Ryan Edberg, lead-singer for Silverline, is calling in to the Christian Rock 20 countdown show this weekend. Make sure to tune in to hear what they have planned for the rest of the year, how they got started and interesting tales from the road. It’s going to be a blast so don’t miss it.

Also, welcome back on board 95.5 The Vibe in Tigerville, SC. They took the summer off and are now back airing the show. So be ready to rock SC!

What’s up everyone,
I’m on a flight back from England as I write this, it’s been the longest tour I’ve ever done overseas, and despite how much fun I had, it is good to be going HOME!! I don’t think I called home once… Sorry mom…
Just watched Green Zone with Matt Damon… I’m a big fan of the Bourne series… wasn’t really loving this film though.
I did around 17 shows, hitting England, Ireland and Holland… England wins for the best food ever… I’m loving these Cornish Pastries… Crazy good… If I wasn’t performing every day I’d of gain a few pounds, in England they say Stones instead of pounds… Holland was cool even though I only saw the hotel, airport, van and festival grounds… Saw some label mates Children 18:3, they have one of the craziest shows, there all brothers and sister too which is mad cool.
I’m looking forward to a few days off, I have to buy a new vehicle to hit the road with the team to do this US tour…Negotiating with these Car salesmen is always fun… maybe they’ll trade me for a Manafest CD. HA
I wanted to get some writing done while I was on the road, and got a few ideas hashed out… Not sure yet though…
I know we will be shooting another music video soon… Thinking of doing Bring The Ruckus… We will see… Then hopefully Renegade and I will see if I can bribe Trevor/TFK to make an appearance.
Ummm.. I just lost my concentration.. I have to go to the bathroom, and don’t want to get up… So awkward in planes…
To all my fans, were going to give some free tickets giveaways to our upcoming shows, so stay tuned here (tour dates listed below)… and at facebook
MANAFEST

Red = shows in Canada
Blue = shows in USA
Purple = show in Japan
Green= shows in U.K
Bolded dates are new!!!

Sat Sept 4 * Sioux Falls, SD * Life Light Festival 360 Stage
Sat Sept 5 * Sioux Falls, SD * Life Light Festival Souled Out Stage
Fri Sept 10 * San Jose, CA * Jubilee Center
Sat Sept 11 * Kitchener, ON * Morning Acres
Wed Sept 15 * Campbellford, ON * TBA
Sat Sept 18 * Burlington, ON * 24/7 Church
Fri Sept 24 * Temecula, CA * TBA with Super Chick
Sat Sept 25 * Valencia, CA * TBA with Super Chick
Sun Sept 26 * Phoenix, AZ * TBA with Super Chick
Mon Sept 27 * San Bernardino, CA * TBA with Super Chick
Tue Sept 28 * Reno, NV * TBA with Super Chick
Wed Sept 29 * Moscow, ID * Nuart Theater with Super Chick
Thu Sept 30 * Wenatachee, WA * TBA with Super Chick
Fri Oct 1 * Kalispell, MT * Service Station with Super Chick
Sat Oct 2 * Missoula, MT * Shec Community Center with Super Chick
Sun Oct 3 * Salt Lake City, UTAH * Calvary Chapel Church with Super Chick
Mon Oct 4 * Bueno Vista, CO * Darren Patterson Christian Academy with Super Chick
Tue Oct 5 * Grand Junction, CO * Avalon Theater
Wed Oct 6 * Topeka, KS * TBA with Super Chick
Thu Oct 7 * Cheyenne, WY * Cheyenne Hills Church
Fri Oct 8 * Omaha, NE * TBA with Super Chick
Sat Oct 9 * Minneapolis, MN * Club 3 Degrees with Super Chick
Fri Oct 15 * Amarillo, TX * TBA with Super Chick
Sat Oct 16 * Lubbock, TX * TBA with Super Chick
Sun Oct 17 * Midland, TX * TBA with Super Chick
Mon Oct 18 * Abilene, TX * TBA with Super Chick
Sat Oct 23 * California * Joshua Fest
Fri Oct 29 * Port Huron, MI * Switz County High School with Super Chick
Fri Nov 5 * Saskatoon, SK * Impact Youth Conference
Sat Nov 6 * Oshawa, ON * Salvation Army Event
Tue Dec 28 * Girardeau, MO * Bethany Baptist Church
Sat Jan 15th * Phoenix, AZ * Rage Festival
Sun Jan 16th * Phoenix, AZ * Rage Festival
Fri Jan 28th * Mystery Creek, NZ * Parachute Festival-Main Stage (18,000 people)
Sat Jan 29th * Mystery Creek, NZ * Parachute Festival-Side Stage

