MESSMAKER Goes Retro With “Dancing In The Moonlight” Cover

Cleveland Alternative pop-rock darlings MESSMAKER have taken a break from their relentless show schedule and anthemic single dropping to drop a silky smooth, shimmering cover of King Harvest’s 1970s smash hit “Dancing In The Moonlight”.  The song has been a recent staple of the duo’s live performances, so the natural next step would be to record their fresh take on the classic. “We like …

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The Winery Dogs Offers Audiences One Of 2023’s Top New Rock Albums In ‘III’

Early this February, rock super group The Winery Dogs released its latest album, III, through its own label, Three Dog Music.  The band is currently touring in support of the record, which has already produced two singles, ‘Xanadu’ and ‘Mad World.’  Those two singles are positive addition to the record but not the only noteworthy additions to the presentation.  There are …

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Project 86’s Penultimate Album Is Some Of Its Best Work To Date

In May 2021, almost two years ago, the members of Project 86 announced the band had started work on its final album.  The announcement came to a shock to many, considering that the band had only been in existence for 25 years.  However, in that time, it had released a total of 10 albums.  For most bands, releasing 10 albums …

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Pixies Announces Dates For Final Leg Of Its 2023 North American Tour

March 28 — Pixies will wrap up the North American leg of its current tour this summer. The band announced the dates for the third and final leg of the tour, which is in support of the band’s latest album, Doggerel (2022). Tickets for the tour will go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday here. The tour’s third and final leg …

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Visions Of Atlantis’ Most Devoted Fans Will Find ‘Pirates Over Wacken’ A Treasure

Later this year, symphonic metal act Visions of Atlantis will join its fellow symphonic metal act and label mate Delain for a roughly two-week tour across North America.  The tour, which is scheduled to launch Sept. 9 in Atlanta, GA and to run through Sept. 24 in Los Angeles, CA, will follow a brief European run in April alongside Autumn …

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Bluphoria Premieres Debut Album’s Third Single

March 27 — Independent rock act Bluphoria is scheduled to release its major label debut album this spring. The band — Reign LaFreniere (lead vocals, lead guitar), Dakota Landrum (rhythm guitar, background vocals), Rex Wolf (bass, background vocals), Dani Jane (drums, background vocals) — is scheduled to release its self-titled album May 5 through Edgeout Records. In anticipation of the …

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Amaru: GoFund Me Campaign Launched For Saliva Guitarist’s Daughter

March 27 — Following the untimely passing of Saliva founding member and guitarist Wayne Swinny last week, a GoFund Me campaign was established for Swinny’s daughter. According to front man Bobby Amaru, the campaign was launched after he talked with Swinny’s sister, Linda about launching the campaign in order to establish a trust for Swinny’s daughter. As of early Monday afternoon, the …

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New Allman Brothers Band Live Recording To Release For Record Store Day

March 27 — The Allman Brothers Band has announced it will release a new live recording for Record Store Day. Syria Mosque: Pittsburg, PA January 17, 1971 will release on a special 2-LP vinyl set on Record Store Day, April 22 through the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company. The special release will be limited to 10,000 copies nationwide on a “Pittsburgh Steel Grey” …

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