Gandhi’s Gun, a rock band based in San Antonio, Texas, has dropped their first single of 2019, a song called “We Are the Stars.”
The song was released alongside an official live video filmed at L.A.’s famed Whiskey a Go Go venue. You can watch the video below.
This track follows up 2018’s stand-out single “Through it All.” Gandhi’s Gun has crafted a sound that pairs staple hard rock sounds with an electronic edge, tied together by messages centered on hope.
If you like what you hear, you can keep up with Gandhi’s Gun’s future releases by finding them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Last night, Seventh Day Slumber was in a severe bus accident when their bus, affectionately known as “Maroon 7,” collided with a parked firetruck on the interstate.
“We are all ok, just banged up,” the band reassured fans. Each of the band members expressed gratitude for the miracle that no one was hurt worse, and especially that the bus driver walked away from the wreck without major injury. Although there are many minor injuries, everyone is out of the hospital at this time. In true rock and roll fashion, the City Rockfest tour is still doing its best to reach tonight’s show in Victoria, TX.
There has been no official fundraiser set up yet for the band as they continue to determine the needs, but fans can send early donations via PayPal to the address josephslumber@aol.com. You can also bring donations directly to the band at remaining dates on the City Rockfest tour.
You can share your support and prayers as well by finding the band on Facebook and Instagram.
Alt rock band Paper Route announced in a tweet this week that they are officially on hiatus.
“For those asking, we apologize for our radio silence in 2018,” the tweet reads. “We are on indefinite hiatus currently and will update you if that ever changes. Thank you for all the love over the years. In a chaotic industry, our fans have been the one constant which we are so grateful for.”
No further information was given regarding the circumstances of the band’s hiatus. Lead singer JT Daly is an accomplished remixer, visual artist, and songwriter, and he spent some of 2018 on side project The Voodoo Children.
The band released their last album, Real Emotion, in 2016. The single “Chariots” gained a significant amount of traction, including placement in the game FIFA 17. Paper Route has released three studio albums in total, including Absence (2009) and The Peace of the Wild Things (2012).
The Rocket Summer, the project of prolific creative and one man band Bryce Avary, has fallen quiet in the three years since Zoetic released. But Bryce broke his silence this week to share that new music is coming soon.
“I thought I had finished recording most of the album so I went on tour last summer and proclaimed from the stage night after night that my new album was almost done,” Bryce Avary admitted in the open letter. “And then more songs were born… a lot more. Songs that I simply had to chase.”
This resulted in the musician re-entering the studio, creating, and ultimately taking a step back to assess what he had. “And on Jan 2, I started sifting through the mountain of songs and am now finally M I X I N G this new album. I have to say the way it’s sounding is making me smile real big. I’m very proud of it and can’t wait for it to be ours and not just this thing only I know about.”
Excited fans instantly responded with enthusiasm. The project will be The Rocket Summer’s seventh since their break-out debut Calendar Days in 2003. To keep up with the mixing process and find out when the official release date is set for, find The Rocket Summer on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The Grizzly Awards is preparing for a 2019 launch as the Christian music industry’s first all-rock awards. The Grizzly Awards are being produced by a partnership of professionals with wide range of industry experience, all passionate about covering the longstanding gap left by heavy music’s exclusion from most major awards.
The Grizzly Awards seeks to celebrate the innovation, excellence, and spiritual impact of rock and metal community members at every level of the creative process: on the stage, in the studio, and behind the scenes. In the true spirit of rock and roll, we recognize talent and purpose-driven hearts wherever they are found— not just within the approved delineations of major label rosters and radio airplay.
Beyond simply awarding the few, The Grizzly Awards exists to unify the Christian rock community as a whole, fostering connection, community, and the pursuit of excellence. This means inviting listeners into the process at every level, extending the opportunity to be a part of investing in a movement to strengthen a genre that has often been overlooked and under-resourced.
The Grizzly Awards commits to operating at all levels with a foundational commitment to the Gospel, adhering to an unwavering belief that Jesus Christ changes and saves lives. This belief is the ultimate impetus for building an event supporting songs that are a unique tool for communicating that message of redemption.
Rockfest Records artist Zahna has launched a new web series called “Behind the Lyrics,” which she announced on her Facebook page earlier in January.
The series premiered on January 8 on the Zahna YouTube channel featuring Suzy Madsen discussing the meaning of the lyrics to “Unshaken.”
In the first episode, Madsen talks about the time when her previous band had just ended and she was battling a kidney disease. “This song is a declaration of war against things that oppose you, against the enemy, and being able to take on anything because of the blood of Christ,” she explains.
Be sure to subscribe for updates as Zahna shares the “creative process behind writing each song, with new videos launched every couple days.”
Rising rock band UnMasked has announced some details of their upcoming project in a video shared with their fans, including the news that the project will feature a song by Tate Olsen (Skillet) and will be mixed by Paul Lapinski (Linkin Park, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus).
“We can’t be more excited to bring you what we have been working on! With Tate helping us out, we really want to put our best foot forward,” UnMasked said in the post. You can hear from them directly in the video below.
The band is inviting fans to share just $2 in support of production costs. In return, they will get instant downloads of the band’s recent single “Fahrenheit” plus an unreleased song from the upcoming album. You can donate at squareup.com/store/unmasked.
“God continues to open new doors for us, and we trust that this music speaks hope to you,” UnMasked concluded in their post.
To keep up with UnMasked as they prepare to release new music, you can find them on Facebook and Instagram. Listen to their song “Fahrenheit” below for a taste of their sound.
Righteous Vendetta gave rock fans a late Christmas gift today by dropping a surprise single to kick off 2019.
“Like Poison” is available on all streaming formats now (iTunes, Spotify), according to a post on their Facebook page. The band said that listeners will be “pleased to find something that wasn’t there before” when referring to the surprise new single.
