In early February, when Sons Of Texas was the featured artist on Hard Rock Daddy’s Music Discovery Monday, guitarist Jes De Hoyos shared the inspiration behind the band’s debut single, “Baptized In The Rio Grande.” The album of the same name was released on March 3rd, and immediately rocketed into the Top 10 on the Billboard Hard Rock Album […]
Billboard Top 15 Hard Rock Albums – 3/21/15
Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart for the week ending 3/21/15. Top 15 albums ranked by sales data and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. ***Click on the hyperlinked titles to read full album reviews*** THIS WEEK’S TOP 15: RED – Of Beauty And Rage FALLING IN REVERSE – Just Like You AC/DC – Rock Or Bust NICKELBACK […]
HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/8/15
HRD RADIO REPORT The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. Many of the artists featured […]
Music Discovery Monday – 2/2/15
Hard Rock Daddy presents Music Discovery Monday – 2/2/15. Each week, the HRD team shares songs that fly below radio’s radar, ranging from lesser-known artists to deeper cuts from both up-and-coming and established artists. In addition to exposing the Hard Rock Daddy audience to new music that isn’t getting the attention that it deserves from radio, […]
Sons Of Texas – “Baptized In The Rio Grande”: Hard Rock Daddy Review
Supergroups are all the rage nowadays in the hard rock music genre, but they usually consist of long-established artists. Formed in 2013, Sons Of Texas is a new breed of “supergroup.” A world away from Austin – the lone star state’s music hotbed – this powerful quintet, comprised of local all-stars from McAllen, has just […]