Shinedown

New Music (4/29 — 5/5)

May 5, 2019 — Leave a comment

Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: “Boulevard of Broken Hearts”

Trench Dogs: “Homesick Parade”

Lonely Avenue: “Ready For Home”

Shinedown: “GET UP” (Piano version)

New Years Day: “Shut Up”

Issues: “Tapping Out”

Sabaton: “Fields of Verdun”

Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway: “Angry Guru”

Abbath: “Calm in Ire of Hurricane”

Marshmello: “Paralyzed”

Angels and Airwaves: “Rebel Girl”

Of Mice & Men: “Mushroom Cloud”

Northlane: “Bloodline”

Freternia: “Reborn”

The Gloom In The Corner: “Survivor’s Guilt”

The Veronicas: “Think Of Me”

The Three Tremors: “Fly or Die”

Tanith: “Under the Stars”

Chon: “Petal”

Abnormality: “Monarch Alpha”

Neon Animal ft. The Healthy Junkies: “Vive Le Rock”

Pröwess: “Lookin’ For A Bullet”

The Wildhearts: “Let ‘Em Go”

The Unlikely Candidates: “Novocaine”

THEM: “As The Sage Burns”

New Dialogue: “Pilgrims”

Framing The Red: “Holy Water”

BAT!: “Villain”

Let’s Talk Covers (Small Town Titans Edition)

March 2, 2019 — Leave a comment

“Immigrant Song” (Led Zeppelin cover)

“Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen cover)

“45” (Shinedown cover)

New Music (8/6 — 8/12)

August 12, 2018 — Leave a comment

With Confidence: “Moving Boxes”

KEN mode: “Not Soulmates”

Dark Signal: “I Was Alive”

Defy the Tyrant: “Voices”

Treat: “Rose of Jericho”

Polyphia: “O.D.”

Shinedown: “GET UP”

Dave Grohl: “Play”

Slander & Crankdat (ft. Asking Alexandria): “Kneel Before Me”

Devils Envy: “Psycho”

Omnium Gatherum: “Refining Fire”

Stratovarius: “Oblivion”

Soulfly: “Evil Empowered”

Terror: “Mental Demolition”

Fear is Dead: “Bliss”

Amaranthe: “365”

Messer: “Save Myself”

The Post Romantics: “Call It Off”

twenty one pilots: “Levitate”

5 Bands/Artists You Should Be Following (#16)

July 21, 2018 — Leave a comment

1. Maybe If You Hit It

A hard rock band from Florida. For fans of Pop Evil, Theory of a Deadman, Shinedown, etc. Maybe If You Hit It has recently returned to the scene and is ready to give their fans something new. In the meantime, check out “No Regrets” and “Texas Swagger.”

Facebook – YouTube

2. Prescription Happiness

Industrial/dark ambient music from the UK. For fans of Nine Inch Nails, Orgy, Deftones, etc. Prescription Happiness is currently booking shows and has just gotten their merch store up and running. Listen to “Hide and Seek” and “Still Breathing.”

https://youtu.be/5kxC-XAa4Sk

Facebook – Instagram – YouTube – Official Site

3. In Vein

Hard rock/metal from Indiana. For fans of Escape the Fate, The Used, Motionless In White, etc. In Vein just released a cover of Rob Zombie’s “Meet the Creeper,” and their single “Haunt Me” can be streamed on Spotify. Here are two of my favorites, “Death Of Me” and “Behind the Curtain.”

Facebook – Instagram

4. Romance & Rebellion

Alternative/pop/rock from California. For fans of early Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake, 5 Seconds of Summer, etc. Romance & Rebellion is currently promoting the Amps & Anthems EP. Crank up “For a Moment” and “Boys Don’t Cry (BDC).”

Facebook – Instagram – YouTube

5. Lindsy Says

Rock & roll from Georgia. For fans of Lynam, My Darkest Days, Sixx AM, etc. Lindsy Says is touring to promote their first CD. Here is their first single, “Hold On Me,” and a live video of them playing “Headlights.”

Facebook – Instagram – Official – YouTube

Tour Announcements!

June 4, 2018 — Leave a comment

I woke up to several tour announcements this morning, and I am excited!

1. Starting at the end of this month, Amerakin Overdose will be bringing The Great Amerakin Tour 2018 to several cities. Here’s a full list of dates:

2. Mushroomhead is headlining the first inaugural Summer of Screams Tour. The other acts vary by date. The Browning and Psychostick will be accompanying them from 8/17 to 8/31. Kissing Candice, Unsaid Fate, and Voodoo Terror Tribe will be openers from 8/17 to 8/30. Earthcaller is on the bill from 8/31 to 9/15, and Powerman 5000 from 9/2 to 9/15.

