CompassionArt charity is givng away 6 free tracks for a limited time from its upcoming CompassionArt: Creating Freedom From Poverty CD/DVD right here.  The songs were all written by 12 acclaimed artists/songwriters that you will probably all be familiar with.  The goal of this project is to engage people everywhere to help end world poverty and they ask you to do that by giving a donation for these songs.  How much you give is up to you.   Click below to learn more about CompassionArt, this music project, and who the donations will go to support.

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The Becoming is going out on tour with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Tickle Me Pink this coming January and early February.  Click below for where you can catch this tour near you.

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You can preorder new Strike First Records artist A Hope For Home`s upcoming release The Everlasting Man for $7.99 right here.

Click here to watch MxPx’s end of year update.  The video includes clips of them in the recording process for their new cover album which is due out next March.

Destroy The Runner just finished shooting their video for the song Isabella`s and will release it soon.  Also, they`ll be posting up dates next week for their European tour which happens this January.

You can watch Family Force 5’s new video for their song Radiator here.  What do you think of it?

Edit: Click below for details of the Radiator Just Like You contest to go along with this video.

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You can hear the single off of Dustin Kensrue’s Christmas This Good Night Is Still Everywhere Ep called Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) right here.

Edit: I added the EP artwork and tracklist below.

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Today is Veteran’s Day, or Remembrance day, and I just wanted to say thank you to all those in our armed forces who have in the past or are currently serving.

Today we want to stop and take just a moment to thank our men and women of the United States Armed Forces for their tireless dedication. It is because of you that Americans can sleep in peace, knowing that you are “holding down the fort” and keeping us safe. It is because of you that our children can enjoy the liberty that they have today.  THANK YOU somehow just doesn‘t seem enough for the sacrifice that you and your families make everyday for our safety and freedom. We’re uploading Tribute to our player as we type. We invite you to take a minute to listen to it, read the words, and know that we are praying for our brothers and sisters.

God bless and keep each and every one of you!! - Disciple

Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health according to their website.  Click here to be involved.

If you are a fan of music in the vein of My Epic, I highly suggest you check out Now and Forever.  These guys have some absolutely phenomenal music.  The new cd, which comes out October 25th, can be pre-ordered from their online store.

What do you ladies and gentlemen think of this band?

You can now listen to Haste The Day’s new Dreamer album at The Leak.  This album is in stores next week on October 14th.  What do you think of it?

Regretfully, I am the bearer of bad news.

Our friends, Ashes Ashes have decided to retire as a whole.  To read the full story, click here.
A final show is in the works, but details are not currently available.  Keep checking back for more complete information.

Rick Warren will be hosting what’s being called a Civil Forum at Saddleback Church where he will interview Barack Obama and John McCain for an hour each and ask them questions.  You can read the CNN article about it here and an interview with Rick about what he hopes to accomplish.  Do you think this is a good idea?  Has the events of the past years made you reevaluate which party you support?

“We’re going to look at four different segments. One is a segment on leadership. What is the personal character, competence, and experience of each of these guys.  One section will be on what I call stewardship — the role and responsibility of presidency, what they believe about the constitution, the role of America. We’re going to look at a section on world view — all of the minefield questions that no matter how you answer them, somebody’s not going to like it. Then we’re going to look at America’s role internationally. How we’ve been a blessed nation and how should we bless others.” - Rick Warren

My Epic has posted a brand new song from their debut release “I Am Undone.” The song is called “Lest We Die” make sure you check it out at their myspace!

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Brightwood’s newest album “Wake” is out! To listen to several of the great songs from this release, go here.

The new album, which was released July 19th, can also be found for purchase on iTunes. I’ve already got my album on the way, so I suggest you do the same.

Showbread is nearing completion of its How Showbread Ruined My Life DVD and says it will hopefully be releasing this fall and will be sold online or on the road exclusively.  To read the whole update from Showbread click below.

One last thing, apparently someone has been impersonating Josh Dies on Facebook.  So if you’re a friend of a Josh Dies on Facebook show says they are in Showbread, you can now tell them that they are a liar or something a little less brash.

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Here’s 3 more shows that House Of Heroes have added:

- August 8- Bellefontaine, OH, Woodshock Music Festival w/Filter

- August 31- The Metro, Chicago w/Treaty of Paris, Quietdrive, Company of Thieves.  (Benefit show to fight cancer)

- September 21- Oakland Park, Illinois

A horrible accident happened to Pastor Greg Laurie’s son Christopher Laurie yesterday. His son died at the scene of an accident involving his car on the 91 Freeway in Corona on Thursday. Keep this family in your prayers. Pastor Greg Laurie leads the Harvest Church in Riverside and does the Harvest Crusade each year here in Southern California. The next Harvest Crusade is/was scheduled for 2 weeks from now. Christopher Laurie was married, has a child, and his wife is pregnant with their second. Please pray for them.

Project 86 has answered it’s fans questions in their latest vodcast.  You can check out all the answers right here.  (bandsonfire.com)

I ran across this video interview from a link while looking through Myspace pages. The interview background is explained at the site, but to sum up basically this girl was surprised to hear such heavy, angry, and screaming music at Cornerstone which is a Christian festival and how it could be legitimate worship or whatever. So she got into a conversation with a band called The Machine at Cornerstone and then they came back and did this 45 minute interview. It’s long but I found it interesting. I figured I would post it here to possibly spur on conversation.

The Apprentice have posted new music off their upcoming self titled album. You can check that out here. As well preorders for the new album are available here and the first 100 include a separate limited edition cd of the album demos with hand packaged art work.

I am currently meeting up with some dudes to start a new band. We are going to be aiming for everything from melodic hardcore to metalcore, kinda hoping to slip through the cracks of the cliche. We are still having a bit of trouble coming up with a name. so if you could post your sweet ideas in the comments, we will pick our favorite and be forever greatful.

The Classic Crime have posted a new song called The Beginning to their myspace site.  The track is off of The Silver Cord which hits stores next Tuesday July 22nd.  I don’t see that anyone has posted the tracklisting for this new album yet so if you’re interested check it out below and leave your comments.

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Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric and Rob Withem the lead singer of the now defunct Fine China have come together to form The Foxglove Hunt. As well as checking them out you can read an interview buzzgrinder has done with them here

Head over to Alternative Press to hear the premiere of a new Norma Jean Song, “Self Employed Chemist.” The song is off their upcoming album “The Anti Mother”.

You can view the new video from The Devil Wears Prada right here. You can also view a behind-the-scenes making of video here.

My Epic has a new Myspace layout that is based after their first full length album “I Am Undone” which will be out August 5th. My Epic has also added their first of a series of video studio blogs that you can see on their Myspace.

Hey guys sorry its been taking so long to post Part 2 of my experiences on the road with My Epic. I was in cornerstone the past week where we didn’t have internet. You can check out the blog under reviews.