With only two weeks left in 2009, I was thinking it to be most appropriate to look back over the best of 2009. An album that placed high on many-a-top-ten list for 2009, Switchfoot‘s Hello Hurricane is a gem two and a half years in the making. Like nearly every Switchfoot record for […]
We Recommend: Rebecca St. James, “Christmas”
Man… Christmas ’08 is next week?! Where in the world did this year go?? Well, it’s tradition to be cranking the holiday tunes more fervently by this time of the year, and as I’m typing this, my Christmas iTunes playlist is rolling (I love the work of composer Percy Faith… […]
We Recommend: “Family Force 5’s Christmas Pageant”
All year long, we had been hearing rumors (and subsequently confirmations and details) about a Family Force 5 Christmas album. Well, back in October (kinda early, but whatever), we were treated to their take on Christmas songs, as well as a couple of their own that they wrote for the album. The […]
We Recommend: mewithoutYou, “It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright”
I have decided that mewithoutYou are musical geniuses. I understand that not everyone likes their music, and I can accept that. I can’t understand or accept when people say that they aren’t good. mewithoutYou is good. VERY good. It’s All Crazy!… turned a lot of people off, but I can’t get enough of it. […]
We Recommend: Switchfoot, “The Beautiful Letdown”
With the release of Switchfoot’s Hello Hurricane this week (finally!), it’s caused me to kind of reflect on what has been a great career of music for this San Diego rock band. I first heard Switchfoot in 1997 when The Legend Of Chin released, but actually didn’t fully take notice of the band until that […]
We Recommend: Jonezetta, “Popularity”
For me, indie rock is hit and miss; sometimes it can be pure pretentious futility, while other times it is profound and full of life. Tooth & Nail made a wise choice in signing Jonezetta, who thankfully seem to fit the latter description. While their sophomore record Cruel To Be Young was a […]
“More Than Pretty Words” by Paige Armstrong
My friend and I were talking the other day about a question that is one of the most frequently asked of Christians: “If God’s such a loving God… why does so much bad stuff happen in the world??” That’s a tough one. I’ve asked it. And if we’re honest… I […]
Review: “GLO – The Bible For The Digital World”
The idea of an interactive digital Bible may cause a few people to scratch their heads and say, “But why?!” To be honest, the concept sounded a bit intriguing, but for the most part, I couldn’t visualize what the fuss could be about. An interactive Bible? Sure, I can see […]
“Success, Love, and the Meaning of Life” by Wavorly’s Matt Lott
I haven’t written a blog in a very long time; it’s been since about February I think (yep), and it seems that my blogs are getting more and more spaced out. I talked about that the last time i wrote a blog, in fact. I’ve been thinking about it, and […]
We Recommend: Grammatrain, “Lonely House”
Ah yes, grunge. The Seattle heavy rock sound made popular in the nineties by artists like Nirvana spilled over to the Christian market and Forefront Records put out Grammatrain‘s Lonely House in 1995. Sadly, the label would kind of force the band to water down their sound with their 1997 sophomore record, Flying, but Lonely […]