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Remember “Cooler Than Me” by Mike Posner? That song used to be really cool in 2010 and was popular enough to be played at shopping malls. But maybe, perhaps, you thought yourself cooler than Mike Posner, despite his single having a lot of pizzazz and swagger. Fair enough. Well, I hate to break it to you, but Starflyer 59 is actually cooler than both of you. “We’re the Ordinary,” taken from The Fashion Focus (1998), is cool enough to freeze a hipster shopping mall on a blazing summer’s day.… Continued →

Dont ask how I came to find these guys, because the truth is, I still have no idea. Nevertheless there were certain things said if them that drew my interest and I was happy it did. AsFireFalls is a hard rock/techno/metal band from Boise, Idaho. The 4-piece is currently independent, but strike me as the type that could get snapped up by a fortunate label out there somewhere. So, look em up on Facebook, spotify, amazon, Instagram…whichever social media site we’re all clamoring off to these days and follow em.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Bloodlines – Hostile | Minds
• Built By Titan – Ghost (Single)
• CHPTRS – Chapter Four 
• CLOUDLAND – Over Again (Single)
• Narnia – From Darkness to Light
• Pray for Sleep – Dear Death (Single)
• Random Hero – Tension (Single)
• Reclaimers– Already Over (Single)
• Red – From The Ashes (Single)
• The Rocket Summer – Sweet Shivers
• Sink In –Drive (Single)
• Skillet – Victorious 
• Strange Her – I’m the Salt of the Earth (And the Salt in Your Wounds) (Single)

Pop

• Ben Laine – In My Mind
• Big Daddy Weave – I Know (Single)
• Cameron James – Come and Get Me (Single)
• Charlie Rey – Now (Single)
• Christa Wells – Come After Me (Julie Odnoralov Remix) (Single)
• Clay Finnesand – Springside
• Crystal Rome – Island (Single)
• Embassy – Make A Way (Single)
• Grant Owen – Everything Changes (Single)
• The Gray Havens – Gone Are the Days (Julie Odnoralov Remix) (Single)
• Jacob Stanifer – Won’t Forget You (Single)
• Jeremy Camp – Should’ve Been Me (Single)
• Jon Webster – Caught Up (Single)
• Sajan Nauriyal – 100 (Single)
• Stillman – Shook (Single)
• Sucre –Your Records (Single)
• Tenth Avenue North – No Shame 
• The War Within – Closer (Single)
• West of Here – Reach for the Sky (Single)
• Wilder Woods – Supply & Demand (Oliver Nelson & Tobtok Remix) (Single)

Electronic

• Gui Brazil – My Battles (Single)
• Jeremy James Whitaker – The Wounds We (Want) (EP)
• LNYX – Beauty in the Breakdown (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Carrie Bowen – Mountain Top (Single)
• Dave Pettigrew – Bring Me Back to Life Again (Single)
• Jamie Rowe – Let’s Get This Party Started (Single)
• Jamie Rowe – This Is Home (Single)
• JJ Heller – The Best Thing (Single)
• Joey Gonzalez – You Still Remain (Single)
• Madison Cunningham – Trouble Found Me (Single)
• Tad Worku – Won’t Give Up (Single)
• Tenielle Neda – No Fear In Love (Single)
• Trey Hill – Gone Are the Days (Single)
• Will Reagan – Vacancy

Hip Hop & Urban

• Aaron Cole – WHY (EP)
• Anthone Ray – Greatest Story Ever Told (Single)
• BrvndonP – Better Late Than Never (Live) (Single)
• Cellus Hamilton – The Hem (Single)
• Derek Minor – Who Gon Stop Us (Single)
• Elijah Jaron – Jump Out (Single)
• Fedel – In My Bag (Single)
• Gavin the HotRod – ActionJackson!

