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Okay, we're at it again! With the absence of ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE, we

here at ROCKWIRED.COM are filling that void by re-launching our podcast

series ROCK SHOW. Back in late-August, the show was launched as a

means of complimenting our monthly magazine  by featuring music and

interview excerpts from the bands who  have been featured on the

site and the magazine. With ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE on an indefinite hiatus

we felt it important to bring back ROCK SHOW as a weekly show featuring

all new music and interview excerpts with the bands and artists behind

the music. On the latest edition of ROCK SHOW, we feature music from

SILVERTUNG, RED VELVET CRUSH, MANHIGH, JANGLING SPARROWS and JACOB CADE. 

CHECK OUT THE PODCAST AT:
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SEPTEMBER

14,

2017 -  Finding the balance between new music

that is coming ROCKWIRED's way and stuff that is happening in

entertainment is a tricky thing, but with this latest issue of ROCK

SHOW, I  feel like a balance has been achieved. So much has

happened in the previous week. I even had the chance to step out and

see a movie. No one is more surprised than me  that the movie

that I stepped out to see was IT. I've never been big on STEPHEN KING.

I've always been more of a sci-fi person than a horror fan, but the

1990 ABC-TV mini-series STEPHEN KING's IT made an impression on me. In

this latest episode of ROCK SHOW, I discuss my thoughts on the film and

how it compares to the 1990 miniseries.  

I

also caught the premiere of FOX's new dramedy series THE ORVILLE, SETH

MACFARLANE's tribute to STAR TREK. Coupled with that will be a

discussion on my anticipation for the upcoming CBS ALL ACCESS series

STAR TREK DISCOVERY. In the months since the the announcement of the

new STAR TREK series, it has inspired a swarm of hatred from fans if

comment sections on this or that website are to be believed.

Personally, I'm more excited for this show than I was back in 1987 when

STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION was about to get rolled out. I'm excited

to see a STAR TREK with action sequences and  cinematic

special effects and dare-I-say "lense flare". Better than endless

debates on interstellar diplomacy and positronic mumbo jumbo.

 And so what if the Klingons look different?

A

last minute subject brought up on the show was SINEAD O'CONNOR's

appearance on DR. PHIL. I personally think that DR. PHIL is worst find

 that OPRAH has ever made and it's my hope, that the Irish

lass gets all of the help that she needs. Music can't afford to lose

another artist. 

This

episode of ROCK SHOW also comes the closest to reaching the proposed

running time of 90 minutes. While the previous  episode gave

us an idea of how we were going to continue. In this issue we start

implementing those changes.

TODAY'S PLAYLiST:

ELANTRiS

-  ASCENSiON

ELANTRIS is one of the bands that will be featured on the cover of our

November 2017 issue which hasn't been released yet. That issue will be

our STAR WARS issue and the band's Wagnerian approach to metal, make

them a perfect fit for that issue. In this episode we spin the song

ASCENSION and you'll hear  an interview clip with the band's

keyboard player MARK LIBER.

 

ALARM FOR WAR - DAY TURNED TO NiGHT

On the same day that I got acquainted with ELANTRIS, I had the chance

to get to know JUGGY, the front man for the band ALARM FOR WAR. I

conducted my interview with him on September 11th and it dawned on me

that the 13-year old metal rapper, wasn't even alive when September

11th happened. It was quite the chasm but this young artist has a

delivery and a sense of purpose as a musician that is going to resonate

with people of all ages.

 

RiCK SHAFFER - MODERN LiE

He's back. ROCKWIRED has been drawn to the fuzzy garage rock of RICK

SHAFFER who had first cut his teeth with the new wave rock band REDS

back in the eighties. For years now he has taken up the mantle of guitar

players like R.L. BURNSIDE and  LINK WRAY. Now he is on the

verge of release his new album STOLEN MOMENTS and the first single

MODERN LIE has SHAFFER continuing in that same vein but this time with

a bit of a glam rock flourish.

 

NiCK COYLE - NOTHiNG TO BE

AFRAiD OF

NICK

COYLE is another one of those troubadours that doesn't know the meaning

of the word "stop". He got his start as the front man of LIFER, but

ROCKWIRED got to know him as the front man for STARDOG CHAMPION. That

band didn't last long but NICK COYLE has, and now he is releasing his

new album COLD and NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF has him brandishing a sleek

new sound that sacrifices none of the man's rock n roll edge. Vocally,

he brings back a memory or two of BOWIE on this track.

 

CALL

OF ALL - WAR AND iLLUSiON

Five years ago. ROCKWIRED first became acquainted  with HUNTER

WATSON when he was the lead singer for DAY'S DISTANCE. When that band

had folded, WATSON focused his energies on other endeavors such as

acting. He even secured himself a role on the AMC series WALKING DEAD.

