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Christmas Songs

December 10, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Its that time of year when Christmas songs can be heard near and far. Check out some of these Christmas songs below.

Project 86 – “This Time of Year 07”
Foreverinmotion – “The Bluest Christmas”
The Fold – “Oh Holy Night”
Third Eye Blind – “Fairytale of New York”
Brighten and The Maine – “Mery Christmas Baby”
June – “Wonderful Christmas Time”
Punchline – “All Hopped Up On Jingle Bells”
Aaron Marsh – “A Merry Little Christmas”
Every Avenue – “This Christmas”

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brighten, Every Avenue, Foreverinmotion, June, Project-86, Punchline, The Fold, The Maine, Third-Eye-Blind

Albums In Stores Tomorrow 5-8-07

May 7, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Here are some albums that will be in stores tomorrow.

Chasing Victory – Fiends
Foreverinmotion – The Beautiful Unknown
Weatherbox – American Art
V/A – Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 2
Neon Horse – Self Titled
Dear Hunter – Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms…
Becoming The Archetype – Physics Of Fire

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Becoming-The-Archetype, Chasing-Victory, Foreverinmotion, Neon-Horse, The-Dear-Hunter, Weatherbox

Site Update

May 6, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

There are some great releases coming out this week and we are highlighting them on the front page of the website. Check out the features on Chasing Victory, Foreverinmotin, and Weatherbox.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chasing-Victory, Foreverinmotion, Weatherbox

Foreverinmotion – The Beautiful Unknown

April 26, 2007 By Valida 1 Comment

Foreverinmotion

Artist: Foreverinmotion
Album: The Beautiful Unknown
Label: One Eleven Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: May 8, 2007

Overall: 9.0
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 9.0
Production: 8.0

Behind the graceful Foreverinmotion tunes streaming out of my speakers is just one man, Brendon Thomas. Somewhere in the vicinity of three years ago, I was captivated by Foreverinmotion’s self-titled full-length; I wrote of it, “The music is slow yet powerful, ordered yet emotional, peaceful yet full of energy. Lyrically, each song brings more amazement. This is the kind of stuff that you sit down and wish you could write. Chock full of beautiful metaphors, Brendon uses the English language in a way that brings words to life.”

Three-some years later, I’ve experienced a great deal in life and my music tastes have changed substantially. Brendon’s music, however, still strikes a chord with me. Why? The songs on The Beautiful Unknown somehow capture this beauty of the unknown through masterfully pieced together guitar (acoustic and to a lesser extent electric), vocals, piano, and various other recordings. The quoted materials from Hurricane Katrina at the start of “Avalanche,” for instance, set me up perfectly to shiver every time I listen to the song. After set-up is of course the action: Brendon’s music and voice suddenly and powerfully take control of the song and also of my mind and body. Stylistically, Brendon’s varied rock, folk, and of course, singer-songwriter influences are noticeable in the refreshing mixture of songs on the album.

The album displays its lyrical greatness on so many levels: significance, proximity, intelligence, playfulness. When I heard “Flight 268” I was moved to a state of teary-eyedness because I felt like the song was written specifically for and directly to me as I’ve been struggling with the issue in question for some time now, namely opening up to people despite living such a transient life. “And the King Would Say,” on the other hand, is clearly speaking of a much more prominent figure, delivering a political statement. Foreverinmotion exemplifies the possibilities of what is categorized as “emo(tional) music” — that is to say, the album is a musical delight, plain and simple.

Tracklisting:
1. Magic
2. Hot Air Balloon
3. Goodnight
4. The Clothes We Walk In
5. Flight 268
6. The Rain
7. Open Eyes and the Boundless Sky
8. And The King Would Say
9. Avalanche
10. Turn and Chase the Wind
11. Talu
12. Lonely

P.S. I took a listen to the 2004 album, and while good, I must say firstly that I can really tell my musical taste has changed and secondly that The Beautiful Unknown is leaps and bounds better.

Filed Under: Album, News, Reviews Tagged With: Foreverinmotion, One-Eleven-Records

Tonight On DJ Rossstar

April 11, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

The Orangeburg Massacre (Pluto Records) will be studio guests tonight (Wednesday April 11th 2007) on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show from 7-8pm PST (10-11pm EST). Foreverinmotion (One Eleven Records) will be calling in during the show for a live phone interview as well. You can listen to the show on idobiradio.com. If you have questions for the guests, send them to the screen name: staridobi

Thursday night’s show (April 12th 2007) will feature a studio interview with Powerspace (Fueled By Ramen) and a phone interview from Limbeck. (Doghouse Records)

DJ Rossstar has been running the most listened to online radio show for emo, pop-punk, punk and rock since 2002.Ԛ  Band such as Say Anything, I Am Ghost, The Matches, Gym Class Heroes, Saosin, Panic at the Disco and Cute Is What We Aim For did some of their first interviews ever on the show.Ԛ  The show brings you the best upcoming artists and allows fans to interact with their favorites.Ԛ  Recent interviews include From First To Last, Sugarcult and Permanent Me .

Find out more about DJ Rossstar at http://www.myspace.com/djrossstar and http://djrossstar.buzznet.com

Filed Under: News Tagged With: DJ Rossstar, Foreverinmotion, limbeck, Powerspace, The-Orangeburg-Massacre

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