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Gungor: “Beautiful Things”

Shawn Michael — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:16:44 +0000

There are probably a lot of you familiar with Michael Gungor and his music, you just don’t know it yet. Michael toured with Acquire the Fire a few years back and became well known for his worship songs “Battle Cry”, “Wrap Me in Your Arms, “Friend of God”, and the like. He has recently changed his band’s name from “Michael Gungor Band” to simply “Gungor”. With it comes a new and refined sound and creativity that I am absolutely digging. The creativity and musicianship is excellent; I cannot get enough. Here’s a taste of their newest release, “Beautiful Things”, that was released earlier this year.

This week, people started asking me, “Who is that singing/playing that last song in Zion’s ‘first day video’ [shared here on my personal site] ?” That’s when I realized that I wanted more people to experience Gungor. Here’s a beautiful acoustic version of their title song, “Beautiful Things”…

Lastly, Gungor plays “The Earth is Yours” live and in the forest. Love it!

Dare I say Gungor’s “Beautiful Things” might be my favorite album of the moment? I think it might be! Go check ‘em out on their [official web site] and snag yourself some awesome music now!

Paper Tongues and OK Go

Shawn Michael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:47:22 +0000

Ran across a few cool music videos I wanted to share. First up, “End Love” by the always creative and fun-to-watch guys from OK Go…

Paper Tongues is a fairly new band that just released their debut album this March. Check ‘em out more at their [official site] and listen to “Trinity”…

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The Sound (John M. Perkin’s Blues)

Shawn Michael — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:24:28 +0000

New from Switchfoot…

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The Muppets: American Woman

Shawn Michael — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:50:10 +0000

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“For Those Who Wait” – Fireflight

Shawn Michael — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:42:12 +0000

Violins pretty much rock!

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To Our 2010 Graduates

Shawn Michael — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:40:12 +0000

Download the song from artist, Josh Shipp ($1.99): http://joshshipp.bandcamp.com.

Follow Josh on Twitter and visit his official site at http://joshshipp.com.

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“How He Loves” Song Story

Shawn Michael — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:04:00 +0000

This is a MUST WATCH video! John Mark McMillan shares the story behind the now familiar worship song, “How He Loves”…

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“Hanging On By a Thread” by The Letter Black

Shawn Michael — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:53:05 +0000

Many of you are familiar with Skillet and Red, who will be playing the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Thursday (ticket information here), but there are probably some of you that haven’t been introduced to The Letter Black…

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Download MuteMath’s “The Fight”

Shawn Michael — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:11:39 +0000

MuteMath is still one of my fave bands of all time… especially after seeing them live at Hills Alive a few years ago.

Click here to download “The Fight” mp3 for free (live from the Howlin’ Wolf).

I also love that the guys can laugh at themselves in this self-posted “MuteMath Fail Vlog”…

It’s a wonder that Darren is still alive!

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Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’

Shawn Michael — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:30:58 +0000

I didn’t expect it, but this new video by Hanson is real nice, feel-good, fun tune…

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