“Hard and heavy punk, with a dash of rockabilly, classic rock and metal thrown in there for good measure,” exclaims Hellion, lead singer of Eden Star, to describe the music of the raw and energetic band. “We’re kind of spastic, really, when it comes to our songs. We’ll…

I was recently going through my emails, getting rid of junk mail and whatnot, when I came across an email that I must’ve overlooked. The email was simply titled “New Local Band,” so I opened it up. A kid named Johnny Knollwood, who wanted me to check out his band…

A guy named Jamie DiTringo, guitarist for a band called Rosewood Ghosts, recently wrote to me saying that he reads my column regularly, and was wondering if I would be interested in giving his band a listen. So, I clicked on one of the two links that he emailed me,…

Lately, I’ve been getting my inbox stuffed with emails from bands asking me to check them out. Sometimes, bands send me multiple emails because I don’t respond quickly enough; therefore they think that I didn’t see their email. Well, to “all” of the bands that send multiple emails, I did…