Christian Hip Hopper John Reuben is back with Word of Mouth, probably John Reuben’s best work yet! With catchy lyrics, edgy beats, interesting effect usage, and a new vocal style for John Reuben I find Word of Mouth very pleasing. I’m typically not a fan of Hip Hop, but Word of Mouth is an album that I’m comfortable listening to. My favorite track on Word of Mouth is probably the second track called “Trying too Hard.” The song starts out with a very catchy… oh buddy the freaks come out at night till they can longer afford to socialize… then it goes into the main beat of the song. […read more]

This year Columbia/Sparrow artist Switchfoot pushed to release another record in one year after their hit Nothing is Sound. Well they were successful, and in doing so they bring out what is arguably the best sound they could’ve gone with!

I was somewhat disappointed with Nothing is Sound, it just didn’t relate to The Beautiful Letdown, which is the album that I, and a lot of others, started to pay closer attention to the band. Nothing is Sound seemed to be a much slower than and not as connected as previous albums. For me Oh! Gravity takes you back to the sound of The Beautiful Letdown and parts of the record remind me of their earlier albums like Learning to Breathe and even Legend of Chin. […read more]

With the end of 2006, we decided to look back on the year. We decided to pick out our favorite Albums, Artists and Songs! This is the first of three features we’ll be doing on Music in 2006. Below are our picks for Arist of 2006, Male Vocalist of 2006, Female Vocalist of 2006 and more! Soon we’ll be featuring our staff’s picks of best Artist, Album and Songs of 2006. Our other feature we’ll be doing shortly is a Reader’s Choice for best Artist, Albums and Songs. So for now enjoy our picks! […read more]

Jeremy Camp has always been known to write songs from wherever he is in his life journey, be it in the midst of the heart-wrenching loss of his young wife (his debut album Stay), or the restoration following such a tragedy (his third project Restored). His new album, Beyond Measure shows the restoration even more clearly. It is full of hope and contentment, and overflowing thankfulness. Camp says, “This album shows even more what God has done in my life than Restored. It’s a little more personal to me, more like Stay, but musically and vocally it is leaps and bounds above both. This album is so diverse, but in such a good way. It’s ME. Period.” […read more]

It’s been two years since much-lauded worship leader and songwriter Chris Tomlin has released a full-length CD with all-new material. Since then, he has participated in the annual worship-filled Passion events, which provided us with sneak peeks of new worship songs, and written and released a book. He also released Live From Austin Music Hall, a unique live recording.

Tomlin’s fifth project, See The Morning, is produced by Ed Cash, as was Arriving, which was released in 2004. Aiming to be a “record of hope,” as Tomlin puts it, See The Morning will most likely also rocket to the top the charts, along the lines of Arriving, for which Tomlin won numerous awards. […read more]

“September 12th is our remix record Exit Lights. We just basically took a bunch of our songs off of our first record and our second record just too kind of make a new thing and show our fans and show people we can expand on musical ideas, and so there are some real techno stuff in there, and then there are some dance things, and more rock, electronic stuff, so it’s just got a lot of different vibes on it. We just kind of experimented, and there’s also one brand new song. It’s the first track, so it’s all together a diverse record for us and just a fun little thing, we just hope people can understand that we just wanted to mess around.” […read more]

Essential Records artist Krystal Meyers is back with her sophomore effort entitled, Dying for a Heart. Over the past year since Krystal’s debut release she has been very busy playing in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, receiving lots of radio time and to top it off touring around the world and having huge success in Japan! Krystal is quite accomplished for her age! In Dying for a Heart Krystal shows maturing lyrics and a new musical direction blending into a great album. From beginning to the end Dying for a Heart brings forth a new edgy rock blend with a small hint of pop/rock to put a very good combination of songs. Some of the songs aren’t very original, but that evens out with the great lyrics. […read more]

Adrienne Camp, née Liesching, returns to the music scene not with a progressive rock disc reminiscent of her past role of being front woman of The Benjamin Gate, but with a more acoustic project. The ironically titled Don’t Wait comes after a four year absence from Adie, and it shows a different side of her than most of her fans have previously heard. Don’t Wait is beautifully produced and mixed, and Adie’s voice is smooth and clear. Her husband, Jeremy Camp, lends his talent to the strong song writing and production. […read more]

Skillet is back! Finally! After nearly three years after the bands hit album, Collide, the band brings together something new, fresh and awaking, which is appropriate, because the album is entitled, Comatose. Like in the past, Skillet has always tried something new with each album; Comatose has plenty of experimenting and changes, which brings out more originality and uniqueness, which most bands will never have. […read more]

Over two years after the bands amazing album, Where Do We Go from Here, Flicker recording artist Pillar is back with the bands fourth, full length album, The Reckoning. Thirteen tracks, almost fifty minutes long, and Pillar has them self another great album! The Reckoning is well worth the wait that many Pillar fans have had to endure since they’re last project.

Pillar brought forth a whole new aspect of using effects and vocal talent. Even with the new scream aspect, Pillar toned down the vocals and music of a good number of songs. I think they brought a good balance to the force by doing this. It may surprise a few, but overall it’s nothing you can’t get use to. [ …read more]

[Music Faith] First off, can you tell me a little about Underoath for those who haven’t heard much about you? [Grant Brandell] Well, we’re a Christian heavy rock band. That’s probably the simplest way to put it. [Music Faith] How did you guys get started in music? [Grant Brandell] Everyone in the band has their own story, whether it was through family or music in church or whatever. Basically we all started playing in bands in high school and jumped from band to band till we all ended up in Underoath. [ …read more]