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In the Bible, James 1 reminds us to be slow to speak and quick to listen. These words are a lifetime challenge, one that I’ve been wrestling with since growing up in a Christian conservative household. As I grow in age and gain wisdom, these words have taught me that by taking time to listen [...]
The music community, and especially the rock community, has become inextricably tied to the mental health conversation in America. And it's a time when that conversation is more urgent than ever before: the suicide rate in the United States has risen 25% in the last 20 years. That tragic number has been felt in losses [...]
One of the most prolific bands in hard rock is once again hitting the road this fall. RED announced the 15-city Unstoppable Tour starting October 24 in Columbus, Ohio in a social media post. RED will be joined by fellow rockers The Veer Union and Skyharbor, with special guests Veio. The name of the tour--The [...]
Seventh Day Slumber, veteran staples in the Christian rock market, premiered a lyric video for "Horizon" today. According to their Facebook page, the video is "the first SDS song (drummer) Blaise Rojas ever recorded." Blaise Rojas, son of vocalist Joseph Rojas, recently turned 17 years old. Watch the video, which was produced by Attention to Detail [...]
Rockfest Records artist Zahna has unveiled a music video for her chart-smashing debut single "Underneath." The video, which was directed and shot by PJ Mills and colorized and edited by Attention to Detail Media, was launched today on Zahna's brand new Vevo Channel, according to a post shared on Facebook. Check out the video below. [...]
Lead singer and guitarist for up-and coming Florida-based beautycore hard rock band Gold Frankincense & Myrrh (also known as GFM), CJ English, suffered a broken foot while performing at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival on September 2, 2018. The all-girl rock trio has had a busy touring schedule, recently performing alongside acts like Seventh Day [...]
Remedy Drive issued an unlikely statement this week in response to flat earthers connecting their album cover to a blog by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who recently reposted a blog from NASA about the crew on the International Space Station patching a hole with epoxy and duct tape (read the [...]
This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. The second installment of Jon Foreman's 4 EP, 24 song series is titled Shadows. Jon has said of this set "these six songs are to accompany the end of the day-- the light is fading, the darkness is growing and the night is almost here." Musically, the shift in [...]
This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. Jon Foreman, the unassuming surfer frontman of renowned alt rock band Switchfoot, has been in the spotlight since the band's formation nearly two decades ago. After he had already established his voice as one of unconventionally honest spirituality, a trademark that won Switchfoot one of the most genuinely successful [...]
This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. My Epic isn't your average alt rock outfit. Their 2013 Facedown Records release Behold displayed a musical maturity hardwon through over a decade of shows and releases, matched by lyrics with an intensely honest and perspective-inverting look at the human soul. 2016's EP Viscera, the first in a series [...]
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