Switchfoot will head out with The Almost this fall on a tour that launches October 1st in Lynchburg, VA. Pre-sale tickets will be available through Friends of the Foot beginning Wednesday, September 1st. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, September 2nd. For ticketing information and further details, visit www.switchfoot.com. The band, which just wrapped up a summer outing with Goo Goo Dolls, will also perform at Celebrate Freedom Atlanta, the largest free one-day concert in Atlanta, on September 4th, and the Austin City Limits Festival on October 10th. (See below for itinerary.)

“The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues),” the band’s current single, is one of eight songs included on the new Switchfoot iTunes Session, available beginning today. (Link for purchase: http://bit.ly/a1yMFI.) “The Sound” is a Top 10 hit at Modern Rock radio and the accompanying video has been added to Fuse’s “#1 Countdown” and MTVu. The song was inspired by civil rights activist John M. Perkins, who appears in the video. Jon Foreman, lead vocalist/guitarist for SWITCHFOOT, has penned nine articles for The Huffington Post, including one detailing his recent meeting with Perkins:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-foreman/the-living-blues-john-m-p_b_613733.html

“The Sound” has been featured in television spots for Walt Disney Pictures’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, as well as promotional spots for Bravo and Verizon Wireless’ fall 2009 ad campaign for the BlackBerry® Storm™ 2. It follows SWITCHFOOT’s hit, “Mess of Me,” which the band has performed on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “Your Love is a Song,” another track from Hello Hurricane, is currently climbing the charts at HOT AC and Christian AC radio.

“On their seventh album, Switchfoot set the mood with U2-esque shimmer, fuzzed-out rockers that would make Dave Grohl green with envy, and jangly garage-rock,” said Alternative Press while Rolling Stone noted: “the group added some heft to its super catchy alternative rock…‘Mess of Me’ is a stop-start rocker that kicks off with a serrated guitar scrawl, and ‘Bullet Soul’ is a crescendoing punk rager.” “Switchfoot has much in common with arena-rocking peers like Coldplay and Snow Patrol…wrapped around huge hooks and intercut by Foreman’s incisive, discontented lyrics,” observed Paste.

SWITCHFOOT is Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar)

SWITCHFOOT – UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Date City/State Venue Support

9/4 Marietta, GA Jim R. Miller Park
Celebrate Freedom Atlanta
9/5 Lexington, KY Questapalooza
10/1 Lynchburg, VA Liberty University The Almost
10/2 Cheswick, PA Ches-A-Rena The Almost
10/3 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory The Almost
10/5 Richmond, VA The National The Almost
10/6 Norfolk, VA The Norva The Almost
10/7 Montgomery, AL Huntington College Top Stage The Almost
10/8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre The Almost
10/10 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
10/14 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium The Almost
10/15 St. Charles, MO TBD The Almost
10/16 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall The Almost
10/29 Avila Beach, CA TBD The Almost

Switchfoot iTunes Session Track Listing

1. The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues)
2. Learning to Breathe
3. Daisy
4. Dare You to Move
5. Mess of Me
6. Meant to Live
7. Only Hope
8. Your Love is a Song

For more information on SWITCHFOOT, visit http://www.switchfoot.com

Courtesy of:Hoganson Media Relations

This was just posted on Skillet’s myspace blog. And I know it is silly to say, but lest anyone not know Papa Roach is a secular band.

SKILLET AND PAPA ROACH ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINING MONSTERS OF ANNIHILATION U.S.TOUR

Tickets On Sale NOW

Rockers Skillet and Papa Roach have announced plans to join forces and destroy crowds across the US with their Monsters of Annihilationtour beginning October 1st in Myrtle Beach, SC at The House of Blues. Armed with their RIAA gold-certified AWAKE album which features two Active Rock and Christian Rock radio hits with “Monster” and “Hero,” Skillet will be joined by Papa Roach who has a current Top 10 Active Rock smash “Kick in the Teeth” from their upcoming album, Time For Annihilation…On the Record and on the Road (August 31st via Eleven Seven Music). For a complete list of tour dates, please see below.

