The Raging Sea By Broadside

                     The Raging Sea

   Yo! our boys did it again!!! So far in 2020 Broadside released 2 bangers "Foolish Believer & The Raging Sea" and also signed with Sharptone Records(wow). These guys are one of my favorite bands and they always blow me away and keep me guessing with what they will come up with next. They know what they want and where they want to go in this industry and they are not afraid to go after it.
     In The Raging Sea you hear the lyrics "Can I make it out, Will I make it out. Is there any point, What's the fucking point" and that makes you wonder what Oliver's mindset was. As I'm a huge fan, after meeting and interviewing him I don't take it as he is depressed but I take it as him writting about past experiences and that will always make for mindblowing songs. 

   Broadside has an album being released sometime this year(maybe next due to the pandemic) and I can not wait to see where it goes because so far they released 2 singles off their next album "The Raging Sea & Foolish Believer" and those songs are amazing so I'm thinking the rest of the album is going to be just as good or better. Now back to "The Raging Sea" it gives me goose bumps everytime I listen to it. As I love working with Victory Records, I am so happy that Broadside has found their home with SharpTone Records and these 2 singles is just the start with this team.

Selena: 25 Years Later

       Wow it is the 25th anniversary of the shooting death of Tejano Queen Selena lets go back and see how she continues to influence our generation as well as the new generation.
    We are not going to shine light on the person that took her from this world at the tender age of 23 years old because she does not deserve to have her name spoken and I refuse to give her that attention. Everyone weather you are a fan or not knows the story of Selena's passing and who took her young life. I was 11 years old when it happened and I was so sad just like many of her other fans all over the world. I remember the radio stations playing "I could fall in love with you" and "Dreaming Of You" on the hour EVERY hour after her passing even at the young age of 11.
     Even tho how she was taken away from this world continued to circle around her name, no one really stopped to think about what she stood for. A role model, singer, designer, friend, wife and most importantly the best daughter & sister that she could be. She loved her fans, her family, and friends but she also loved her passion for fashion and charities.

 Selena had so much more to do in her personal/professional life but we as fans will continue to keep her memory alive and everything she stood for.     Selena was a Mexican American singer that started the band Selena Y Los Dinos with her sister Suzette and her brother A.B at the age of 9 years old. Tejano music was not a "female" friendly genre however they did not let that stop them. Selena broke through so many barriars which set the path for our feature artist. Selena Y Los Dinos went on to sign with EMI Latin in 1989 and then releasing her self titled album. Selena has won 67 awards including a grammy for Best Mexican/American album and had 89 nominations.
    Selena was an inspiration to so many up and coming artists while she was alive and that continues 25 years later. Her music, fashion and everything else she stood for still lives on and she continues to inspire the new generation. As we watched her music still gain popularity in the music world over the years we also witnessed her star being placed on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame which in my opinion should have been done way sooner then it was. This young lady has done so much in her short 23 years then most people do in their entire lifetime and to me that is mind blowing. The world also got to witness her wax figure being revealed and it looks amazing.

   Selena has captivated the world with her amazing voice, beauty, kindness and huge heart. As we remember her on the 25th anniversary. Let's remember all of the good that she has done and her music that she left the world with and her legacy instead of how she departed this world. As always our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and fans.

                          ~Debbie~

Dazyface: Astronaut

   

     If you know who Oh, Weatherly was then you know who their frontman was. Recently they had announced their break up as a band and why most of us fans are shocked and sad because they just clicked as a band and are so good as artist, we are also just as equally interested in what the guys of Oh, Weatherly has in store for us next.

    Blake(Oh, Weatherly frontman) is now going by DazyFace and just shocked all of us with a new song called "Astronaut" from his solo career on soundcloud. The best way to describe this song is it does not sound anything like he has done in the past. It has more of a popish sound and that is great because it works for him. 

    Now just trying to figure out what this song is about and I have 2 different opinions and I wouldn't be me if I didn't. You can take it as a break up song with lyrics "I spaced out on your couch, you told me it was off but was it ever really on" or take it as Blake coming into his new self and saying goodbye to the old Blake(pre Oh, Weatherly break up) with the lyrics "I'm a wreck and you should know that, I can never bring the old me back".
    Yes! Oh, Weatherly shaped him as an artist and it also set him up for this new path in his music career. Astronaut definitely shows Blake's new path in music and it works so well.  
      Dazyface: Astronaut link below!!!!! If this link does not work you can go to our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram accounts to listen and then there is the obvious choice and download SoundCloud.

https://soundcloud.com/user-361381042/dazyface-astronaut
           

                        ♡Debbie.T♡

The Day The Music Died: Buddy Holly, J.P "Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens

          The Day The Music Died


     On Feburary 3rd, 1959 is known as "The Day The Music Died" and there is a really good reason for that because the world lost 3 music legends in a tragic plane crash. Buddy Holly(22yrs old), J.P "Big Bopper" Richardson(28yrs old) and the youngest of the 3 stars Richard Valenzuela A.K.A Ritchie Valens(17yrs old). As we remember them on the 61st anniversary I want to reflect on these guys because not only did they have some pretty cool hits but they also opened doors for so many people in the music industry.
   Now I know many of our readers are probably wondering "what could she possible know about these guys or she is too young to write about this". Well you are right I am young and this did happen 24yrs before I was born however I had an amazing mother that taught me so much about music and gave me so much advice on being openminded about every genre of music to the point that we don't care about genre's, we care about the story. I think people has heard the story of the plane crash or maybe they did not depending on how deep your love goes for music but this story has actually always been one that I thought was very interesting to a point. So lets get right to it!

  Buddy Holly of Lubbock, Texas was an American singer, songwriter and musician. He became famous in the 1950's in the Rock and Roll era along with Elvis Presley and many other music icons with hits that included "Peggy Sue. Crying, Waiting, hoping and Everyday" among many other songs.

   

Photo by Van Dyck 

J.P Richardson also known as "Big Bopper" of Sabine Pass, Texas was an American singer, Song writer and disc jockey.  His best known compositions include "Chantilly Lace" and "White Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones first #1 hit in 1959.




 

  Richard Valenzuela also known as Ritchie Valens of Los Angeles, Ca. was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement. Valen's recording career only lasted 8 months and abruptly ended when his life was cut short by a plane crash. However in that short time he had several hits such as Donna, La Bamba and Come On, Let's Go. 

       As I sit and listen to these 3 guys on their 61st anniversary, I can not help to wonder what else they had to offer the music world but at the same time I am extremely grateful for the music that they left the world with. May they be at peace and their memories continue to carry on and influence the new generations of artists.

         ♡Debbie♡

    

   

 

Q & A with Broadside

Oliver & Dom of Broadside 

Q & A with Broadside

Me: "Can you introduce yourselves?” 

Oliver: “Yes. My name is Oliver and I sing in broadside.”

Domenic: “My name is Domenic and I play guitar in Broadside” 

O: “And we are the Broadside boys”

M: “Where did you get your band name from?” 

O: “This is a boring answer but, we liked one word names and we put a bunch in a hat and pulled that one and said ‘lets just go with it’, we had no idea the internet was going to like us or have a small amount of fame and here we are, stuck with the name Broadside.” 

M: “What are your favorite songs to play live?”

D: “I love playing ‘Laps Around a Picture Frame’ but most recently ‘King of Nothing’ hits hard and I love playing that.”

O: “I love playing King of Nothing and Laps as well but also ‘Summer Stained’ I like playing a lot” 

D: “‘Old Bones’ actually, we started playing ‘Old Bones’ last year and that has been a lot of fun. And people seem to really like that we’re playing it too.”

M: “What’s your favorite song you’ve written”

O: “I don’t know if I’ve written that song yet.” 

D: “That’s a good answer, I don’t think we have either.” 

M: “What inspired ‘King of Nothing’ and ‘Empty’” 

O: “‘King of Nothing’ is about being a band at our level where we want to reach the next level but it feels impossible because we’re ripping at straws basically and wanting to be the best band we can be but don’t want to pretend like we’re something we’re not even though we know it would get a lot of internet attention. And then ‘Empty’ is just about heartache and being in love with somebody and them just not loving you as much as you care for them, it’s very difficult to be in love with someone.”

M: “What is your favorite album that has come out so far this year?”

D: “ I haven’t listened to the whole thing and I can’t even tell you the name, but there's this band ‘Band of Skulls’ who I love and they just put a record out and I that it’s probably the best. Or, for safe the new ‘Bring me the Horizon’ album is awesome.” 

O: “Yeah, I like the new ‘Bring me the Horizon’ album too, but I don’t know any other bands.”

M: “What’s the best show you’ve ever been to?”

O: “My favorite show I’ve ever attended was this tour called ‘The Curiosa tour’ so this band called ‘The Cure’ headlined and then ‘Thursday’ and you know the band ‘Muse’? It was their first show ever and that was on a tiny stage and now they’re playing arenas.” 

D: “Way back in 2006 I went to see this australian band called ‘Wolf Mother’ which you probably know their songs from like guitar hero and they blew me away I couldn’t believe how good it was.”