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This past May, Jason Dunn (Aid & Effect, former Hawk Nelson) accepted a position at Pathway Church as their music director. The first song from Pathway Music, called “King of Glory”, released just a few days ago. Check it out below and leave your thoughts!… Continued →

I’m going to be honest, I don’t really know anything about Benjamin Hamilton, I just stumbled across “heartbroken.” while I was searching for new music on Spotify this weekend. I saw that The Good Christian Music Blog had playlisted some of his previous songs and figured it was worth checking out and threw his new single into my playlist. Well, it ended up being one of those songs where every time it would come up in shuffle I would have to stop what I’m doing and pull out my phone to see what I was listening to.… Continued →

The indie rock band Oh, Eternity are finally back with a brand new song. The song is titled “Karoshi” and can be found below. It’s a good one and shows much promise for the future material to come. This “is a song about escaping the stresses of life and finding hope and peace”.… Continued →

Winona Ave have dropped another new track. This song is titled “Dancing In The Pouring Rain” and can be heard below. Recommended for fans of The All American Rejects, Capital Lights, All Time Low, At The Wayside, and Mercy Mercedes.… Continued →

Don’t sleep on this new music video from one of the fastest rising pop-punk bands in our scene. Mainsail are back with a brand new music video for their new song “Blue Skies” and it’s a total winner. As much as this is a throwback to that early 00’s sound there enough newness to keep you on your toes and entertained throughout the entire length of song. This is a good one folks and a band that’ll be huge in no time at all.… Continued →

Check out the brand new song from We Are Leo titled “Your Voice”, below. This is pop/dance at it’s absolute finest.… Continued →

A great voice for this generation and a talented artist by the name of Lauren Daigle has released her new music video for the song “Rescue”. You can watch the music video below. The song appears on the recent full length “Look Up Child”, available now.… Continued →

A really great new music video from The Eagle & Child has been posted up, watch below. The new video is for the song “I Want to Know” which is available on all digital networks now.… Continued →

I totally botched the release day and info on this new release. Got busy with life and forgot to post. Well friends, Light The Way just released their awesome new ep titled “Dad Gang” to all digital networks and SOON, on CD (purchase right here). I am actually expecting all the CDs for LTW to be shipped to me by Wednesday. They will ship out soon after. Check out “Dad Gang” on all digital networks and streaming sites. Please do us a favor and leave a review on your favorite digital purchase sites.… Continued →

Last night I decided I would skip my regularly scheduled Song of the Day post in favor of a monthly recap post. As it turns out though rock is far from dead and my recap post end up being entirely rock and metal releases. Ain’t nothing wrong with that right!? The month started off a pair of new singles from Sweden. After 8 years of silence, Blindside returned with a new song titled “Gravedigger” and Narnia dropped their second single off their upcoming album From Darkness to Light due out August 2nd.… Continued →

Wage War has released a new track, called “Me Against Myself” today. This particular song is a huge shift from what fans of the band are likely used to. Check out the song below and drop a comment. We’re eager to hear your thoughts on this one.… Continued →

I became a fan of The Devil Wears Prada in 2011. There were many reasons for this: peer pressure via a friend, the positive review in HM Magazine, and Dan Seagrave’s dark and mysterious artwork. Dead Throne made me realize what I’d been missing out on. It’s near impossible to choose a favourite song from a near perfect album, but in my iTunes library, “My Questions” has the most plays. To my knowledge, the band has never played this song live, but the mesmerizing guitar work and depressing bridge echo in my head often.… Continued →

NF released his fourth studio album, The Search, this past Friday. Track two, “Leave Me Alone,” now has a music video which you can view below. The song focuses on the artist’s personal psychology; particularly, how it relates to his career in the music industry.… Continued →

I got my first taste of Skillet in the early 2000’s just after I came to know the Lord. I was drawn to their raw, gritty, heavy sound because, musically, I heard some similarities to Marilyn Manson, a band I’d been a tremendous fan of in my B.C. days. As the years went by, as is to be expected, the band’s sound changed a bit, mellowing here and there, adding string sections, adding electronic sounds (or at least making them a bit more prominent), having a much more produced sound, songs that are more radio friendly…the list goes on.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• The Almost – Hand Grenade (Acoustic) (Single)
• Attaboy – Fearless (Single)
• The Choir – In the Air Tonight (Single)
• The Jonah Project – Profit (Single)
• Light The Way – Dad Gang (EP)
• Pray for Sleep – Pretty Boy Swing Dance (Single)
• The Rocket Summer – Blankets (Single)
• Shiny Penny – Find My Home (Single)
• Signal Versus Noise – Cut My Losses (Single)
• SILVERSYDE – In The Dark
• Skillet – You Ain’t Ready (Single)
• Strange Her – Modest Drinker (Single)
• War Of Ages – Wrath (Single)
• Winona Avenue – Dancing in the Pouring Rain (Single)
• Wolves At The Gate – Eclipse