Now, he has a new band called CALL OF ALL and WAR AND ILLUSION is our

first taste of their new album.

 

MANHiGH

- LOVE LETTERS FROM SPACE

We at ROCKWIRED are often guilty of never looking at what is going on

in our own backyard. By backyard, I mean Albuquerque, New Mexico. A

couple of years back ROCKWIRED got to know the band THROW THE TEMPLE

and their front man GABRIEL GAMBINO. Now GAMBINO seeks to make an

impression with his new project MANHIGH and the single LETTERS FROM

SPACE sounds like it needs to be in a shuffle with QUEENS OF THE STONE

AGE and MARS VOLTA.

CHECK OUT THE PODCAST AT:
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We

are two shows into the run of our new podcast series ROCK SHOW and I

feel like we've  found ourselves. I'd say "finally", but that implies

that it was a long, long search. As you make your way through this new

episode,  you're going to hear something signature. You are going to

hear a stream of consciousness coming through the speakers salted and

peppered with  some hard rocking tunes from the likes of BOBAFLEX,

ZEROKING, MILITIA VOX, EDGE OF PARADISE and others. In the same way

that ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE is taking on more challenging story ideas

outside of music, our new podcast is going to be a reflection of the

times that we're living in and and provide a humorous look at what is

going on in the world and withing the walls of ROCKWIRED MEDIA. In this

episode alone we discuss the stories that we're working on for the

upcoming October issue which include a 40th anniversary retrospective

of the documentary classic PUMPING IRON, which made ARNOLD

SCHWARZENEGGER an icon, re-defined masculinity and made the sport of

Bodybuilding not seem so fringe-y.  We will also be discussing a story

that we're working on for the upcoming issue on the MEN'S RIGHTS

MOVEMENT and the women who have taken center stage. In this show you

will hear interview excerpts with the movements two leading women

KAREN STRAUGHAN and JANICE FIAMENGO. Outside of the goings on with

ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE, the show will touch on what has been happening

in the news lately, particularly with BURNING MAN and the story of JOEL

OSTEEN closing the doors of his megachurch to people suffering from the

flooding in Houston.

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AUGUST

28,

2017 - Well

kiddies, here you have it! This is the very

first edition of our

brand new weekly show ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE'S ROCK SHOW. We admit it's not

the most inspired title but it gives you an idea  of what to

expect

with this new weekly program. This latest endeavor by ROCKWIRED

MAGAZINE is not much of a new endeavor. It's more of a rebranding of

our previous podcast series ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES. We feel a title

like . Since 2010,

ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES lasted for over 700 editions and featured

music and interviews with various active rock artists such

as WAYLAND,

BOBAFLEX, ADELITA'S WAY, EDGE OF PARADISE, ANOTHER LOST YEAR, SAINT

MOTEL, SHALLOW SIDE, BONZ, ADLER, STAR OFF MACHINE, ZEROKING, A.D.D.,

EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS, STATION, ELISIUM, RED TIDE RISING, SILVERTUNG,

MAXXXWELL CARLISLE, CITY OF THE WEAK, VAJRA, ELISIUM, MILITIA VOX

and 

DIAMOND LANE. Now, ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE has decided to scale back with a

weekly podcast that still delivers on the music and exclusive

interviews but also seeks to entertain it's audience. Isn't rock n roll

all about keeping folks entertained?

ROCKWIRED

MAGAZINE'S ROCK SHOW is going to be a work in progress. Of course it

will be a show about spinning new music from today's leading active

rock artists but ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE's Editor-In-Chief BRIAN LUSH

promises that

there will be some surprises along the way. "Just as we are getting

more adventurous with our content in our monthly magazine, we want this

new weekly show to be just as exciting." says LUSH. "Given the doubts

about rock n roll's prospects these days, we feel it is our duty to

make a rock music show that is all about fun and agenda-free. The only

agenda here is rock n roll."

 

The

new podcast series will be available every Tuesday exclusively at

ROCKWIRED.COM and iTUNES.

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TODAY'S PLAYLiST:

WAYLAND

-  THROUGH THE FiRE

A

ROCKWIRED favorite has returned with a brand new single and this time

it is preceding the release of a brand new album titled RINSE AND

REPEAT. For the past five years, WAYLAND have toured the United States

many times over and have put out stand alone singles, but now the band

has turned  their attention to a long form release - their

first

since their debut EP WELCOME TO MY HEAD. THROUGH THE FIRE delivers all

of the bombast that we've come to expect form these road dogs and has

us excited to hear more form their upcoming album.

UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE - THE GREY

Being

an American Indian-owned publication, we find it important to highlight

new music that is coming out of Indian Country and one such band is

UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE, a metal band hailing from the Pine Ridge Indian

Reservation. We happened to catch their  electrifying live

set at the ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. Not the most

rocking venue in the world, but these guys made the space feel like the

VIPER ROOM with their hard hitting set. They've managed to take their

show on the road beyond the confines of South Dakota and have rocked

audiences throughout the American Southwest.

