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New music and what I’ve been listening to

New music out this Tuesday….
The Almost Monster Monster [Tooth & Nail]
Joy Electric Favorites At Play [Tooth & Nail]
Plumb Beautiful History [Curb]

What I’m Listening to This Week
Comatose Comes Alive – Skillet  (ONLY 21 DAYS UNTIL THEIR HOUSTON SHOW!!!  www.ticketservant.com)
Children 18:3 – Children 18:3
52 Television – KJ-52

KM

iBarlowGirl

Last week, Word Entertainment launched BarlowGirl’s first-ever iPhone application for the successful rock trio, which was featured on the Christian/Gospel page on Tuesday. The application offers exclusive news updates and photos directly from the band as well as the BarlowGirl story with more exciting features on the way including music feeds, photo uploads, and access to interact with the BarlowGirl online community.

Already leading the music industry with multi-faceted industry services, Word Entertainment continues to pave the way for artist to fan engagement. BarlowGirl fans can interact with the band and the online community by uploading videos, blogs, pictures, and posts to BarlowGirl.com. They can go further by connecting their BarlowGirl.com experience to their Facebook account using Facebook Connect.

The launch of the new application follows the release of BarlowGirl’s most anticipated album to date, Love & War. With the hit single “Beautiful Ending”, the album gained early momentum forcing Word Entertainment to move the release date from September 22nd to the 8th. In support of Love & War, the band is currently on the road co-headlining a fall tour with Superchick which also features special guest VOTA.

For more information, please visit http://www.barlowgirl.com or http://www.wordlabelgroup.com

Ooooooh, the ‘foot!

SWITCHFOOT will kick off its fall headlining tour in San Diego on November 8. The band will then appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” performing on the outside stage on November 12th.

The tour will feature SWITCHFOOT playing Hello Hurricane in its entirety, followed by fan favorites from its previous records. The band will be collecting donations for local food banks along the tour route, so fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable items to the concerts. (See below for tour itinerary and a list of food banks that will receive donations.)

SWITCHFOOT is also launching a new website, http://www.theworldyouwant.com, which will spotlight goodness, beauty, and truth in everyday life. Fans are invited to contribute stories about people they know who are making this world a better place. The band will read some of these contributions from stage during the tour.

Hello Hurricane is the group’s seventh full-length album and its first on Atlantic Records. Lead single “Mess of Me” is getting airplay at Modern and Active Rock radio stations and is climbing the Modern Rock radio chart. “The Sound,” another track from the album, has been tapped by Verizon Wireless for its national ad campaign for the BlackBerry® Storm™ 2.

Fans who pre-order Hello Hurricane will immediately receive a free download of “Mess of Me” and four videos. They have five pre-order options to choose from: the standard CD edition; deluxe CD/DVD edition with approximately 60 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage and studio performances; vinyl with CD; the Collector’s edition (Hello Hurricane CD, deluxe DVD, an additional CD with studio outtakes and more, limited edition poster and 84-page hardcover book); and the digital download edition. The deluxe CD/DVD and Collector’s edition are also available at Christian retailers nationwide. For additional information or to pre-order, visit ITunes or the band’s web site http://www.switchfoot.com. Fans can also enter to win a “flyaway” contest through the WAY-FM radio network to meet and surf with the band in San Diego. For more details, visit www.morningswithbrant.com.

At the end of October, SWITCHFOOT – comprised of Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar) – will take the stage for Yahoo! Music’s new live concert program, “Maximum Performance Guitar Hero 5.” Jon and Chad will be featured in an upcoming episode of “Road Trip Nation” airing on PBS stations in November. Check local listings or watch the episode at http://www.roadtripnation.com/watch/ anytime after its November 5th debut on KLCS TV in Los Angeles and Orange County. MySpace will premiere Hello Hurricane the week before its release and the band will be interviewed on “The MySpace Music Feed” on Monday, November 9th.

SWITCHFOOT is the subject of an upcoming Rolling Stone “In the Studio” feature and will be on the cover of Relevant Magazine’s November/ December issue. Jon has also penned two articles recently: his piece on charity in your own backyard will be in the November issue of Alternative Press and he’s written on the nature of heroism for The Huffington Post.

He also recently participated in filming an innovative online game called “The Climate Challenge,” for Oxfam (http://www.oxfamamerica.org/music). “When you play the game, you will feel the urgency. We have to start acting now on climate change. There is literally no time to waste,” says Foreman. The game will launch in late October at http://www.theclimatechallenge.org.

Hello Hurricane, SWITCHFOOT’s first studio album since 2006’s Oh! Gravity, which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200, acknowledges life’s storms while managing to find an element of hope in them. The band tracked more than 80 songs at its self-built home studio before narrowing it down to the 12 that appear on the new album. (Fans can check out the four-minute trailer, “The Making of Hello Hurricane,” at http://www.switchfoot.com.)

