Author: Simon

Two-plus decades in the music industry as a program director, host, influencer, voice-over artist, and artist manager. Passionate about introducing music fans to talented artists. Avid sports card collector. Pizza lover. Microbrew connoisssoir.
Everclear Set To Take Special Guests Living Colour, Hoobastank & Wheatus On Tour This Summer
31Jan By SimonNo Comments
Events, Features

Everclear Set To Take Special Guests Living Colour, Hoobastank & Wheatus On Tour This Summer

The 2021 edition of the Summerland Tour is set to kick off Friday, July 2nd in Middletown, New York. Everclear will be joined on this year's tour with legends Living Colour along with Hoobastank and Wheatus. For full tour dates, view below. Summerland Tour is an annual traveling music festival founded by Everclear frontman Art Alexakis. Known for bringing along some of the best bands from the 90s, the likes of Eve 6, Fuel, LIVE, and others have been featured in previous years. Tickets are on sale Friday morning at 10 AM via SummerLandTour.net. For full tour dates, view below. V.I.P. and meet and greet packages are available if you want to live it up. More shows are expected as reductions in COVID restrictions are announced in additional states. Everclear https://www....
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Burning Man 2021 Cancelled
30Apr By SimonNo Comments
Features

Burning Man 2021 Cancelled

The iconic Burning Man Festival has been canceled. Organizers will instead focus on the 2022 event due to the lingering pandemic. Set to take place in August, the event draws thousands of people from around the world each year. The first Burning Man took place in San Franciso in the mid-1980s and has grown into an event attended by nearly 80,000 people in 2019. The 2020 edition of Burning Man was also canceled. Check the video below for the full announcement from CEO Marian Goodell. Spread out over a nine-day period, the focus on community, arts, and self-expression has endeared the event to many. Organizers have stated the decision to cancel is not based on just one factor but a combination of problems that have prevented the event to move forward. All of us at Burning Man ...
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girl in red Set For New Album Release and Late Night Television Debut
29Apr By SimonNo Comments
Music

girl in red Set For New Album Release and Late Night Television Debut

The multi-talented Marie Ulven is better known as girl in red and she's about to take the music world by storm. The brand new album if I could make it go quiet is on track to be released Friday. Her new single 'Serotonin' is co-produced by GRAMMY-winning producer FINNEAS who recently took home eight awards for his work with sister Billie Eilish. Ulven was due to breakout in 2020 with shows planned around the world. When everything was shut down due to the pandemic she would end up writing 11 songs at home in Oslo, Norway. When it came time to lay the tracks down, she would commute some eight hours back and forth to a studio in the Norwegian capital of Bergan. Often behind the wheel in her father's borrowed car. According to a press release, it was on these epic drives that she would...
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Singer/Songwriter Ian Flanigan Announces Blake Shelton Collaboration
30Apr By SimonNo Comments
Music

Singer/Songwriter Ian Flanigan Announces Blake Shelton Collaboration

Singer/songwriter Ian Flanigan nearly went all the way last season on NBC's The Voice. One might argue that despite a third-place finish on the show, he's really won with an exciting new collaboration with country superstar Black Shelton. On May 14, Ian's new single 'Grow Up' will be released to the public and is his first new material since singing a deal with Reviver Records. Hailing from the upstate New York town of Saugerties, he's spent the last decade laying the ground work for future success. Fresh off a performance at the 50th-anniversary celebration of Woodstock at the site of the world-famous festival, he and his family sold their belongings and hit the road in a Winnebago to spread his music around the country. Who could have predicted that just a few months into this jo...
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Highly Anticipated ‘Typhoons’ Album From Royal Blood Drops Friday
26Apr By SimonNo Comments
Reviews

Highly Anticipated ‘Typhoons’ Album From Royal Blood Drops Friday

U.K.-based duo Royal Blood is set to deliver their first album of new material in nearly four years on Friday. Typhoons is a clear step forward for the band and are set to build on the success of already released singles 'Trouble's Coming' and the title track 'Typhoons'. When Royal Blood's Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher sat down to discuss the new album initially, they consciously decided on a return to their roots. Influenced by the likes of Daft Punk, Justice, and others, the dynamic results find the band really hitting their stride on tracks like 'Million and One' and 'Limbo'. “It is without a doubt the most ambitious and wildest we have allowed ourselves to be and we can’t wait to invite you this far down the rabbit hole with us.”-Royal Blood There's still a little time to pre-or...
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Junket Release Follow-up Single ‘Embers To Ashes’
23Apr By SimonNo Comments
Reviews

Junket Release Follow-up Single ‘Embers To Ashes’

New York-based alt-rockers Junket has just launched a smoldering follow-up single in the form of 'Embers To Ashes' from their new Make Waves EP. The track comes on the heels of the successful 'Red Handed' release, a song inspired by the popular SHOWTIME show 'Dexter'. Junket is made up of vocalist Chris Wicher, guitarist Michael Miller, bassist Kyle Hallenbeck, and drummer Chad Babcock. All hailing from Orange County, New York the band is a tight-knit group. According to a recent press release, Wicher states the song is '...about a relationship between two people who have an irrational fear of being alone but stay together despite all the reasons why they shouldn’t. The relationship may have started out strong like a roaring fire, but the honeymoon phase fizzled. Junket was abl...
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Ten Albums That Came Out Ten Years Ago This Month
21Apr By SimonNo Comments
Music

Ten Albums That Came Out Ten Years Ago This Month

Time flies when you're listening to good music, here's a look at ten albums that came out in April of 2011. 1. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Release date: April 12, 2011 Stand out track: 'These Days' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDVAQI-4lto 2. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light Release date: April 11, 2011 Stand out track: 'Second Song' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYM2t22h_E 3. The Wombats - This Modern Glitch Release date: April 22, 2011 Stand out track: 'Jump Into The Fog' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpadYhXHgwA 4. The Head and the Heart - Self Titled Release date: April 19, 2011 Stand out track: 'Lost My Mind' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjoA4nYBD5U 5. The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once Release date: Apr...
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