Music Reviews
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Aug 13 Reviews
Searchlight
WilletReview by Sarah Dos Santos
Willet’s newest album, Searchlight, is as much an album as it is a musical ministry. The three-piece brother band has been sharing the message of Jesus Christ since 2006,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Acoustic Collection
MxPxReview by Garrett Hollowell
MxPx’s second acoustic release (following 2004’s AC/EP) shows they are no stranger to acoustic renditions of their pop-punk hits. The Acoustic Collection doesn’t leave much to the imagination: a...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Flying Scroll Flight Control
Half-Handed CloudReview by Jamie Lee Rake
Eighteen songs in about 25 minutes is no personal best in brevity for John Ringhoffer’s Half-Handed Cloud (his one-man band), but Flying Scroll Flight Control may be his densest...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Government Hate Mail
Government Hate MailReview by Garrett Hollowell
This record took me back to my childhood days when I would borrow punk and rock CDs and music video VHS tapes from our Youth Pastor. There is a...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Sanguine River Absolution
Blood ThirstyReview by Chris Gatto
Blood Thirsty is the continuation of a side project of Derek Corzine (Whisper from Heaven, Syringe, Bloodline Severed) he had with Rev. James Rich back in the ’90s. This...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Oxygen
Lincoln BrewsterReview by Nathan Key
Lincoln Brewster has always been super-poppy. He puts the C in CCM. For his fans, this album is exactly what they want (and most likely expect) from him: high...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Doomsday Disco
Me, Extinct.Review by David Stagg
Full disclosure: This EP is named for a phrase I used in this publication to review Me, Extinct.’s last release. In the unfortunately disco-less Doomsday Disco, Gorge Goyco concocts...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Oh, The Cost
UGLYTWINReview by Mitchell Layton
UGLYTWIN’s new full-length album, Oh, The Cost, packs a punch that’s worthy of being noticed. From start to finish, the band’s debut release is full of ugly riffs, eerie...
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Aug 13 Reviews
We All Fall Down
Christ's SakeReview by Garrett Hollowell
California punk has a very distinctive sound — whether it be the skate punk, pop punk, or hardcore punk, you can tell it is a California band. Christ’s Sake...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Telos
ForevermoreReview by Nate Lake
Telos is Indianapolis metalcore outfit Forevermore’s debut release on Solid State Records, but its ten tracks prove the band already knows a thing or two about putting together a...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Wovenwar
WovenwarReview by David Stagg
If you ever want a blueprint on how to survive a band member’s Federal crime and conviction, Wovenwar is now on the short list. It’s a good thing they...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Struggle Well
Mouth of the SouthReview by Collin Simula
When I put on Struggle Well, the new album from Mouth of the South, I thought it was going to be more of the same. Based on the one...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Written in Blood
Darkness DividedReview by Anthony Bryant
Victory Records’ Darkness Divided debut release, Written in Blood, puts the band much closer to the metal side of metalcore thanks to guitarists Christopher Mora and Sebastian Elizondo. Together,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Life Reaper
I The BreatherReview by Justin Croteau
For five years, I The Breather has been reimagining and redefining metalcore. Taking cues from veterans like The Devil Wears Prada and For Today, the band fronts an aggressive,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Mirrors
Hayden SpenceleyReview by Mitchell Layton
Haydon Spenceley’s new album, Mirrors, proves to be an impressive alternative record. It takes a modern, ambient twist on rock with interesting chord progressions and its upbeat moments, but...
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Aug 13 Reviews
The Moment
ManafestReview by Sarah Brehm
The Moment, the seventh studio album from four-time Dove Award nominee Manafest, is filled with infectious rap-rock anthems infused with layers of trendy-pop beats. Thematically, Manafest focuses on life’s...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Supreme Chaos
War of AgesReview by Reid Olson
The veteran metal outfit War of Ages returns, bearing their veteran status like professionals. Supreme Chaos, the band’s seventh full-length album, brought equal parts excitement and trepidation after their...
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Jul 21 Reviews
Almost Home
GuardianReview by Doug Van Pelt
If the Almost Home title is a foreshadowing that Guardian is planning on dying as a band, it’ll be our loss. The scary thing about an old band getting...
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Jul 17 Reviews
Incomplete Me
For All Those SleepingReview by David Stagg
In a parallel universe, For All Those Sleeping’s third full-length release, Incomplete Me, could have been labeled screamo. Really, really good screamo. Underoath-level screamo. Today’s market, though, would have...
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Jul 17 Reviews
No Other Name
Hillsong WorshipReview by Justin Mabee
In recent years, Hillsong Church (originating in Australia) has begun to solidify the differences between their different branches of music. Back in the beginning stages, when music was only...
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