Mojo’s Pick of the Week – Pushing the Sun

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Mojo

Pushing the Sun is a heavy melodic rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, which doesn’t quite describe how they win you over with a style that instantly gets under your skin like you’ve known them forever. Fronted by Andrew Saman and showcasing local guitar hero Billy Connally, these guys are local boys to watch. I’ll be checking them out at the Phoenix in Petaluma on September 27th, catch them around the bay when you can!

Find Pushing the Sun on the interwebs:

http://www.pushingthesun.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pushingthesun
https://twitter.com/pushingthesun

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Mojo’s Pick of the Week: LoNero

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Mojo

The namesake of founder Bill Lonero, LoNero is a groundbreaking Bay Area guitar rock band that originated a style they call Guitarcore, which is their term for melodic instrumental rock that stands on its own without the need for a singer! Bill and his hallmark purple Peavey Wolfgang fronts the band with a ferocious dedication to pure musicianship.

Last year they released their acclaimed second album J.F.L. (or Just Fucking Listen), bringing a new twist to their unique brand of guitar rock with groovy “punkstramental” songs like “Fat Tat.”

LoNero prides themselves on their live shows, and are about to embark on a tour as the backing band for Paul Di’Anno, playing classic Iron Maiden from the first two albums. Think about that for a second – they are standing in for Iron fucking Maiden playing with the original singer! This you have to see, if they come anywhere near you! Tour info: http://billlonero.com/mainindex/tour/

LoNero on the web:
http://billlonero.com/
http://www.reverbnation.com/lonero
https://www.facebook.com/LoNeroMusic

photo: Michael Strider

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Mojo’s Pick of the Week: Orthodox Fuzz

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Mojo

If you like Southern fried stoner rock that will put the hair back on your chest, you MUST check out Fort Worth’s mighty Orthodox Fuzz. I’ve been following these doomy fuzz rockers for years, and they’ve just released a new EP called Ritual Volume that simply blew me away.

New singer Andrew Kimbrell sounds like he’s been there all along on tracks like Masquerade and Southern Witch. Big guitars, powerhouse vocals, driving beats, the Fuzz have everything I love in a rock band.

If you like Corrosion of Conformity, Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Alice In Chains, Godsmack, you must check them out! They are playing this Friday the 16th with Kill Devil Hill at the Boiler Room in Dallas. If you can get there, get there! If you can’t, at least pick up their EP you won’t be disappointed!