Bands: Get to Know J&S Media Group

J&S Media Group is an Ohio based booking company created to help independent bands realize their dreams of playing on national tour sets. With services that include booking, promotion, management, and media sales, J&S Media Group works with over a dozen bands from the area's of Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton.

“Basically we are trying to help local bands out by giving them a chance to play with some national touring bands.” said Jesse Kenney, J&S Media Group co-founder.

National acts include A Faylene Sky, Thoughts in Reverse, Side-Lined, and Dead Before Dawn.

With a sweet tooth for heavy metal and a passion for helping emerging artists, Jesse Kenney and Scott Wolf have created an interesting niche entertainment company that is already making quite an impact on local music scenes across the Midwest. If you are in a band and are in need of any promotion, booking, or management J&S Media Group is the company to contact!

Check out the J&S blog where an assortment of music, movies, social commentary, and pop culture are reviewed.

J&S MEDIA ON FACEBOOK

J&S MEDIA GROUP BLOG

UPCOMING SHOWS!

 FOLLOW J&S MEDIA ON TWITTER!

Album Review: Mudjunkie (Self-Titled EP)

Winston Salem rockers Mudjunkie are back on the scene after a few years and a few lineup changes. Having only evolved from their hiatus, the band is quickly gaining acclaim across the country, headlining shows and sharing the stage with acts like Seven Mary Three, Mercy Fall, Sponge, Crossfade, and Baptized By Fire featuring Jesse Blaze of Growing Up Twisted (A&E). Mudjunkie is also officially endorsed by InTune Guitar Picks and sponsored by Guitars USA and Daydreamers Rock N' Roll Emporium.

Listening In. Walk Away makes a great first impression with a quietly entering drum 'n' bass foundation that unleashes heavy staccato riffs over Buck’s acoustic-to-aggressive vocals that echo a new school Lane Staley.
The second standout, Holding On is a particularly strong and emotive piece built around layered vocals and lightning guitar fills.

Up next, Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover) is an alt rock gem played the Mudjunkie way. Rocking a little harder than the original, this cover flawlessly pairs power and melody against driving back beats.
The slower-paced, Coming Down is infused with the perfect serving of sorrow as Buck’s thick vocals rise over searing riffs then quickly dissipates as the introspective guitar solo welcomes a breakdown of epic proportions.

The EP concludes with Black & White, an earlier creation and immediate fan favorite for its fast paced shout along lyrics, high energy, and no frills rock and roll attitude.

Overall, Mudjunkie [Buck Saunders (lead vocals) Chris Hill (guitar) Danny Chatfield (guitar) Steve Rivera (bass) Anthony Foltz (drums)] creates an atmosphere in the vein of Alice in Chains and even a little Queensryche. Yet, their sound is fresh, modern, and maintains originality. On a mission to bring solidarity back to bands, Mudjunkie lives to create unforgettable live shows, and to cover the world in mud this Spring with the launch of their new album.

Be sure to friend Mudjunkie on Facebook for tour dates, new music and more!

Mudjunkie EP (Available Now)

Tracklist

1. Walk Away
2. Holding On
3. Dreams
4. Coming Down
5. Black &White

The Latest Crave: Rob Zombie - Icon

As part of the Icon Series launched by Universal Music Enterprises, Rob Zombie – Icon (Geffen/UMe) was released earlier this month as a single and double disc set. What’s different about them? The single version is twelve track crash course in the best of Zombie available only at Wal-Mart, while the 24 track double disc set offers a heavier dose of the devilman from the early days of White Zombie to the Hellbilly Deluxe favorites of today exclusively offered at Best Buy.

In my opinion, the only thing better than Rob Zombie is White Zombie. I recommend shelling out the few extra bucks to get the double disc set, which features La Sexorcisto favorites “Thunder Kiss ’65″ and “Black Sunshine”, as well as Astro Creep 2000 mega hits “More Human than Human” and “Super-Charger Heaven”.

Rob Zombie’s Icon is a dicephalus delight featuring the hard rocking classics of White Zombie and the angrier moods of his later work that stick to the insides of die-hard metal skulls like mouldering corpses into fresh graves. The best of everything real fans already own; Icon revises and updates the Zombie collection and is an excellent addition to your Halloween horror mix this year.

http://www.myspace.com/robzombie
http://www.robzombie.com



Single CD

1. Superbeast
2. Dragula
3. Living Dead Girl
4. Feel So Numb
5. Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
6. Scum of The Earth
7. House of 1000 Corpses
8. Foxy Foxy
9. American Witch
10.The Devils Rejects
11. What?
12. Mars Needs Women

Double CD

Disc 1
1. Thunder Kiss ’65
2. Black Sunshine
3. Super-Charger Heaven
4. More Human Than Human
5. Feed The Gods
6. The One
7. The Great American Nightmare featuring Howard Stern
8. Superbeast
9. Dragula
10. Living Dead Girl
11. Demonoid Phenomenon
12. Meet The Creeper
Disc Two:
13. Feel So Numb
14. Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
15. Scum Of The Earth
16. House of 1000 Corpses
17. Foxy Foxy
18. American Witch
19. The Lords Of Salem
20. Let It All Bleed Out
21. The Devil’s Rejects
22. What?
23. Sick Bubblegum
24. Mars Needs Women