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You know that English guy Daniel Bedingfield, who had that massive pop top-ten hit last year? Really high tenor voice? Can't remember the name of the song, but apparently he's a Christian, belonging to some evangelical church group called Ichthus that organizes events and such across south London and environs. So this band Athlete, hailed as the next Coldplay by the admittedly-overzealous Brit music press, are also part of this cell group, as it were, only everyone's real hush-hush about their faith for varying reasons. Interesting story. [Thanks, rockrebel]
Check it out: the cover art for the upcoming second album from Mae, due out March 29th on Tooth & Nail Records. It's pwetty. [musicrefuge]
One of the bands on Solid State Records I know nothing about, As Cities Burn, have an album coming out soonish(June), and now I know more about them thanks to this.
Underoath are the cover boys for March's issue of Alternative Press magazine. Apparently a bunch of 'Christian' bands are featured, as AP endeavours to bring us the latest in trendy music. Yes.
Some sad news: Aaron Marrs, filmmaker and graphic artist for a lot of bands you have in your CD racks, was killed in a boating accident up in Alaska January 15th while working on a commercial fishing documentary. His clientele in the graphics field included The Evan Anthem, Relient K, rapper John Reuben and more. I'm not gonna pretend I know this guy, but I do know the name, and he was 27, which is a scant two years older than I, and our condolences go out to his family and friends. For information regarding a benefit show for his company and donation extras, here it is.
Posted by mike at January 31, 2005 11:51 PM