New Music Inferno

Pennywise - Punk band from Hermosa Beach,CA...New beer out with Lost Coast Brewery called "Pennywiser" Session IPA...On the 20th Anniversary of Full Circle beginning Oct 27th..Check out their music & more @ www.facebook.com/pennywise or www.pennywisdom.com

Trip Willingham. 27. Los Angeles, California. Tour manager / Merch manager / e-comm specialist at Mosh It Up. Most recent: Merch manager for Choonimals for the 2017 Vans Warped Tour. 2017 ushered in my tenth year of being a road dawg. What spawned as a “fake it till ya make it” story in Dallas, TX when I was 16, to making several laps around the country on some of the biggest tours in the nation, I’ve been very fortunate and very lucky to see a lot of cool things and meet a lot of cool people.

Kelsey Merritt is a music industry veteran and small business owner. A life long musician, singer and performer, Kelsey has lead several bands, signed record deals, had a nationally released single on Top 40 Radio and spent  SIX amazing, crazy years on the Vans Warped Tour.  In 2015, Kelsey started her Social Media Marketing Company, Taking Care of Business. Taking Care of Business is a marketing company focusing on: Social Media Build Out, Day-to-Day Administration, Website Building, Innovative Branding, Imaging, Hands-On Marketing Strategy, Creative Consultation, Audio Recording, Video & Editing Services, Virtual Personal Assistant, Music Services, Launch Parties/Event Planning for small creative individuals and start-ups. Kelsey currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and plays in a band called, The Silent Shout. 

Zach Falkow has been relentless in securing shows of all sizes in NYC and all over the country since his start in the industry over 10 years ago. From sold out shows at Rough Trade, Gramercy Theater and Webster Hall, to opening slots for bands such as Maroon 5, Yellowcard, Wiz Khalifa and The Ataris, Zach has made a name for himself in the independent booking community. Now an agent at CEG, he has booked shows and tours for the likes of DMX, Snoop Dogg, Aaron Carter, Ja Rule, Ying Yang Twins, Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas, and many more, including a sold out show at the Apollo with DMX, Jadakiss, NORE and Jim Jones. His current roster includes Matt Shultz of Cage The Elephant, Aaron Carter, Sulene (Nate Ruess’ guitarist), Ben Talmi, Best Ex (FKA Candy Hearts) and Baggage (Jono from the Swellers).

Jen Appel - With a passion for helping others and watching musicians live out their dream, The Catalyst Publicity Group’s CEO & Publicity Director, Jen Appel has crafted a home for emerging and established artists to take chances, explore who they are as an artist, and develop the right branding/imaging for their style. By tailoring unique campaigns, Appel has seen success working with over 400 artists of all genres, including Boys Like Girls, John Schneider, Cartel, The Spill Canvas, Our Last Night, and Alesana, to name a few. Outside of The Catalyst Publicity Group, Appel is a Graduate Faculty Advisor at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches Music PR/Marketing, Topic Research, and is a Faculty Advisor for the student-run record label, Hoot/Wisdom Recordings. Outside of Florida Atlantic University, Appel is a professor at Johnson & Wales North Miami Campus where she teaches Media Literacy.

Jamie Roberts has a wealth of experience as a music PR executive having led departments at Roadrunner Records, Universal Records, 10th Street Entertainment, Eleven Seven Music and EMI’s The Enclave. She has 20+ years of experience working with top­-tier artists from multiple genres such as Motley Crue, Junkie XL, Papa Roach, Godsmack, Nick Lachey and Paulina Rubio, among many others. She has been an integral part of building the careers of artists like Slipknot and Nickelback as well as reaching new plateaus of success for break­out stars like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sloan and Nothing More. Roberts started Right Angle PR in March of 2016 and the company has grown exponentially, due to the support from prominent clients like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tommy Lee, Joshua Radin, Marc Broussard and Lesser Gods Books. Find out more at www.rightanglepr.com

Kristin "Gypsy" Schloesser - Started booking at Rock City studios in Camarillo. Went on her first tour which was TSOL, & Pennywise. Kept touring and did Mayhem, Ozzfest, Uproar, and TMd Scream It Like You Mean It w / We Came As Romans, Volumes, Hands Like Houses & 11 more bands, Decibel Magazine tour ft. Behemoth, & tour managed many other bands..Produced Hope Evolution Tour feat Hawthorne Heights & Monster Get Loud tour ft Bone Thugs & Harmony...Retired to manage and her current roster SIGNY / jonezen / Oxymorrons/bxd blxxd and works A&R at Legend Recordings...Check out all of her roster @ www.weareteamhans.com & check out her blog @ www.thesoberchick.com

Joey Jordison - Ex-Slipknot Co-founder & Drummer...Newest band "Vimic" debut fill length "Open Your Omen" will be out early this year...Headed on a European run in March..Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.vimicmusic.com

Merch Crate - A brand new way to receive Merch from local bands from different states.. Each month you will receive 4 Cds & 1 shirt from random bands from one city. Fully launching soon... Check out the special pricing & more @ www.merchcrateonline.com

Courage My Love - Rock Trio from Canada...New music coming soon...Pick up their last release of "Becoming" out on Invogue Records...Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/couragemylove Red Handed Denial - Progressive Rock/Metal band from Toronto...Check out their new EP "Wanderer" out now...Headed out on the "Wanderer Tour" w/ Hampton|Hollow..Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/rhdband Artica - Rock band from Kentucky...New EP "In Honesty" ft the single "Solace To Survive" out now...Check out their music,tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/articabandky The Ones You Forgot - Pop/Rock band from New Jersey....New single "Make It Out Alive" exclusively dropping on the show today & music video(dropping tomorrow on the site)...Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/theonesyouforgot

Paper Route - Ambient/Electronic Pop band from Nashville,TN...New album "Real Emotion" ft the singles "Laugh About It" & "Chariots" out September 23rd...Head out on the "The Really Emotional Tour" beginning October 27th...Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/paperroute Islander - Rock band from Greenville,SC...New album "Power Under Control" ft "Bad Guy" & "Think It Over ft HR from Bad Brains" out now on Victory Records...Just wrapped up tour w/ The Funeral Portrait, XXI & Jesse Smith & The Holy Ghost..Headed out on tour beginning on Sept. 4th w/ Palaye Royale & Bad Seed Rising..Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/IslanderOfficial

Orgy - Industrial  Rock band from Los Angeles,CA...New EP "Talk Sick" out now..Just wrapped up the "Make America Hate Again" Tour w/ Filter, Vampires Everywhere & Death Valley High...Announcing European dates soon...Check out their music, tour dates & more @ www.facebook.com/orgymusic

Old 37 - Two brothers intercept 911 calls in a beat up old ambulance to exact revenge on a group of careless teen drivers in a small North Eastern town.For more info about the movie check out @ www.old37themovie.com Paul Travers - Writer, producer, director from Massachusetts living in Manhattan