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GO RADIO: STREAMING DEBUT ALBUM ‘LUCKY STREET’ NOW VIA MYSPACE ‘LUCKY STREET’ SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 1 VIA FEARLESS RECORDS

Posted in Releases with tags album release, Go Radio, lucky street, The Rock Tribune on February 28, 2011 by Randy

As GO RADIO criss-cross the country on their U.S. tour, the group have begun streaming LUCKY STREET–their debut album–from now through Monday, February 28 at: http://www.myspace.com/goradio. LUCKY STREET, due out March 1on Fearless Records, marks the quartet’s follow-up to acclaimed EP Do Overs And Second Chances, which landed at #8 on the Billboard “Heatseekers” chart and went on to sell over 17,000 copies in the U.S. After tours with A Day To Remember, Secondhand Serenade, and the Fearless Friends Tour with Mayday Parade, GO RADIO’s growing fanbase has solidified them as one of the most hotly-tipped rock bands to emerge this year.

Produced by Tim O’Heir (The All-American Rejects, Hot Rod Circuit, The Starting Line, Say Anything) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional), LUCKY STREET features thirteen tracks that make the band a unique proposition in the current rock scene: an act blessed with musical prowess matched with a strong stable of songs that place equal emphasis on both style and substance.

GO RADIO is:
JASON LANCASTER (vocals)
ALEX REED (guitar/vocals)
MATT “BURNS” POULOS (bass/vocals)
STEVEN KOPACZ (drums)

www.wearegoradio.com
http://www.myspace.com/goradio
http://www.facebook.com/goradio?v=app_178091127385

Sick Puppies: Live at the Riviera Theater February 24, 2010

Posted in Reviews with tags Mark Bafia, Randy Hall, Shim, Sick Puppies, The Riviera, The Rock Tribune on February 28, 2011 by Randy

As I’m sitting here with the concert fresh in my mind and the ringing in my ears just beginning to subside, I’d have to say Sick Puppies throw down one hell of a concert. Front man Shimon Moore is about as crazy, charismatic, and energetic as you’d want a lead singer to be. He walks out on stage, entices the crowd, and does what he knows best. He has fantastic crowd interaction constantly reminding his fans that their not singing loud enough. Halfway through the concert he thanks us for not sitting on our ass’s at home watching TV, but instead decided to go to a rock concert. It kind of made you feel bad for the people that weren’t there.

Bassist Emma Anzai is also as mesmerizing as Mr. Moore but all without saying a word. I’m pretty sure the large majority of the concert goers were all smitten. Dressed up in her goth/rock regalia while her hair is flying in the wind due to a fan on stage…
It’d be hard not to be.

Shimon and Emma (Australia) combined with drummer Mark Goodwin (Los Angeles) all put on a great show live, exhibiting chemistry rarely found on stage. They have a great mixture of medium tempo, girlfriend friendly songs such as, “All The Same,” to hard rock mosh pitting songs like “You’re Going Down,” of which spawned the largest mosh pit I’ve seen in recent history. I had no choice but to join the encircled festivities. Sick Puppies is a must see concert, especially for all you pit lovers. You will be entertained, oh yes…and you will be rocked.

By: Mark Bafia & Randy Hall