Behind the Music: Psalty the Singing Songbook
Who else out there remembers this guy? My parents had me in every Psalty musical our church ever put on. I’ll be first in line to buy the new...
Music Monday: Coldplay
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay (A+) There are a lot of people who are not going to like this album but all I can hear is magic. Yes, as my pastor pointed out, there are not a bunch of “I can sing this with...
Music Monday: Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab For Cutie (B+) This is not the typical kind of music you’d find me listening to but I asked for some for my birthday and my brother gave me this album and another one I’ll mention later on. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed the...
Music Monday: Weezer
Weezer (The Red Album) – Weezer (A) I’ve already talked about the video I loved so much and I couldn’t wait for the album to come out. Considering my luck with the last few physical CDs I bought, I chose my trusty friend, Amazon. Now, I’ve enjoyed Weezer’s stuff since...
Music Monday: Gavin Degraw
Gavin Degraw - Gavin Degraw (C+) In the now famous words of Randy, it was just okay for me, dawg. I mean, I liked it alright, but I’m a little depressed I spent $13 at Target instead of $10 on Amazon. I do like his style and some of the...
Music Monday: Kevin Max
The Blood – Kevin Max (A-) I’ll admit, I’ve never been a big fan of the Kevin Max. But this album is great. I loved it as soon as I realized it wasn’t Johnny Cash singing The Old Rugged Cross in the opening track and it went right into a...
Music Monday: United
The I Heart Revolution – United (B-) I’ve never been a big fan of compilation albums that put together songs you have heard before from various artists original albums and provide very little new for the listener (read: Passion, WOW, et al). I’m not a fan of “best of” albums...
Music Monday: Tree63
Sunday – Tree63 (B+) I’ve been a fan of Tree63 for sometime. They sound ridiculously full live as only a three-piece band and I love to lead worship with some of their songs. Their last couple of albums had a lot of repeats so I was excited to get this...
Music Monday: Best of 2008 (so far)?
Last week some people over at All Music put together a list of all the great music of 2008 just to show that the big biz was not suffering as some have suggested. Now, there is a ton of great music on the list that I love, but then there...
Music Monday: R.E.M.
Are you an R.E.M. fan? I kind of lost interest after Monster. Their new album Accelerate is fun and exciting. I love it. It is modern enough to not sound dated and yet it rings true to what I remember loving about R.E.M. I used to listen to. The title...