• #songoftheday = HEAVEN & EARTH: “THE GAME HAS CHANGED”

    The song is called “The Game Has Changed” and starts off with some funkilicous bass then bursts into action with a highly caffeinated amount of energy

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  • #songoftheday = Laure Shang: “The One That Ran Away”

    So, this is what happens when Laure Shang goes punk rock?  She comes out with an edgy, guitar-driven track that erupts with four on the floor energy as soon as you hit play.  It’s called “The One That Ran Away” and it finds Laure in a bit of a spiteful mood, wondering what the hell…

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  • STREAM, STREAM AWAY: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN DAVIES

    STREAM, STREAM AWAY: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN DAVIES

    interview by Michael McCarthy Several years ago, Megan Davies opened a Youtube account and posted a video of herself doing an experimental, classical guitar piece. It didn’t get many streams, but she kept the account open and eventually started posting other things. Those things being actual songs. Most of them were covers. Some of them…

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  • THE MAIN MAN: A INTERVIEW WITH JOHN O’CALLAGHAN OF THE MAINE

    THE MAIN MAN: A INTERVIEW WITH JOHN O’CALLAGHAN OF THE MAINE

    interview by Michael McCarthy I’ve been a fan of The Maine since they started out. I caught one of their early shows on a bill that included Good Charlotte, Boys Like Girls and Metro Station. I believe it was 2008. The tour was cleverly entitled The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour. The reason I went…

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  • #songoftheday = Fischerspooner – “Togetherness” feat. Caroline Polachek (Official Video Fischer Version)

    Just earlier this week I found myself wondering whatever happened to Fischerspooner.  They were one of my favorite electronic music duos several years ago but they’ve been absent from the scene for quite a while now.  Well, it turns out they’ve been cooking up something good, which we’re getting our first taste of today with…

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  • AT PEACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LEWIS OF L.A. GUNS

    AT PEACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LEWIS OF L.A. GUNS

    interview by Michael McCarthy A year ago I caught Enuff Z’Nuff live and interviewed Chip Z’Nuff. The band was opening for Tracii Guns’ L.A. Guns, but Chip had me interview him outside in his van while they were onstage. When I went back into the venue after Tracii’s band was still playing, I watched them,…

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  • A GOD STRIKES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEREK SHERINIAN OF SONS OF APOLLO

    A GOD STRIKES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEREK SHERINIAN OF SONS OF APOLLO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Sons of Apollo is the blessed new prog rock venture by Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian of Dream Theater fame along with Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force). To be perfectly honest, I doubt I…

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  • KAYFOZZY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS JERICHO OF FOZZY AND THE WWE

    KAYFOZZY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS JERICHO OF FOZZY AND THE WWE

    interview by Michael McCarthy “Can you take the weight of my world,” asks Chis Jericho during the fourth track on Fozzy’s killer new album Judas, “Weight of My World.” If you’re 99% of people, the answer to that question is a definite no. I mean, who among us could handle everything Chris does? Whether he’s…

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  • FLYING SOLO: AN INTERVIEW WITH KELE OKEREKE OF BLOC PARTY

    FLYING SOLO: AN INTERVIEW WITH KELE OKEREKE OF BLOC PARTY

    interview by Michael McCarthy I first became aware of Kele Okereke when I read about Bloc Party, the band he’s fronted for roughly a dozen years now, in the British magazine Q in 2005. Immediately after reading about them, I hunted down their debut album, Silent Alarm, and knew I liked it before Kele even…

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  • #songoftheday = GIGI ROWE: “GOT THAT”

    Back in December 2016, we interviewed rising pop star Gigi Rowe, who’d just had a song included in Just Dance 2017.  Well, here we are in October of 2017 and we’ve just discovered that Gigi will have a song in Just Dance 2018. too.  In fact, it’s “Got That,” the song you’re listening to right now.

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  • MUSICALLY SPEAKING: AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH JUSTIN MASTERS: PART TWO

    MUSICALLY SPEAKING: AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH JUSTIN MASTERS: PART TWO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Today I am pleased to present you with part two of my interview with Justin Masters.  As I said in my intro to part one, Justin and I were friends back in the mid-’90s but lost touch when I was in the thick of publishing my heavy metal music zine Ant,…

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  • MUSICALLY SPEAKING: AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH JUSTIN MASTERS: PART ONE

    MUSICALLY SPEAKING: AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH JUSTIN MASTERS: PART ONE

    interview by Michael McCarthy In the early ’90’s, many of the hair bands I grew up listening to put out some of their best albums. Unfortunately, there were so many hair bands by then that the market was over-saturated.  It had reached the point where it was like the last days of disco, tipping the…

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  • DEFRAGMENTING JASON WERBELOFF, AUTHOR: PART TWO

    DEFRAGMENTING JASON WERBELOFF, AUTHOR: PART TWO

    interview by Michael McCarthy On Monday we published part one of our two-part interview with Jason Werbeloff, one of the most exciting sci-fi authors to emerge during recent years.  His series Defragmenting Daniel had me binge reading, immediately going from one book to the next, and I’m normally a slow reader.  So, that just goes…

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  • DEFRAGMENTING JASON WERBELOFF, AUTHOR: PART ONE

    DEFRAGMENTING JASON WERBELOFF, AUTHOR: PART ONE

    interview by Michael McCarthy I’m what you could call a book-aholic.  I’m addicted to books.  I’m so glad that Kindles came along when they did because I own so many hardcover books that I’ve long stopped counting.  I’ve filled over five bookcases with them.  Point being, I’ve literally run out of room.  So, now my…

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