M: “What’s your favorite show you’ve ever played” 

O: “So in indy there’s this venue called the Hoosier Dome and everytime we play there is just goes apeshit, like kids are climbing on top of stuff and just going wild and it’s kind of a DIY venue so there kind of like ‘we’ll let it slide’ and it just a great time. But we also played a house show one time after Warped Tour 2016 and we thought we could still play house shows but we had gained so much attention it was crazy, there were kids right in front of us, I thought I was gonna die that night. 

D: “I feel like I have two answers, the first one was last year we played in Cologne, Germany for the first time and there was like 1000 kids there screaming our words back at us and I couldn’t believe it because the band had never played in Germany before, and then we did a co-headlining tour last year and we headlined in Worcester, Massachusetts and that was really awesome because it was the biggest headlining show that we have ever played.” 
~Q & A by Trenton~

This was one of our favorite interviews! The guys were down to earth and funny. We were nervous because this was one band that we have been
wanting to interview for a long time & we were thrilled to get this opportunity. They made us feel welcome and they talked to us like we were old friends just catching up.
Their performance was amazing from their set list to Ollie's dance moves. They performed their 2 new songs "King of nothing and Empty" which are my 2 favorite song by them at the moment and
they killed it with those 2 songs.
♡Debbie♡

Awaken I am: Secrets 10 Year Anniversary Tour

    We have been a huge fan of Awaken I Am for a while and had the honor of covering these young men on their 2018 U.S tour. When we got the offer to cover them on this tour with Secrets we did not hesitate to jump on the opportunity to meet up with our friends again.     Unfortunately we did not get to catch up with guitarist Connor due to a tragic accident that claimed his life at the age of 22.  Although he was not there physically, you could still feel his presence in the room with his brothers.

  Now let's get to their set! these guys just released their EP "The Beauty In Tragedy" a few weeks ago and although it was their way of greiving, it did not disappoint at all. It had everything from hurt, anger, confusion, questioning to why it happened ect. Their performance showed the exact emotions that you hear on their EP. It was emotional for us as the fans to see these amazing artist going through something so horrible and yet they found a way to perform it with respect, grace and pride because they poured their heart and soul into this in honor of their brother Connor. 

  
  The way Jimmy sang with such passion followed by Ryan playing his heart out on bass, Luke was tearing it up on drums and Jay was nailing it on guitar was mind blowing to me and every song showed how much this EP meant to them and to the world. Not only were they able to perform with such tremendous passion, it definitely showed all emotions to the point everyone was singing and crying. These young men put on a show that everyone in some way could relate to and then they also pulled out some of the old tracks to have fun with.

    Awaken I Am is definitely ones to keep your eye on because there is a lot more great things to come from these guys and their shows are only going to get better with time however their passion for the music will stay the same because their passion is something that can not be faked and their love and respect they have for their fans is priceless and they are going to keep taking the music scene and the world by storm.

                                                                           ~Debbie~
    

Awaken I am: Beauty In Tragedy

                          

    This is a hard one for me to write because I have gotten to know these guys in Pittsburgh Pa while covering their show and my heart breaks for them and what they are going through. Awaken I am is a post hardcore band from Australia and is signed with Victory records. This band is so good and toured the US a few of times and is hitting the US for a 3rd time. When their tour came to an end Spring of 2018 they lost their brother, bandmate, friend & family Connor Verner-Oakley. He was killed do to a selfish driver that was trying to end her life but instead took the life of Connor. 

     Now that you have the back story this is how "The Beauty In Tragedy" came to life. This is the bands way of coping with the tremendous impact that losing Connor had on their lives.     Luckily Connor did get the chance to leave his mark on this EP when they recorded and made the video for the single "Dissolution" and his talent and passion for the guitar shines in the song and his presence is definitely shining in the video.

   Jimmy(vocals), Ned(guitar), Ryan(bass), Luke(drums) have taken their grief and all of their emotions and let it out on their new EP and let's face it anyone that has lost someone close to them knows those stages of grief. They released a badass EP and oh wow did they let out all of their emotions and I honestly am very proud of them for letting their emotions out and sharing it with us (even though it couldn't have been easy for them) instead of holding it in.

  I  admire their courage and strength also I respect them for keeping Connor's memory Alive. He will always be apart of them even though he is not here on earth, he will always be in the hearts of everyone who knows him or has seen him perform with this awesome band and I know that these guys will continue to keep Connor smiling down on them and making him proud. 

  If you have not already done so please head  over to whatever music streaming service you have and listen to this very personal EP that the guys of Awaken I Am have poured their hearts and souls into.  On the "The Beauty In Tragedy" EP you will find the tracks "Kin, Indifference, By Your Side, Stages Of Grief and of course Dissolution which is the last song that Connor got the chance to grace his presence on. R.I.P Connor, to his bandmates, family, friends & fans keep your head up and continue to honor Connor and keep making him proud.

                            ♡Debbie♡