3. Godsmack and Shinedown are extending their tour into the fall and adding Asking Alexandria to the lineup! (They have From Ashes to New during the summer.) Tickets go on sale Friday, June 8th.

Dates:

  • 9/21/2018 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Greenville, SC
  • 9/22/2018 – Greensboro Coliseum Complex – Greensboro, NC
  • 9/24/2018 – Von Braun Center – Huntsville, AL
  • 9/26/2018 – BancorpSouth Arena – Tupelo, MS
  • 10/2/2018 – Swiftel Center – Brookings, SD
  • 10/5/2018 – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark – Billings, MT
  • 10/7/2018 – Spokane Arena – Spokane, WA
  • 10/9/2018 – Taco Bell Arena, Boise State University – Boise, ID
  • 10/10/2018 – Angel of the Winds Arena – Everett, WA
  • 10/11/2018 – Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum – Portland, OR

4. The lineup for Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, has been released! Bands include Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack, Shinedown, Tremonti, Black Stone Cherry, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Billy Idol, Asking Alexandria, Blacktop Mojo, and more. The three-day festival will take place September 28th through the 30th.

5. Cane Hill, King 810, and The Last Ten Seconds of Life are touring in July and August. Dates below:

Download Festival 2018

June 3, 2018 — Leave a comment

Download Festival is happening next weekend, June 8th — June 10th. In case you haven’t already seen the lineup, here it is!

There are a lot of good bands playing, you lucky peeps! Lol. If you’re going, have fun! ❤

5 Bands/Artists You Should Be Following (#4)

May 24, 2018 — Leave a comment

After saying I would feature anyone who followed me or liked a post, I got quite the response. I love it because it’s given me a lot of good music to listen to! The result is that I’m going to start posting these blogs twice a week instead of just on Sundays.

1. Amongst Thieves

A post-hardcore band from the UK. For fans of Asking Alexandria, Bring Me the Horizon, etc. Their debut self-titled album is available now, via YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes. For a taste, check out “The Golden Ratio.”

Facebook — Instagram — Twitter

2. Unveil

A female-fronted dark rock band from Canada. For fans of Evanescence, The Birthday Massacre, and Halestorm. Their new album, The Deep Sleep, is available now on iTunes and on their official site.

Twitter — YouTube

3. Black Rose Reception

A hard rock band from Indiana. They have a classic rock/metal vibe. For a good preview of the band, check out their ReverbNation page, and watch this…

https://youtu.be/6iZzVPfQtcI

Facebook — YouTube — Twitter

4. The Edge of Reason

A post-hardcore/emocore/rock band from Germany. There are definite punk vibes to go with the hard rock and melodic vocals, not unlike the latest from Asking Alexandria and Bullet For My Valentine. Their album Broken But Not Torn is available on Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, and Bandcamp. Check out “Is She Worth It?”

Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube

5. BrokenRail

A rock band from my home state of Alabama. For fans of Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust, Shinedown, etc. BrokenRail is working on their third release. For now, give “Walk Again” a chance.

And my personal favorite, “Insanity.”

Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube — Spotify

Review: Shinedown’s Attention Attention

May 16, 2018 — Leave a comment

Band: Shinedown

Album: Attention Attention

Genre: Rock

Release Date: May 4, 2018

Standout Tracks: “Attention Attention,” “Creatures,” “Get Up,” “Special,” “The Human Radio,” and “Brilliant”

As if it’s not obvious from the above list of songs I’ve labeled as standouts, I really enjoyed Shinedown’s Attention Attention. The record’s first actual track is “Devil,” which is an immediate one-two punch of heavy riffs and Brent Smith’s strong vocals. This was not too different from prior Shinedown singles and gave me no warning for what was to come.

“Black Soul” hits the ground running. While undoubtedly aggressive, the song grabs the listener and pulls us along for the ride. I was captivated from the keyboard riff that introduced this track, all the way through the fast-paced, the melodic, the raw and unfiltered, the heartfelt, and Brent’s calmly stated “Until next time” at the conclusion of the album.

With Attention Attention, Shinedown touches on the anthemic (“Attention Attention”), the hard and angry (“Kill Your Conscience,” “Pyro”), and their own unique brand of balladry (“Get Up,” “Special”). The record spans the range of human emotion, taking its audience high and low.

