music This Week’s Good Music 8 Sep 2018 Here's this week's playlist: 1. "Oedipus" by Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes Matt Thiessen, frontman for Relient K, released his first solo project this month and it's pretty decent. It's…
music Top Ten in Christian Music: Blues 4 Sep 20184 Sep 2018 The blues has always been inherently religious, arising, as it did, out of the spirituals and work songs of African-Americans in the Deep South. The form and structure of blues…
music This Week’s Good Music 1 Sep 20181 Sep 2018 Here's my playlist for the week, check it out: 1. "More of You" by The Altar Boys With 80's punk rock sound, The Altar Boys echo John the Baptist's sentiment:…
music Top Ten in Christian Music: Emo 29 Aug 2018 Emo is short for emotional, and refers to pointed emotional expression in music. It emerged in the late 80s as a sub-genre of the post-hardcore scene. The label was derived…
music This Week’s Good Music 25 Aug 2018 Here's this week's playlist: 1. "Goodbye" by Plankeye After Scott Silletta left the band it was never the same. Relocation, from which this song comes, is simply not that good.…
music Top Ten in Christian Music: Grunge Rock 21 Aug 201821 Aug 2018 Grunge rock was Subgenre of rock that combined sounds of alternative, metal, and punk. It emerged in the mid 80s and peaked in the early 90s - Nirvana being the…
music This Week’s Good Music 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 Here's this week's playlist: 1. "Whistleblower" by Thrice To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere is the band's first post-reunion album, after a four-year hiatus. The band's frontman, Dustin Kensrue,…
music My Favorite Christian Rock Songs 14 Aug 201817 Aug 2018 My faith was seriously influenced by Christian rock. I know that this is not the sort of proper thing for a well-educated, theologically-minded, conservative pastor to say. After all, Christian…
music This Week’s Good Music 4 Aug 2018 Here's my playlist for this week: 1. "Let's Ride" by MxPx This is easily the best track of the band's newest self-titled album, which was completely crowd-funded. The song describes…
music This Week’s Good Music 7 Jul 2018 Here's my playlist for this week, full of 70s hits: 1. "Precious Angel" by Bob Dylan Slow Train Coming (1979) is one of my favorite albums of all time, it really…