“The Night Before Christmas” is a beautiful song that leaves us wishing for a Brandon Heath Christmas album- perhaps maybe next year. I absolutely love original Christmas songs. “Silent Night,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” etc. are all great and wonderful, but tend to get old. That’s why I like original songs [...]
After various updates and pushings back of release dates, Decyfer Down’s sophomore album, Crash, is finally here- and so is the review. The album was released on May 5, but I’m just now getting the chance to review it. I’ve actually only had the album for about a week because I’m pretty limited on music [...]
The Newsboys as we know them have gone through several big changes in recent years personnelwise- the departure of Jody Davis in 2003 and Phil Joel in 2006; the short-lived addition of Paul Colman in 2006 (Colman left early this year); the return of Davis to replace Colman. However, the band’s newest record, In the [...]
Initially, I wrote off Red’s sophomore album, Innocence and Instinct, because I can’t deal with yelling in my music and it seemed like most of the songs on it were exactly that. But based on my love for their debut album, I convinced myself to listen a couple more times. I’m glad I did. I’m [...]
Surely you’ve heard “The Fray” and “overrated” or “overplayed” in the same sentence. I know I sure have. But when I take a look back at their first major label release, How to Save a Life, I certainly don’t think “overrated” is an accurate description. Overplayed? Maybe, but only because it’s deserved. When a band [...]
With the in-depth article on Seneca, South Carolina’s Needtobreathe came a promise to bring you more newcomers to the industry that are looking pretty good as far as “making it big.” Our next act attended the same college (Furman) as the guys that comprise Needtobreathe, and his music reminds me of their style. Sounds like [...]
I think it will be pretty darn hard for Jeremy Camp to ever come up with anything as good as the two albums that made me a fan- Stay and Restored. That having been said, Speaking Louder Than Before is still very good. Not as good as either of the others, but better than Beyond [...]
I’ve been looking forward for a very long time now to the release of a new Red album. Unfortunately, it’ll be a couple more months- the band’s sophomore album, Innocence and Instinct, will be on shelves February 10. Although we still have several weeks to wait, they recently released their first single from the album, [...]
Yes, I know that Christmas Offerings is a two-year-old album. But it’s Christmas time, I like good Christmas music, the Christmas Offerings Live DVD was just released in October, and my all-time favorite band definitely followed through with their go at a Christmas album in their release of Christmas Offerings back in 2006. The only disappointment for [...]
What you’re about to (hopefully) read is what we’re calling NextUp. NextUp is a series of articles that take a look at new or relatively new artists coming onto the scene and are on the verge of making it in the big time. Our first story is about a little rock band from Seneca, South [...]