Artist: Aniel
Single: How U Love
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Style: Dance / Pop
Label: Unsigned / Independent
Location: Jacksonville, FL

About:

“How U Love”, the second single from up and coming Christian artist Aniel is sure to have you dancing in the mirror. It’s bright poppy vocals and thumping dance beat go hand in hand with lyrics that tell of the pure mystery of God’s unchanging love towards his people. It’s releasing February 8, 2011 on iTunes and Amazon.

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Artist: Brenton Brown
Album: Our God Is Near
Release Date: March 22′nd, 2011
Style: Pop / Rock / Worship
Label: Survivor / Sparrow Records
Distribution: Kingsway / EMICMG
Location: Cape Town, CA

About:

Our God Is Near, Brenton’s third full-length recording and his second for Kingsway, is an irresistible collection of 10 songs bent on spanning the chasm between joy and death. “Those two ideas seem totally disparate and juxtaposed, like they could never go together,” he explains, “but that’s what makes the good news good news. When God is near, things change. He can literally bulldoze the mountains in our lives out of the way if he chooses to. We can’t fully understand it, and our language cannot describe it, but peace comes only in the fellowship of suffering. That we can die in him and rise in him confounds the trials of the world. Our music struggles to contain this idea.”

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Artist: Rebecca St. James
Album: I Will Praise You
Release Date: April 5th, 2011
Style: Pop / Rock / Dance
Label: Beach Street/ Reunion Records / Provident
Location: Nashville, TN

About:

New Studio Album for Rebecca St. James set for April, Plus A Feature Film Debuting in March and New Book in September. “Shine Your Glory Down” First Single from I Will Praise You (April 5) Releases To Radio Feb. 11

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Artist: Parachute Band
Album: Love Without Measure
Release Date: February 1st, 2011
Style: Praise & Worship – Pop/Rock
Label: Integrity Music / Parachute Music
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

About:

Armed with the mission to connect people to Jesus via music, and a mandate to raise the bar of New Zealand’s Christian music, Parachute Music was formed in 1989.

Founder Mark de Jong launched into the deep, from running large Youth for Christ concerts to starting a ministry which has now seen 20 years of growth. Still passionate about supporting musicians who sing what they stand for, Mark believes, “There’s power in a song to touch the human spirit when words are simply not enough.”

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Artist: Overcome
Album: The Great Campaign of Sabotage
Release Date: February 1st, 2011
Style: Hardcore / Metal
Label: Facedown Recrds
Location: Arizona, US

About:

Yesterday marked a milestone for Facedown and Overcome with the release of their new album “The Great Campaign Of Sabotage” which is our 100th release since we began as a label in 1997. Like we have said before, it’s our pleasure to have this be our 100th release as Overcome was a huge part of the early years of Facedown. Please check out the new album and pick up a physical CD copy at Hot Topic, Hastings, FYE (select stores), Zia, Newbury Comics, Gray Whale, Independent Records, The Exclusive, or other indie shops nationwide. Or, pick up a digital copy on The Great Campaign of Sabotage – Overcome or Amazon MP3. And last but not least, don’t forget to check out the Facedown online store for exclusive Overcome Merch.

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