Posts Tagged ‘music’

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 [...]

Despite my penchant for modern styles of metal, I will always love Metallica. What lover of heavy metal music doesn’t at least nod their head to their influence and talent? Cliff Burton remains one of my heroes as a bassist, and the band’s [...]

Flyleaf’s lead singer, Kristen May, announced on Monday, August 15th her decision to depart from the band. She made the announcement via a video uploaded to her personal Facebook page. As for the band, they have yet to make an official statement [...]

“Good music is good music.” My Spotify library literally goes from Carly Rae Jepsen to Impending Doom to Andy Mineo and beyond, so I use that phrase a lot to justify my music choices when people remark on how eclectic it is. I began taking an [...]

Like most people in our blessed community at Geeks Under Grace, I grew up as a geek. Looking back, I could say it’s because of my older brother. Back in 1993, my brother was 5-years-old and I was 3, and this was the first time I was introduced to [...]

Artist: Tony Love Label: None Producers: Tim Henewich, SanchoBeatz, Mixwell Studios, Fivestar Beats Genre: Pop When you first turn on the Hip-Hop/R&B or Pop station what do you hear? For me, the first thing I hear is this upbeat tune that I might find [...]