DiSTRiCT AVENUE - REViVAL

Hailing

from Ontario, DISTRICT AVENUE is a band that has seen some changes in

line up but also a change in name and perspective. Formerly known as

KICKIN' KROTCH, the band, led by singer MIKE BERNARD, made an

impression with their gritty hard rock sound. Now that sound has

undergone some refinement thanks to producer VIC BRANCO. It can be

heard

loud and clear on the band's latest album EPOCH, where the lead single

REVIVAL stands out proudly thanks apart to their INDIGENOUS MUSIC AWARD

winning video.

HEATHER GiLLiS - 100 MPH

Twenty-year-olds

get a bad rap these days but when you've got a twenty-year-old who

boasts a gritty, blues, southern rock sound as HEATHER GILLIS does, we

feel it's only fair to give them all of the props that they deserve.

Her handiwork on the guitar and lap steel and as a singer was all hard

won. This young woman cut her teeth on the road and on the stage with

 the late BUTCH TRUCKS as a member of his band THE FREIGHT

TRAIN.

Now with her days of BUTCH TRUCKS' tutelage bhehind her she stands

poised to make a name for herself as an artist on her own rockin' terms.

SiGNALS OF BEDLAM - MASS

APPEAL

A

New York City-based band boasting on edgy prog rock sound. It's the

musicianship that has won us over here at ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE nand their

newest album ESCAPING VELOCITY and it's single MASS APPEAL deserve a

special kind of recognition. Definitely one of our favorite releases of

2017.

KiLLSET - JUMP

On

the heals of an EP and debut album, the band KILLSET is really hitting

it hard with their new release STFU. The album boasts the very hard

rock that like to give it up for  but there are also some hip

hop

flourishes. Don't believe us? Just check out their take on the 1992

KRIS KROSS hit JUMP. The video is a fucking hoot.

KiTTENHEAD - TUESDAY

It's

been a while since we've given it up for punchy, punk rock band and

KITTEN HEAD delivers. Not only for their raw rocking songcraft but for

their intense live set that lets the audience in on the music.

Shouldn't a rock music be this way.

ANDREW W. BOSS - iNViNCiBLE

When

a guy says that it was attending a DEFTONES show that set him on his

way to music making, I guess we better listen to him. ANDREW W. BOSS

proves that he's a "boss" in every sense of the work with his brand new

album INVINCIBLE. That man's rap and metal sensibilities proudly shine

through.

LiViNG COLOUR - COME ON

Seven

years was way too long to wait for a new release from these guys.

LIVING COLOUR proved that their music and artistry were all intact with

their 2010 album CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY and now they' prove that the

influence  of the blues still has a place in the world on

their

forthcoming album SHADE. Don't think for a minute that these guys have

turned the volume down here. Their interpretation of the blues is as

loud and rockin' as anything that we've come to expect from these

legends.

LULLWATER - RELEASE

Hailing

from Georgia, LULLWATER is a band that has taken it's musical queues

from the music that was coming out of Seattle during the late eighties

and early nineties. It should be no surprise that their new EP is a

live album recorded in the same studio that PEARL JAM recorded out of.

It's also less of surprise that the band has re-recorded PEARL JAM's

RELEASE using original PEARL JAM drummer DAVE KRUSEN.

OWL COMPANY - CELEBRATE AND

KNEEL

Thanks to the band's victory in ROCKWIRED's ARTIST OF THE MONTH

contest, we've been introduced to folks in South American. These Sao

Paulo-based rockers are on the verge of making their presence known in

the States with what promises to be an electrifying tour and a raw,

uncompromising debut album HORIZON.

REMADA - A BETTER TOMORROW

The Chicago-based rock band has been through an insane amount of

changes form being a solo hip-hop artist to an full on rock band. Their

newest album seals the band's fate as an electrifying hard rock act

destined for greatness and the kind of positive message that will

elevate their material above the standard rock fare.

When we spoke with MARISSA LAMAR of HIGHLAND KITES, we asked her what she wanted people to come away with after they had heard the music on her band's latest release I'M NOT WEAK. To paraphrase her response, one of the points that she brought up was that she didn't want people to be brought down by her music, given the heavy themes that are on display within this mesmerizing EP. Given the execution of these songs, which recalls the haunting production and songcraft of works by DANIEL LANOIS and BRIAN ENO, it is hard for us to see the music reducing a listener to sobbing mess. We hear music that uplifts, and because of that I'M NOT WEAK is nothing short of a miracle. Music is more that just something to do for LAMAR. It was a means of survival. Music got her through the years she struggled against Lyme Disease and the struggle turned her into a songwriter with a confessional quality that is unparalleled. Damned if we can find a anything like HIGHLAND KITES in the current indie set, and that's a good thing. It makes the reward of discovering an EP like I'M NOT WEAK all the more sweeter. 

