The dude with the fly pornstache, who fits girl jeans, and has inspired many a mancrush, Eagles of Death Metal desert son Jesse Hughes aka Boots Electric has dropped the video to his personal theme song, the “Boots Electric Theme” from his upcoming and first solo effort, Honky Kong, to be released on Dangerbird Records. Electronic drums, dance grooves, funky funk, […]
What do you mean Sunset Strip Music Festival 2011 is already over? Whoa, that went by quickly. I suppose time really does fly by when you’re having fun and what fun we did have! Starting Thursday night, August 18th, I arrived at the House of Blues on Sunset to kick things off with the tribute to Motley Crue where Nikki, […]
It’s an exciting day in the High Voltage offices, we’ve just launched our first PledgeMusic campaign to put out a very special digital compilation to help save High Voltage. Why is the album so special? Because it features 20 b-sides, live, or yet-to-be-released tracks by some our favorite artists (we think you’ll like them too). It’s also special because a […]
Las Vegas is known and notable for a lot of things from casinos to showgirls to “The Godfather II” to The Killers. You can add Imagine Dragons to that list of reasons to love the city of sin and to attend the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Appropriately, the very first time that I saw Imagine Dragons was on a random-ass and […]
This is a Musical Public Service Announcement: A variation on power pop/rock, and it doesn’t get much better than Taylor Locke & the Roughs. As endeavors go, side projects can be hit or miss, if not downright embarrassing, but a ‘miss’ is something that Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke doesn’t have to worry about: he’s got a kick ass side project […]
What can we say about Semi Precious Weapons? -There’s nothing ‘semi’ about them; they go all in, go all out, or go home. -They’re no strangers to the Sunset Strip; it might as well be their second home. -They make filth absolutely beautiful. -Justin Tranter’s legs are f*cking gorgeous. What else can we say about SPW? Show business can be […]
Brooklyn by way of Birmingham….to the Sunset Strip! From their days of trolling the English countrysides and yard sales for cheap equipment to create cool sounds with to the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack to the streets of hip-central aka Brooklyn, NY, Deluka have created a spanking new wave of New Wave with healthy doses of indie electronic spirit. Deluka […]