Pop

• Alec Shaw – Thinking Place
• Andrew Ripp – God Knows (Must Be Love) – Radio Edit (Single)
• Anna Ly – I’m Walking with You (Single)
• Ben Laine – Joy (Single)
• Danielle Apicella – rain don’t go away (Single)
• Drew Ley – First Love 2.0 (Single)
• Ernstly Etienne – Anchors & Arrows
• Josh Sellers – Here (Single)
• Matthew West – The God Who Stays (Single)
• Mahood – Dream (Single)
• Melanie Penn – I Will Trust (Single)
• ØM-53 – Son of God (Single)
• Sarah Reeves – Feel The Waters (RUSLAN Remix) (Single)
• Valerie Anne – Do Not Cross 
• We Are Leo – Your Voice (Single)
• Wilder Woods – Light Shine In (Single)

Electronic

• Kevin Aleksander – Get Loose (Single)
• JSteph – Dear Regret (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Benjamin Carter – Seventeen (Single)
• Benjamin Hamilton – heartbroken.

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this is one of the greatest songs our scene has ever produced! It gets straight to the heart of what it’s all about: “Hey I’m talkin’ to you/Yeah, I’m trying to get through/God cares about you more than think . . . You are loved! You are loved!” It was the first song I ever heard from the Altar Boys, in the late 80s. Ironically, it was on a metal compilation where I first heard them. Though the song is nowhere near metal, it has that late 80s post-punk/power pop sound from SoCal that has loads of energy.… Continued →

Coming off of their undeniably best album to date, Wolves at the Gate is back with their fourth release. Eclipse begins with “The Cure,” which was the first single released for the album. Already, lyrics are beaming from the album. “I can taste the misery, spitting out the remedy. All I’ve been through, all that I’ve seen, these eyes, this heart still can’t dispel the lies.” The opening song serves as what to expect for the rest of the album in respect to the lyrical tone.… Continued →

Demon Hunter has released a music video for “The Negative,” one of their singles from War. Directed by Oleg Masnyy, the artistic and constantly-shifting visuals accentuate the introspective lyrics very well. War is available now on Solid State Records.… Continued →

Although this was released around Easter of 2019, I only recently stumbled across this gem while perusing the Zap Records page on bandcamp. As it turns out, its history is even deeper than, having been recorded and self-released in 2010. Hailing from Pittsburgh, the band has roots in the punk scene in that area, but UHWU is a completely different animal. The union was formed to create “authentic church music . . . devoid of hype.” So I guess you could call this a worship band, but it’s not what you think.… Continued →

Back in 2017 Kingslynn made my 10 ten albums of the year with your debut full-length Into the White Light. Now the indie-pop trio is back with with a brand new single titled “Give and Take” which you can listen to below. Lyrics Facebook Instagram Website For more new music check out the Weekly New Release Sampler playlist on Spotify. … Continued →

A-Duff is no Calvin Harris; and coming from me, that’s quite a compliment. Well, at least my perception of Calvin Harris – I’ve never really given him a fair listen. In any case, there’s enough cheese-ball EDM in the world to go around. Some of A-Duff’s material could be on the radio (e.g. “God is Real”), but he clearly values creativity. Opening track “Don’t Stop Believing” kicks things off with an optimistic mood and some groovy brass, while “Block Rocking Flammable” reminds me of playing SSX 3 on PS2.… Continued →

