I don’t like the direction Switchfoot has gone since ‘The Legend of Chin.’ Though I will give a brief nod to ‘The Beautiful Letdown’ as being a great record, its subsequent over hyped, over played nature drove it into the ground for me. The last 2 Switchfoot records has made them dead to me. So [...]

They describe themselves as “blue-collar metal” and I think that is a fitting title for them. In a genre that’s quickly becoming over-saturated, I think that there is still room for the likes of Once Nothing. They differ from other more notable southern metal acts most notably in vocal delivery. I feel like the vocal [...]

This record is another prime example of why I should never give up on an album until I have had plenty of time to listen to it. When I first bought this record, I couldn’t get past the Saosin knock-off feeling and the fact that I really didn’t care for it that much. But as [...]

This album is generic metal that brings nothing new to the genre. It’s got the heavy breakdowns, it has standard-faire metal vocals, it’s even got the “Hey we’re metal!” album cover. All of these facts were influencing me when I put this record on for the first time. Even though I knew all of this [...]

I’m trying to kick the habit of buying cheap, first week albums on a whim, but I’ve been quite successful with it in the past, most notably The Format’s ‘Dog Problems.’ When I saw Ludo’s ‘You’re Awful, I Love You’ in Best Buy for 7.99, I couldn’t resist. The deciding factor was the track named [...]

I’m kind of obligated to listen to Marah. With 2 members from my favorite now-defunct band playing in Marah, I can’t help but listen (though apparently those 2 are no longer in the band). It doesn’t hurt that the music they play is my favorite style of music. I loved 2005’s ‘If You Didn’t Laugh, [...]

Sanctus Real We Need Each Other February 12th, 2008 Sparrow Continuing my recent CCM binge (which is out of the ordinary for me since CCM has been dead to me since the heyday of the Newsboys, Jars of Clay, dc Talk and Audio A in the mid 90’s) I’ve been listening to the latest offering [...]