Entries by colincruz

Criteria For Adding Music To TheBlast.FM

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by Colin Cruz, Program Director of The Blast and The Blast Blender. The criteria used to be a lot easier to be met: Back in the days when most Christian record labels were Christian-owned (late 1990’s, early 2000’s), it was easy. If the band was on a Christian label, the assumption was that this was […]

Remedy Drive And Exodus Road Work To End Sex Slavery

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Remedy Drive’s David Zach writes: Last night I met a 14 year old girl (or so) inside of a brothel in Southeast Asia. She wore on her wrist a Hello Kitty bracelet. Her mannerisms were reminiscent of a child. She was playful and put the bracelet on my wrist and smiled. Her hands were so […]

Justifide, Reform The Resistance Working On New Albums

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Christian Rock fans from the early to mid 2000’s will surely remember the band Justifide.  They were labelmates with Skillet on Ardent Records.  This was so long ago, that all of their songs we air from them are (other than occasional spin) pretty much relegated to “The Blastozoic Era” show that airs on Saturday nights (6-9 […]

Update: TheBlast.FM’s New iOS and Android Apps Have Arrived…

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The new TheBlast.FM iOS and Android apps have arrived!  These apps have six streams from each of our stations (The Blast:  Christian Rock/Alternative/Metal) and (The Blast Blender: progressive Christian pop).   The app also gives you the ability to rate the currently Blasting or Blending song, favorite songs, and read the lyrics as the song plays. It has links […]

Exiting The Fall Releases Video For The Song “Kingdom”

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TheBlast.FM has been playing the Exiting The Fall song "Kingdom" for many weeks and it has enjoyed a good run in heavy rotation.  The Red Cord Records band has released a video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPDStNf1rY0 Exiting The Fall is also working on a new EP.   

Spoken Working To Kick-start A New Album For 2015 Release

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Veteran Christian Rock band Spoken has started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new album set to release in 2015.  After 4 days of the campaign, they are already over 50% funded. The band says they will be releasing a single to radio shortly.  Presumably the song "Breathe Again".  Here is the video for that […]

Lo-Fi Stream Added For Blast And Blender Access In Bangladesh

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Some of the things listeners have come to expect when listening to The Blast and The Blast Blender are:  high quality streams, bit rate choices, and accessibility.   We thought we had all the bases covered, with bit rates from 128 kbps down to 24 kbps, using the AAC+ codec at 24 kbps, which is […]

Project 86 Offers Up Knives To The Future

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Project 86's new album "Knives To The Future" releases today.  This work tells a 12-song narrative that picks up where Wait for the Siren left off. While WFTS explores the motivation to fight and give your life for truth, Knives takes a look at the moments after the battle.  More specifically, this album looks at one […]