I stumbled upon Owl City long after many many people. In fact, I hadn’t even heard the mega popular “Fireflies” until it was a free download from iTunes (thanks again, iTunes). So I’m not too familiar with his older stuff. I did get a chance to listen to some of it, and […]
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We Recommend: Superchick, “Beauty From Pain”
Superchick is one of those bands that some people can’t get enough of, while others despise them. For me, they may be more of a guilty pleasure. I still pop in their debut Karaoke Superstars occasionally, as it’s one of the first Christian CDs I really ever listened to extensively. I won’t contest that there aren’t […]
We Recommend: Bride, “Snakes In The Playground”
I’m going old school once again this week. Some of the younger Christian music fans probably have never even heard of Bride, but in the early 90’s, the band was one of your best sources for metal music. With a beautiful wail from lead vocalist Dale Thompson that could shatter the […]
Looking Back on 2009 – YOUR top 10 of the Year
This Friday marks the beginning of a new year – 2010. As we get ready to ring in a new year (and a new decade!), let’s look back over the past year of music for 2009. Recently, the JFH staff announced their personal Top 10 Christian albums of 2009 . So with our […]
Christmas Memories
Christmas has always been a huge holiday for me and my family. Even before I was a believer, my family made a big deal out of the holiday. Christmas has always been the time for us to shower a loved one with gifts. Ha – even if that meant going into […]
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 […]
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 […]