Gathering Grounds Bring Live (Loud) Music to all
The Vaughn’s dream is starting to cement itself into the Dayton history books. Their creation of live/loud coffee house tunage has found a home here in the Miami Valley. The Gathering Grounds is a coffee house young adult club hang out with stage, ample speakers, beverages, snacks and a friendly, non-threatening atmosphere where people seeking good music without the distractions of alcohol, smoke ...[Read More]
Benjamin Gate Blasts Open at Gathering Grounds
Warning! Warning! The encircled gas mask logo forewarns listeners that prolonged exposure to the Gate will open eardrums and senses to loud, infectious tunes and hip hop’ish, jump up and down beats that might make you do the aforementioned, maybe even boogie a little. The shackles, chains and locks blast off as it flies open, no slow, rickety creeks or hinges here, as the four musicians within The...[Read More]
Mammoth City Messengers
Forefront Records is proud to unleash the newest in interactive, kid-friendly, and Internet partnered, biblical fun. The end of January brings us Volume One of the Mammoth City Messengers, a soundtrack to a line of comic books about five preteens that must join forces to save the Mammoth City kids from the mind controlling clutches of the evil corporate billionaire Evel Beetle. The first of three ...[Read More]
Pivit Plex is Under Museum Quality Glass
Emerging from the mountains of Montana, Pivit Plex is a blend of retro 60’s, 70’s sound with alternative/contemporary rock. The formula creates a unique refreshing sound that caught on with fans across the country almost immediately. Under Museum Quality Glass offers had bobbing rock and roll, which manages to play well along-side some acoustic balladry. Listeners experiencing music during the ret...[Read More]
Parachute Band Offers Glorious Sounds
New Zealand based Parachute Band brings North America it’s fifth offering of Glorious sounds. The band takes a unique approach on traditional ballads adding some groove adapting to any given environment. Glorious reflects the groups South Pacific roots while embracing the mountain chains and jungle-green forests. So Sing puts the energy back into Sunday morning choir by adding urban flavor while A...[Read More]
David Crowder Band Illuminates
It’s a pretty cool thing when your album debuts at No. 1 on the Christian retail chart. Selling 13,935 units in the first week isn’t bad either. And getting heavy rotation on K-LOVE (the largest Christian music network) with critics raving about each song with remarks like ‘taking giant leaps forward’ to ‘poetic richness’ means David Crowder knows he’s doing something right. Illuminate is a stunni...[Read More]
Christopher Lewis Rhythm and Praise
Christopher Lewis’ new CD is a collection straight from the organ pit of your local arena revival party. The crowd cheers and claps along while the MC shouts praises over the musical notes blasting from the pipes. Add the choir with unison of heavenly hymns and you’ve got Rhythm and Praise. This is Lewis loud, proud and full of musical enthusiasm and mastery, whether it’s a guitar and his voice ov...[Read More]
See Spot Rock… Again
Friday March 12 the second See Spot Rock Tour plowed into Tipp City invading The Avenue featuring five bands ranging from rock to rap. The auditorium was packed with loud, bouncing kids screaming to the onstage energy. This year’s line-up packed even more musical wallop with Big Dismal, Grits, Pillar, Skillet and 12 Stones. Promptly at 8 the lights went out, the roar began and the opening band was...[Read More]
Officer Negative Presents: The Death Campaign Project
The Death Campaign was definitely a unique listen. The albums artwork gives the potential listener an idea of what they’d be getting into. What has been recorded is a shotgun blast intertwined cacophony of punk, black metal and at least three different vocal styles. In this case the lyric booklet is mandatory unless you just like hearing them scream and yell. There’s enough dry throated vocals tha...[Read More]
Skillet At The Avenue
The final show of the 2002-2003 season at the Avenue was a bombastic night of loud intensity, basically everything audience members have come to expect from the auditory noise room. Spot wasn’t there this time but the energy level from the previous show definitely hung in the air. Columbus’s energy junkies House of Hero’s opened with a blistering three man showcase featuring sporadic guitarists pl...[Read More]
A Cry from the Congo
A cry from the Congo rings through the air, who will hear it. Thassende Lulonga, president of Vision for African nationals, hopes the churches and people of America will respond to the plea from the Congolese held captive in refugee camps in Tanzania. Vision for African Nationals is a non-profit organization that focuses on relief for these Christian Congo refugees. Lulonga and over 500 American s...[Read More]
Audio Adrenaline Flows
The Go Show stopped by the Dayton Convention Center March 29 for an evening of music, fun and Christian charged energy. Real Life pre-opened with keyboards and sax accompanied by five back-up singers. The co-keyboarder’s hands and body moved over the pad like an electric guitar. He personified a Christian Hendrix but high on life and the sax’ist played with power Kenny G could only dreams of. The ...[Read More]