Reviews

4.7

Review: Ordinary Man by Ozzy Osbourne

April 1, 2020

Ordinary Man, the newest release from the crowned "prince of darkness," makes up for in music what it lacks in lyrics and vocals.

by Serena Bond

9.3

Single Review: Nathaniel Rateliff – And It’s Still Alright

January 23, 2020

Nathaniel Rateliff released the title track for his upcoming solo album, And It's Still Alright, as a single this month. It's a powerful and emotional song, but how does it compare to his previous solo work?

by Serena Bond

9.0

Review: Revangelion

November 26, 2019

Revangelion is a 21 minute, 7-song long instrumental album produced by Brian Altano and inspired by the classic anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion.” Featuring remixes, samples, and reinterpretations of the original soundtrack.

by L.J. Lowery

7.8

Review: Jesus is King

November 3, 2019

Jesus is King is Kanye West's latest album since his recent salvation. Kanye expresses his newfound faith and beliefs around this change in his life. After experiencing multiple delays, the album is finally here for all to listen to.

by L.J. Lowery

9.6

5.0

Review: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

August 7, 2019

Artist: Billie EilishLabel: Darkroom/Interscope RecordsProducer: Finneas O’ConnellGenre: Avant-Pop / Electropop At just 17 years old, Billie Ellish is topping charts and changing pop music with her debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE [...]

by Serena Bond

8.1

Review: Fear

June 24, 2019

With Citizens' 4th studio album release, we get a deeper look into the heart of a Christian at war: flesh and fears, finding rescue from God or self?

by Serena Bond

8.5

Review: Blushing

March 12, 2019

Artist: Copeland Label: Tooth and Nail Records Producers: Aaron Marsh Genre: I Seriously Don’t Know At the height of the Christian indie/punk/alternative scene in the early 2000s, bands like Copeland, Anberlin, and Underoath achieved an [...]

by Derek Thompson

8.8

Review: Primal Heart

May 22, 2018

Artist: Kimbra Label: Warner Bros. Producers: Kimbra (exec.), John Congleton (exec.), Timon Martin, Taylor Graves, Andrew Maury, Matt Friedman, Skrillex, Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska Genre: Pop Kimbra’s first claim to fame was her excellent co-performance in [...]

by Derek Thompson

Review: Floor Kids Original Video Game Soundtrack

April 27, 2018

Artist: Kid Koala Label: Arts & Crafts Producer: Kid Koala Genre: Hip-Hop Back in January I had the opportunity to review Floor Kids on the Nintendo Switch; a rhythm-based breakdancing video game, from the minds of JonJon and Kid Koala with the [...]

by L.J. Lowery

8.3

6.6

Review: Perception

December 21, 2017

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 [...]

by Blake Gardiner

9.0

9.3

Review: Worthy

October 26, 2017

Artist: Beautiful Eulogy Label: Humble Beast Genre: Rap/Spoken Word When Beautiful Eulogy announced the creation of a third EP album, the critical success of their previous two albums left no doubt the trio would deliver a sound, rich composition. Praised [...]

by Blake Gardiner

8.1

8.8

Review: One Wild Life: Body

November 16, 2016

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 [...]

by Geek Under Grace

9.0

Review: The Narrative

October 28, 2016

Artist: Sho Baraka Label: Humble Beast Records Genre: Rap/Hip Hop On June 14th we received some very big news: that Sho Baraka was signed to Humble Beast Records. Sho already chose to leave Reach Records in 2011. A few years later, he independently [...]

by L.J. Lowery

8.3

8.1

Review: American Prodigal

October 4, 2016

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 [...]

by Geek Under Grace

8.5

Review: Out of the Badlands

September 15, 2016

Artist: Aaron Gillespie Label: Tooth & Nail Records Genre: Acoustic/Rock Aaron Gillespie is most well known for his time as the drummer and clean vocalist for Underoath. They put out 7 studio albums before Gillespie departed from the band he [...]

by Vince Chapman

7.5

Review: Integral

August 4, 2016

Artist: Forevermore Label: Solid State Records Genre: Metalcore There’s a saying in marketing that people have to see something six times before they actually check it out. It’s the basic principle behind “brand awareness.” I was [...]

by Geek Under Grace

9.9

4.5

Review: Good Times!

