> dizmas - dizmas album review

Dizmas have an album of catchy, radio ready pop/rock songs (with a little bit of an edge) and lyrics that convey their struggles in life , hope in God and need of a Saviour.
To be honest with you I was expecting something else musically from this band. From previous reviews I was expecting a little [...]

> shawn mcdonald - “roots” album review

Up until about a month ago I had limited knowledge of Shawn McDonald and his music. I was familiar with his song Gravity from a few years back (which is a great song) but nothing beyond that. Then I learned that my daughter’s guitar teacher would be headed out on tour to play guitar [...]

> alli rogers - “you and the evening sky” album review

“You And The Evenging Sky” is is the 3rd release from Alli Rogers and it is further proof that there are many hidden treasures among independant artists. I was eager to listen to this release when I saw that Don Chafer of Waterdeep handled the production of the album. While the album sounds great, Don let’s [...]

> starfield - “i will go ” album review

The first thing that struck me about the new Starfield “I Will Go”album was that the music sounds cooler than the music in most churches I’ve been to. Having said that, it is not ground breaking either musically or lyrically, but I’m not sure that worship music needs to be. We want to be [...]

> The Afters - “Never Going Back To Ok” album review

Oh, yes, The Afters. You remember their song, “Beautiful Love”, right? Oh, those were the days…
Okay, maybe I’m being a little dramatic, but this album was definitely due. At least they didn’t wait as long as Inhabited did, (I can almost hear some people saying, “Who?” so they weren’t almost forgotten by people.
On their latest [...]

> bandsonfire.com - check them out

We see a need for a positive website that gives hope to this dying world, to all of the music subcultures (metal, hardcore, emo) and beyond.”
bandsonfire.com looks like they are striving to be more that just your source of news and information on your favorite bands. They are trying to build community; internationally, as well [...]

> 2007 the year in review - modern worship…david crowder, aaron shust, future of forestry,the glorious unseen

The year saw some modern worship albums that are worth highlighting. 2 by familiar artists (Aaron Shust and David Crowder) and 2 by new artists (Future of Forestry and The Glorious Unseen).
 
Aaron Shust - Whispered and Shouted
From modern pop to more traditional arrangements Aaron Shust does it all well. The liner notes alone are worth getting this cd.

There [...]

> 2007 the year in review - comebacks…the swirling eddies, all star united, the waterboys, luna halo

It is always a pleasant surprise when an old favorite who you have not heard in a few years releases another piece of music. It is a bonus if the output is up to the standards or surpasses the standards the artist accomplished before. This was the case with The Swirling Eddies, All Star United, [...]

> jonas brothers - album review

It’s less than a month until the December 6th Hannah Montana Concert. We will be counting down to the concert with some features, starting with a review of the opening band The Jonas Brothers.
If you were at Best Buy looking at the CDs, and came across the Jonas Brothers’ newest album, (self-titled) you probably thought [...]

> classic crime - seattle sessions review

The Classic Crime says
The Reviews Are Coming In For Our New Acoustic EP! The early reviews of our new “Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions” are raving! Check out the new review at billboard.com
More info: purevolume.com/theclassiccrime

> thrice - the alchemy index vol 1 & 2 fire and water early review

The Rolling Stone have an early review of the new Thrice Ep’s due out next week.
They only give the album(s) 3 out of 5 I guess that we will need to wait and see, but it seems like Rolling Stone lost it’s relevance in the music scene many years ago and have no business reviewing [...]

> falling up - captiva

Falling Up with “Captiva” have moved the next step and created a mature sounding album. Gone are the last elements of rapcore and hardcore (yes sadly no screaming). The sophisicated piano sounds are supplemented by 80’s synth sounds and finished off with crashing guitars and soaring vocals.
The album is full of songs that seem [...]

> thousand foot krutch - the flame in all of us

I have listened to the new Thousand Foot Krutch album 3 or 4 times since getting it yesterday, and you can say this about it:
Gone are the days of the rap/rock/ nu-metal and in it’s place is an album of well produced and polished hard rock, that begs to be heard live.
I [...]

> mitch mcvicker - “love will rise” review

Mitch McVicker has a new album “Love Will Rise”. Here is a review of the album at cmspin.com
More on Mitch at: mitchmcvicker.com/music

> jars of clay - live monsters

Jars of Clay is one of the few bands who can take an already good album or song, record it live,and to my ears they are better than the studio version. (Revolution was one example of this)
With “Live Monsters” Jars of Clay perform some great live versions of songs from Good Monsters, which may be [...]