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Welcome back music fans! You'll be glad you clicked on this one...

This time around we have some exciting news about the goings-on in the local Philly scene, sad news on the star scene, and of course - reviews of up and coming artists.

First let's get to the exciting stuff. Philly-based artists, Pompton Lakes, have entered a contest to play at Radio 104.5's 6th Birthday Show.  They've done really well to get in the top 25 bands, and YOU can help.  You can vote for Pompton Lakes by clicking here, and while your at it, register to WIN TICKETS to the show!  You can vote once per day until March 31.  Best of luck to Pompton Lakes!!  If you want to check the band out, be sure to visit their website, Facebook, and Twitter pages!

R.I.P Clive Burr

Former drummer of Iron Maiden, Clive Burr, passed away yesterday.  Reports say that he had been suffering from poor health for a long time now.  Burr had wrestled with Multiple Sclerosis.  He passed peacefully in his sleep at home. The band has released official statements on their website.  You can read more about this by clicking here.  Burr played with Iron Maiden from 1979 - 1982.  He was 56.

Another (less important) piece of news is a personal one.  I have joined the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy!  This means absolutely nothing in terms of the content of this blog, but I just thought I would gloat a little bit.....

Moving on.

Steal The Stars cover

The state of Ohio has brought us many great things such as, The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, The Buckeyes (Ohio State Football), and a band called State Your Cause.  Their most recent album, Steal The Stars, released in July of 2012 and features a sound that parallels Lost Prophets or Disciple. They still manage to maintain a distinctive edge to remain unique too. In fact, certain songs on the album have more of a Story Of The Year kind of feel to them.  The album, as a whole, has a great balance from song to song.  There are also some great moving guitar lines!  As an added bonus, these riffs don't overpower the rest of the mix... nicely done fellas!

State Your Cause is currently on hiatus, but there is a side-project called F.A.M (From Another Mother) that features the two brothers in the band.  You can find the video "Catfish" by clicking here.


If you want more of State Your Cause, or if you want to beg them to come out of hiatus, check out their Facebook, Twitter, ReverbNation, or YouTube pages.  You can also find them on iTunes!

State Your Cause