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Let's face it. Indie music has come to mean music that is acoustic based and conveys a sense of longing and introspection. The term almost has nothing to do with the fact that the music is coming form a band that isn't signed to a major label. The subtlety of this sound is even used to push goods and services such as PANERA BREAD, SABRA and UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX. Yes, "indie music" has gone the way of "alternative rock" in terms of not meaning anything anymore, so when a duo like THE SHRIMPS is described as such, it does the duo and their music a massive disservice. This isn't introspective music. It's extroverted music! THE SHRIMPS are comprised of the brothers BENAJAMIN, and their musicality is proudly displayed on their new EP ABSTRACTS AND KEYWORDS. MARCUS and SIMON BENJAMIN take their queue from that other English songwriting partnership of LENNON and McCARTNEY and deliver songs that run deliver on melody, hook and that punchy lyric that proves to be elusive amongst the greater "indie rock" crowd. If you were ot hear these blokes in coffee shop. you'd put to your i-phone, stop your conversation with so and so and really give these guys a listen, and in the era of social media, that is really fucking doing something. 

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The recent passing of SOUNDGARDEN's CHRIS CORNELL has been a blow to the music industry and has left many asking 'why'? Unfortunately the phenomenon of charismatic front men from the Seattle area passing before their time is due has cast an eerie pall over a city famed for bringing back rock n roll's uncompromising edge. From the opposite end of the country (Atlanta, Georgia to be exact) is the band LULLWATER who have taken tremendous inspiration from the sounds of Seattle. Hell, the band even relocated to the Pacific Northwest and one can hear that inspiration on the band's previous efforts SILHOUETTE and REVIVAL. If their back catalog hasn't convinced you, than their forthcoming release SEATTLE SESSIONS will. Their embrace of the Seattle sound is worn proudly on the band's sleeve in this live recording where the band's cover of the PEARL JAM classic RELEASE. You can call this forthcoming EP a grunge tribute but LULLWATER manages to keep these solid performances raw and unflinching, on their own terms. 

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The element of surprise is what keeps a publication like ours going, and we've got to say that the Martin, South Dakota - based heavy metal band UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE has indeed surprised the hell out of us with an electrifying live set that they had put on recently at the ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. At the moment that band is on a tour throughout the Southwestern United States in promotion of their brand new single FALLEN STAR and while this series of shows is taking place in small venues, we feel that it is only a matter of time before the venues and the band become much bigger. UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE is a band made up of varying members of local South Dakota bands RAZOR CHAIN, NUCLEAR DECADENCE and LOST IN IRRELEVANCE. Together, these Lakota brothers-in-arms are determined to bring their brand of metal to the masses and leave a profound impression on listeners throughout Indian Country and beyond. 

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There are all kinds of professions that are keeping the music industry

an industry. You've songwriters and  producers and the heads of

independent record labels but none of those professions and business

models would mean anything without the actual music makers creating the

very thing that separates this industry from everything else. Before

becoming the owner of  the indie label  RAVE ON RECORDS, FRANK

MIGLIORELLI had written and recorded an extensive catalog of music used

for advertising agencies, video game projects, children's publications

and television. Eventually, MIGLIORELLI made that life altering

decision to start writing music for himself  and after listening to

FRANK MIGLIORELLI  & THE DIRT NAPPERS latest release BASS, DRUMS,

GUITARS AND ORGANS, we are indeed grateful. The straight-ahead

production and approach to rock n roll  showcases MIGLIORELLI's

strength's as a songwriter in the vein of JOHN HIATT and the band's

considerable chops.  The band's rhythm section is comprised of TONY

TINO on bass, PHIL CIMINO on drums and ERIC PUENTE on percussion.

Rounding out the sound are JEREMY BAUM on organ,  ANDY STACK and DUCAN

CLEARLY on guitars, MIKE BOOKER HEAPHY on steel guitar and backing

vocals but SHERRYL MARSHAL, STEVE CHIZMADIA and DAN PELLETIER. With

such a wide cast of talent, BASS, DRUMS, GUITARS AND ORGANS brings rock

n roll back to the days when it truly popped with melodies, hooks and a

spirited delivery. Some things never should've gone out of style.  

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Since we're on the subject of crazy, talented seventeen-year olds, we're going to be turning our attention to singer songwriter MEGAN FLECHAUS. As a publication, we've made mention of the fact that rock n roll is no longer the music of the day and that goes double for anything that can be described as folky an introspective but that in no way takes anything away from FLECHAUS' hard hitting new album NEW. Rather than go it alone,with just an acoustic guitar FLECHAUS brings a full band tot eh proceedings, elevating her knowing and heartfelt songcraft to some pretty rocking heights. 

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