Doe Eye Joins The 2013 Noise Pop Festival
With 2013 well underway, it is time to tap into those saving accounts and purchase your tickets to the year’s upcoming music festivals. Lollapalooza, Coachella, Bonnaroo and The Governors Ball…
2013 Grammy Award Winner Predictions
Typically, Grammy Award season leaves me disappointed. There are a select few artists who get under my skin and for some reason these talented folks are the ones at the…
Aerosmith and Carrie Underwood Unite On “Music From Another Dimension!”
Other than having American Idol in common, the musical pairing of Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood is just as odd as when Tyler and Run DMC hooked up, but like…
Allman Brothers Band Set To Release Two Vintage Recordings
The music industry can only take so many pop stars before self-destructing. Sorry Taylor Swift, you may be considered a “country” artist, but you are only making the pop world…
Dad Punchers Will Be Your New Favorite Band
Don’t be deterred from the teenage angst band name, Dad Punchers, because the Los Angeles based band’s music deserves more than just a single play through on their self-titled debut.…
The Bronx Infuse Authenticity Back Into Punk
Punk music hasn’t been graced with authenticity since the beginning days of Fall Out Boy when Patrick Stump hadn’t embarrassingly made an attempt at pop music and Pete Wentz didn’t…
Win A Searching for Sugar Man Prizepack
ShockYa recently had the special opportunity to attend an intimate concert in Los Angeles at the Hotel Café to listen to the music of Rodriguez, the legendary subject of the…
Interview: Doreen Taylor Is As Humble As They Come
Humility goes a long way in this business, but sometimes modesty succumbs to arrogance once success is within reach. Case in point with Rihanna, whose ego has inflated majorly since…
Quartet Movie Review
Title: Quartet Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith A tepid autumnal dramedy aimed at aging boomer fans of arthouse fare…