Michael Monroe reveals new artwork!

Michael Monroe

Michael Monroe reveals the artwork for his new album ”Blackout States” along with the track listing. The album will be available in stores October 9th, but you can get the new single ”Old King’s Road” September 4th and there will also be a video to the new song. 

The Michael Monroe band will hit the stages in Europe this fall when they're co-headling a tour with the Swedish band Hardcore Superstar. From my point of view, since I have seen both Michael Monroe and Hardcore Superstar live at several occasions and enjoy their music very much, I know this is a heck of a good combination and I can only say "Lucky You" to those who will get a chance to see them live at this tour when both bands has new albums out this year. 

Tracks on the Blackout States album:

1. This Ain't No Love Song

2. Old King's Road

3. Goin' Down With the Ship

4. Keep Your Eye On You

5. The Bastard's Bash

6. Good Old Bad Days

7. R.L.F

8. Blackout States

9. Under the Northern Lights

10. Permanent Youth

11. Dead Hearts On Denmark Street

12. Six Feet In The Ground 

13. Walk Away
14. Break The Noose (Vinyl LP bonus track)

Michael Monroe co-headlining with Hardcore Superstar dates this fall 2015. The tour will start on October 9th and will end October 28th. After this the Michael Monroe band will head back to the UK with Alice Cooper and play two special shows there, all dates below. You don't wanna to miss that!

Friday 09 Oct - Birmingham, UK- The Library
Saturday 10 Oct - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
Sunday 11 Oct - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
Monday 12 Oct - Manchester, UK - Club Academy
Tuesday 13 Oct - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
Thursday 15 Oct - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
Friday 16 Oct - Vaureal, France - Le Forum
Saturday 17 Oct - Rendsburg, Germany - Nordmarkhalle
Sunday 18 Oct - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
Tuesday 20 Oct - Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
Wednesday 21 Oct - Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle
Thursday 22 Oct - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rofa
Friday 23 Oct - Pisa, Italy - Borderline
Saturday 24 Oct - Ravenna, Italy - Rock Planet
Sunday 25 Oct - Milan, Italy - Live Club 
Tuesday 27 Oct - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
Wednesday 28 Oct - Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
Thursday 29 Oct - Plymouth, Uk - Pavillions with Alice Cooper
Friday 30 Oct - Swindon, UK - Oasis with Alice Cooper

You can find more info at www.michaelmonroe.com or www.hardcoresuperstar.com  

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Close Quarters

 I found out about this band thru my dear mom, who came to me after have seen an interview on the internet with two of the guys from Close Quarters talking about their new album. She thought I would like the music. I did! It was really great. 
So I decided to write about them. Here it is!

Close Quarters is a rock band from Vadstena, Sweden. The members are Taliqua the lead singer, KK on guitar and backing vocals, Martin on bass and backing vocals, Davy plays the drums and Marty on guitar and backing vocals.
They started in 2006 and played several gigs in Sweden and in other countries. After have opened shows for Backyard Babies, (also a band from Sweden more to come about them later) and recording demos, the band got signed in 2010. The year after they released their debut album “We Believe in Rock n’ Roll”.  An album that ended up no. 11^th on Swedish charts. The band went on tour with bands like Europe and Takida (both Swedish rock bands) just to mention a few. The album sat well with both fans and critics. They also released the single ”You Wanna Get Away” in 2011 as an attachment to “Sweden Rock Magazine” and that reached out to around 8000 subscribers.

After two years of silence the band was back and they hit the studio to record a new single named “Let’s Put a Smile on That Face”. That is one of four featured songs on their EP ”Try To Pay Rent With Love” out September 19th 2014.  

In true Rock n’ Roll spirit, the song was recorded in a few hours with the goal to try to capture the raw attitude and energy of the band and the song. I think they succeeded!  The song is good Rock n’ Roll and the video is funny. Go see it now!

Close Quarters released a new single “My Way or the Highway” with a video to it, earlier this year from their new album “Always A lot Never a Little” that just got released August 19^th. Were the title track is written by Nicke Borg, the lead singer in Backyard Babies. Their sound is lighter and fun rock music that is easy to like, whit a slight resemblance of the band Poison to it. Fun opening song "The Boys Are Back", a clear message to the listeners.
Taliqua's voice has a wide range and he sings many different tones. He is not stuck in one vocal-mode. It sometimes sounds like it very easily could be two lead singers. They work a lot with the guitar riffs and it turns out nice.
Imagine this; it's summer, saturday evening, your friends are over and you had a few, everybody is happy and having a good time, that's when you play Close Quarters. It's party-Rock n' Roll and everybody is singing along.
This easygoing music is a nice contrast to all the songs out there in the music world about deep emotions. 
My favorite songs are: "My Way or the Highway", "Broken Wings" and not to forget the classical rock ballad "First and Last Time" that all rock bands that are inspired by the 80's has to have on their album. 

Fun fact: the name ”Close Quarters” comes from when some of the guys lived very close together in quarter and that the cover of the latest album is inspired by the famous nunnery in Vadstena. 

Close Quarters will follow the release of their new album with a tour that will visit several cities in Sweden and you can find more info about that on their website www.qlosequarters.se or on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CloseQuarters. 
The latest album ”Always A lot Never A Little” is available on iTunes, use this link below.  

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The Van Desh

If you like to listen to the cool bands of the 70’s like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so on The Van Desh is a modern version of that kind of music. They play with 70’s vibes, but not to heavy or dark.

They were formed in late 2010, in Norrtälje, Sweden when Tommy Helgesson, lead singer, Lars Lundin the guitar player, Konny Jeansson the drummer and the bassist Mikael Karlsson played together at a birthday party as a surprise. The guys decided to start an actual band and a bit after this Mårten Strandberg joined the band playing the keyboard. The band started with the name “Haze” but changed it to “The Van Desh” rather quickly after the first gig. A better name if you ask me. 

The band had only plans to record one single. But as it turned out they had enough material to record a full length album, so they decided to go with that idea and shortly after this the band had recorded their first album “It Reminds Me” named after the first song that was ever written by the band. 

Mikael Karlsson, the bass player left The Van Desh in 2014. Now Tommy Helgesson, the lead singer plays the bass.  

The Van Desh has played at numerous famous festivals and clubs both in and around Stockholm. 

Songs to check out: “Lost” with a beautiful piano playing in the background, “It Reminds Me” and “Deathbed”. This album doesn’t seem to come from a new band’s debut album. The complete sound of their music makes me think that they have played together for years. They sound very experienced and Tommy has a voice from the good old 70's era. It seems to be very appreciated in todays modern digitalized music world. Music to clear your head with!    

Website: www.thevandesh.com where you can find lyrics to their songs. Buy their music either on cd or as download. The Van Desh like to stay updated with their fans and also got twitter @TheVanDesh, www.facebook.com/thevandesh, Instagram and YouTube. 

Fun merch-fact: If you buy a The Van Desh mug from their website or use the link below, you’ll get a free download of their song “Broken” as an acoustic version. http://www.dizzyjam.com/products/66722/ 

Their album is also available on iTunes.