If you were a cook (or a Top Chef fan like me who wishes he were a cook) you would be familiar with the art of deconstruction. It takes a familiar dish that has many components to it and breaks up those components onto the plate so that each one can be admired fully as [...]

It’s fitting that Regina Spektor’s breakthrough came with an album titled Soviet Kitsch. Because, as she is proud to proclaim, that is exactly what she is. Born in Russia and raised in the guts of New York City, she has developed out of the anti-folk scene of the East Village into an intelligently polished, radio-friendly [...]

I’m not about to rehash how many Christian bands have done strictly worship-music albums throughout the past couple of decades. Most likely you remember the good one’s and have forgotten the bad ones, so there’s really no need anyway. But the fact is they are inevitable. Every year another slew of bands and artists try [...]

Devin Shelton opens up about EP’s, influences, and the “Christian” question.

Christmas songs are a phenomenon. They appear, year after year, and no matter how classic or updated the style is in which they’re delivered, and everyone feels good when they listen to them. There is perhaps no other type of music that has as much power to elicit as much good tidings as a Christmas [...]

There are a lot of reasons why bands release EPs. An EP, short for “Extended Play,” is essentially half and album or a collection of a few songs on a disc that’s not quite an album, not quite a whole. Sometimes an artist will release an EP as a chance to do something creatively different [...]

Hardcore rockers open up about Dreamer, the scene, and the departure of a longtime member.

There’s a steady stream of bands out there now that fall into some form of hardcore/metal/screamo or whatever else you can use to describe heavy music. It’s rampant. Just go into your local Hot Topic and look at the names on the t-shirt wall. It will be apparent that the heavy metal scene is also [...]

The Becoming have arrived, seemingly out of nowhere, and are emerging with the sturdy backing of Tooth & Nail records. In the short time since their conception they’ve garnered a decent fan base without even releasing their first album. And from the looks of them, they hold a promise of something daring and new just [...]

“Gomers.” Your reaction to that word has categorized you whether you know it or not. If you’re left questioning it’s meaning, then you’re not part of the tens of thousands that make up the extremely loyal fan base of Third Day. It would be a mistake, in my opinion, to review any Third Day album [...]