Reviews

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?

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]