Skillet’s John Cooper says, “The first time we played with Papa Roach, I told the band we have to tour with these guys because they have an amazing live show! Jacoby is one of the best front men I’ve seen in years and I’m honored to share the stage with him. This tour is going to rock!!”

“We’ve become good friends with Skillet over the past couple years and are excited to jump on the road with them. Having both Papa Roach and Skillet together on one stage, you best believe we’re going to burn it down!!! Get ready for total stage annihilation,” adds Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix.

Skillet’s most recent release, AWAKE made a blockbuster debut at #2 on the Billboard 200, has since been certified gold and achieved a TOP 5 Active Rock and No. 2 Christian Rock hit with “Monster” and Top 15 Active Rock as well No. 1 CHR & Christian Rock smash with “HERO.” Various tracks from AWAKE have received major TV placements including NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC’s “The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania” and MTV’s “Bully Beatdown.” As one of the hardest working live acts, their solo tours ranked within Pollstar’s Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours and landed the band on the cover of the magazine. Skillet has spent the last year on the road with Creed, Shinedown, various headline festival appearances and the “Awake & Alive” co-headline tour with TobyMac. The band has racked up an array of achievements since they first formed in 2003, including two BMI Music Awards, multiple Grammy ® nominations, RIAA gold certification for Comatose and cumulative sales approaching 2 million.

Papa Roach continues to fortify their reputation as one of the best live bands regardless of genre and recently electrified the 100,000 plus audience at this year’s Sonisphere festival in the UK with an explosive performance of which Metal Hammer said, “The Roach are sensational for every second they are onstage.” In a review of the single, Billboard wrote, ”Kick In The Teeth” may be its (Papa Roach’s) most rousing anthem yet.” With over 8 million records sold, Papa Roach has produced multi-format hits on every album they have released over the past ten years, proving their longevity and relevance throughout. With Time for Annihilation…On The Record and On The Road, Papa Roach bring together what they do best by delivering a highly energetic entertainment package for fans old and new alike. With the release of this record, the band continue their long term commitment to Why Hunger, raising funds and awareness for the 49 million Americans and more than 1 billion people worldwide who are hungry. In addition to auctioning off VIP experiences during this tour with all proceeds going to WhyHunger, the band included a hidden track on the record, a first in philanthropy, to encourage fans to text to donate as they do live in concert.

For up-to-the-minute news, tour dates and information on Skillet, visitwww.skillet.com.

For more information on Papa Roach, please visit www.paparoach.com.

# # #

October
10/1/10 House of Blues, North Myrtle Beach, SC
10/2/10 Charter Amphitheatre, Greensville, SC
10/3/10 Bayfest, Mobile, AL
10/5/10 Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
10/6/10 The Dome at Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT
10/8/10 Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
10/10/10 The Palladium, Worcester, MA
10/12/10 Main Street Armory, Rochester, NY
10/13/10 John F. Savage Hall, Toledo, OH
10/14/10 I Wireless Center, Moline, IL
10/16/10 McElroy Auditorium, Waterloo/Cedar Rapids, IA
10/17/10 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
10/19/10 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
10/20/10 Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City, OK

Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12268788&blogId=538621089#ixzz0y9rFPhf4

New releases for August 31, 2010 in the Christian Rock/Hip-Hop/Hard Music genres.

	Casting Crowns Until The Whole World Hears {Beach Street}
	For Today Breaker {Facedown}

September 14, 2010

{INO Records}

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

That’s the saying, anyway, and it’s the reference for Disciple’s new album, Horseshoes and Handgrenades.

It’s also an apt description for this life, in which perfection is the only way to gain an eternity with God, and in which our best, no matter how close to perfection it is, well … it just isn’t good enough, and close doesn’t count.

Disciple hammers this theme home in its latest disc, which doesn’t just get close to the musical mark but easily clanks around the pole. This is a ringer, about as close to perfect as any band is likely to get.

Following up on Disciple’s disappointing – though aptly titled – Southern Hospitality, the band has returned to the formula that made its self-titled CD and Scars Remain so effective: the mix of melody and metal that has rarely been put to such effective use in hard music. Disciple clearly has figured out how best to mix its dual influences – the 1980s stylings and lyrical sensibilities of Christian bands such as Petra with the uncompromising fierceness of metal giants such as Metallica.

