“Runaway” is the debut album from a young New York band called Tempt. It was released on 17th June through Rock Candy Records. This is one of those albums that I knew I was going to like from the moment I took a quick listen to the promotional material sent through by our friends at Rock n Growl Promotions. The tracks on “Runaway” are a blend of modern melodic hard rock and that classic 80’s rock sound. I played the track “Under My Skin” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 1st July and you can be sure that there will be more played in the weeks ahead!
“Restoration” is the third album from Californian based band Faithsedge and it was released on 24th June through Scarlet Records. The band is fronted by Giancarlo Floridia who I posted an interview with in September 2014 after the release of the previous album “The Answer of Insanity” (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1666-ni-rocks-interview-with-giancarlo-floridia-from-faithsedge.html ). I played the track “Never A Day” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 10th June.
There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of June. The shows are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by about 120 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for the previous month are also still available – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/2660-ni-rocks-playlists-for-may-2016.html
Dunsmuir is a new project featuring Clutch singer Neil Fallon, former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fu Manchu bass player Brad Davis and guitarist Dave Bone from The Company Band. The four have been working on tracks for their debut, self-titled album for a few years and this is finally released via Hall of Records on 22nd July. A number of 7 inch singles have been released over the past few months. Our friends at New Ocean Media arranged for Brad Davis to answer a few questions via e-mail so that we could find out some more about the band and the new album.
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with BRAD DAVIS from DUNSMUIR / FU MANCHU