Anchor and Braille have Like Steps in a Dance up to listen on their Myspace

anchor & braille – new song!!! on MySpace Music

Fans of the now defunct print version of CCM magazine now have a quarterly digital edition to peruse..

Our Summer 2009 Digital New Release Guide is officially live! This special edition of CCM will introduce you to all the new music releasing in the coming months. Check out our Leeland cover story, which features an exclusive interview with the band, a live video and an audio stream of their new single, “Follow You.” This issue also features stories on Thousand Foot Krutch, BarlowGirl, Hawk Nelson and more. Plus, be sure to check out our Indie Guide featuring an exclusive Q&A with Joy Williams and our Worship Guide featuring an interview with David Crowder Band. If that’s not enough, we’re giving away a cruise on The Music Boat 2010!

CCM’s Summer 09 Digital New Release Guide

It’s been two years since All Star United’s last (mostly unheard) album Love & Radiation. Now the band is back with The Good Album. Hopefully this one will generate a more little interest than the last one did.

The Good Album by All Star United – Price: $7.99

via Amazon.com

Here is U2’s full set list from Barcelona, Spain:

“Breathe”

“No Line on the Horizon”

“Get On Your Boots”

“Magnificent”

“Beautiful Day”

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

“Angel of Harlem”

“In A Little While”

“Unknown Caller”

“Unforgettable Fire”

“City of Blinding Lights”

“Vertigo”

“I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”

“Sunday Bloody Sunday”

“Pride (In The Name of Love)”

“MLK”

“Walk On”

“Where The Streets Have No Name”

“One”

“Ultraviolet”

“With Or Without You”

“Moment of Surrender”

via U2 Kicks Off 360° Tour in Barcelona, Spain | StereoTruth.net.

July 8, 2009 –Anchor&Braille announce the first single off Felt called “Like Steps In A Dance” out July 21st via itunes.

via AbsolutePunk.net.

anchor & braille at sxsw (hm magazine)

Full Press release and concert dates below

The full-length album is set to hit stores everywhere August 4th on WoodWater Records, Stephen Christian’s own record label, which is distributed by Universal Music. Produced, engineered and mixed by Copeland singer Aaron Marsh and recorded over the course of four years, Felt is the first full-length for Anchor&Braille and the first release for WoodWater Records.

“Like Steps In A Dance” is a song very near to Christian’s heart. “I read a book by an author from South America, his words always have a way of resonating with me in the most mysterious ways. After that I started translating it into my own life. It all started on the phone, she had asked me to write her a song with the knowledge of the few words we ever shared. I began to stretch the chords as far as they could go. Within a few minutes I had what was to be an introduction to her, or to us. Sing to me every night and I’ll make you the happiest…we had ran away moments before we were to part, we never touched just exchanged words that meant goodbye. We ran from lights and footsteps, and she said that she had never experienced anything like this. Later I heard they were lies but I don’t care now. I remember running down a hill once to give her a small piece of paper that had a few fumbling words of pseudo poetry on it and needless to say I was more elated than she, but then again she never had much to ask, only much to say. Ss soon as it began it was over, like steps in a dance,” says Christian.

“The songs are mostly songs of regret and heartache, with hopes that each and every one rings of nostalgia and better times for all who listen,” Christian continues. “These are some of the most painful songs I have ever written but with each song I felt a sense of relief and on some level an almost spiritual repentance and cleansing.”

For more on Anchor&Braille, check out: www.myspace.com/anchorandbraille and www.anchorandbraille.com.

Anchor&Braille Tour Dates

Jul 5 8:00P Launchpad w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jul 7 7:30P The Clubhouse w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese Tempe, Arizona
Jul 8 7:00P House of Blues San Diego w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese San Diego, California
Jul 9 7:30P Downtown Brewing Co w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese San Luis Obispo, California
Jul 10 8:00P The Boardwalk w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese Orangevale, California
Jul 11 8:00P Hotel Cafe w/ Copeland and Sherwood Los Angeles, California
Jul 12 8:00P House of Blues Anaheim w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Meese Anaheim, California
Jul 15 7:30P The Marquis Theatre w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Denver, Colorado
Jul 17 8:00P House Of Bricks w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Des Moines, Iowa
Jul 18 7:00P Mixtape Cafe w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jul 19 7:30P The Mad Hatter w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Covington, Kentucky
Jul 20 7:30P Musica w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Akron, Ohio
Jul 21 8:00P Uncle Pleasants w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Louisville, Kentucky
Jul 23 8:00P Revolution Room w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Little Rock, Arkansas
Jul 24 6:30P Hi-Tone Cafe w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Memphis, Tennessee
Jul 25 8:00P The Square Room w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Knoxville, Tennessee
Jul 26 7:30P Music Farm w/ Copeland and Sherwood and Barcelona Charleston, South Carolina

“One-two-three-four
I declare a dance war
Dance or die “

With July 4th fresh in our minds here is the video for Family Force 5’s Dance Or Die’ at The Daily Rock.  I think it is seriously cool.

(For those who don’t get the connection with July 4th I had in  mind  The Revolutionary War and declaring a Dance War)

Here is the track list for Paramore’s Brand New Eyes album

Music | Paramore.

I use one hand to pull closer
The other to push you away
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high

Jars Of Clay have a new video for their song Two Hands. This song captures the essence of Jars of Clay…putting our faith into action. The video features a glimpse at the work of their organization blood:water mission. So many of us take for granted the access to clean water. Here is a way we all can help.

I’ve been living out of sanity
I’ve been splitting hairs and blurring lines
I am a house that is divided
In my heart and in my mind

I use one hand to pull closer
The other to push you away
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high

I have a broken disposition
I’m a liar who thirsts for the truth
And while I ache for faith to hold me
I need to feel the scars and see the proof

And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation
Of our souls
And if we just keep cutting all the chains from our hearts
We all lose control

And it feels like giving in
It feels like starting over
It feels like waking up, and you know it’s coming
It feels like a brand new day
Open your eyes

Note to self:  If you want to go see a concert get your tickets in advance so you don’t get there and find it sold out! I could hear some of Erin McCarley’s set while we waited in line she sounded pretty good.

Here is the line waiting to get in…..

Check twitter.com/drivebymedia for concert updates

If you have a few spare hours to kill tonight  Matt Kearney brings songs from his latest release City Of Black & White to The Intersection

Joy Williams and John Paul White are the The Civil Wars.

Down load their via Live At Eddies Attic at  The Civil Wars on MySpace Music

Jets Under Fire is a band I discovered in the latest HM Magazine Declaration of Independents feature. Do yourself a favor and check them out. They boast influences of “The Verve, Travis, Interpol, Flick, Coldplay, Dave Bazan, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Radiohead, Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller”

Then download their EP1 & EP2 (Available today)

EP1 | Free Music Download | Jets Under Fire.

You can get the new single from We Shot the Moon The Bright Side -  at AFTERNOON RECORDS | Store.

Heavy on the saxes, and a little off center here is St. Vincent’s on David Letterman