New music and the stuff in my ears

New music out this Tuesday
Bride Tsar Bomba [Retroactive]
The Rocket Summer You Gotta Believe EP (Digital) [Island]

What I’m Listening to This Week
Comatose Comes Alive – Skillet
Picket Fence Cartel – Project86
Live Life Loud – Hawk Nelson

KM

Chat with Skillet

Chat With Skillet Live On Facebook
“Calling all Skillet fans on Facebook! The band will be hosting a live chat session on October 27th via Facebook and partner UStream. Skillet will be answering questions and talking to fans starting 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST, so don’t miss this chance to interact with the band as they celebrate the release of their latest album, Awake, featuring the radio hit single, “Monster,” and the track “Hero.” Visit their official Facebook page for all the info, and grab the album now from iTunes.

Skillet hits Houston w/Hawk Nelson & Decyfer Down on November 21st!  Details at www.ticketservant.com

SONICFLOOd Guitarist Ships Out to Afghanistan

SONICFLOOd Guitarist Leaves For Afghanistan
Along with the announcement of a brand new Christmas album, When Love First Cried, SONICFLOOd recently announced that their guitarist Phil Baquie is shipping out to Afghanistan. Below is their announcement…

“Nashville, TN - October 21, 2009 - Last Wednesday, Phil received orders that he is being being deployed to Afghanistan for about one year as part of “Operation Enduring Freedom.”

‘To say I am in shock would be an understatement & I was not anticipating this happening anytime soon as I’m in the Inactive Ready Reserve. Having said that, I will serve my country with honor & am grateful for all America has done for me & do still feel a sense of duty to serve in the areas I have been trained…I write this with tears as I have loved being a part of this band & believe in everything it’s trying to accomplish. I hope that the position of guitar/bgv will be held upon my hopeful return from Afghanistan. I love you guys so much & am believing that God is in control & has amazing things planned for SONICFLOOd & the journey he has me on.

To God be the Glory & God bless America,
Phil’

While we are saddened at his departure, we are equally honored by Phil’s willingness to protect his adopted country and protect our freedoms. Although he has lived in the US for over ten years, Phil is not an American although he would like to become a US citizen before leaving to serve. It is our prayer that this is accomplished. We have been trying to go to Afghanistan to perform for the troops as part of SONICFLOOd’s ongoing military ministry and now we are even more motivated.”

New music and what I’m listening to this week

NEW MUSIC AVAILABLE OCTOBER 20th…
Denver & The Mile High Orchestra Timeless Christmas [SpringHill]
Gwen Stacy A Dialogue [Solid State]
Kutless It Is Well: A Worship Album By Kutless [BEC]
Jadon Lavik The Road Acoustic [BEC]
John Reuben Nobenah Digital Single & music video [Gotee]

What I’m Listening to This Week
Time – Third Day
Awake – Skillet
Welcome to the Masquerade – Thousand Foot Krutch

Relient K has huge street week

NEWS SOURCE: The M Collective
October 14, 2009

Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 14, 2009… The latest from the GRAMMY ® nominated Relient K, Forget and Not Slow Down, has proven to be a fan favorite landing in No. 1 at Christian soundscan, No. 15 on Billboard Top 200 and garnering as high as the No. 3 spot on the iTunes ® Overall Album chart selling more than 33,000 units.

The band teamed up with longtime producer Mark Townsend, and enlisted legendary mixer Andy Wallace (Jeff Buckley, Sheryl Crow) for their latest release on the band’s newly revived record label, Mono Vs. Stereo, in conjunction with JIVE Records.

Relient K also embarked on “A Three Hour Tour” with Copeland and Barcelona earlier this month, which has already seen sold out tour dates. They will also hit the road for TobyMac’s Winter Wonder Slam tour on November 19.

Relient K has been making the real thing since 1997, when Thiessen and Hoopes formed the band in high school. In the decade since, they’ve released five full-length albums (three are certified Gold), five EPs and a Christmas record. They have toured the globe, and racked up several hit singles, a Grammy nomination, two Dove Awards and performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Jeremy Camp up for an AMA

NEWS SOURCE: Overture Media
October 13, 2009

SEATTLE, WA…October 13, 2009…Jeremy Camp was nominated today for his second American Music Award in the Contemporary Inspirational category. Nominations were announced this morning in Beverly Hills, CA for the 2009 36th Annual American Music Awards. The live broadcast will take place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday, November 22nd (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC. Camp was nominated along with Brandon Heath and Mary Mary in the Contemporary Inspirational category.

For the third year in a row, fans determine the winners of the AMAs. Fans are able to go to http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards/vote to vote for Jeremy Camp starting today. Nominees were selected from data from The Nielsen Company’s Broadcast Data Systems, monitoring radio airplay and Soundscan.

Camp is currently on his headlining tour, “Speaking Louder Than Before,” with Natalie Grant and Bebo Norman. The tour presently spans across the nation through November 21st. To learn about local ministry opportunities to get involved during this tour, visit the ministry homepage (www.speakinglouderministries.com). This 30+ city tour is sponsored by Compassion International, as well as media partnered with the Gospel Music Channel. GMC is promoting the tour and presenting exclusive updates both on-air and online at www.gospelmusicchannel.com/jeremycamp.

New music & what I’ve been listening to

NEW MUSIC AVAILABLE OCTOBER 13th…
Eisley Fire Kites EP (independent)

Sherwood Qu [MySpace]

What I’m Listening to This Week

Church Music – David Crowder Band
Awake – Skillet
Picket Fence Cartel – Project86

KM