Posts Tagged ‘music’

Welcome, all you tankobon-toting, animation-loving, OVA-watching (ha!) denizens of the internet, to this month’s anime collaboration article. In these halls, the humble yet phenomenal cast of Geeks Under Grace’s anime writers will bring sweet [...]

  Imagine this scenario: You’re talking with someone who you just met, and you share about your passion for video games/music/table top/TV shows (you name it). This is something you love; it’s your down time, your enjoyment! Yet, instead of [...]

Artist: NF Label: Capitol CMG, Real Music LLC Genre: Rap Following the growing popularity of his previous two albums, NF (Nathan Feuerstein) returns in 2017 with his third installment, Perception. Continuing to draw on themes of mental health and personal [...]

The Divide When Kings Kaleidoscope released their 2016 album, Beyond Control, the expectation for another rich composition was rife. The release of their first album in 2014, Becoming Who We Are, already captivated an audience with Chad Gardner’s [...]

Song Title: Three Cord Bond Artist: Propaganda Album: Crimson Cord Released: 2014 Genre: Spoken word If you’re familiar with spoken word, you’re aware of its…. awkwardness. On its own, it sounds poetic, yet match a beat and it doesn’t always flow [...]

When I became a Christian in 1999, the Christian rock, punk and metal scenes were just beginning to blow up. After a year or two of serious internet googling, I became a Tooth & Nail Records junkie and a regular Cornerstone Festival attender. One of [...]

Song Title: Dare You To Move Artist: Switchfoot Album: The Beautiful Letdown Released: 2003 Genre: Rock The band that began its debut in 1996 as “Chin Up” would later take on the name we all know and love today: Switchfoot. I was only 5 years old when [...]

Producer: Diomedéa Director: Keizo Kusakawa Writer: Aoi Akashiro Starring: Yusuke Kobayashi Lynn Distributor: Funimation Genre: Music, Drama, Romance, Shounen Rating: PG-13 Fuuka is the sequel/spin-off to Souji Keo’s 2004 work, Suzuka. The story primarily [...]

For years I’ve said I was going to check out more conventions, and for years I would either fail to budget and plan for this goal or I would fail to remember it altogether. Well, I decided that 2017 would be my year of conventions! By that, I mean I [...]

Whether embarking on a quest for requited romance or embracing the spiritual gift of “foreveralone.jpg”… and no matter if your heartstrings are currently singing for a significant other or still severely singed from the last time… …there’s [...]

When hearing the word “worship,” our minds instantly go to a specific musical style, carrying familiar and straightforward messages. Admittedly, this is sometimes okay and necessary; we should expect simplicity of our Sunday experience, if we first desire [...]

Artist: Gungor Label: Independent Genre: Experimental Worship Gungor is quite controversial in the Christian music world (as is any artist, daring anything beyond the same Psalms over a generic four-chord progression). Comprised of husband and wife duo [...]

Geeks are people who deeply enjoy many things. What we enjoy, we hold onto very closely, as those things are important to us. It can even seem to become part of who we are. If you’re anything like me, you’ve deeply enjoyed movies, games, and TV shows as [...]

Artist: Crowder Label: sixsteprecords/Sparrow Records Genre: “Swamp Pop” (Christian Contemporary) I caught my first David Crowder Band concert back in high school, as part of a Christian music festival, and I was instantly hooked. I was blown [...]

Dubstep is possibly one of the most polarizing styles of music out there today: some people laugh it off and make jokes about it sounding like dail-up and Transformers, others find it a unique and exciting subgenre that helped bring EDM to the forefront [...]