New Releases For February 8th and 9th, 2010

Posted by ian On February - 8 - 2010

sons of god the genesis prologue ep
The Genesis Prologue EP
Sons Of Gods

Come&Live!
Progressive Rock
Buy NOW: available for free download or pay-what-you-want at the Come&Live! website

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LuvInIdleness EP
Ben + Vesper

Sounds Familyre
Folk
Buy NOW: Amazon MP3

fair disappearing world
Disappearing World
Fair

Tooth & Nail Records
Atmospheric Rock
Buy NOW:
Amazon

fireflight for those who wait
For Those Who Wait
Fireflight

Flicker Records
Hard Rock

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Golden Rule EP
Motion Plus

ESeye Music
Hip-Hop

newworldson
NEWWORLDSON
NEWWORLDSON

Inpop Records
Blues Rock
Buy NOW:
Amazon

tobymac tonight
Tonight
tobyMac

Gotee Records
Rap Rock
Buy NOW:
Amazon

vicky beeching limited edition 3 song ep
Limited Edition 3 Song EP
Vicky Beeching

Integrity Records
Contemporary

Sovereign Strength Readies New Album

Posted by ian On February - 8 - 2010

Below is the album artwork and tracklisting from metal/hardcore band Sovereign Strength’s upcoming Feburary 23rd, 2010 releases, Reflections. The album will be available exclusively through iTunes.

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01. Introduction
02. Heartless
03. The Suffering
04. Half And Half
05. In The Mirror
06. Deliverance
07. Your Words Are Poison
08. The Outcome
09. War On This World
10. Consume
11. Revelation

for more new releases, please check out our ALBUM RELEASE DATES page to stay up to date on all the new music coming out… Continue reading

The Farewell Drifters Post Live Video

Posted by ian On February - 8 - 2010

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Below is a live performance of bluegrass/indie folk band The Farewell Drifters’ new song “Everyone Is Talking”. The song will appear on their upcoming May, 2010 release, Yellow Tag Mondays. Enjoy!… Continue reading

Dirt Interview Posted

Posted by ian On February - 8 - 2010

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Sphere Of Hip-Hop has once again tapped the Shadow Of The Locust crew, and this time they snagged an interview with legendary underground hip-hop artist Dirt (you may remember him from our first season on Voices of The Underground). In the interview they cover what it is like to have a hip-hop “career”, the hip-hop scene in California, and the what the future holds for Shadow of The Locust. Great interview, go check it out…

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pureNRG Calling It Quits

Posted by ian On February - 8 - 2010

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It seems that the tween pop trio known as pureNRG (get it? its pure EN-ER-GY) will be shutting down the group at the end of 2010. The following statement was posted on the band’s website this last weekend:

Well…we’ve got some pretty big news that we want to share with you. You guys have been THE biggest part of our ministry so we wanted to tell you before we told anybody else. So, here it is…we’ve decided to make 2010 our last year as a group. It’s been a really difficult decision because we know that God called us into pureNRG, but now we feel He’s calling us on to other things. All three of us plan to… Continue reading

AI9 Christian Hollywood Week Hopefuls

Posted by chuck On February - 5 - 2010

American Idol Season 9 Hollywood Week is upon us. Now the show gets good. Over the next two weeks we will find out who makes it into the Top 24. One21music focuses our American Idol coverage on Christian music artists trying to make their dreams come true by running the American Idol gauntlet. Last year we followed the triumphs of Kris Allen and Danny Gokey, the inspiring stories of Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre and the way too early ousters of Mishavonna Henson and Felica Barton.

American Idol Hollywood Week Season 9 should feature several Christian music artist favorites and we want to help you keep an eye out for them. We have already featured, Alex Nestor (who for some reason… Continue reading

Gwen Stacy/MCMB/Sleeping Giant Interview Posted

Posted by ian On February - 5 - 2010

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Recently, PETA2 did an interview with members of Sleeping Giant, MyChildren MyBride, and Gwen Stacy about how Christianty and animal rights play into one another. It is a very interesting look at faith and animal rights, go check it out.

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Jennifer Knapp/Derek Webb Tour Announced

Posted by ian On February - 5 - 2010

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After a seven year hiatus, Jennifer Knapp announced last year that she was writing new material and would begin to play live once again. Today, Knapp announced that her new album would be called Letting Go, and would see the light of day on May 11th, 2010.

In addition, Spring of 2010 will see her and Derek Webb hitting a handful of shows together, after which Jennifer Knapp will jump on the traveling Summer tour known as Lilith Fair with the likes of Sara McLachlan, Cat Power, Heart, Jill Scott, and Loretta Lynn.

Below are the tour dates with Jennifer Knapp and Derek Webb:
March 5 New York, NY City Winery*
March 6 Manheim, PA Warehouse 54*
March… Continue reading

The One21 Essential 100 Pt.5

Posted by ian On February - 4 - 2010

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The One21 Essential 100 is a collection of albums that represent the best in creativity, innovation, and originality in music. This is not a “best of” list, nor is it influenced by album sales, or even popularity. Our attempt with this series is to highlight the gems, those rare albums that push boundaries and encourage new ways of thinking; both musical and philosophically. In our opinion, the music highlighted in this series is the “good stuff”.

Simply what this is going to be is a list of 100 albums from Christian music artists that we think you should own. Like our website, most genres will be represented, and some of the albums will be from… Continue reading

MIKESCHAIR Interview Posted

Posted by ian On February - 4 - 2010

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Christian Men’s online magazine PRODIGAL recently posted their interview with contemporary rock band MIKESCHAIR. In the interview they talk about how the band got together, how the band stays grounded in their faith, the concept of honesty, and favorites passages of Scripture. That’s two interviews in 3 weeks from this band guys, you should know this band by now….

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