Retronaut Favorites: Kiss

My earliest memory of Kiss is hearing Detroit Rock City when I was a kid. I remember playing with Kiss trading cards. I remember looking at my dad's basement stairway which was covered in photos of Kiss. I remember looking at the Kiss head sculptures we have in our living room. I remember seeing a Kiss tribute band at a carnival. I remember looking at the signed Love Gun standee that's at on the top of the window above our staircase.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY B. ALAN ANDREWS

Today, we celebrate the birthday of B. Alan Andrews. Frontman for L.A. Trash and The Slants, and later a solo act. A fan of Starz, Ian Hunter, Artful Dodger, Fotomaker, and Billy Squier. A guy who percolated tea onstage, drank it and got burnt, swung golf clubs and wore a trenchcoat.

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Why Would You Listen To That, When You Could Listen To This?

Our latest playlist is inspired by what we see some people listening to, and we're not saying that you shouldn't listen to certain artists. We're saying that the way you put time into relistening to your favorite bands and discovering the new acts you want to check out, you should be doing the same with older music. Not just the hits. Not just the popular bands.

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Under The Radar: T-Ride

I discovered T-Ride in Hit Parader magazine. There was an ad for their album that was on the right hand side of one of the pages, and I also have a cassette sampler that is sealed. They were also featured on Concrete Corner!

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Premiere: Endless Midnight

The latest tune from Endless Midnight is a slow song, a song about going through Changes. It's relatable because every day we're all learning, and adapting to a world where the pandemic is a new normal.

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Retronaut Favorites: Dirty Honey

I found out about Dirty Honey from ROCK MY SOUL. The first song I remember hearing was “When I’m Gone” and I loved it. My first favorite Dirty Honey tune was “Heartbreaker”. When I heard their debut album, it amazed me because these guys consistently deliver fantastic tunes.

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New Releases: Va Va Voom

The debut EP from New York rock quartet Va Va Voom is a stellar example of modern rock. Many people ask if rock is dead, when there are countless artists keeping the genre alive.

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Retronaut Favorites: Liberty Deep Down

I first found out about Liberty Deep Down from my friend Becca, who founded Banded PR. I was told via DM that a band called Liberty Deep Down was going to contact me. When I checked my email, I received an email from them telling me that they had released a new single that they thought would fit on one of my playlists.

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Under The Radar: Circus Of Power

I discovered Circus Of Power from my dad’s CD collection, and I knew them only as a name for a long time.  After my dad gave me a bunch of his cassette singles, and my mom bought me a new cassette player as a college graduation gift, I took out a few cassette singles and “Heaven & Hell” by Circus Of Power was one of them.  After I listened to it, my only thought was that I had to hear the entire album. My dad has Magic & Madness on CD, and I burned it so I could listen to it in full. Something I remember about listening to it the first time was that I really enjoyed each song, and I had a similar experience with “Open To The Public” by Spread Eagle, which I discovered the same day as “Heaven & Hell”, from another cassette single. I think that these albums are meant to be listened to as albums, but the songs are enjoyable on their own. It’s one of many albums from that time period that had great songs, but was also a great album. It wasn’t just one or two good songs and the rest of the album was mediocre. Every tune was worth listening to. I’ve been listening to Circus Of Power a lot lately, the older songs, the newer songs...and everything this band has done is interesting. They are unique because of the stories they tell in their lyrics and the music that accompanies it.

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Premiere: Liberty Deep Down

The newest LDD tune begins with a thumping intro, and as the lyrics tell a story, real instruments take the song to the next level, it goes down a level and then back up again. What’s happening in the music reminds me of highs and lows, like moving forward and then being stuck.

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