Month: December 2022

Goodbye, 2022!

December 31, 2022 — Leave a comment

I hope this post finds all of you well. I just wanted to do a little personal blog to say thank-you to everyone who is following me. 2022 has been quite a year for me, and I hope next year is even better! It’s bound to be, really, considering I’m kicking things off with an Alter Bridge show… 😁🤘🏻

I already have two interviews lined up for early in 2023. Be ready for those, and in the meantime, feel free to revisit the ones I’ve already done. I’ll link them below. If you know of any bands I need to check out – or try to interview – leave a comment. I really want to do more song and album reviews next year, and I hope to do a bi-weekly Bands/Artists You Should Be Following post.

I will be participating in the GoodReads Challenge again. I think my goal will be 40 books this year. If you have any author or book recommendations, please share them with me!

Also, my second 30 day challenge begins tomorrow! This time I will be posting about movies. As always, I invite you to play along on your blog or in my comment section.

I never make resolutions, but I do have one for 2023. I’m not going to voice (or write) it at the moment; however, I will be very open once I’m in the process of getting it done. If resolutions are your thing, may you smash them! If not, I hope you kill whatever goals you set for yourself. It’s been a rough few years, and we all deserve a much better 2023.

Cheers!

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 30 – A Song That Reminds You of Your Goals

December 30, 2022 — Leave a comment

Isn’t that another way of saying “a song that motivates you”? Ah well.

And even though I tried not to choose multiple songs from a single band/artist…

Shinedown: “Get Up”

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 29 – A Song By Your Current Favorite Artist

December 29, 2022 — Leave a comment

CARBONSTONE: “Pins & Needles”

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 28 – A Song You Heard Live in Concert

December 28, 2022 — Leave a comment

I have been to more concerts than I can count, so there are no wrong answers here. Lol. However, I will choose a song that was a highlight for me when I finally saw it performed live.

Ghost: “He Is”

My Top 30 Songs of 2022

December 28, 2022 — Leave a comment

There were some bangers released this year! This list doesn’t even begin to encompass all the great songs released over the past twelve months, I’m sure, but these were 30 of the tracks, in no particular order, that stood out to me and were in heavy rotation on my playlists.

Alter Bridge: “Sin After Sin”

Kissing Candice: “South Circle”

Kissing Candice: “see/\saw”

Mac Saturn: “Diamonds”

Call of Sirens: “Kenopsia”

The Funeral Portrait: “Voodoo Doll”

Dark Divine: “Circles”

Lovely Machine: “Picture Frame”

The Veer Union: “Just Pretend (Acoustic)”

https://youtu.be/yH83p5jRuZ4

Awesome Ray Ray: “Last Desperado”

Silent Theory: “So Far, So Good”

CARBONSTONE: “Scream”

MONOWHALES: “CTRL^^^”

Dark Summer: “In My Heart”

Devils Envy: “Lone Wolf”

Amerakin Overdose: “Agastopia”

A Killer’s Confession: “The Boys”

Modern Mimes: “Down and Dead”

Saliva: “Crows”

Stone Horses: “When I Get Paid”

Shallow Side: “The Worst Kind”

Psyclon Nine: “Money and Sex and Death”

Stone Harvest: “All The Lies”

Death Valley High: “Pretty Graves”

Nickelback: “High Time”

Self Deception: “Psycho”

Stain the Canvas: “Puppet”

Adelitas Way/New Medicine: “Up”

Bad Omens: “Like a Villain”

Shinedown: “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo”

Fit For An Autopsy Announces Spring 2023 Dates

December 28, 2022 — Leave a comment

Fit For An Autopsy, The Acacia Strain, and Full of Hell are touring next year with special guest Primitive Man. According to FFAA’s Facebook, this lineup really highlights the spirit of the mixed bill show, bringing together the different ends of the extreme music spectrum. Tickets are available at fitforanautopsy.co.

  • 3/8 – Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn Monarch
  • 3/9 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
  • 3/10 – Columbus, OH – The KING of CLUBS
  • 3/11 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrews Hall
  • 3/12 – Chicago, IL – Metro Chicago
  • 3/14 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
  • 3/15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
  • 3/17 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
  • 3/18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
  • 3/19 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
  • 3/20 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
  • 3/21 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720™
  • 3/22 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
  • 3/24 – Dallas, TX – Amplified Live
  • 3/25 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
  • 3/26 – Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
  • 3/28 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
  • 3/29 – Atlanta, GA – Heaven at The Masquerade
  • 3/30 – Greensboro, NC – Arizona Pete’s
  • 3/31 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
  • 4/1 – Worcester, MA – Palladium

Song Review: “4th of July” by Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band

December 27, 2022 — Leave a comment

New England’s country/rock outfit Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band have shared their latest single, “4th of July.” The track is taken from the upcoming album Lower County Outlaw, which is set to be released February 2, 2023.

“4th of July” tells the story of the first time Kristian and his wife, April, hooked up, and every aspect of the music and lyrics carries the listener through the anticipation and rightness of the moment.

Kristian has expertly crafted a composition that reflects the build-up to what is going to happen. The music starts rather slow and steady, creating tension as it climbs to its highest point. The lyrics echo the comfort and chemistry between the two, the feeling that it was meant to be, that Kristian and April had only to come to this place they both belong.

The track peaks at a guitar solo and a final chorus sung with the urgency that was felt in the pickup truck on that fateful winter’s night.

“It might be cold in the air tonight, but baby, we’re on fire…”

If “4th of July” is a sign of things to come, Lower County Outlaw is going to consist of 12 songs that play with the boundaries of rock and country, blurring into a genre that anyone can enjoy while masterfully recounting relatable stories with both words and music.

Check out “4th of July” here.

You can listen to the other single from Lower County Outlaw – “Gypsy Girl” – and preorder the album at Kristian’s Bandcamp page.