MM: First we heard about your tour bus accident. We are thankful it wasn’t any worse than it was. If you would touch upon the accident first, and your view on touring and at times the hardships listeners and fans of bands might not realize. Steve Harris: First of all, we are very fortunate to have all walked away from that thing. A couple of … Continue reading Interview with Steve Harris of Hillbilly Vegas
Interview with Matt Keller of Lydia Feeling Blessed and Sharing That Appreciation with Song River The holidays can at times be a mad rush, add a short tour in between everything plus interviews and it even gets tighter. Even though time was precious all the band members in Lydia all kept a relaxed and pleasantly at ease decorum about them. Sitting down to talk with … Continue reading Interview with Matt Keller of Lydia; Feeling Blessed and Sharing That Appreciation with Song River
Having A Good Time with The Soul Shakers with Song River The Soul Shakers first video/single “Here To Have A Good Time” is only the tip of what this duo, Elias Paul Reidy and Brett Hellings, are bringing down. Their music is taking hold and defining clearly what the true meaning of rock n roll has always meant and they aren’t afraid to rattle your soul with … Continue reading Having a Good Time with the Soul Shakers-an Interview by Song River
No Advisory – Everyone is Stupid Album Review No Advisory, the band that has been rocking from Los Angeles, are delivering their angsty, punk rock style in their latest album, Everyone is Stupid. True to form, the album boasts plenty of fantastic angry screams laid over bombastic drums accompanied with driving guitars. The guys don’t hold back as every track on the album is packed … Continue reading Album Review: No Advisory’s Everyone is Stupid
Interview with Leighton Antelman of Lydia With Jane Porter (AKA Song River) Something supercharged, unique, and blended comes from the desert Southwest. Maybe it is what Arizona brings to the music scene- this super portmanteau of coolness. With an expanded band on stage, Lydia, takes to the tour scene in a supreme artistic manner that their fans will be hooked on and consume. On this fall tour, … Continue reading An Interview with Leighton Antelman of Lydia by: Song River
Album Review: “Vol. 2, Prayers For The Blessed” by: Song River What time is it? On the clock of hard rock it is always SIXX: A.M. As bassist Nikki Sixx along with guitarist DJ Ashba and vocalist James Michael release the second half of their dos blazing hard rock albums… on November 18th number two will be- “Vol. 2, Prayers For The Blessed” only on … Continue reading Song River reviews new Sixx: A.M. Album “Prayers for the Blessed”
Interview: Precious Child With Song River When Dark Rock meets Cinematic Soundscapes something otherworldly appears. Precious Child’s recent album, “Escape” is an auditory and visually present wrapped in an almost removed dysfunctional manner. An industrial art form as a cohesive project almost seems childlike in many ways… Alice would have called the music her own. It is a breath into Wonderland. Song River: Would you … Continue reading Interview with Precious Child
Certainly creativity breeds “Better Things…” and without question they have. With Song River Song River: Life certainly can have ‘better things’ in her… how do you see this name fitting your punk 90’s sound out of Vermont? Better Things: I don’t think we’ve ever thought of it as a punk 90’s name. More as a reflection of what we try to do as a … Continue reading Song River interviews “Better Things”
Interview with Matthew LaPerche of Firestarter With Song River of CowgirlZen Entertainment Sometimes taking a chance means success. For the band Firestarter, taking a chance along with being prepared led them to the road of success that they are currently driving. Having released two EP’s and a full-length album due for release this winter entitled, The Time It Takes, along with touring and their time … Continue reading Matthew LaPerche of Firestarter Speaks With Song River
Interview with Jonny Hetherington of Art Of Dying With Song River The Art of Busking. Really it would be a book many musicians could write and so many would be able to relate to it on so many levels. From the street corners of Canada in 2004, lead vocalist Jonny Hetherington would staple his flier to the rock n metal pole and a drive for … Continue reading Song River Interviews Jonny Hetherington of Art Of Dying
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