Brent Smith stated in interviews that Attention Attention was for the fans, and the sentiment is clearly there. It’s a whirlwind journey from darkness to light that is simultaneously enjoyable, encouraging, and a musical masterpiece.

I am clearly a sucker for the softer songs, and that’s why “Get Up” and “Special” tug at my heartstrings and claim positions one and two of my favorites from the album. However, I was also delighted by the head-bobbing funky bass and beat during the verses on “The Human Radio,” and the slow then blistering ride that is “Brilliant.”

From start to finish, there is nothing about Attention Attention that I did not like. I give this record 5/5 stars without any hesitation.

May 2018 Album Releases

May 1, 2018 — Leave a comment

-5/1-

-Cara Stacey & Camilo Ángeles: Ceder

-CMD094: Ghost Station

-Drew Daniel/John Wiese: Continuous Hole

-5/2-

-Carb on Carb: For Ages

-5/4-

-Iceage: Beyondless

-Shakey Graves: Can’t Wake Up

-DJ Koze: Knock Knock

-Parkway Drive: Reverence

-Louise Goffin: All These Hellos

-Reuben and The Dark: Arms of a Dream

-Plan B: Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose

-R.F. Shannon: Trickster Blues

-The Dirty Coal Train: Portuguese Freakshow

-Vive Le Void: Vive Le Void

-Eternal Summers: Every Day It Feels Like I’m Dying

-Ecstatic Vision: Under the Influence

-Leon Bridges: Good Thing

-Cut Worms: Hollow Ground

-Shinedown: Attention Attention

-Skating Polly: The Make It All Show

-MORO: Irrelevant

-High Sunn: Missed Connections

-Daniel Blumberg: Minus

-Middle Kids: Lost Friends

-Frank Turner: Be More Kind

-Hoodrich Pablo Juan: HoodWolf2

-Black Moth Super Rainbow: Panic Blooms

-Royce da 5’9: Book of Ryan

-Jess & Matt: Songs From the Village

-Belly: Dove

-Peace: Kindness is the New Rock and Roll

-The Lacs: Dirt Rock

-5/7-

-Leviathan: Unfailing Fall Into Naught

-5/8-

-Snoopy Mane: Love Is Real

-5/11-

-Beach House: 7

-Jess Williamson: Cosmic Wink

-The Body: I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer

-La Luz: Floating Features

-Soft Kill: Savior

-Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

-Slow Mass: On Watch

-Gold Connections: Popular Fiction

-Boys: Rest in Peace

-The Death Wheelers: I Tread on Your Grave

-Charlie Puth: Voicenotes

-Bad Wolves: Disobey

-Ry Cooder: The Prodigal Son

-Sevendust: All I See is War

-5/18-

-John Maus: Addendum

-Ryley Walker: Deafman Glance

-Elder Brother: Stay Inside

-Maluma: F.A.M.E.

-Frog Eyes: Violet Psalms

-Pema: Bad Habits

-TT: LoveLaws

-Buck Meek: Buck Meek

-Remember Sports: Slow Buzz

-Amorphis: Queen of Time

-Alkaloid: Liquid Anatomy

-Ash: Islands

-Jon Allen: Blue Flame

-At the Gates: To Drink From the Night Itself

-Five Finger Death Punch: And Justice For None

-The Sidekicks: Happiness Hours

-Echo & the Bunnymen: The Stars, the Oceans, and the Moon

-5/23-

-Mouse on the Keys: tres

-5/25-

-Ryan Roxie: Imagine Your Reality

-Wand: Perfume

-Dyslexic Postcards: The Sweet Science

-CHVRCHES: Love is Dead

-Shawn Mendes: Shawn Mendes

-Chad Valley: Imaginary Music

-Hoobastank: Push Pull

-Bleeding Through: Love Will Kill All

-Graveyard: Peace

-Jonathan Davis: Black Labyrinth

-Snow Patrol: Wildness

-Dear Nora: Skull Example

-Jo Passed: Their Prime

-5/31-

-Chepang/Test: Split

Let’s Talk Covers (Pt. 14)

June 18, 2017 — Leave a comment

I’m trying to post these more regularly. I’ve almost decided to do one every Sunday.

1. Shinedown: “Simple Man” (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)

 

2. Backstreet Boys: “Set Adrift (On Memory Bliss)” (PM Dawn cover)

3. Alter Bridge: “Kashmir” (Led Zeppelin cover)