I admit, it’s mind-blowing to think that two decades have passed since San Diego rock band Switchfoot released their career-defining fourth studio album, The Beautiful Letdown on February 25, 2003. All kinds of changes for the trio surrounded the release of the album, from being completely without a record label […]
Tag: 20 Years Later
“12 Albums 20 Years Later” – by Josh Balogh
Each of the following twelve albums turning twenty years old in 2017 have shaped me in some way or another. These were all ones that I discovered on my own, outside of my parents taste or Youth Pastor’s influence. I remember listening to many of them through headphones in the […]
Alex’s Top 20 Albums Over 20 Years Old: Jars Of Clay’s Self-Titled First Album
Jars Of Clay And The Art Of The Resurrection “Arms nailed down Are you telling me something? Eyes turned out Are you looking for someone?” – “Liquid” by Jars Of Clay Having grown up in the Church, I’ve seen both the best of what a life of faith can bring […]
Alex’s Top 20 Albums Over 20 Years Old: The Lost Dogs, “Scenic Routes'”
Breathing Deep The Breath Of God With The Lost Dogs When I was an adolescent, I was taught that God loved me, and loved the whole world equally with the love of a perfect father. But when I was a teenager (who was attending a new church and school), I […]
“Alex’s 20 Great Albums Over 20 Years Old: The Choir, ‘Chase The Kangaroo'”
The Choir And The Art Of Sadness “A sad face is good for the heart / Go on cry, does it seem a cruel world? A sad face is good for the heart of a girl / A sad face” […]
“Alex’s 20 Great Albums Over 20 Years Old – ‘This Beautiful Mess’ by Sixpence None The Richer”
Sixpence None The Richer And Life’s Beautiful Mess Messiah / I know you are there Within, without me / Holding me Messiah / I know you are there Catching, carrying / This beautiful mess – From “Within A Room Somewhere” If there is one idea that keeps drawing me towards […]
20 Years Later: MxPx, “Life In General”
Magnified Plaid signed to Tooth and Nail Records as high school students in the Bremerton area of Washington State. While the original trio with Andy Husted didn’t make it past the first album, Mike, Tom, and Yuri have had a pretty successful career. And while the band has now been […]
“20 Years Later: Revisiting Audio Adrenaline’s ‘bloOm’ and Newsboys’ ‘Take Me To Your Leader'”
The consumption of music has changed immensely in 20 years. In early 1996, I remember hearing new music from Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys in tiny snippets on their new websites on the internet–which was a surreal and entirely new way of hearing music at the time. I remember hearing how […]
Celebrating 20 Years of DC Talk’s “Jesus Freak”
The term “Jesus Freak” was coined around the late sixties and has been used as a derogatory term for Christians ever since. Like the term “Christian” itself, believers began to latch onto it like a badge of honor and proudly proclaim themselves as Jesus Freaks. Perhaps, though, none have ever proclaimed it […]
20 Years Later: Dakoda Motor Co, “Welcome Race Fans”
I was listening to a playlist of favorite songs on shuffle today when Dakoda Motor Co.‘s “Truth” from their album Welcome Race Fans came on. Dakoda was another favorite of the early to mid-90s, and Welcome Race Fans marked the end of an era (despite a very brief one) for the band of surf […]