ToddStar - that's me... just a rocking accountant who had dreams of being a rock star. I get to do the next best thing to rocking the globe - I get to take pictures of the lucky ones that do. I love to shoot all genres of music and different types of performers. If it is related to music, I love to photograph it. I get to shoot and hang with not only some of my friends and idols, but some of the coolest people around today.
Thirty Seconds To Mars new single “Up In The Air” will be launched into space tomorrow. The band members will be in Florida to watch the launch of the second SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off on Friday, March 1, at 10:10 a.m. EST […]
Label: Independent Release Date: February 22, 2013 Rating: 8.5/10 Reviewed by: ToddStar A lot of the screamo and hardcore has started getting bland in my opinion, but once in a while you find a young band that has the drive and desire to make something happen. What Happened In Vegas is one such band. Disc […]
The 1975 are currently at work completing their much anticipated debut full-length album, co-produced by Mike Crossey (Artic Monkeys, Foals, The Kooks), which will be released in early summer. The band recently announced their first ever live dates in the United States. The headlining run will kick off in Chicago, IL on March 20th at […]
Buckcherry’s new Confessions CD has debuted at #20 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with 18,548 copies sold in its first week of release. The disc also enters both the Billboard Hard Music Album chart and Metal Album chart at #1, and was the best-selling new album of the week. In the digital music realm, Confessions maintained the #1 position on the iTunes Rock […]
Venue: HP Pavilion City: San Jose, California Reviewed by: Robert Kitay Rush is one of my all time favorite bands and I never miss a Rush concert. I’ve seen them so many times that I always have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Sure they usually dust off one or two deep cut gems that […]
THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS, written by NYC music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is set to be released on April 9, 2013. Touted as being “the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning Heavy Metal”, THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is glorious across the […]
Label: Victory Records Release Date: January 22, 2013 Rating: 9/10 Reviewed by: Mike Hubbard From Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the scenic foothills of the Canadian Rockies, comes hardcore quintet Fall City Fall, amongst the latest signees to Victory Records. Fall City Fall released their debut full length in the US on January 22, 2013. Titled […]
Encino, CA (February 27, 2013) – The Academy of Country Music and Las Vegas announced today that for the seventh consecutive year, ACM Weekend at Fremont Street Experience will be taking place on Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6th. On the heels of the ACM Party for a Cause Festival at The Orleans Hotel and […]
The growl of chain saws making firewood of fifty foot pines. That’s WILSON. The howling of a pack of wolves battling a rabid moose. That’s WILSON. The panting, gasping breaths of a smoke break “nooner”. That’s fucking WILSON. The citation for a noise violation… that’s just where the party begins. If all work and no play makes Jack a […]
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[New York, NY – February 27, 2013] Grammy Award winner Fantasia will release her fourth studio album, Side Effects Of You, on April 23rd on 19 Recordings/RCA Records. The album will be available for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon.com and all online retailers on March 19th. “‘Side Effects Of You’ reflects a body of work that I call ‘Rock Soul,’ where I’m […]
Scion A/V has released exclusive video and audio footage from October 2012’s Scion/Season of Mist label showcase at Decibel Magazine. Among the footage are interviews with, and live footage of, all the artists who performed (SAINT VITUS, THE CASUALTIES, ATHEIST, A LIFE ONCE LOST, and BLACK SHEEP WALL) as well behind-the-scenes footage of the label and […]
LISTEN NOW TO A SAMPLER OF DIDO’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM GIRL WHO GOT AWAY AVAILABLE MARCH 26TH ON RCA RECORDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqTaozgFbU About Dido and Girl Who Got Away: Dido, one of the world’s best-selling female recording artists of all time with over 29 million albums sold, returns with her strongest album yet entitled GIRL WHO GOT AWAY, available on March 26th on RCA […]
ENCINO, CA (February 27, 2013) – Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing the full list of radio award winners that will not be televised due to time constraints during the live telecast of the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. This is the second ACM National On-Air Personality of the Year Award win for Cody Alan, for CMT […]
Fame and fortune have always played a minor role in KINGDOM COME mastermind Lenny Wolf’s longstanding career. In fact, his more than 30 years as an artist have been fueled first and foremost by musical challenges and the desire to keep evolving. His credo has always been: authenticity before commercial considerations. “Naturally, nobody is happier than I am when my music is […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 27, 2013) – Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.
New Jersey’s Man Overboard have revealed the album title, cover art and release date for their upcoming Rise Records/ Lost Tape Collective LP. Heart Attack, the band’s 3rd studio LP, will be released on May 28th. The cover art features an original oil painting by Filipino painter Marie Rubelle Ladesma. Man Overboard will be embarking on The Suppy Nation […]
Florida Symphonic Metallers KAMELOT have released a lyric video for the song “Falling Like the Fahrenheit”. The song comes from Silverthorn their breathtaking 2012 masterpiece. In its first week of release Silverthorn came in at #77 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #9 on the Hard Music Chart. Check out the lyric video HERE. The band is beginning to line up headlining […]
Ripple Music will release Fate is Your Muse from Indianapolis heavy rockers DEVIL TO PAY on April 9th . The album will be available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Fate is your Muse is an introspective lyrical journey that careens from the metaphysical, to the absurd, to the pragmatic (and back again), all set to bone crushing heaviness wrapped […]
Venue: The Magic Bag City: Ferndale, MI, USA Reviewed by: ToddStar Photos by: Todd Jolicoeur – www.toddstarphotography.com Photos of the Show When a lead singer announces a solo album and tour, you often don’t know what you are going to get. With Tom Keifer of Cinderella, you know exactly what you are going to get. […]
