Bird Mancini to Play Cavern Club, Liverpool for International Pop Overthrow Fest Bird Mancini has been invited to play The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England with the International Pop Overthrow Festival to be held May 20-26, 2008. They will perform two shows on May 26, 2008, one at The Cavern…

“As a teenager and young adult, music was my religion. Music to me is personal, passionate, and meaningful .” – Dave Stanley Daoust In his 1972 classic “Old Man,” Neil Young famously sang the line, “Twenty-four and there’s so much more.” For Dave Stanley, leader of the Canadian rock group…

My first guitar was a classical bought from Joe Gaird (I think) in Newtown Wellington. He had very long fingernails. I couldn't pick it up straight away because of my left handedness. I was pretty happy when the strings were changed around. My second guitar was a Maya dreadnought. Same…

Born and raised in Liverpool and carrying on the the Liverpudlian tradition of great pop music is Little Name, whose first album, "How To Swim And Live" is out now on Sleepy Records. Bringing the lush sounds of Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian, the northern sensibilities of The Smiths,…

La Tumbaga is most exciting act from New South American Metal trends, their music is fresh and sticky with amazing guitar riffs, bass grooves and solid drums parts. coming into a whole and unique dense sound, full of power and a tasteful sonic environment.
As a band they…

With raw, powerful songs you can really hold on to, Plank creates a heavy downbeat musical world with catchy hooks and melody. A band that would rather start the trend than follow it, these five guys found their way to each other to create a buzz sound, pure and gimmick…

A brand new and exciting chapter has begun recently for Orange Grove with the release of their second studio album "Fingerprint". Since their first studio sessions together two years ago, the band had grown in sound and skill and this became very obvious in the studio. They decided to go…

Nuclear Forehead returns sounding better than ever on their new CD, "Next Flight," a potpourri of power-pop-influenced rock recorded in fits and starts over a period of several years. Not only was more time spent in the recording process than on the band's debut CD, "What It Is!!," but remastering…

Extra saucy rock 'n' roll, Fresh from the successes of kickass rock n roll band the Red Light Rippers, legendary and truly unstoppable rock n roll survivor Staci T. Rat hooked up with Pantychrist's supervixen Danyell to form a snotty, flirty, in-your-face rock n roll band. Already a kickin' combination,…

Power prog rock trio Marsupious launches Stone Baby and tour. Albuquerque-based rock group Marsupious is hitting the road, and winning fans, following the release of their debut CD Stone Baby. The bass-driven power trio has recorded thirteen tracks of pulsing, grinding, prog rock capturing the spontaneous combustion of live performances.…

Whisperin & Hollerin Gumshen's release of 'Menthol James' Power trio Gumshen www.gumshen.com provides a bracing reminder of how much time has passed since the early '90s. For those feeling nostalgic about that era, Gumshen will give you a kick-in-the-arse fix. Featuring Ron Hippe guitar, bass, vocals, Jan Ciganik…

A Course of Action offers an exciting direction in today’s rock world. With shades of Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin, their style draws you into an web of melodic progressions, tight rhythms, layered guitars, hooky riffs, and powerful but reserved vocals. "If you like good solid hard rock then Hybrid is…

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Formed in 1997, Prograss was rapidly known as a somewhat different monster-machine of techno rock. As a consequence of the smart mixture of live played Rock/Metal elements and "on-the-edge" techno loops, the band meets a broad-banded audience: techno lovers and metal heads as well. In switzerland, Prograss played as a…

NEW YORK CITY ROCK BAND RESONATES WITH U.S. TROOPS When UCradio's, Michael Yusi, was asked to contribute one song from his extensive playlist to a CD compilation for troops serving in Iraq, he chose "Orphan" off of Urbansnake's CD, Whiteknuckle, on Ettno Roc Records. "Orphan" had been aired on a…