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DOLLYROTS RELEASE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE ON STEVIE VAN ZANDT’S WICKED COOL RECORDS/2022 TOUR DATES

A 24-TRACK COLLECTION OF  B-SIDES, RARITIES & COVERS The Dollyrots to release Down The Rabbit Hole, a 24-track collection of B-sides, rarities, and cover songs with a Dollyrots twist. The diverse collection features tracks from throughout the […]

Interviews

Danny Rexon of Crazy Lixx

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Starting from live music played throughout silent movie exhibitions, the relationship between moving pictures and music is nothing short of fascinating. That’s why we tend to remember the iconic […]

Interviews

David Reece

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — We live in an era when every coffee mug and every photo frame insert encourages us to “follow our dreams” and “fulfill our passions,” and yet – not everyone […]

Music Reviews

Exodus | Persona Non Grata

by Dan Skiba — Contributing Writer — The title Persona Non Grata translates to “an unwanted or unacceptable person”, and over the past few years there’s been plenty of divisiveness and polarized views of what […]

Interviews

Jim Peterik

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — There’s something incredibly difficult and challenging about a moment when an artist who co-founded a band and kept on contributing significantly to its artistry and songwriting process is now […]

Music Reviews

Sons of Silver “Hesitate”

by Jay Ray— Guest Columnist — Sons of Silver have returned with one of their most aggressive, and riff-infused tracks to date. The band is quickly becoming notorious for its powerful, impassioned songwriting and complex […]

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INNOCENT TYLER JOINS FORCES WITH PRODUCER LUIS CABEZAS (THE DOLLYROTS) FOR NEW EP SHAKE THE NERVES

VIRTUAL LISTENING PARTY ON STAGEIT.COM OCTOBER 24TH Northwest Arkansas pop-punk band Innocent Tyler release Shake The Nerves available October 22nd on all platforms. See the video for “Delete Each Other Again” featuring guest vocals from Dollyrot Kelly Ogden here: https://youtu.be/j0LFTxJ7gh4 “When I […]

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Gus G.

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — When we think about shred albums, we can’t help but think the ‘80s – the larger-than-life era that gave birth to such classics, as Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force or […]

Interviews

Stuart Smith of Heaven & Earth

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — It would be difficult – and frightening – to imagine ourselves how the music industry would have functioned throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021 if it hadn’t […]

Interviews

Neil Starr of the Beat-Hells

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — There are bands that part ways in disgrace, long after they fell into oblivion, and those which continue to inspire younger musicians all around the globe even half a […]

Interviews

BJ of SPEKTRA and SOTO

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — There are musicians best at being a vital contributive part of a musical collective as well as those who are simply indispensable behind the steering wheel. But in order […]

Concert Reviews

Ron Keel Band

by John Kindred— Publisher — The Scene, Independence, MO, June 12, 2021 Ron Keel is the consumate performer, entertainer and show man. On June 12, he brought his band to the Kansas City metro area […]

Music Reviews

Project: Roenwolfe | Edge Of Saturn

by Justin Gaines— Senior Columnist — It’s been eight long years since American power/thrash metal band Project: Roenwolfe unleashed their debut album Neverwhere Dreamscape. That’s a long time to go silent, especially for a band […]

Interviews

Neal Grusky of Prey For Sunday

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — In this nostalgia-driven era of constant flashbacks from our much romanticized past, there’s nothing more refreshing than seeing an experienced artist still looking forward. Take a look at Neal […]

Interviews

Suzi Quatro

by Marija Brettle— Senior Columnist — With her trademark leather jumpsuit and big bass guitar, Detroit-born Suzi Quatro created a new and potent image for women in rock, one that spoke of both strength and […]

Interviews

Óskar Logi Ágústsson of The Vintage Caravan

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Thinking about staples in any musician’s biography, one is certainly founding a first band while still yet in their teens and the other – starting performing around the same […]

Interviews

Dani Argilés of ARGI

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — If there’s one thing that’s certainly a blessing when it comes to the modern era, it’s the easy access to recording gear and the Internet being a massive promotional […]

Interviews

Arde Teronen of Temple Balls

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Sometimes a band name doesn’t mean exactly what it seems. That’s what happened to the Finnish Hard Rock ensemble Temple Balls who recently made the headlines explaining surprisingly non-anatomic […]

Interviews

George Lynch

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Vast discography and decades of successful tenure on the music scene are privileges of relatively few in the music industry. But once achieved, can the legendary status become more […]

Interviews

Raphael Mendes of Icon Of Sin

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — What if Bruce Dickinson sang for… Icon Of Sin? That’s a question many will ask on April the 16th, ‘cause that’s the day the aforementioned new project’s album will […]

