Gritty Hard-Hitting Rock N’ Roll is what Diablo Royale is all about. With their sophomore release, GREEDY DOGS, the New York City based five-piece band further hones their sound into something original and “in-your-face”.

When guitarist Eric Choy and drummer Mike Sankari met guitarist Gerard (G-Man) Steixner, the seeds of what would become DR were planted. The three hunkered down in their basement rehearsal studio appropriately named “The Sweatshop” to write songs and find other musicians. As Choy recalls, “We wrote and auditioned twice a week every week for two hours every rehearsal…we must have seen over 100 people.” So after countless auditions over the course of nine months, the trio finally met vocalist Adrian Barrios and Diablo Royale was formed.

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Cherry Suede operates differently than most bands. They distribute their music for free. They play shows at fans’ houses. They mentor other artists. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when they entered a contest that could get them an opening slot at a Bon Jovi show, they would find an innovative method to help them win.

Bon Jovi’s SuperBAND Tonight contest gives local bands a chance to open a Bon Jovi show for their hometown crowd. The contest is set up as a series of battles pitting four songs at a time against each other. Fans rank the four songs from best to worst, and then move on to another battle. The band with the most popular song wins the opening slot for the show in their city.

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Multi-faceted hip-hop artist, rapper, at times a singer depending on the hook, all-around descriptive, well-spoken, and delivers the heat in unique style with vocal clarity. Having overcome many obstacles and striving for self-betterment each year, Koom the Ripper brings substance and style to hip hop.

He is concerned with doing justice to the song; not concerned with feeding a starving ego. Diverse subject matter is the foundation for each focused song, featuring head-nodding instrumentals, and fresh delivery on the “American Muscle” record.

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Artist Andrew Hand is on a mission: that mission being to create great rock songs and bring back a sense of connection to our favorite past-time.

Often compared to the likes of David Bowie, Jim Morrison and U2; Hand brings a touch of theatricality to his music (think driving guitars, thematic lyrics and a voice that could move a mountain).

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One of five artists chosen for Men’s Vogue Critics Choice Awards, and a leading licensor on MTV and AOL, Kirsten DeHaan’s highly anticipated third album, ‘Thorns On A Crown’ (SirLady Records) reflects the current social-political climate with intelligent lyrics wrapped in rock, blues, folk and pop, has been received by rave reviews.

“The Songs on her five–track EP extend over a range of toe-tapping to somber. In the current music world of soulless musicians singing to beats generated by machines, it is refreshingly evident to have DeHaan whole-heartedly fulfill a responsibility of realness & truth”

–Jessica Wilson, MusicDish

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Up-and-coming rockers Sugar Red Drive want to offer their fans a free download of their single “One More Time.” To get the song, simply click “Download Mp3” inside the band’s new widget, which also showcases the “One More Time” music video, and fill in the prompts.

Sugar Red Drive’s self-titled album is in stores now and is also available for purchase on iTunes.

Visit the band’s official MySpace page for updates and additional information.

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I’ve had the pleasure of working with a really cool band out of Jersey City, NJ called Devi over the past few months, so I figured it’s about time I shared some information about them here on my blog (sorry this took so long Debra!)

One of the first band’s I ever had the pleasure of working with was a NYC band called Black Market Radio, where I met bassist Keith Mannino, now working with Devi. Small world.

With a lot of buzz surrounding them, it’s been a lot of fun helping them develop a stronger web presence that’s definitely building their fanbase. Check out what we did over at devi-rock.com

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With a surprisingly warm Friday to start off the weekend, and because I’m just hours away from seeing Scott Weiland at the TLA, I’m in a pretty rocking mood.

Also might be because I’ve been checking out the new debut album from Newark, Delaware’s very own Cubane, entitled C9H8.

The band will be playing a local hometown show to release the album tomorrow, so it’s only fitting that I send you off with some tunes to check out over the weekend. The album should be available digitally very soon, so be sure to check out the Cubane site or MySpace page for updates.

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