Crown The Empire: A Journey into the Stratosphere

Crown The Empire has been on a journey into the stratosphere of success ever since the release of The Fallout – their debut for Rise Records. The music is dramatic and sweeping, performed by a charismatic bunch of guys who remain tremendously down to earth. We caught up with a few of the members right... more

Luke Holland: Year One with The Word Alive

The same weekend The Word Alive made it out to the House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip to perform in direct support of Parkway Drive, an Anniversary was taking place for their drummer Luke Holland. One year ago from the date, Luke Holland played his first show with The Word Alive at Extreme Thing in Vegas.... more

Kicking off Vans Warped Tour 2013 at Club Nokia

The Vans Warped Tour Kickoff Party took place at Club Nokia in Downtown LA on March 28th. Celebrating their big 19 year anniversary, this summer’s diverse tour line-up will feature Sleeping With Sirens, We Came As Romans, Motion City Soundtrack, The Wonder Years, Bring Me The Horizon, Reel Big Fish,... more

Heartist: The Journey Thus Far

The last year has been an unexpected adventure for Heartist.  The Orange County based band found themselves signed to Roadrunner Records, releasing a well-received EP entitled Nothing You Didn’t Deserve, and hitting the open road for the first time in their lives.  Along the way they’ve... more

The Used: Final Night of the Take Action Tour

On the road for nearly two months on this year’s edition of the Take Action Tour, The Used were back in their part-time hometown of Los Angeles at The Wiltern Theater.  This was the final night of the tour, a time for mischief and mayhem involving silly string and other surprising anomalies... more

The Seeking: Live on the Sunset Strip

Presenting a glorious mixture of pop rock and sonic hardcore, The Seeking is a band with a decidedly mass appeal.  Yours Forever is their debut album for Razor & Tie Records – eleven tracks in all that should really gain the band a good deal of attention.  While on the road with Woe, Is Me... more

For All I Am: Unleashing The Skinwalker

For All I Am may be based out of Chicago, but they’ve hardly seen the likes of home after their signing to Equal Vision Records.  Consistently on the road, the hard working collective actually found some time to record their debut full length album with Will Putney (Shadows Fall, Miss May I,... more

The Apocalyptic Visions of Crown The Empire

Although their imaginative music may resonate themes regarding the end of the world, Crown The Empire is surely at the beginning of what is to be a brilliant career.  The Fallout has been unleashed through Rise Records to much acclaim and fanfare, and Crown The Empire now find themselves travelling... more

Woe, Is Me: An Explosive New Genesi(s)

Woe, Is Me has been through a lot over the last year – including a well publicized exodus of over half the band members which has resulted in a “feud” of near epic proportions.   The overall theme is definitely a stunning sense of perseverance, which is vividly felt throughout their... more

The Highwire Daze Best CD of 2012 Survey

Another 12 months has gone by!  Amazing! 2012 has been a big and glorious year in music, presenting labels and artists even greater avenues to release music that ever before. If you cannot afford to press it on compact disc, you could unleash your creation digitally on various platforms such as Itunes,... more

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