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GMA Week With Austins Bridge

Administrator — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:01 +0000

Rocspace caught up with Austins Bridge during GMA week.

This is a great group of guys!

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Sanctus Real's Fifth Studio Album

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:36:43 +0000

GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award winning Sanctus Real releases its fifth studio album, Pieces Of A Real Heart, on Sparrow Records today amidst wide critical acclaim. The album is the result of the band maturing and growing as songwriters, musicians and individuals, while retaining its aggressive edge and incorporating a more diverse musical palette of instrumentation and themes.

Embracing the updated sound, radio has already launched the first single from Pieces Of A Real Heart, “Forgiven,” to the top of the charts and gathered enough spins across multiple Christian radio formats to make it the No. 5 most played song this week on Billboard’s National Audience Monitored chart. As the single continues to gain momentum, the song has also become the first video from Pieces Of A Real Heart. Yahoo!, the No. 3 most trafficked US site on the internet, debuts the “Forgiven” video this week at (http://new.music.yahoo.com/sanctus-real). Following the Yahoo! debut, the video, which is directed by Nathan Corrona, will run on numerous other outlets nationwide.

Sanctus Real further recorded an acoustic version of “Forgiven” and four more acoustic songs from Pieces Of A Real Heart for its Digital Deluxe edition. This Deluxe edition features all the studio recordings, the five acoustic versions and a digital booklet, all available exclusively through digital retailers for $12.99, including iTunes (http://bit.ly/d7h5OM).

Sanctus Real is also offering music fans the opportunity to download a FREE song from the new album. Anyone can immediately receive the brand new song, “These Things Take Time,” by re-tweeting or posting the link http://www.tweematic.com/sanctusreal/ on their facebook pages. Sanctus Real guitarist Chris Rohman has called this song one of his “absolute favorites off the new record.”

Music fans can also listen to the full album that is available to stream now from http://www.rhapsody.com/sanctus-real/pieces-of-a-real-heart.

As the album hits physical and digital retail outlets everywhere today, here is what media critics are already saying about Pieces Of A Real Heart

“With honest lyrical prose and heightened musical charm, Sanctus Real re-energizes their stay as one of Christian music’s favorite bands. Leading with their bona fide hit, ‘Forgiven,’ the pop/rock [band] charters through the vulnerable sway between faith and doubt with such ease, listening to Pieces Of A Real Heart feels more like eavesdropping into a Christian pilgrim’s personal spiritual journey, full of perpetual questions and surrender.”

“Best overall album by one of the premier bands in Christian music… I expect multiple hit songs to emerge from this album. Sanctus Real has really hit the mark with Pieces Of A Real Heart.” – NewReleaseTuesday.com (Album rated A+)

“They’ve developed a more refined and mature pop/rock sound. They still pack plenty of energy and overflow with sunny harmonies, but now with swelling keyboards and the occasional string accompaniment.” – ChristianityToday.com

Popularly known for its captivating recordings and live performances, Toledo, Ohio-based Sanctus Real is playing “Forgiven,” “Lead Me” and other new songs from Pieces Of A Real Heart, as well as fan favorites spanning 13 No. 1 and Top 5 radio hits, on its headline spring tour with special guests Addison Road, Above the Golden State, Me In Motion and Speaker Sammy Adebiyi. The tour launched March 3 in Albuquerque and travels coast to coast through April 18. This leg of its 2010 tour is sponsored by the charity, Mocha Club (www.mochaclub.org), an online community of people giving up the cost of two mochas a month ($7) to fund relief and development projects in Africa.

Sanctus Real is all about living out their lives as “real” Christians, not only on the stage and as they interact with fans, but in the quieter moments of their lives as husbands, fathers and fellow believers. The band creates compelling, authentic music that lives up to the meaning of their name: to be Holy (Latin meaning of “Sanctus”).

Sanctus Real’s 2006 breakthrough album, The Face of Love, landed at No 2 on the Billboard Top Heetseekers chart and amassed a string of radio hits, including the No. 1 songs “I’m Not Alright” and “Don’t Give Up.” The band’s most recent release, We Need Each Other, garnered the band a GRAMMY nomination, and the album’s title track became the band’s sixth No. 1 radio single.

For all the latest Sanctus Real news, go to www.sanctusreal.com, www.myspace.com/sanctusreal, and www.emicmg.com.

Gotee Records to Release Relient K: The First Three Gears

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Relient K fans are about to get more than their money’s worth when Gotee Records releases Relient K: The First Three Gears (2000-2003) on April 20th at retail stores and digital retailers worldwide.

With a whopping 51 songs, including five rare bonus tracks, the compilation is a three-disc set of the first three Relient K albums, RELIENT K, THE ANATOMY OF THE TONGUE IN CHEEK (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and TWO LEFTS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT BUT THREE DO (GOLD EDITION/RIAA certified gold), and includes hits like “My Girlfriend,” “Sadie Hawkins Dance,” “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry” and more. On top of all that, the iTunes® version includes three music videos ("My Girlfriend," "Chap Stick, Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry," "Pressing On").Gotee is also offering an exclusive pre-order through musichristian.com (http://musichristian.com/sys/product.php?PRODUCT=782229).

TobyMac's TONIGHT Takes Over With No. 1 Christian Soundscan Debut

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

With three consecutive RIAA Gold records, multiple GRAMMY® and Dove Award wins, sell out tours and non-stop radio hits, TobyMac has hit yet another career milestone with his fourth solo effort, TONIGHT, giving the Christian music industry icon his highest solo career debut ever. Selling over 78,000 units, TONIGHT took over the Christian SoundScan charts’ No. 1 position, and amongst acts like Lady GaGa and the Black Eyed Peas, entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 6 as well as No.3 on overall Current Digital Albums chart.

