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 […]
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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 […]
We Recommend: Owl City, “Ocean Eyes”
Musically, I’m a pretty easy guy to impress. There are multitudes of bands/artists that I enjoy listening to and there is a huge catalog of songs that I like. On the other hand, it’s not easy to make that impression last long. Back in late May, both Chris Sligh and […]
We Recommend: Five Iron Frenzy, “The End Is Here”
I think I say this each time, even on things that are unrelated to Five Iron, but Five Iron Frenzy is my favorite band. And I’m super excited about the release of their DVD this winter. I know, it’s not unusual for some deranged FIF messageboard geeks to start rumors about the […]
“Skelanimals” by Scott Fryberger
Long have I been dreading the day. The day when I would discover a new trend and think, “Kids these days!” Methinks this day has come. Now, look, I’m only 25. 25 = not old. I realize that. But I just can’t help but feel that way sometimes. or at […]