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The good people at HeBrews Fort Wayne (non profit coffe shop/venue) were nice enough to alert me to a cool little sampler that they had put together. They are based out of Indiana, and they have some cool stuff to say.
“The vision behind HeBrews is simple. We are here to provide a coffee house and music venue that is heavily focused on ministry. Churches often start coffee houses, only for it to close down a few years later. Our vision has always been, and will always be, to provide a place for ministry, and to bless the bands that come through our doors. So many bands have told me how difficult it is on the road, and how much they get taken advantage of. Each show we provide a home cooked meal, free coffee drinks & milkshakes, and even provide lodging for bands that need it. We have been incredibly blessed at HeBrews to have a lot of really awesome bands and singers come through our doors. I fully believe that God has His hand on our ministry, and this is evident in the fruit and the hearts and lives that have been encouraged and blessed by coming here. It is not about this place, rather a vision of ministry and living it out relationally through a building. Our heart is to raise up more venues and coffee houses with that same vision and passion for Jesus. ”

If you are in the area, you should hit them up, they do concerts twice a month, and based on the pictures, it seems like a really cool vibe of a place. Check out HeBrews website.

The compilation contains songs from Holding Onto Hope, So Long Forgotten, The Ember Days, Esterlyn, Darkroom and many more.  20 tracks in all!

Download HeBrews Digital Download Vol.1

Free music today from The Great Transparency, a fairly new Christian power-pop band from Ohio.  If you like Hello Kelly, Eleventyseven, or even Mikeschair, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy the two free songs the band has on their Purevolume profile.  Both songs are from the band’s first EP, Run For It.  The first of the two songs, the title track “Run For It”, is an encouraging song about, well, running for it, and is actually pretty good.

The next track, “Top 40 Gold”, is just as good, but far less serious.  The gist of the song is just having fun “in a sweet land of rock & roll, American best and the top 40 gold.”  Even though the song is kind of fun, the best part is actually the interlude, half way through the song, featuring a “informative” discourse on how “non-lethal damage goes away much faster then lethal damage,” and several other interesting tidbits, evidently derived from Dungeons and Dragons.  I’ve listen to the song several times since I downloaded, and it still cracks me up.  Worth getting for sure! 

-The Great Transparency on Purevolume-

Edit: I’ve been doing a bit of research on the band, and it looks like “Run For It” was also on The Great Transparency’s new EP If Worse Comes to Worse, and is actually the band’s current single.  So if you like the song… you can go request it. 

These guys are playing a show with White Collar Sideshow at The Channel on Nov. 15th. . I believe TgT have played there several times, but I haven't seen them yet. Anyway, it should be a fun show so I'm going to try to go to that.
-EriN