Zilch started off as dcTalk’s touring band and featured now widely-known producer Mark Lee Townsend (Relient K, Supertones, and The Wedding) on guitar and lead vocals. When the guys decided to record their own material, Toby McKeehan was there to help, and released the album on his then three-year-old label, Gotee. The band’s […]
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We Recommend: Sixpence None The Richer, “Divine Discontent”
As the August 7th release date for Sixpence None The Richer‘s long-delayed brand new album Lost In Transition is upon us, it’s got me thinking over the band’s history of music making. A decade ago, in 2002, Sixpence released their last non-seasonal full-length studio album, entitled Divine Discontent. Don’t let the bleak title fool […]
We Recommend: Tal and Acacia, “Wake Me”
Tal & Acacia, for whatever reason, just never really took off when they hit the scene. Despite the fact that their debut album on Essential Records, Wake Me, was full of catchy indie pop goodness with captivating voices (and was even supported with a tour alongside Superchick), Talitha and Acacia Wulfing’s first […]
We Recommend: Sarah Kelly, “Where The Past Meets Today”
I used to love making my own mixtapes and CD’s over the years, but with the wonder of iTunes, iPods and iPhones, having your own personal, practically perfect, radio station has become much more of a reality. You can have your favorite songs in one location and merely hit “shuffle” […]
We Recommend: Plumb, “Blink”
I’ll never forget listening to Plumb‘s lullaby album Blink for the first time. For me, it’d be almost three years before I even knew what parenthood looked like from that perspective, but I remember letting the beautiful harmonies and Tiffany’s soft vocals wash over me as I sat in an easy chair listening […]
We Recommend: Leeland, “The Great Awakening”
Ever since I was in my mid-teens, I’ve experienced the unique phenomenon where a band — or in this case, an album — doesn’t really strike a chord with me until I have experienced it live. Bands like Code of Ethics, Bride, Sixpence None the Richer, John Reuben, and more […]
We Recommend: Playdough & Heath McNease, “Wed, White and Wu”
Independent rapper Heath McNease recently released a magnificent new album called Thrift Store Jesus. But just a few months prior to that, he dropped a full-length mixtape with hip hop buddy Playdough. Wed, White & Wu was seventeen tracks of Heath, Playdough and some guests rapping over some classic Wu Tang Clan beats. The […]
We Recommend: Kari Jobe, “Where I Find You”
For the few who do not know, I’m more picky about worship music than I’d like to be. It makes it difficult for me to find music to worship the Lord to. So even if I only find a few songs on a record I really like, it’s a big […]
We Recommend: David Crowder Band, “Church Music”
I had liked David Crowder*Band for some time before I actually owned any of their albums. I had heard DC*B’s music, and fallen in love with A Collision, but I don’t think I actually owned an album of theirs until Church Music came out. John hyped it up to me, and since we usually agree […]
We Recommend: The Ws, “Fourth From The Last”
With the popularity of the third-wave ska movement came a similar and more short-lived movement: Swing Revival. While many Christian bands jumped on the third-wave ska bandwagon, really only one band joined the swing crowd from the market. The W’s joined the likes of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and other secular artists for […]