January 2009
28 posts
John Piper on the Economy →
Tip o’ the Irish hat to Mark Guinn for this link. Here’s John Piper on our current economic climate:
Sweet Water - Clear the Tarmac →
Clear the Tarmac is a safe, little, cleanly-produced rock and roll album by a veteran band. It comes off quite like a metal band trying to write an alternative rock record. This generic progression…
Roger O’Donnell →
Giving in was not an issue. Serving as The Cure’s keyboardist, Roger O’Donnell felt backed into a corner, moving from making genre-defining records to becoming “the world’s best Cure tribute band.”…
Win 2 Tickets to Langerado Music Festival! →
Stereo Subversion is giving away two tickets to the Langerado Music Festival! Enter below for your chance to win.
Held for the first time this year at Bicentennial Park on Biscayne Bay, Langerado now…
VOTA →
What’s a band to do? There’s only so many things you can cast into the sea of Christian music and the Crowns were clearly winning the battle of name recognition on a Globetrotter level of success….
Loch Lomond Releases Free EP →
Just wanting to pass along some fun informationt to make your case of the Mondays a bit lighter. One of our favorite young bands - Portland’s Loch Lomond - is releasing a free EP online made up of…
Matt Papa →
The imaginative arrangements and emotional creativity displayed on Your Kingdom Come is bound to place Matt Papa on the map – even more so than his last effort, You Are Good. That first release…
Low vs. Diamond →
They began as a jam band and ended up named after an argument with someone’s girlfriend. When all is said and done, they also released one of 2008’s greatest debut albums. Low vs. Diamond added…
Shut Up About Race and Gender →
I am a white male born in America. And that makes me automatically one of the luckiest people on planet earth.
I come preloaded with statements that I always thought were okay for me to make. For…
Paul Colman →
You might not realize just how long Paul Colman’s been at this. Newsboys fans certainly know him as the guitarist for the band since Bryan Oleson left to form Casting Pearls (now VOTA). Slightly…
Glasvegas - Glasvegas →
There’s nothing worse than not-quite-as-good-as-the-real-thing copycat music; too much of that going around these days. But a new music age has dawned, borne on the wings of a super plugged-in and…
Ghost Town →
The immediate reaction to a film like Ghost Town from a cooler-than-school snob would be something like “Ricky Gervais!? No!” This is a guy who created one TV show that is damned funny and sparked…
Listen Here for The New U2 Single →
The new U2 single is (finally) here and ready for your judgment. Let us know what you think in the comments. The forthcoming album, No Line on the Horizon, is due in March and the single “Get On Your…
Julian Drive →
Athens, Georgia has certainly made its mark on the musical map, giving us bands like R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Indigo Girls, The B-52’s, Neutral Milk Hotel, Drive-By Truckers, The Whigs and many…
Alkaline Trio →
Matt Skiba doesn’t internally feel like the Alkaline Trio is a pioneering act. But judging by the external evidence - the number of bands claiming Alkaline as an influence, the longevity, two career…
Recent Reads →
I asked some of the guys recently to tell me what they’ve been reading. We will do this from time to time to hear what’s recommended or not and to get a cross-section of what piques our interest. In…
Ellery →
If I begin the description here as “beautiful music from a husband/wife duo from Cincinnati,” the immediate culprits of Over the Rhine surely come to mind. The shadow of the sultry band looms large…
Spokane →
For the past 10 years, Rick Alverson has created pastoral soundscapes that completely crawl under the radar of nearly every music publication or website available. This seems impossible given the…
Leeland →
You’re reading my fifth interview with at least one person who call themselves a member of Leeland. Sometimes it’s been with the namesake himself - Leeland Mooring. Others have been with the other…
Chali 2na →
The tidal waves of conscious, intelligent hip-hop continue to take more ground along the musical coastline each year, displaying a growing trend for urban artists and listeners longing for something…
Interview: Steve Turner →
One of the foremost thinkers concerning the topic of Christians in the arts must be Steve Turner, author of the pivotal work Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts. It was a work that…
Jaime Jamgochian →
Centricity is one of our favorite labels here at Soul-Audio, as evidenced by the number of artists we’ve interviewed and what’s in our playlists. And another reason to love the label is the heart…
Driving on City Sidewalks →
It doesn’t matter how flooded the music market gets these days, there’s hardly a greater feeling than stumbling upon a brand new band. Maybe some blog somewhere beat you to the buzz. Perhaps all your…
New Contest: American Teen DVD →
Don’t forget to check out latest contest below to win a copy of the new American Teen DVD. We’re beginning to build our contest section so make it a frequent stop as we have our next several contests…
American Teen DVD Contest →
Here’s our chance to win one of THREE copies available for giveaway of the DVD release of American Teen from Paramount Vantage. Simply fill out the contest entry below to sign up and only one entry…
Von Bondies →
There’s the much publicized drama with Jack White. There’s the personal issues, such as divorced, described to us by vocalist and songwriter Jason Stollsteimer. There’s the label woes and legal…
Matthew Perryman Jones →
In a town brimming with songwriters, Matthew Perryman Jones still manages to stand out amongst his peers. That sounds movie-esque (”In a world… one man will…”), but even a relaxed listen to 2006’s…
The Black Kids →
The five members of Jacksonville’s Black Kids are just along for the ride. In 2007, Rolling Stone hailed them as major act to watch and considerable press coverage in Village Voice and NME also came…