Remember Syntax Records, the label that put out awesome underground hip-hop like RedCloud, the Night Owls compilations, and Sackcloth Fashion? Well, sometimes the label released music from other genres, too. This included rock bands like Green Olive Tree and Olivia the Band, and on other occasions, electronic music. Today I’d like to share a song from Formless (2007) by Shane Newville, titled “Roll Out.” It is seven minutes of D&B bliss and perfect for an epic high speed car chase, should you find yourself in such a predicament.… Continued →

No one really knows what happened to We Are Voices apart from their 2017 take on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”. Prior to that, the band was set to release a series of smaller releases over the course of the year. Sadly, this plan didn’t make it past the first iteration, titled Year I. The band’s site is still active which seems promising, but maybe if we make enough noise they’ll put out some new songs? … Continued →

Rock & Metal

• The Bright Expression – Inertia (Single)
• Carousel – Smoke + Mirrors
• Convictions – Hurricane (Single)
• Disciple – Cuff the Criminal (Single)
• John Van Deusen – (I Am) Origami Pt. 3 – A Catacomb Hymn 
• Kingslynn – Give and Take (Single)
• Manafest – This Is Not the End (Single)
• Norma Jean – [Mind Over Mind] (Single)
• Pray for Sleep – Scream Back (Single)
• Rusty Shipp – Breaking Waves (Single)
• Salt Creek – If You Were There (EP)
• Strange Her – Tides (Single)
• The Timbre of Cedar – Sunny Side Up (Single)

Pop

• Beckah Shae – Lioness (Single)
• Caitie Hurst – How Could I Be Silent (Rogue Sails Remix) (Single)
• Connor Flanagan – Into the Wild (Single)
• Finding Favour – Old Soul (Single)
• Gatton – Not Enough (ReImagined) (Single)
• Jason Cameron – Guilt and Grace 
• Jordan Brown – Wrong (Single)
• Jordan Feliz – Faith (Radio Version) (Single)
• Madaline Garcia – Warrior (Single)
• PETER POE – PREVAILING NATURE (EP)
• OBB – 7 Billion (Tide Electric Remix) (Single)
• Out of the Dust – So Amazing (Single)
• TAVIA – Dreamer Dreamer (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Becky Higg – Love What You Have (Single)
• Drakeford – We’ll Be Alright (Single)
• Foldinglights – Subterranean Hum
• Jess Ray – You And I [TATØ Remix] (Single)
• John Lucas – Stained Glass (Single)
• Kelsi Walker – Nervous Kid 

Hip Hop & Rap

• adriansings – IN THE MIDDLE (Single)
• Aha Gazelle – x10 (Single)
• Big Yae – Yae Album Done (Single)
• Braille – Locks for Sale (Single)
• CASS – Control (Single)
• Chrys Jones – Trinity 
• Cory Ard – That’s Just How It Goes (Single)
• Cutright – Shazam (Single)
• Deane Walden – Dreaming to Believing (Single)
• Dee-1 – God and Girls
• DJ Mykael V – Switches (Single)
• Elijah Jaron – Hallelujah (Single)
• Eric Heron – Movie (Single)
• Hulvey – Motions (Single)
• Hyper Fenton – Closer (Single)
• Imperial – Those Were The Days (Single)
• Isaac Wheadon – Censored (Single)
• Josiah Lowe – WOKE (Single)
• J.

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Salt Creek's sophomore EP leans heavily on alt-rock for a catchy blend of radio-friendly songs.

Greetings friends and fellow customers. Just wanted to provide you all with an update on some items in our webstore and about future releases ($10 off your purchase of $30 or more up now). First off, the two Light The Way releases “Dad Gang” and “Dude Lame: Deluxe Edition” will both be available for shipping in about 7 business days. I know we are cutting it extremely close to Joshua Fest and there is possibility these two releases wont be available in time for the festival.… Continued →

It appears that the much loved FURNACE FEST is BACK! After over a decade away, the festival will return with a huge lineup in September of 2020. This was an enormous festival back in the day that featured some of the most loved and adored bands. Imagine that dream lineup of your favorite bands from the late 90’s and early 00’s and that sums up this fest back in the day. The fest was originally started in part by Chad Johnson of Slacker 66 and Takehold Records (and later T&N).… Continued →