Sleep For Sleepers

What Has Been Done Will Be Done Again by Sleep For Sleepers (Self-released EP) Sleep For Sleepers may find themselves taking the DIY route after their stunning debut release on Dreamt Music from last year, but What Has Been Done Will Be Done Again continues to show why this band is so vastly underrated.... more

Sun Domingo

Live In Montreal, Marillion Weekend 2009 by Sun Domingo (Rock Ridge Records) Sun Domingo is the little Atlanta, GA band that could. Live in Montreal is a live document of two nights opening for Marillion and according to the liner notes was a dream come true to play with the legendary band after many... more

The Rocketz

We Are… The Rocketz by The Rocketz (Analog Arkives) Tony Slash, frontman for LA based rock and roll band The Rocketz, has been in the local music scene for a long as Highwire Daze has been in existence. One of our first interviews was with one of his previous band Terror Train, a truly underground... more

Framing Hanley

A Promise To Burn by Framing Hanley (Silent Majority Group) Up until recently, Framing Hanley has been best-known for their all-out rockin’ cover of the Lil’ Wayne song Lollipop – a massive hit for this Nashville-based collective that appeared on the re-release of their debut album The Moment.... more

Molly Hatchet

Justice by Molly Hatchet (SPV/Steamhammer) The spirit of Southern Rock lives on and thrives with a mighty vengeance thanks to bands such as Molly Hatchet still recording remarkable albums to this date. Since their inception back in 1975, Molly Hatchet had continually done the South proud with hits such... more

Krokus

Hoodoo by Krokus (Sony Music) Krokus are absolute legends on the hard rock and heavy metal arena, and has been entertaining the masses since their 1974 inception. Now in the year 2010, the metal mavens from Switzerland unleash their 21st album to date – a grand slam of rockin’ tracks entitled... more

Mark Williams Band

Starlit Stages by Mark Williams Band (Self-released EP) The first time I interviewed Mark Williams was in 2007 and he was all of 15 years old. And at that young age, the musician had accomplished a lot in his life – including the release of a full length CD called Reckless as well as sharing the stage... more

Hypnogaja

TRUTH DECAY by HYPNOGAJA (Union State Records) Nicklebag and Breaking Benjamin release alternative rock that comes across sometimes sounding like Pearl Jam. Hypnogaja has put out that same alternative grungy rock but have mixed it up a bit with an edge and wondrous acoustic guitars. While using a keyboard,... more

Eden

Demo 2009 by Eden (Self-released) From the city that brought the world several brands of beer, Harley Davidsons and the Milwaukee Metalfest arrives a young collective that goes by the name of Eden. While most bands their age attempt to copy whatever the current trend is, Eden is out to create one of... more

Fountains Of Wayne

NO BETTER PLACE: LIVE IN CHICAGO by FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE (Shout Music) Some people might think that this is where Material Issue left off but this band found it’s very own pop harmony alternative punk sound all on their own. Though recorded in 2005 the release of this came out in 2009. Fountains Of Wayne... more

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