While Disciple was weighted toward the melody and Scars Remain focused on the heavy, Horseshoes and Handgrenades marries the two flawlessly, while the lyrics are Disciple’s strongest yet, each entry focused on a different aspect of the album’s theme of brokenness subsumed by grace.

Kicking off with the radio hit “Dear X, You Don’t Own Me,” and ending with the moving “Worth the Pain,” Horseshoes rocks like the explosion from a hand grenade (or beats the listener over the head like a poorly thrown horseshoe? Maybe not.)

The album’s theme is stated unequivocally in the opening track, which addresses pain, shame and anger specifically, but applies to any struggle or addiction a Christian faces: “I was yours. I’m not yours anymore. You don’t own me.”

From “Watch It Burn” to “Invisible” to the incredible “The Ballad of St. Augustine,” that message is repeated.

It is discussed tenderly in “Worth the Pain,” which repeats, “It’s not too late to start again. It’s worth the pain, so hold on tonight.”

It is shouted defiantly in “Shot Heard ‘Round the World:” “Where is the sting? Where are the things that haunted me? Where is the stain?”

Often this record dabbles in the spiritual warfare aspects of these struggles, as in “Shot” and “Battle Lines,” which addresses Satan directly, warning him, “We won’t just lay our weapons down so easily so you get in. We won’t be swayed so easily, not by your words.”

Perhaps no track so encapsulates both ends of this message – the personal tragedy of falling away from God and the militant urgency of fighting against the lies and attacks of the devil – than “The Ballad of St. Augustine,” which also has the benefit of being the album’s heaviest track (is that a little Avenged Sevenfold-like guitar work toward the end of the track? I think so.)

“A good man was living here,” Young sings. “Virtue was evident, to all but disappear. … I’m falling very fast, a bread that never lasts. Well, I’m starving. … My death is imminent.”

But at the end, he rejoices: “Memories burning away. Ashes celebrate. They’re washing me … branding me with grace. Innocence reborn. Welcome back, my innocence. How I have longed to see your face again.”

The song is all double bass and crunchy guitars, and the verses are classic Disciple, the rap-screaming Young has long since perfected. Similarly, “Burn it Down,” “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” and “Battle Lines” match their war-influenced lyrics with driving music that will move the crowd during concerts.

In between are mid-tempo rockers such as “Collision,” “Revolution: Now” and “Deafening,” this last echoing “St. Augustine” with its reminder that “you’re never too far away, and it’s never too late.”

If there is anything to detract from this masterpiece of an album, it’s the disappearance of guitar solos from all but “Watch It Burn,” a likely consequence of former guitarist Brad Noah’s ongoing efforts to step back from the band. That’s a small matter, however, and certainly not worth more than this small mention.

Disciple has always shown flashes on its previous albums that it had the potential for a record like this, a sonic, thoughtful tour de force that demands not just to be bought and enjoyed, but to be owned and absorbed.

Well, here it is. The best Disciple album yet, and it’s not even close.
~Paul Anthony

Favorite Tracks:
The Ballad of St. Augustine
Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Battle Lines
Dear X, You Don’t Own Me

This just in From The Family Force 5 camp!

What you know, people?

It has been a ridiculo (sp intended) summer!  The Family Force 5 world is spinning out of control, and it doesn’t look like there’s anylight at the end of the tunnel. In some weird way, that’s a good thing.  For those of you who don’t know, we’ve safely returned from ourBritish Invasion, which included shows in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland, England, and Germany (I decided to save the least British for last).  Make sure to check out our flickr account for some of Xanadu’s pics from the voyage, which included our first metal festival ever.  Playing alongside Rammstein, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Slayer, Anthrax, and plenty of other legends was a tremendous honor for a bunch of country kids.  The summer festivals (featuring large glowing globes with our faces on them) are winding down, and we’re currently in the studio recording some tracks for the long-awaited new album, which will probably be out early 2011.  The stuff’s sounding dope, and we think you’ll love it.  Stay tuned for more updates, phone calls, chats, and pictures from the studio.

Peace out, we love you,

Family Force 5

Disciple’s Kevin Young is calling in to talk with us about their new album Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, which drops on September 14, 2010. We’ll get some insight into what went into the new songs as well as what went on in the studio and a whole lot more.

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