Genre: Rock

Zepparella

Zepparella is the Led Zeppelin Powerhouse. Vocalist Anna Kristina, Guitarist Gretchen Menn, Bassist Holly West, and Drummer Clementine have brought their passion for the sacred music of the greatest band in the world all over the world. Zepparella shows replicate the nuance and detail of Zeppelin’s catalog while honoring the powerful improvisational journeys for which Zeppelin shows were renowned.

Album Party with Big Spender

Big Spender is a mixed-media project of Portland recording artist, Ian Mullin, with contributions from other artists. In addition to recording and publishing two studio albums, Big Spender organizes and hosts PDX GuitarHero, and organizes the Forest Church Community Choir.

CONVICTIONS

Hailing from Fremont, OH, the five-piece metalcore act Convictions is making a significant impact on the global stage. Self-described as “Aggressive Worship,” Convictions sets themselves apart by crafting lyrical content rooted in their own deeply held beliefs. Their music boldly pushes boundaries, tackling topics often left untouched within the Christian music scene. Their fourth studio album, The Fear of God, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Metal Albums Chart and has solidified their presence in the genre. Currently, Convictions is actively touring worldwide, bringing their powerful message and intense performances to audiences across the globe.

Giovannie and the Hired Guns

Since their inception in 2015, Giovannie and The Hired Guns have made a blockbuster  career out of wildly defying expectations. With a visceral sound that merges alt-metal, Red Dirt country, Latin pop, Americana, and much more, the Stephenville, Texas-based five piece have ascended from playing local honky-tonks to taking the stage at major festivals  and arenas across the country, drawing an ardent crowd ranging from cowboys to metalheads to skate punks. As they continue their colossal rise—a journey that’s included  scoring a No. 1 radio hit with their smash single “Ramon Ayala” and winning the 2023  iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Artist in Alternative & Rock—Giovannie and The  Hired Guns now return with their new album Quitter: a body of work that pushes the  boundaries with even more intensity, matching its explosive riVs and unforgettable hooks  with the band’s most brutally honest songwriting to date.  Produced by Johnny K (Megadeth, Sevendust, Plain White T’s), Quitter marks the fourth full length from Giovannie and The Hired Guns (frontman Giovannie Yanez, guitarists Carlos  Villa and Jerrod Flusche, bassist/tuba player Alex Trejo, and drummer/pianist Milton Toles)  and second LP since signing with Warner Music Nashville through a first-of-its-kind  partnership with Warner Music Latina. While the band have always brought a powerful  emotionality to their lyrics, the album embodies an unfiltered urgency that has much to do  with Yanez’s processing a number of life-altering troubles in real-time, including the death  of a close friend and his own relapse into addiction.  The follow-up to 2022’s Tejano Punk Boyz, Quitter finds Giovannie and The Hired Guns  doubling down on the freewheeling attitude they first embraced in their earliest days as a  band, back when Yanez was working the counter at a nearby pawnshop. “From the beginning I told the guys not to worry about sounding too rock or too country on this  record,” Yanez recalls. “We just went in there and had fun and didn’t let anything hold us  back, and because of that the album shows the full range of what we can do as a band.”  Immediately delivering on that promise, Quitter opens on the galvanizing rhythms and  throat-shredding vocals of “Cheap Tequila”: a ferocious yet fun-loving track that speaks an  unvarnished truth about their shared life experience. “I wrote that song thinking about us in  our younger days, when we were all broke and working these mid-paying jobs,” says Yanez.  Looking back on the making of Giovannie and The Hired Guns’ most personal album yet, Yanez reveals that Quitter helped to clarify his overall mission and vision for the band. “This  record made me want to keep putting out songs that are fun and serious at the same time,”  he says. “I want to show everyone that it’s okay to feel sad and out of place, but that  doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time—it’s all a part of being human. We just want to be  real with our fans and let them know we’re all diVerent and a little oV-the-wall too. And  when they come out to the shows, I try to make them feel like they’re just as much a part of  the band as my guys are. We’re all connected, and without them we’d never be where we are now.”

Jakob Nowell + Codefendants

The new project of Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell’s only son Jakob Nowell, Jakobs Castle is the sound of two worlds colliding in perfect union – the insouciant sounds of California’s past with the fresh mystery of internet underground culture.  Recording under Epitaph Records, Jakobs Castle is old meets new. Beach meets the internet. 90’s Underground does Hyperpop. Imagine laying face up on the beach as waves of retro synth melodies wash over you like static, your body slowly dried by the heat of the emerging sun and skank guitars. It’s both pretty and gritty.  Active since 2022, Jakobs Castle has toured the country with emerging young artists like Sitting on Stacy, legacy musicians Jason Devore and Slightly Stoopid, as well as G. Love & Special Sauce, Common Kings and Long Beach Allstars. Standout tracks from ENTER: THE CASTLE include “Time Traveler” and “Catch Me”. With the burden of purpose and expectation held proudly, Jakobs Castle and its enigmatic frontman seek to break all convention and usher in a new era of California music.

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