Following an extensive US tour this spring, New York City’s THE PRETTY RECKLESS have today announced a major UK tour this autumn culminating at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.
The outing marks Taylor Momsen’s (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Phillips (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mark Damon (bass), and Jamie Perkins (drums) first run of dates since 2016–2017’s ‘Who You Selling For Tour’ and also sees them embark on a run of European festival appearances throughout the summer, including Download Festival.
Dragged Under and Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group have announced a June 10 release date for the band’s new studio album UPRIGHT ANIMALS. To celebrate this, they have revealed the video for new song “All of Us.” They will also be coming to the UK for the first time in the summer, playing Download festival on Saturday 11th June, a run of six headline dates playing Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, London and finishing at the O2 Brixton Academy, London supporting The Ghost Inside. Tickets are available here and you can pre-order the album here. The release will be available on CD, an orange transparent LP, and digitally.
Oklahoma City, OK based Hard Rock band LOCUST GROVE has released the official music video for their new single, “Worth My Time.” Featuring the band performing in Oklahoma City, OK with 3130 Studios by Clark Deal, with the model shots by Alex Heider from Atlanta, GA, “Worth My Time” is the first single off of the band’s upcoming, debut LP, Battle of Locust.
Today, Three Days Grace share “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi),” the second song off their forthcoming album, EXPLOSIONS, which will be out on May 6th via Music For Nations. The new track originated as a collaboration between Neil Sanderson of the band and Lukas Rossi of Rockstar Supernova for the side project King City. “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)” finds Three Days Grace’s lead singer, Matt Walst, and Rossi dueting on this bludgeoning version teeming with nervous energy. “We added a Three Days Grace spin to it,” Matt reveals. “Lukas has a great voice, and we match up pretty well.” “Everything is about tension and release,” adds Neil. “It defines the record.” Listen to “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)” here.
New Jersey based heavy rock artist KENNY DUBMAN has released the official music video for “Old Dog,” the debut single with CHARLIE STARR (BLACKBERRY SMOKE) off of his upcoming LP, Conflicted. Produced by Kenny Dubman and Steve Deauctis, Conflicted was recorded at Sound Spa Productions in Edison, NJ, and features additional guest appearances by Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and SCOTTI HILL (SKID ROW), with a release fat 4/29/2022.
“Conflicted is really an album of observations of human nature and behavior…every single track is about things that people do, and the impact these things have on both themselves and others in their sphere. Human emotion drives human behavior, which ultimately shapes our worlds, for better or worse. Every single person is conflicted, in one way or another, at some point in their lives.” – KENNY DUBMAN
Track List: 1. Old Dog 2. Modern Day Jesus 3. Beautiful Like You 4. Robbing You Blind 5. Toeing the Line 6. You Belong 7. Stuck on Replay 8. Cruelest of Them All 9. Winter Wind 10. Pitiful Fool 11. For the Taking 12. Wool Over Your Eyes
Kenny was raised in a house where music played all the time, and it was his mom’s Hendrix and Santana records that etched their way into his psyche…he had to know how to make those sounds. By age 9 he had started guitar lessons, and by 12, had begun to unravel the mysteries of real rock guitar playing on his own, courtesy of Ace Frehely on the first Kiss Alive album. Ace was playing the Jimmy Page licks…but he played them slowly and methodically enough for a kid to digest and be able to repeat them, albeit clumsily at first. Over time, the pentatonic scale layout of the neck revealed itself, and he was off to the races, never looking back.
By Kenny’s senior year in high school, he had joined a newly minted band called Prophet with a bunch of Jersey guys several years his senior. They busted their asses learning progressive rock covers by Kansas, Yes, Rush, Genesis, Pink Floyd….as well as hard rock like Scorpions, Van Halen, Sabbath and AC/DC. By 1982, Prophet was one of the kings of the NJ club band circuit, playing 5 nights per week to packed houses all over the tri state area. In 1985, Prophet would release the first of their 3 albums; the self-titled “Prophet” (1985), followed by “Cycle Of The Moon” (1988), and “Recycled” (1991). All records met with critical acclaim, yet Prophet would never rise above cult following status…a following which still remains today.
A few original music projects followed in the early 90’s, but he was growing weary of the music business and all of it’s fickle whims. He lost his passion for creating and trying to forge ahead, and channeled those passions elsewhere.
In 2013, Kenny found himself at an all-time low, having gone through quite a few years of real trauma in his personal life. He had finally shed all his baggage, and was slowly regaining himself and learning to stand again…gradually finding his footing. It was during this period that he stumbled on to an album that would set the course for a whole new musical re-birth for him…”The Whippoorwill” by Blackberry Smoke. Just happened to click on it by chance one day while looking for an album to play while at work. A year later, he was still listening to the whole record every day. A few months after that, song ideas that he thought were worth capturing started to appear for the first time in years. And on July 4th, 2016, Kenny released “Reckless Abandon”, his very first 100% solo record. And THAT…is where this awesome journey started for the second time…and he’ll never look back again.
Shaman’s Harvest and Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group have released “Pretty People” featuring Sevendust’s Clint Lowery ahead of the band’s upcoming studio album REBELATOR. To listen to the song click here.
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