“Every time I give birth to a new record, it is an intense labor of love,” said TobyMac. “From the creation of the music, to the production, and then to the promotion, it takes a great team and a huge amount of effort on everybody’s part. I’m truly thankful for the people around me, as well as my fans who seem to show up and represent every time. For these reasons, I’ll always give it all I’ve got.”

Seabird Launches Tour Dates With Switchfoot, Sherwood, NeedToBreathe and More

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Fresh off the December release of their sophomore album Rocks Into Rivers, Credential Recording’s artist Seabird will be hitting the road this spring with Switchfoot, Sherwood, NeedToBreathe and more for a mix of club and arena tour dates.

Seabird will join Switchfoot starting this week in Texas for their “Hello Hurricane” tour. Beginning in March, the band will team up with Sherwood hitting much of the Midwest and West. Next up for Seabird will be dates with NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers starting in late April running through May. The band is already confirmed for several major summer festivals including Alive Fest, Ichthus Festival, Cornerstone Festival, Creation East, Rock the Desert, Fall Quest, Purple Door and more.

“Every band at some point in their career has lied about how excited they were to be on a tour with bands that no one has heard of so it should be easy to tell we are not lying when we say how pumped we are at the way 2010 is shaping up,” admits band front man Aaron Morgan. “We have been huge Switchfoot fans for years and are truly honored to share the stage with them for part of their ‘Hello Hurricane’ tour. Following the Switchfoot tour we head out with Sherwood, who besides having a massive internet presence have an excellent new album to share with an always enthusiastic audience. We could not be happier that our good friends NeedToBreathe have also invited us to support them on a portion of their ‘Won't Turn Back’ tour.”

The first single from Rocks Into Rivers, “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful,” quickly shot up the CHR chart where it is currently No. 3. The song is also in the Top 20 on the Rock chart in addition to being released to new and active at AC Monitor this week. In the midst of radio success, Seabird is filming a video for their hit single “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful” this month.

“We are thrilled with the success we have seen with the band’s single so far and feel this song still has huge potential in front of it,” says Grant Hubbard, Vice President of National Promotion at EMI CMG. “The band’s hard work and effort in the songwriting and recording process has really paid off as we are seeing this song climb the charts at our CHR format. We are looking forward to pushing this song to the Christian AC format in the coming weeks.”

The recognizable sounds of Seabird have received support from major networks ABC, CBS and mtv U where the band’s music has been used in promotion for Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Pushing Daisies (ABC), Numb3rs (CBS) and more. Seabird has also hit such key stages as South by Southwest, MOBFest 09, Forecastle Festival and even headlined the opening night of the MidPoint Music Festival.

Cincinnati-based Seabird comprises brothers Aaron (vocals/keys) and Ryan (guitar) Morgan as well as Preston Lane (drums) and Brandon Weaver (bass). The band signed with Credential Recordings in late 2007 and released its debut label project,‘Til We See The Shore, June 24, 2008. A collaborative effort with producers Jacquire King (Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, Tom Waits, Switchfoot) and Allen Salmon (Mute Math, This Beautiful Republic), the album received phenomenal national publicity, featured on episodes of “Numb3rs,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and promos for ABC’s 12-time Emmy-nominated series, “Pushing Daisies.” Their latest, Rocks Into Rivers, was produced by Paul Moak at the Smoakstack in Nashville, and Matt Hales at Ocean Studios in Los Angeles. The band was also recognized by its hometown as “Artist of the Year” at the 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment. For more information on Seabird, visit: www.seabirdmusic.com or www.myspace.com/seabird.

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Seabird Tour Dates, includes all tours. For most updated tour schedule, visit www.myspace.com/seabird.

2/18/10 San Antonio, TX @ Tri-Point (Switchfoot’s “Hello Hurricane” tour)
2/19/10 Houston, TX @ Arena Theater (Switchfoot’s “Hello Hurricane” tour)
2/20/10 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater (Switchfoot’s “Hello Hurricane” tour)
2/21/10 Abilene, TX @ Abilene Civic Center (Switchfoot’s “Hello Hurricane” tour)
2/23/10 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay (headlining)
3/20/10   Akron, OH @ Musica (plus Sherwood and Reece)
3/21/10   Columbus, OH @ Skullys (plus Sherwood and Reece)
3/22/10   Covington, KY (Cincy) @ Mad Hatter (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/23/10   Grand Rapids, MI @   Intersection (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/24/10   Chicago, IL   @ Subterranean (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/25/10   Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/26/10   La Crosse, WI @ Warehouse (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/27/10   Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club (plus Sherwood, Stars of Track & Field, Reece)
3/29/10   Denver, CO   @ Marquis Theater (plus Sherwood, Black Gold, Reece)
3/30/10   Salt Lake City, UT @ The Murray Theater (plus Sherwood, Black Gold, Reece)
3/31/10   Idaho Falls, ID @ Idaho Falls Civic Center (plus Sherwood, Black Gold, Reece)
4/01/10   Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater (plus Sherwood, Black Gold, Reece)
4/02/10   Seattle, WA @ El Corazon (plus Sherwood, Black Gold, Reece)
4/25/10 Spring, TX (Houston) @ TX Crawfish Festival
4/27/10 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
4/29/10 Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
4/30/10 Pomona, CA @ Glass House (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/01/10 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/03/10 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/04/10 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/06/10 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/07/10 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/08/10 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/10/10 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/11/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/13/10 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/14/10 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)
5/15/10 Des Moines, IA @ People's Court (plus NeedToBreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers)