Jason is currently out supporting his brand new album “Natural Born Killer.” The album features his current radio single “The Way You Still Want Me,” which is currently number eight on the New Music Weekly Charts. Are you going to be heading out to see Jason Charles Miller on the road this year? Check out his full list of tour dates at jasoncharlesmiller.com.

May 24 Anaheim, CA House of Blues w/Jerrod Neimann

May 25 Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch

May 26 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon

May 28 Salt Lake City, UT Carol’s Cove II

May 29 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theatre

May 31 Laredo, TX Cold Brew Rock Bar

Jun 1 New Braunfels, TX River Road Ice House

Jun 2 Austin, TX Headhunter’s

Jun 3 Austin, TX Saxon

Jun 4 Conroe, TX Dosey Doe

Jun 5 Lake Charles, LA Luna Live

Jun 6 College Park, TX Schotzi’s

Jun 7 Arlington, TX Diamond Jim’s

Jun 8 Beaumont, TX Tequila Rok

Jun 9 Shreveport, LA Fatty Arbuckle’s

Jun 10 Memphis, TN Hard Rock

Jun 11 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s

Jun 12 Hot Springs, AR Crosswalk

Jun 13 St. Louis, MO Crack Fox

Jun 14 Dickson, TN Holland Park (6pm acoustic)

Jun 14 Nashville, TN Douglas Corner (9pm)

Jun 15 Cincinnati, OH Toby Keith’s Bar

Jun 17 Birmingham, AL The Nick

Jun 18 Pascagoula, MS The Celtic

Jun 19 Ocean Springs, MS Mezo’s Juke Joint

Jun 21 Jacksonville, FL Ancient City Con

Jun 22 Jacksonville, FL The Norm (acoustic)

Jun 24 Atlanta, GA Smith’s Olde Bar

Jun 26 Indianapolis, IN Hard Rock

Jun 27 Chicago Ridge, IL Bobby McGee’s

Jun 28 Crest Hill, IL Bada Brew

Jun 29 Danville, IL Southern Fried Fest

Jul 1 Harrisburg, SD Phoenix Lounge

Jul 3 Algona, IA The Afterlife

Jul 5 Wichita, KS The Pumphouse

Jul 7 Avon, CO Montana’s

Jul 8 Avon, CO Montanta’s

Jul 9 Aurora, CO McDonough’s

Jul 13 Hollywood, CA Whisky A Go Go

Jul 19 San Diego, CA The Stage

Jul 20 Arcadia, CA Arcadia Blues Club

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Country music has quickly grown into more than a genre best recognized by artists such as Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. Over the past couple of decades, its image has expanded to include such new faces such as Jason Charles Miller, where he brings a new look and feel to a somewhat familiar sound.

At tonight’s show at the Whisky in West Hollywood, Miller and his band put on a solid set of familiar songs that captures what many would envision country music – bluesy Southern style melodies with a swinging feel that draws music listeners in immediately. Brothers (and twins), Adam Hall on the banjo and dobro, and bassist Zack Hall, along with fiddler Benedikt Brydem, drummer David Daniel Diaz, guitarists Willie Von Arx and Brett Boyett, all keep the band’s sound solid, and rarely misses a step throughout their set. His eclectic selection of musicians within his band brings out definitely helps solidify his overall sound into something worth checking out.

One area that separates Miller from many country artists in today’s scene is that his tattooed image creates an edgy imagine most artists in that genre do not necessarily have. In songs such as “Uncountry,” he humorously sings about their unwillingness to accept anything beyond the norm. On the other hand, he is still able to work in more traditional country sounding tunes into his setlist without straying too far away from the original feel of the genre. But in his own way, he is able to win fans over with his charisma and his strong vocal range.

While the debate wages on about whether Nashville is truly ready to embrace Miller and his so called alt-country sound with open arms, he has moved ahead and brought his music to the people instead. Tonight’s show was an indication that there is no stopping him from giving music to the people who want something outside of the norm.

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With the rise of rock infused country music, Jason might just be the hottest new thing to hit the scene. While he doesn’t dress or act much like Luke Bryan or Blake Shelton, he still put together one of the hidden gems of country music this year.

The 12-track album kicks off with “Devil’s Whiskey,” a song filled with banjo and a rock-guitar feel. It’s a great way to introduce country fans to Jason’s sound and image- which is country but still his own stylev.  While it might not be the strongest pick for a future single from the record, that doesn’t mean it isn’t good. It still is, and it shows off his songwriting, but it isn’t the ultimate of what the album has to offer fans.

The next track on the album is one of my favorites from Jason’s catalog. “You Get What You Pay For” isn’t exactly brand new for fans of Jason, (it appeared on HBO’s hit series “True Blood”), but it’s still ne of the strongest on his album. It’s a gritty song about, quite obviously, getting what you pay for. It’s the first song I’d recommend for country fans wondering what Jason is all about. The song, co-written by Jason with Jon Nite and Dave Rivers, will get you singing along pretty quickly before you even notice you’re doing it. It was his first solo recording for country music, and it’s still one of his strongest to date.

The third track “Love Ain’t Leaving You” might at first glance look like one of those required love songs that every artist has on each record, but don’t judge a book by its cover. Yes, it is a love song but there’s no real cheese factor in this one. That’s one of the great things about the album – nothing ever feels like a been-there-done-that that some artists have on their albums lately. The lyrics resemble something country legend Ronnie Dunn might have recorded if he heard it first. “There’s another ‘For Sale’ sign, just a block away from me. I saw ‘em moving out last week, and I don’t have to ask why.”

Another stand-out track on the record is “Here To Kill The Pain.” It’s your classic country feel, which is a very welcome relief in the world of pop-country madness. It’s a track that proves his country cred, a depressing song about trying to forget about losing someone. Think of a modern-day Waylon or a Merle track for this one.

The title track to the album is an interesting track, co-written by Jason with Driver Williams from Eric Church‘s band, and Drew Smith. It builds up dramatically from the start and Jason shows off his vocals in the chorus to “Natural Born Killer.” It’s a song that makes me wonder why no attention has been made for how country Jason’s voice truly is. It’s one of the better tracks on the record, and one that really does shine.

Other excellent tracks on the record vinclude “The Way You Still Want Me,” current single “Up To Me,” and “Raise A Little Hell With An Angel.” “The Way You Still Want Me” should be a stand-out in his live show, and “Up To Me” along with “Raise A Little Hell With An Angel” should keep Jason’s fans happy.

There’s no track that fits into the bubblegum pop-country mold – but that’s something that he would never do. It’s a solid album filled with real songs with real stories, something that country music used to always be about. While Taylor Swift, The Band Perry or Luke Bryan fans might not enjoy “Natural Born Killer” the way its supposed to be enjoyed; country fans looking for more in today’s music will. Jason’s first effort with Render Records is a solid one, and one that needs to be heard.

“Natural Born Killer” is full of Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard flavors. In a country world worried about chart placement rather than the art, Jason’s album is the perfect fit to bring country back to its roots. The album is out on iTunes and Amazon right now.

RATING: 9.5 out of 10.

DOWNLOAD: You Get What You Pay For, Here To Kill The Pain, Natural Born Killer.

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Now, Jason wants to celebrate his success, and his “Natural Born Killer” album release, with his fans and friends next week in Los Angeles. His show is at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on Friday, June 22nd, and he’s giving his fans the chance to buy the album 2 weeks before its release at the party and concert. The full-length album features 10 brand new songs and will be released on July 4th. It’s an all ages show, and doors open at 6 pm with the concert kicking off at 10:30 pm.

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Regardless, this Virginia native knows his way around the entertainment industry. Although he might be most known for heading the rock band Godhead, Jason has travelled many paths throughout his life. His impressive resume includes writing, producing, voiceover recording and acting. If that wasn’t enough, Jason is busy overseeing his own recording studio, Central Command Studios.

We caught up with Jason today to talk about the release of his new single “Up To Me,” his recent signing with Render Records, how he feels about the music industry and what he has to offer.

We can promise you that this man has a mind and heart evident in both his thoughts and music that any country music fan could appreciate and love. Take a look for yourself:

Your single “Up To Me” was released to country radio today. Tell us about that song and what it means to you.
I wrote it with my friend Joe Doyle who is a pretty awesome songwriter. He’s had a 25+ year career as a professional songwriter. He’s had songs for Kenny Rogers, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw and everybody in between – even Alabama. One of the keys to his success as a country songwriter is that he doesn’t listen to the radio or pay attention to trends. He just loves to write. I really admire that about him because as a country artist and as a country writer, I’m always listening to the radio. Sometimes I get really frustrated, but it also may influence my approach to songs. Sometimes that can be a dangerous way to approach the way you’re going to write a new song (based on a song that’s on the radio right now).

We were talking about the subject of what we wanted to write about. This is actually the first song we ever wrote together. We realized there are hundreds, if not thousands, of songs about a bar. But we couldn’t recall any song that was actually taken from the perspective of the bar and the bar that you lean on and order your drinks from. What if we brought life to that bar and personified this thing? Anybody that has ever been to a bar has leaned on, has ordered a drink from, has spilled a drink on or has met someone at a bar. A lot of these things that happen in our lives happen while leaning on a bar – at least most adults. We decided to take that perspective and just go with it. I hope that people get it, enjoy it and like it because the challenge as a songwriter, especially in a genre like country music, is that there are certain subjects that are almost expected of you as a country writer. But it’s about finding how to stay within the parameters of what a true country song is and still give it a unique perspective and a unique way of presenting maybe a story we’ve heard before, but telling it in a new way. I hope that we did that.

How has living in Hollywood affected you as a singer, especially a country music singer?
It’s really interesting. I have to go to Nashville to find anybody that likes the kind of music that I do (laughs). Although, if you scratch the surface, you’ll find people that really like country music. As far as fans go, the largest country radio station in America is actually in Los Angeles. But as far as country artists and writers go, they’re harder to find. In a way, its kind of nice because that makes it a much smaller community and a much more manageable community. We all kind of know each other. But at the same time, most of the writers out here are obsessed with pop music and that’s the big business in music in Los Angeles. So it’s a challenge finding people that are really familiar with country music to write with and to collaborate with. People that aren’t familiar with the genre don’t realize how detailed it really is. Unless you have either really grown up in it or really studied it for a long time, you wouldn’t know that there are so many subtle nuances to all of the sub-genres of country music. It’s really refreshing when you do run across somebody that knows what you’re talking about and knows what they’re talking about because it’s just a lot harder to find here.

You’ve opened for artists like Toby Keith, Gary Allan and Eric Church. Who would you like to tour with in the future?
Jamey Johnson is my musical hero, so I would absolutely love to tour with him. On a larger scale, somebody like George Strait would be amazing. Have you heard of Blackberry Smoke out of Atlanta? They’re on Zac Brown‘s label. The thing I love about them is they have a really infused southern rock element within their country sound. I would love to tour with them. Those are just the ones off the top of my head. There are so many. The great thing about country music is that I love how so many artists that are pretty widely varied but still fit under that umbrella of country all sort of tour together. I would love to open for Merle Haggard. He’s still touring and he’s one of my all-time favourites.