Interviews

Andi Barrels of Black Diamonds

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Nostalgia is a very powerful tool these days, also in music. But is it possible for a contemporary band inspired with the past to actually replicate the retro vibe […]

Interviews

Conny Bloom of Electric Boys

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Probably a lot of people would have described 2020 as the moment when the world turned upside down. Consequently, the title of the new album by the Swedish rockers […]

Interviews

Alessandro Del Vecchio

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — There are few things  less stable in the world of music than the band line-ups. And if there are several who carry on through the years without personnel changes, […]

Interviews

ISSA

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Most of us like to reminisce about their early days and there’s something irresistibly charming about the moment one’s just starting out and taking their first steps forward. However, […]

Interviews

Ian Crichton of SAGA

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — When it comes to Metal, band mascots are somewhat a standard – we’re all more than familiar with the lovely countenances of Motörhead’s Snaggletooth or Iron Maiden’s Eddie. For […]

Interviews

Magnus Karlsson

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — If there’s one affliction most of us share these days, it’s much shorter attention span and the decreasing ability to focus on one task. It’s reflected in how music […]

Interviews

Chez Kane

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — It’s always a tricky situation when it comes to debut albums. Many acts we now consider to be staples of their respective genres didn’t make much of a buzz […]

Interviews

Ledfoot aka Tim Scott McConnell

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist Whenever you ask musicians about what they think is the greatest achievement of their career, the answers they give are usually strikingly similar. A successful album or a breakthrough performance […]

Interviews

Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann of Orden Ogan

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — All nostalgia aside, there’s something about the humankind that makes us look forward – way beyond the predictable lifespan of one’s own generation. That certainly explains the popularity of […]

Interviews

Skyward

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Browsing through the weighty volumes of Rock history, you can’t help but notice the first chapter is always the same. It always starts with a group of young, like-minded […]

Interviews

Nathan James of Inglorious

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Music can be therapeutic – even more so these days than ever before. Opening up, sharing their personal experiences and revealing inner struggles by an artist may serve as […]

Interviews

Marco Pastorino of Temperance

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — In 2020, we talked about the terms such as “quarantine jam” becoming a part of our journalistic jargon. This year it seems we’ll be talking about a “lockdown effect” […]

Interviews

Cassidy Paris

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Believe it or not – there are still Rock fans out there who claim their favorite music has deteriorated and disappeared with the advent of whatever modern cultural or […]

Interviews

Udo Dirkschneider

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — 2020 wasn’t a year you remember fondly. And if you’re a musician, a concert venue owner, a music industry worker or a music fan – certainly one of the […]

Interviews

Ronnie Parkes of Bonfire

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — It’s been a while since playing acoustic was in vogue. But even with the period of popularity of the MTV Unplugged series long gone, the Hard Rock brethren still […]

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LEVARA AND MASCOT RECORDS PRESENT LEAD SINGLE “AUTOMATIC” IN FRONT OF BAND’S DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM COMING MAY 14

LEVARA and Mascot Records present “Automatic,” the lead single from the band’s debut studio album coming May 14, 2021. Guitarist Trev Lukather offers, “’Automatic’ is a statement.  It is the song that started it all […]

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GYPSY PISTOLEROS release new single Lost in a Town Called Nowhere from the brand new album The Mescalito Vampires

Gypsy Pistoleros release a brand new single and anthem for the underdog “Lost in a Town called Nowhere”! on Feb the 26th from the forthcoming brand new album, The Mescalito Vampires! On Golden Robot/RIOT Records […]

Interviews

Mark Jansen of Epica

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — So much music is being recorded through long-distance collaborations these days that it’s no longer necessary for all parties involved to gather in one place. And it’s no wonder […]

Interviews

Robert Berry

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — When reviewing an album, many ambitious scribes tend to focus primarily on the release’s technical aspects and its overall music content. What often escapes one’s attention, though, is the […]

Interviews

Phil Hill of 17 Crash

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — 2020 was a year to remember for all the wrong reasons, and the music industry is an exhibit A in terms short- and long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic, […]

Interviews

Joel Hoekstra

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — Ask the music fans about their definition of a “guitar hero”, and you’ll be surprised at how diverse the answers may be. Some would hail the virtuosity of neo-classical […]

Interviews

Michael Wachelhofer of Cornerstone

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — With the US being rightfully considered as a cradle of all things rock’n’roll – and probably also because of the irresistible appeal of the faded imagery of the “vintage […]

Interviews

Jeff Scott Soto

by Alexandra Mrozowska— Senior Columnist — You can always see a glass half empty or half full, and no one seems to know it better than songwriters. The task they face is, after all, not […]