespect to other females fronting rock bands. I've got to give credit to WENDY O'WILLIAMS and BETSY WEISS from BITCH was following that tradition that WENDY O'WILLIAMS had started. When we started playing people just didn't know what to do with HELLION especially on the American side. With regard to England we hit it right off the bat but with America there were so many stigmas and stereotypes about female singers with heavy bands. It was difficult. People have always accepted female singers as Country artists and pop artists but with the heavy metal genre it was a little different.

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