You signed with Render Records last month. How excited are you about that?
I’m really excited. With living in Hollywood, I’ve probably made at least fourteen trips to Nashville in the last two years. I was a shock to a lot of the major labels in Nashville. Almost universally, I got the same message back that was “he’s too extreme for Nashville.” I don’t believe that because I think that there is a huge disconnect between “the powers that be” and the fans. The reason that I feel like I’ve proven that that’s true is I’ve opened for Toby Keith, Eric Church, Justin Moore and Gary Allan. I co-write with Toby Keith’s bass player and music director. I co-write with Eric Church’s guitar player. What I’ve discovered is that when I opened for these artists, their fans embraced me from note one. They were in to it right away. I think that the same fan that listens to Toby Keith also listens to The Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd or even Disturbed or Linkin Park. I think that especially now in the age where you can listen to anything in a second if you want to, everyone’s musical tastes are widening.

I feel that there is definitely a place for me in country music. So it’s a big justification to me to sign with a Nashville label that gets me, understands me, and will let me be who I want to be and won’t try to water me down or try to change me to fit into this small little mold. I think that the fans are sick of that. I think that they’re hearing way too many things that sound the same and I want to break that mold and expand people’s horizons that already are expanded – just the “powers that be” don’t know it yet.

You co-wrote or wrote every track on Uncountry, your first full-length solo debut. How important is it for you to have a stake in writing your songs?
I think it’s pretty important for me. Coming from my rock career and coming from a band, I think it’s important because it puts your personal stamp and your personal signature on it. When I do cover songs, I try to put my own spin on them. My new album is going to be called Natural Born Killer. That is coming out in July. I do one cover on there, but all the rest are either solo-writes or co-writes. I just think that if you’ve been a writer for as long as I have – cause I guess I’ve been a professional writer for almost twenty years – you want to have that personal signature on there. So for me, it’s important. But then again, if I hear a song that just blows me away, I’ll want to record it as well and put my own stamp on it.

You own your own recording studio. Do you have any stories about recording sessions in the studio that you could share?
Most of them I try to put out of my head – all of the embarrassing ones (laughs). One of the cool things about owning the recording studio is coming up with interesting sounds. If my friends and I find something that we think is percussive and can make a cool sound, like a piece of steel or a box, we’ll take it into the live room and record it just to have our own samples of our own types of percussive instruments. That’s a lot of fun – finding new sounds and sampling that and adding it to recordings. With the stuff I’m doing now, I try to make it as organic as possible. I don’t want to have any kind of programming in there. It’s the opposite approach of what I’ve done in my spare time, which is create sounds from any kind of object. But any object has it’s own pitch so it’s fun to experiment with that.

What kind of experience do you hope to give your fans when they come out to see you play?
I want to give the kind of experience that they don’t forget. I want to play material that’s going to move them in some way. That’s really the key. I often get told that I don’t have enough party songs. But that’s not really my personality. I mean, of course I like to have a good time. It’s not that I take myself too seriously, because I really don’t. I’m a jokester just like everybody else. But I feel like the music that I’m trying to portray – I want it to have a bit of weight to it. I’m not going to sing about real party-party stuff. I want to make people think with my music. I want them to enjoy that part of it as well. I think with the live show, besides having a kick-ass band and everything else, I want to play songs that people remember and songs that will affect them in a positive way. Even if it’s not about going to the party, at least it’s something that will make people feel good.

I think that my problem with the party songs in general and me performing the party songs (which I don’t really do) is that I feel like you shouldn’t have to sing about having a good time – the music should just make you have a good time. The music could be about anything. I feel like there are too many songs about songs or too many songs about music. You don’t need to sing about music – you just need to play the music and play what has inspired you to write it. It doesn’t need to be about itself. I’ve seen that trend a lot and I’d like to break that trend. There are too many songs that are about themselves.

What has been your most memorable or rewarding experience during your career in the music industry?
There are a couple of things. The first time that my picture was in Rolling Stone Magazine with my band – that was a really awesome moment. That was something that I could show my dad. If your picture is in Rolling Stone, that kind of validates it to your parents. Another one was when I got my first gold record for being on the Queen of the Damned movie soundtrack with my name on it and able to get two more for my parents. Whether you know anything about music or not, everyone knows the term “gold record.” To be able to actually have two – I was also on The Punisher soundtrack – and be able to get both of those for my parents was pretty rewarding for me.

