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March 21st, 2012 Tour Dates No Comments »

Janus Announces New Tour Dates in Support of Nox Aeris

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Now that Janus’s tour with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut has come to an end, they’ll head right back out on the road for a handful of headlining shows before joining up with Cavo for a month-long trek. It all kicks off with a hometown show in Chicago at the Cubby Bear on March 28. Dates with Cavo begin April 7.

JANUS—singer David Scotney, guitarist Mike Tyranski, bassist Alan Quitman and drummer Johnny Salazar—is touring in support of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Nox Aeris, set to drop on March 27 via REALID Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group). The album’s first single, “Stains,” has reached the Top 20 on Billboard’s “Active Rock” chart after garnering huge spins on such radio stations as WIIL (Chicago), KPNT (St. Louis), WBUZ (Nashville), WJJO (Madison), WWBN (Flint), KHTQ (Spokane), SiriusXM’s “Octane” and “Hard Drive XL.”

Janus Tour Dates
Headlining
Wed 3/28 – Chicago, IL – Cubby Bear
Thu 3/29 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
Fri 3/30 – Tremont, IL – Twisted Spoke Saloon
Sat 3/31 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop

With Cavo
Sat 4/7 – Battle Creek, MI – Planet Rock
Wed 4/11 – Ottawa, IL – Luciana’s Rural Resort
Fri 4/13 – Madison, WI – RSR Stage
Sat 4/14 – Rockford, IL – Bar 3
Tue 4/17 – Sioux Falls, SD – Rookies
Wed 4/18 – Kearny, NE – The Garage
Fri 4/20 – Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheater
Sat 4/21 – San Antonio, TX – Fiesta Oyster Bake Festival
Sun 4/22 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar (headlining)
Wed 4/25 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
Thu 4/26 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Sat 4/28 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Riverview Park (UFEST)
Tue 5/1 – Abilene, TX – The Lucky Mule
Wed 5/2 – Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s
Fri 5/4 – Illiopolis, IL – Bunker’s
Sat 5/19 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amp (KPNT Pointfest)
Fri 5/25 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma

March 20th, 2012 Reviews No Comments »

Janus Nox Aeris Review

Janus Nox AerisIf you have a rock radio station in your area, it’s likely you got a good dose of Janus’s “Eyesore” a couple of years ago. It was a catchy single that introduced a “10-year overnight success” rock band to the masses. While it didn’t make a HUGE impact, you likely have friends that say they have not heard of Janus, but then say, “Oh, I know that song.”

For band that’s been slogging at it since 1998, that kind of small victory is one on which you can start to build a really solid foundation, which Janus has done. They released another single that got some play (“If I Were You”) and toured the living crap out of Red Right Return.

And it has paid off in spades.

Okay, so enough burying the lede: Nox Aeris is the first must-have hard rock album of 2012.

The amount of growth from Red Right Return to Nox Aeris is remarkable. While I enjoyed the former and spun it quite a bit, it was fortunately just a hint of what Janus is capable of, much of which is revealed on Nox Aeris.

This time around, Janus makes not just a musical statement, but an artistic one by issuing an album that is full of rock-solid songs that, against the odds, is greater than the sum of its parts. Sounding at once like the perfect blend of Deftones, 10 Years and old-school Tool, Janus parlays those influences into a signature sound through subtle and smart infusion of electronic sounds and the vulnerability of David Scotney’s vocal delivery.

After repeated listens, however, you’ll find new things jumping out of the mix. This is where the maturity of Janus is on full display. The riffs and progressions are far from stock. Guitarist, Mike Tyranski shows a masterful touch in knowing when the riff should drive the track and when simple textural accents can add a haunting touch that is carried by the solid rhythm section of bassist, Alan Quitman, and drummer, Johnny Salazar.

The first single, “Stains,” is already getting spins on rock radio and, for a single, it’s a good a choice as any. Other songs that could really make an impact are the hypnotic “Lifeless,” the driving “A Promise to No One,” or the heart-twisting ballad, “Always Rains.” In short, Janus has stacked the deck for rock radio. It seems that every year, one rock band breaks out big and 2012 could very well be Janus’s year. In fact, in a just world, it should be Janus’s year.

If you are tired of the rock-radio predictability of bands like Shinedown, Pop Evil, Saving Abel and the like, then Nox Aeris will be a feast for your earholes, combining top-notch songwriting and soaring vocal melodies that you’ll want to sing along to at the top of your lungs.

It drops on March 27th. You should pick it up on that day. Seriously… albums this good need to be rewarded.

January 21st, 2012 News, Tour Dates No Comments »

Janus Drops Nox Aeris on March 27th with Tour Dates

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Janus—singer David Scotney, guitarist Mike Tyranski, bassist Alan Quitman and drummer Johnny Salazar—experienced great success with their 2009 debut album, Red Right Retunr, but the band’s new album, Nox Aeris, reveals how far they’ve come.

That musical revelation is the self-produced Nox Aeris, which is due out March 27th on REALID Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group). The first single, “Stains,” is already getting spins at WIIL (Chicago), KPNT (St. Louis), WBUZ (Nashville), WJJO (Madison), WWBN (Flint), KHTQ (Spokane), as well as SiriusXM’s “Octane” and “Hard Drive XL.”

“Stains” explores what can happen when you don’t follow your heart, the marks left on your spirit when you become someone you’re not. “It embodies what I was trying to say on the record,” says singer David Scotney, “it’s a dark point of view, but represents a cathartic process of self-healing.”

In 2012 touring news, the band’s first round of tour dates will be with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut starting February 24th in Grand Rapids, MI. Additional dates are set to be announced in the coming weeks.

The record’s title, which is Latin for “night air,” comes from the 14th Century, a period where a third of the European population was killed off by the plague. Then, people believed going outdoors at night would cause them to succumb to the Black Death. While writing Nox Aeris, Janus found this idea to be an apt metaphor for their own journey, preconceived notions of their own being flipped around as they became a bigger, more established band since the release of Red Right Return. Nox Aeris reveals who Janus is and what they’ve gone through.

Red Right Returm came out in September 2009 on REALID Records and spawned the Top 10 Active Rock hit, “Eyesore.” They spent months on the road touring with Chevelle, Sick Puppies, Sevendust, Halestorm, Five Finger Death Punch, and Alice In Chains. Janus also sold-out numerous headlining shows of their own, appeared on MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” and performed in the biggest rock festivals in the U.S., including Rock On The Range.

Janus Tour Dates
Fri 2/24 – Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room
Sat 2/25 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
Sun 2/26 – Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theatre
Tue 2/28 – Portland, ME – State Theater
Wed 2/29 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Fri 3/2 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Sat 3/3 – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues
Mon 3/5 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
Tue 3/6 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Thu 3/8 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
Fri 3/9 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music
Sat 3/10 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Sun 3/11 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre
Tue 3/13 – Wichita, KS – Cotillion Ballroom
Wed 3/14 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
Fri 3/16 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom

All dates with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut

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