Night Beat Rewind: January 2018

A New Year, a New Edition of Night Beat Rewind. 2018 has begun, and it is starting with a bang. I wont spend a lot of time telling you how big a month it is. I'll let the releases do the talking. We begin with the songs released in the month, with hopefully an album will follow soon afterward.

The Singles Scene

• Audrey Assad - Drawn To You 4.75 Emeralds
• Beacon Lights - Sleeping on Me ft Spencer Kane 4.50 Emeralds
• Brad and Rebekah - Never Alone ft Watoto 4.75 Emeralds
• Mike Brand - It's all good 3.50 Emeralds
• Ty Brasel - No More 4.75 Emeralds
• Ty Brasel - Phoenix in Exile 4.25 Emeralds
• Brvndon P - I Get No 4.50 Emeralds
• Eshon Burgundy - Testify 4.75 Emeralds
• Captured - With All 4.50 Emeralds
• Family Force 5 - Fire On The Highway 4.75 Emeralds
• Free G - The Great Escape ft Sibbyl 4.75 Emeralds
• James Gardin - Limits 4.50 Emeralds 
• Tragic Hero - Look Who I'm With 4.50 Emeralds
• Joey Jewish - Brown Boi ft WHATUPRG 4.25 Emeralds
• Prafit Josiah - Count Yah Blessings 4.50 Emeralds
• Lovecollide - I Don't Want It 4.75 Emeralds
• TobyMac - I Just Need U 4.75 Emeralds
• Sarah Masen - Three Strangers 4.75 Emeralds
• Kevin Max - AWOL 5 Emeralds
• Mighty Men of Faith - River of Life 4.50 Emeralds
• NF - No Name 4.75 Emeralds
• Nineclub - Keep On 4.75 Emeralds
• Owl City - Lucid Dreams 4.75 Emeralds
• Sarah Reeves - Right Where You Want Me 4.75 Emeralds
• Brian Reith - Good 2 B Back 4.50 Emeralds
• Scandroid - Time Crime 4.75 Emeralds 
• Scandroid - Time Crime (Instrumentals) 4.75 Emeralds
• Shiwan - New Grammar 4.75 Emeralds
• Social Club Misfits ft Tauren Wells - War Cry 4.50 Emeralds
• Tedashii - Splash 4.50 Emeralds
• Chris Tomlin - Resurrection Power 5 Emeralds
• Roy Tosh - Stronger 4.75 Emeralds
• JJ Weeks Band - Fools Gold 4.75 Emeralds
• The Young Escape - Good Life (Loud Luxury Remix) 4.50 Emeralds

34 Songs. You heard that right. 34. In one month. Sometimes we don't have 34 entries total in a month. Let's go on to the albums. We begin with those albums which do not qualify for the #PlatVnyl9 Pool.

Missing The Mark

• Eric Birdine and The Messengers - The Message Volume 2: Bless His Name 4.25 Emeralds
• Ruslan - Indie Jones II 4.25 Emeralds
• Corey Wise - Infinity Vibes EP 4.25 Emeralds

The next grouping not only doesn't have to worry about making the pool, they have a great chance of winning it all.

Pure Platinum Perfection

• Forerunner Music - Fully Alive 5 Emeralds
• Nicole C. Mullen - Like Never Before 5 Emeralds
• Rend Collective - Good News 5 Emeralds
• Mark Lee Townsend - 1919: The Ballad of Rexford 5 Emeralds
• Various Artists - Wow Gospel 2018 5 Emeralds

We finish with the albums in the middle, which have to fight it out in the pool.

Semi-Precious Metal

• Cory Asbury - Reckless Love 5 Emeralds
• Leanna Crawford - Crazy Beautiful You (Deluxe) 4.75 Emeralds
• Todd Dulaney - Your Great Name 4.75 Emeralds
• Equippers Revolution - CLRS EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Tommy Faulk - Come What May 4.75 Emeralds
• Jordan Felix - Witness (Remixes) 4.75 Emeralds
• First Free Music - Awake/Alive 4.50 Emeralds
• For All Seasons - Clarity EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Freedom Church - Thunder. Reign 4.75 Emeralds
• GodzG - Grayscale 4.75 Emeralds
• KJ-52 - Jonah Part 2 (Limited Release) 4.75 Emeralds
• Adam Layne - Emblem 4.75 Emeralds
• Steven Malcolm - The Second City, Part 1 EP 4.50 Emeralds
• Mass Anthem - Through People Like Me 4.75 Emeralds
• Germaine Martel - Human 3: The Holy Trilogy 4.50 Emeralds 
• Jared Miller - Chasing Me Down EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Cameron Moore - Alpenglow 4.50 Emeralds
• Rapture Ruckus - Ignition EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Remedy Drive - The North Star 4.75 Emeralds
• Brooke Robertson - Have My Heart EP 4.50 Emeralds
• Sleeping Giant - I AM 4.75 Emeralds
• Jason Upton - A Table Full of Strangers, Volume 2 4.75 Emeralds
• Cory Voss - Songs of Heaven and Earth 4.50 Emeralds

2018 is under way. It looks like its going to be a big year. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply. 

#PlatVnyl6 The Nominations Begin: Video of The Year

We have come to the greatest of all the posts, as least in the video category. VIDEO OF THE YEAR. These are the best videos for the eligibility year, at least as far as the judges here are concerned. In some cases Movie Short may be used instead of Music Video. The nominees are: Darkest Part by RED ; Dreams by +kingskaleidoscope ; Ever Be by Kalley Heiligenthal and +Bethel Music ; For Those Who Can't Speak by +tenthavenuenorthVEVO ; and Volcano ft Jonathan Thulin by +Rapture Ruckus . Three of the 5 nominated videos are over 5 Minutes in length. One breaks 8 minutes.

Here are the nominated videos in a nice playlist.

That does it for the video nominees. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply

#PlatVnyl6 The Nominations Begin: Video by A Male Artist

We had a full plate of Video Entries this Year, and we have a full slate of genres as well, where we had dropped a few last year. We come to the General Field Based Video Awards nominees. There are 4 of them: Video by a Male Artist, Video by a Female Artist, Video by a New Artist, and Video of The Year. We Start with Video by a Male Artist, the Video Companion to Male Vocalist of The Year, though the two are not identical.

The Nominees are: Letting Go ft Josh Lane by +Jekob Washington ; Volcano ft. Jonathan Thulin by +Rapture Ruckus ; Wanna Be Happy by +Kirk Franklin ; The Way That You Love Me by +Jonathan McReynolds ; and We Gon Reign by Flame.

Our playlist of the nominated videos follows: 

Next up is Video by a Female Artist. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

#PlatVnyl6 The Nominations Begin: Electronic-Industrial Video of The Year

No Joke. We are underway with the nominations for #PlatVnyl6. We are in the middle of The Video of The Year Nominees. Electronic-Industrial is up next, the harder sibling of Dance-Sythpop. We are loaded for bear as they say. The nominees are: Can't Live Like This by +Hardie Avenue ; Mr. Roboto by +Rapture Ruckus ; Return by +NYVES ; Stressed Out by +twenty one pilots and Volcano ft Jonathan Thulin by +Rapture Ruckus 

The nominated videos in one convenient playlist.

Hip Hop and Rap Video are next. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

#PlatVnyl6 The Nominations Begin: Alternative Video of The Year

We move out of the "Spiritual Arena" into the Rock and Roll area. Now I don't really give much credence to Secular/Sacred boundaries in the CCM Arena, but a lot of people do. Hey, I get some of my best Spirituality from Kicked out of The Kingdom groups like Jennifer Knapp and Evanescence, so there you go.

Alternative Video of The Year for #PlatVnyl6 is gonna be good. The nominees are: Dreams by +Kings Kaleidoscope br ; For Those Who Can't Speak by +Tenth Avenue North ; Hurricane by +Lifehouse ; Moonshot by Steve Taylor and The Perfect Foil; and Volcano ft Jonathan Thulin by +Rapture Ruckus

The Playlist of the nominated videos follows:

Next up is Pop Video. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: Oh Mama a Volcano

Welcome to the return of Music Video Monday. I have decided to bring this back as a sign that things are getting back to normal. Now that the nominations for #PlatVnyl5 are updated, we can get back to the flow of things, and Music Video Monday is part of that flow.

We begin with a new video by Former The Civil Wars Lead singer Joy Williams. It's a timely video called Woman (Oh Mama). One word of warning, though. We have a lot of shots of Joy "Tastefully nude" I shall say, so there may be a NSFW for the squeamish. I wasn't offended, but a little shocked. She is a beautiful woman.
Next up, we go to rap, and Rapture Ruckus. This has been a strange journey for this band and the Platinum Vinyl Awards. Invader Volume 1 was, eh. Ok. I passed on it. Invader Volume 2 I loved. And I loved Invader Deluxe. He got some help from Jonathan Thulin for the music video of Volcano. Love his epic videos
And finally we got to a just discovered just posted live video by The Vespers. What? It's Not enough? You'll have to wait for next week.
That does it for the return of Music Video Monday. See you next Monday. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Night Beat Rewind: January 2015

2015, or as we like to call it here at +The WENC Night Beat #PlatVnyl6, is fully underway. The Christmas Releases are over and we are getting new material in every Tuesday. We got off to a brisk pace this January, and I'm not talking about the weather. All that did was wreak havoc with the blogging schedule. Looking for Spring.

We continue our tradition of leading off with Single releases, with, hopefully, an album or EP to follow. Tongue in Cheek, we refer to it, in a Valentines appropriate way, as

The Singles Scene

• Toby Mac - Beyond Me 4.50 Emeralds

Now normally we would go on to the releases which missed the mark. We looked and looked but couldn't find any. So there are none, barring any lost releases turning up. We almost thought that there were no Perfect Albums this month. Poor bookkeeping made it look like that, but one finally turned up hiding under the rubble.

Pure Platinum Perfection

• Derek Minor - Empire 5 Emeralds

This is a month for the semi-precious metals, and truly that is the case most months. Usually we have a few more entrants in the other categories as well. But 19 releases here make this a very good month.

Semi-Precious Metal

• Bethel Music - We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) 4.75 Emeralds
• Blanca - Who I Am EP 4.50 Emeralds
• Sarah Brusco - The Woven Whisper 4.75 Emeralds
• Calling Glory - Life & Spirit 4.50 Emeralds
• The Gray Havens - Fire and Stone 4.50 Emeralds
• Armar'rae Hill and True Foundation - We Are Royalty 4.75 Emeralds
• Hillsong Young and Free - This Is Living 4.75 Emeralds
• Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors - Medicine 4.75 Emeralds
• I Am They - I Am They 4.50 Emeralds
• Love and The Outcome - Ocean Way Sessions Live 4.75 Emeralds
• Jason Nelson - Jesus Revealed (Digital Version With Booklet) [+digital booklet] 4.75 Emeralds
• North Point Music - North Point Music: Beginnings 4.50 Emeralds
• Rapture Ruckus - Invader Volume II EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Robbie Seay Band - Psalms LP 4.75 Emeralds
• Sixteen Cities - The Depth of Your Love 4.50 Emeralds
• Various Artists - Billboard #1 Gospel Hits 4.75 Emeralds
• Various Artists - iWorship Now / Next 2015 4.50 Emeralds
• Vertical Church Band - Church Songs 4.75 Emeralds
• Brian Courtney Wilson - Worth Fighting For (Live) 4.50 Emeralds

Well that wraps up January. Love must be in the air. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: Forever

Welcome back everybody. We had some personal problems leading to our first missed Music Video Monday. I may have missed one due to a holiday but I do not remember. Either way I will make sure it doesn't happen again.

We begin with an event. Some videos just make you go WOW. This is one of them. Kari Jobe and this is Forever. I'll be here when you finish. It's over twelve minutes long, but well worth it.

We're back. I hope you agree, WOW. Sometimes you just have to spend a while in worship before the throne. Right now everything else seems window dressing but we must go on. We move on to Rap/Rock. First up is KJ-52 (five-two). This is Tonight.
It's about time that we created a ruckus. Rapture Ruckus, that is. They team up with Soul Glow Activatur. It's really freeing when you're not in The In Crowd. 
Goth Girl's got some moves. Know who else does? Sarah Anthony of The Letter Black.  Rise Up From The Ashes.

That concludes this edition of Music Video Monday. I hope you enjoyed it. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

 

Heating It Up: Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees - Rock

We finally come to the end of the genre based nominees for this quarter with Rock. Again, we were well represented. Eleven entries for this one too.

Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees

Like I Said, nearly a dozen entries. This is good. Even though it makes my job a lot more difficult, I like it when the genre's are well represented.

Rock

• Ashes Remain - What I've Become
• Downhere - On the Altar of Love
• For King and Country - For King and Country EP (D)
• Icon For Hire - Scripted
• Manic Drive - Epic
• Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - IV
• Needtobreathe - The Reckoning
• Rapture Ruckus - Open Your Eyes
• Rush of Fools - We Once Were
• Switchfoot - Vice Verses (5)
• Heather Williams - This Time Around (5)

We had Two Perfect 5's this time around with Switchfoot and Heather Williams. Now that things are finished it's time to put every entry in the pool and start whittling them down. I know I am only in my second year but I'm already thinking of mixing things up, maybe making up a fan survey to see who you think makes the grade. But that can wait. Please feel free to make your thoughts known in the comments. As always, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Heating It Up: Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees - Hip Hop/Rap

We're Back. Things got a little crazy with the Hallowsnow Event. Amazing how nineteenth century the electrical grid is around here. Continuing with the 4th Quarter Nominees, we move onto Hip Hop and Rap. As usual, this is a pretty well represented genre.

Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees

The Fourth Quarter of Hip Hop gave us Eight Nominees. Since the genre will be eventually be whittled down to seven, this is what we call a good showing. Without further ado we present.

Hip Hop & Rap

• Ambassador - Stop the Funeral
• Benjah - The Break Up (D)
• Braille - Native Lungs
• DA T.R.U.T.H. - The Whole Truth
• Lecrae - Rehab (Deluxe Edition)
• Rapture Ruckus - Open Your Eyes
• Thi'sl - Beautiful Monster
• Various Artists - Holy Hip Hop, Volume 11

Only Two Genre's are yet to be revealed, Hard Rock and Rock. It's good to get back into the swing of things. As always, I am Awaiting Your Reply.