Is there anything in particular you would like our readers to know about you?
I’m pretty opinionated, but I don’t want to offend anyone. I’m not trying to say that there’s not a place for the party song. I’m just trying to say that there’s not really a place for me within that. But I think that any fan of music is going to appreciate different styles and different subjects within the music that they listen to. I don’t know anybody that just wants to listen to party songs all day. I think that music is something that drives us all and puts us in different moods. I want to be able to set the mood for different things. But at the same time, if I have a song that reminds somebody of a bad time but then helps them heal or get through that, to me that is more important and can have a more lasting impression on somebody and can be a more rewarding experience for me when that happens.

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“Jason is no stranger to success or the hard work it takes to achieve it. As unique as he is, I know that Jason will fit right in with the rest of our artist roster. His music is groundbreaking, the second I heard it I not only wanted him on the label, but I became a fan. He knows who he is as an artist and his music reflects his passion and understanding of the country format and it’s diverse audience. When I look at our roster, I see different pieces of a puzzle that come together and make an amazing portrait. Not having Jason would leave us without a crucial piece of that puzzle. I am excited to have him join us at Render and help us complete our music masterpiece” says Render Records Co-Founder Steve Freeman

Jason has been featured in some of music’s top magazines such as Rolling Stone, Billboard, Guitar World and many more. His music has been featured on MTV, MTV2, Fuse and VH1. Make sure you keep your ears peeled to your local radio for his single and let us know what you think!

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His solo career was launched on HBO’s hit series “True Blood” with his single “You Get What You Pay For” and it’s been on the rise since then. Jason has opened for Toby Keith, Gary Allan, and Eric Church, three artists he could comfortably compare to in the industry today. His classic country influence is obvious on the record, which proves that Los Angeles and Nashville have more in common than people thought.

Jason has one of the most “country” voices this year, which deserves more attention than it’s been getting. “Uncountry” is one of the more pure-country albums of 2011 and it rocks. For fans of Eric Church it’s a must-have. Fans will be surprised at how easily Jason can fit into country music with his rock pedigree. It’s not a spur-of-the-moment venture: he’s been playing country music for quite some time. He co-wrote or wrote every track on the 10-song album. Much like his title track says, there’s nothing uncountry about him.

The album opens with its title track, where he proves that he’s not any different than your average country boy. It’s a great way to prove that this album wasn’t just a random project he put together for fun. It’s a rocker, and one track that both Godhead fans and the average country music listener will enjoy. While there are plenty of countrier-than-thou anthem songs, this is one that stands out.

The second track “The Dotted Line” shows off how country his voice really is. It’s a throwback to the country classics of old, and something that Merle Haggard could have recorded. If there’s any doubt on if Jason can be successful in recording country music, this song should put an end to the doubt.

“Learn To Live With It” is another highlight on the album. Jason gets the chance to really shine on tracks that show off his songwriting. It’s a rich track where he conveys the emotion of the song perfectly, and quickly became one of my favorites on this record.

“The Devil” is one of the stronger songs on the record. It’s an uptempo song with a classic rock flavor, but it works. The second-last song on the album is one not to be missed. Jason proves that he can be country but still use his rock background to his advantage. “The Devil” along with album closer “Drag Me Down” are two of the songs that will keep fans of his band happy, but still gives him country credibility.

In a world where the charts are full of pop-country singles built to earn money instead of quality music, “Uncountry” is a very welcome departure from the usual Nashville mold. It’s a brave step for the singer, who released something different than his Godhead roots. While it might not be the pop-country Nashville is pumping out, it’s nothing to apologize for: it’s a solid, fantastic country album full of great lyrics and creativity that makes it stand out from the usual. It’s a shame that Jason’s talent might not get the mainstream attention he deserves with this record. It’s an album where you need to download as a whole, not just single tracks, to really get the full value and story. For country fans looking for something brand new under the tree this year, Jason’s album might just be the perfect fit.

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