INTERVIEW : Hands
Read a revealing interview with Shane Oschner of my favorite Facedown Records band, HANDS.
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January 25, 2011
January 24, 2011
REVIEW : Nine O Five - Live at C4: May This Be...
Canadian worship, recorded live after gaining some exposure through playing with Aaron Gillespie.
REVIEW : As Bold As Lions - Martyr
Check out As Bold As Lions EP Martyr, as they are coming at you loud and hard with their heavy worship music.
REVIEW : Mosquito Fleet - Swings & Cloves EP
With signs of influences like Delirious, Jars of Clay, and Husband&wife, the four songs on Swings & Cloves come across with massive feeling, pleading vocals, and musical arrangements that are big but focused. The music and lyrics work together perfectly for an intensely moving experience.
January 21, 2011
REVIEW : Jake Germany - Leftover EP
With soft acoustic strums and lush vocals, singer-songwriter Jake Germany brings a relaxing, introspective, and sensitive EP that is giving me a calm and positive beginning to a new year.
INTERVIEW : Rocky Loves Emily
Rocky Loves Emily talk about signing to Tooth & Nail, their debut full length, American Dream, and the controversy over why their former bassist, Ryan, is no longer in the band.
January 19, 2011
REVIEW : Jay Tholen - Control Me
Jay Tholen's chip-tunes are an avant-garde blend of Joy Electric's computer music with Danielson's obviously Christian and strange-as-anything indie rock.
January 18, 2011
INTERVIEW : Becoming the Archetype
Becoming the Archetype going Ska??? What???
January 17, 2011
REVIEW : Overcome - The Great Campaign of Sabotage
Check out Overcome's first new album in ten years and the 100th release on Facedown Records.
INTERVIEW : An Epic No Less
I recently had the pleasure of doing an email interview with Todd of An Epic No Less. If you haven’t had the opportunity to check them out yet, they are an electronica styled worship band based out of St. Louis, MS. Last year they’d released the We Are The Epic Of Love EP online for free or by donation which is really worth checking out.… Continued →
January 12, 2011
REVIEW : Fireflight - For Those Who Wait
The stellar female-fronted rock band Fireflight comes back with another solid album on their 3rd release For Those Who Wait.
REVIEW : Future - Endure
Future is back with his release Endure, a high-energy southern crunk Christian rap album worth checking out!
January 11, 2011
INTERVIEW : Lovedrug
An email interview with Lovedrug guitarist Jeremy Gifford. Read on to hear about the new EPs and future full-length album, being without a label, and where music is going today.… Continued →
REVIEW : Future of Forestry - Travel III
The final EP in Future of Forestry's Travel Series, this release is more fun, upbeat, and electronic than anything they've done before.
January 10, 2011
REVIEW : Arthur - Watch the Years Crawl By
Softer side-project from all three members of MxPx and their stage tech. Catchy love songs with a doo-wop flair.
January 7, 2011
REVIEW : Brooke Fraser - Flags
The Hillsong United worshipper releases her third solo album, a full-fledged indie pop release in the vein of A Fine Frenzy, Feist, or Imogen Heap.
REVIEW : Parallels - First Mover EP
Check out Parallels' new EP
January 5, 2011
REVIEW : Five Iron Frenzy - The Rise and Fall of Five Iron Frenzy DVD
The DVD has finally arrived. Reese Roper put together a three hour documentary that tells the complete story of Five Iron Frenzy, from the bands they were in before FIF to what everyone is doing now.
January 4, 2011
REVIEW : Ace Augustine - The Absolute
Check out Ace Augustine's debut album The Absolute on Strike First Records and one of the first metal releases of the year.
January 3, 2011
REVIEW : The Music Room - Live While You're Alive
The Music Room release their debut 5-track EP titled Live While You're Alive. A folksy collection of beautiful heartfelt tracks.
January 2, 2011
REVIEW : 39 Stripes - Beyond Broken
A five piece hard rock band from Florida, 39 Stripes will appeal to fans of Kutless, Thousand Foot Krutch, and Skillet.
December 29, 2010
REVIEW : The Letter Black - Hanging On By a Thread
Check out Tooth and Nail's own female-fronted hard rock band, The Letter Black.
REVIEW : The Sacrificed - 2012
My 2010 album of the year!
December 28, 2010
REVIEW : Bring The Arsenal - EP Is For Epic
Check out Bring The Arsenal's debut EP !!
REVIEW : Chapter 14 - Like Trees In November
Former Destroy the Runner members, Chad and Tanner, put out a very good EP
REVIEW : sosaveme - A Ghost at Sea
Artist: sosaveme
Album: A Ghost at Sea
Label: none
Reviewer: Rebecca Cicione… Continued →
December 27, 2010
REVIEW : Will Reagan & United Pursuit - Live at the Banks House
Soft, acoustic folk that rises and falls, giving a true experience of worship of God.
December 21, 2010
REVIEW : Philmont - The Transition EP
Power-pop/rock outfit Philmont release a 6-song, fan-funded EP titled The Transition.
December 20, 2010
REVIEW : Community - All For Love, All For The Gospel
Check out this experimental worship project!
REVIEW : The Apprentice - Oh the Slavery Comfort Brings
For their fifth release, Oh the Slavery Comforts Brings finds The Apprentice at their most high-concept. This time around, their understated indie-rock and jangly country folk sounds are aimed at one central message: a life spent in pursuit of comfort is no life at all.