July 11, 2016

Artist: The Monkees Label: Rhino Entertainment Producers: Adam Schlesinger Genre: Pop rock Are they a band? A fabrication? A television show? A music collaboration? Something else entirely? No one really knows. Even asking the members of the group will [...]

by Elora Powell

8.5

8.8

Review: Everything Was Sound

July 4, 2016

Artist: Silent Planet Label: Solid State Records Producers: Will Putney, Randy Leboeuf, Brandon Ebel Genre: Metalcore Silent Planet formed in 2007 with vocalist/lyricist, Garrett Russell, at the helm. Shortly thereafter, guitarist and main songwriter, [...]

by Geek Under Grace

7.5

9.5

Review: RSVP

May 23, 2016

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 [...]

by L.J. Lowery

8.5

7.9

Review: Church Clothes 3

February 19, 2016

Artist: Lecrae Label: Reach Records Producers: Black Knight, Epikh Pro, GAWVI, Mykalife, Ryan Righteous, S1, Shindo, VohnBeatz Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap On January 15th, Lecrae came out with a surprise 3rd album in his Church Clothes mixtape series. Following [...]

by Vince Chapman

8.0

7.3

Review: A Head Full Of Dreams

December 22, 2015

Artist: Coldplay Label: Parlophone Producer: Digital Divide, Stargate Genre: Rock Coldplay is one of the most successful British bands around these days; there’s no doubt about it, their unique style has garnered them a huge fanbase. Earlier this [...]

by Vince Chapman

9.5

9.8

Review: That’s Christmas to Me

December 11, 2015

Artist: Pentatonix Label: RCA Records Producer: Pentatonix, Ben Bram Genre: A Capella, Christmas music “It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer it’s the most [...]

by Vince Chapman

8.8

6.8

Review: Echoes of Wonder

November 9, 2015

Artist: Salt of the Sound Label: Salt of the Sound Producer: N/A Genre: Ambient Salt of the Sound duo Ben and Anita Tatlow reached out to Geeks Under Grace for a review to be done of their new album, Echoes of Wonder. We reviewed their previous album, [...]

by Michael M.

6.5

8.9

Review: Passion—Even So Come (Live)

July 29, 2015

Passion is an organization that has been organizing gatherings of believers in Christ for the purpose of worship since 1997. For quite some time now, Passion has been annually releasing live worship recordings from their conferences. Passion: Even So Come [...]

by David Austin Black

9.2

Review: Can I Be Honest?

June 13, 2015

Artist: Stephen the Levite Label: Lamp Mode Producer: N/A Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap Often, artists of Christian hip-hop fall neatly into one of two camps: gospel rappers, speaking to the culture with the simple message of Jesus, or lyrical theologians, [...]

by T.C. Lewis

9.1

Review: Poor Man’s Process

May 30, 2015

Artist: Brian Wages Label: Independent Producer: Brian Wages Genre: Worship Brian Wages continues to push the envelope and disregard social norms with his release of Poor Man’s Process–a self-recorded, self-produced album exhibiting only [...]

by Steven Kuhn II

9.2

9.7

Review: In Our Winters

May 27, 2015

Artist: Preson Phillips Label: Watermark Church, Tampa Producer: N/A Genre: Worship, Folk In Our Winters is the fourth, full-length album from Tommy Preson Phillips, head pastor at Watermark Church in Tampa, Florida, following 2011’s Wrath. The [...]

by Steven Kuhn II

9.0

9.6

Review: Meditations Vol. 1

May 13, 2015

Artist: Salt of the Sound Label: Salt of the Sound Producer: N/A Genres: Ambient Ambiance, a word that means “the character and atmosphere of a place,” is apparent in Salt of the Sound’s music. This has become a genre of music that many people [...]

by Michael M.

7.0

9.1

Review: Diamonds

April 22, 2015

This review takes me back. I haven’t listened to Hawk Nelson since I was 15, and apparently their guitarist is now also their lead vocalist (Jason Dunn, the previous lead vocalist, is pursuing a solo project). As far as I can tell, Diamonds is only [...]

by David Austin Black

8.4

Review: Sinema

April 3, 2015

Artist: Swoope Label: Collision Records Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tracks: 1. Sinema; 2. On My Mind (feat. J.R.); 3. TGC 2 (feat. Sho Baraka); 4. #SameTeam (feat. Tedashii, Yaves, Dre Murray, Jgivens, and John Gives); 5. LSD (feat. Christon Gray); 6. Bow Down [...]

by Mike Pyatt

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