Rockwired Radio Profiles #613 - Wayland

It makes all of the sense to us in the world why bands choose to release a single here and there as opposed to that one large release. This is the reality that music makes have been dealt but in the case of the band WAYLAND the formula has certainly paid off. Since the release of their self-titled debut EP back in 2012 WAYLAND has built their massive following the old fashioned way - by living on the road and hitting every major city with their now renowned live performances. Toward the end of 2014 WAYLAND scored a hit with their single GET A LITTLE - an anthemic stomper that celebrated the struggles and joys of the working man. Anthems have been where it's at for WAYLAND since they first hit the scene so it's exciting to announce that their newest single BLOODY SUNRISE is a nice little departure. Don't think for a second that the band's penchant for directness has taken a backseat. It's only been tempered by some rustic southern rock flourishes that typify bands such as LYNYRD SKYNYRD and THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. Not bad for a band whose members hail from both Wisconsin and California. According to the band's guitarist PHILLIP VILENKSI the band recorded the single in Atlanta which would probably explain the songs Southern vibe of the track. The single is a taste of a larger work to come and VILENKSI promises that what people will hear is a band coming along as one should in rock n roll - wiser and a hell of a lot more confident. Without a doubt one will hear that in this new offering form WAYLAND. 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #612 - Corners of Sanctuary

When we first spoke with the members of CORNERS OF SANCTUARY a few months the interview was aimed at discussing their then-latest album AXE TO GRIND but clearly that album was ancient history for these fellas as they had their sights set on the future with an album they were working on titled METAL MACHINE. Even the advertising that they've run in ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE of late has made mention of the fact that METAL MACHINE was on it's way and according tot he band this album was to be a crowning achievement and now that the release is finally here we can say that all of the advance hype was worth it. METAL MADNESS is the latest chapter in the ever evolving saga of CORNERS OF SANCTUARY and their mission to reintroduce the metal madness of yore to an unsuspecting musical landscape that seems all too willing to favor restraint an sheen over frenetic energy and bravado.  METAL MADNESS is a rocking good time and accompanying the release is a Holiday album entitled DRIVEN SNOW which cranks up to eleven and delivers holiday themed tunes in a way that is palatable to folk who don't know the first thing about roasting chestnuts on an opened fire. This is a band with about as many surprises and deliveries as STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS and we certainly don't mind hearing more and more. 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #611 - One

Hailing from Warsaw, Poland, ONE is band that is issuing the the sort of rock n roll that we had thought was extinct in favor of the clinical, electronic sound that has come to typify what could pass as "current" and "new". In 2013 they issued their debut album NJOYIN which had earned them much acclaim in their homeland and throughout Europe. The road to the localized success of their debut album was started long ago when guitarist ADAM MALICKI picked up the guitar at age of eight charged with a love for the music of DEEP PURPLE. The vunderkind started his first band at the age of twelve and had made a name for himself in Warsaw. In 2010 he began putting together the foundation of what would become the band ONE. Now MALICKI and the band have released the album TRUTH OF LIES in both English and Polish and the music runs the gamut of from more headbanging material such as GETTING AWAY to bluesier cuts as STAN THE MAN. 

 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #610 - Xoch

XOCH. Her music, her look, her presence, they stimulate your senses and demand your attention. With a tour de force of vocals and a commanding stage presence, singer/songwriter front-girl XOCH knows how to grab her audience with huge hooks, a driving and dynamic rock/pop sound, and powerful lyrics that resonate inside your head and refuse to let go. Her name means “the goddess of flower and song”, and she is just that. XOCH has received critical acclaim from all over the world for her music. She has had over 60 major licenses of her original music to ABC, MTV, VH1, LIFETIME, TOYOTA, JEEP/EAGLE, WARREN MILLER, and many more. She has released five CD’s to date - HOLLYWOOD, POPCORE DU JOUR, CABARET and THE ONE. Her latest release is self-titled.  XOCH is an engaging, provocative and versatile live performer. She is equally adept at both the intimate setting of a small acoustic performance or a full band electric concert, and has shared the stage with such national acts as EVANESCENCE, JOAN OSBOURNE, PAT BENATAR, SPIN DOCTORS, LIT, BUTCH WALKER, and many others. She has performed at such famous venues as the HOUSE OF BLUES at MANDALAY BAY, THE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CAFE, CBGB, THE CONTINENTAL, THE KNITTING FACTORY, THE BITTER END, THE CHANCE THEATER, THE PALACE THEATER, NYC’s MEANYFEST, NEMO, THE BLOCK ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL,THE HUDSON RIVER ARTS FESTIVAL, and many more.With her range of commercial appeal and her avid following, it is only a matter of time before XOCH invades the airwaves and beckons the listeners to take heed. 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #609 - Bad Mary

The punk scene in New York City in the latter half of the 1970s  was the greatest rock scene ever. It gave us such acts as PATTI SMITH, BLONDIE and THE RAMONES and informed the direction of rock music for the next couple of decades. In recent years gritty rock n roll has been replaced with hipster folk music and the sterile pulse of electronic dance music. BAD MARY is a band  based out of Brooklyn just down the street from where all the action was forty years ago and they are picking up the rock n roll torch and making due with a raw and  raucous sound that goes against the grain of what folks like PITCHFORK.COM wish to pick apart and analyze to death these days. BAD MARY'S full-throttle approach gets one hell of a showcasing on their latest EP KILLING DINOSAURS and there is not one riff or growl wasted with such punk gems as WANT WHAT I WANT, SOAPBOX and ONE MORE SONG. 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #608 - Shelita Burke

We learn something new every time we do one of these interviews. Thanks to singer-songwriter SHELITA BURKE we have learned a thing or two about Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) - a perceptual phenomenon marked by a pleasurable, tingling "brain tickle" effect.  It's a phenomenon  that BURKE herself refers to as a "brain orgasm" - that moment that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. We were beginning to wonder what was up with this new EP of hers. TRANSFIXED is a six song EP featuring BURKE's plucky acoustic guitar sound and that siren-like voice that artfully bends the notes of her sparse yet elegant lyrics. This debut EP is an exciting new chapter for an artist who has made music her living and has toured the world four times over armed only with a playful sense of song craft, a yearning to connect with listeners and an all too unique vision which will serve this young talent well for year to come. 

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Rockwired Radio Profiles #607 - The Fourth Messenger

What if the BUDDHA were a woman, living in our times? In this captivating new musical, MAMA SID is a modern-day "awakened one" with a worldwide following. But a determined young woman seeks to unearth MAMA SID's mysterious past, exposing long-held secrets that could change everything. Epic and intimate, comic and profound, THE FOURTH MESSENGER investigates what it means to be both enlightened and human. Written by Tanya Shaffer (BABY TAJ, LET MY ENEMY LIVE LONG!) with a ravishing score by award-winning recording artist VIENNA TENG, helmed by acclaimed Broadway director MATT AUGUST, this musical enjoyed a critically acclaimed, sold-out world premiere run at the ASHBY STAGE in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2013. 

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