It may be High Voltage’s first year as registered press for San Diego Comic-Con, but it’s not our first time in attendance and it’s definitely not our first time festival planning – complete with spreadsheets, party coordination and a walking map (to save our feet!). Heck, you might say festival/conference planning is actually a specialty of ours. So, why not […]

It was via an email from the band that the world was alerted to the fact that its favorite (well, certainly my favorite) NYC indie post-punksters and keepers of the flame of icy cool, Interpol, would be returning to the music scene with their first album since their 2004 beloved release Antics. What? There’s an album after Antics? Right, Our […]

What’s this? A sports post on High Voltage. Yes, even we are World Cup fans; in fact, this particular writer only pays attention to one sport and it’s football – real football (which you Americans call soccer). And this is the second time Brazil (one of the best football nations in the world) is hosting the affair. Because our typical […]

NOTE: This was the first article in the series of educational humor notes posted by High Voltage on Facebook last year, just figured they should live on our website too. The series was themed “BANDS, TREAT YOUR BAND LIKE THE BUSINESS IT IS” and included several Top 10 lists. Enjoy! Bands, have you ever wondered why you can’t get better […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a very old High Voltage post that never made it onto the old website. It was part of an educational humor series we started on Facebook. While the advice expressed should be taken to heart, we still hope you find the post amusing. This is all based on true incidents. The one thing that separates High […]

Too many emails go by unanswered, too many voice mails and text messages do not get returned, but these aren’t the only areas where communication breaks down. You’ve probably had a friend stressed out about someone they like who didn’t get back to them in an amount of time they thought was reasonable, the result was most likely some form […]

“What I hope the music is conveying is an ever unfolding story and the fact that I’m always growing and changing.” ~ Daena Jay Daena Jay is a singer/songwriter whose life would actually seem to be changing with far more frequency than the average individual. She comes from South Africa, but has also called London, Durban, and Perth home at […]