HM Album Reviews Daniel Amos Dig Here Said the Angel Daniel Amos’ latest album, Dig Here Said the Angel, finds the veteran band in fine form with a sound both vintage and modern. As usual, these songs offer the... HM Album Reviews Norma Jean Wrongdoers On Norma Jean’s new Wrongdoers album, the midpoint track, “Afterhour Animals,” incorporates what sounds like a woman hypnotizing someone else by speaking calming words, sinking them into a “comfortable... HM Album Reviews Relient K Collapsible Lung Relient K’s Matt Thiessen is rock music’s perennial underdog, so one tends to pull for him, almost instinctively. However, his band’s latest effort, Collapsible Lung, makes it difficult to... HM Album Reviews Big Kettle Drum Nantucket Circle Big Kettle Drum makes easily-digestible roots rock music, and they have never sounded better than on Nantucket Circle, the trio’s new EP. While the act keeps its lyrics fairly... HM Album Reviews Anchor & Braille The Quiet Life Christian has given us many wonderful moments to remember HM Album Reviews 12 Stones Beneath The Scars Indeed, 12 Stones rises above it all with Beneath the Scars. HM Album Reviews Liberty N' Justice Hell Is Coming To Breakfast Liberty N’ Justice is marking its 20th anniversary with this new release. Although celebratory, this album also marks time as the band finishes up work on The Cigar Chronicles, its ambitious 2 CD... HM Album Reviews Dave Barnes Stories To Tell When Dave Barnes sings, “Forgiveness is the chorus in our rebel song” during “White Flag,” it suggests one really smart songwriter. Although Barnes shows flashes of compositional intelligence, there just aren’t enough of these... HM Album Reviews Trip Lee The Good Life Pro-life pop songs are relatively common in Christian music, but when was the last time you heard one performed by a rapper? “Beautiful Life” is rapper Trip Lee’s moving anti-abortion song, and it... HM Album Reviews Various Artists Passion: White Flag You may recall how U2 used to wave a white flag back in that band’s early concert days, which is why the Passion collective’s latest release, Passion: White Flag, carries with it a... HM Album Reviews Newworldson Rebel Transmission Listening to NewWorldSon is like traveling through music history in a time machine. That vibe comes through bold and beautifully during Rebel Transmission once a Motown beat kicks in during “Homeless Child” or as... HM Album Reviews Damien Deadson A Warm and Dark Embrace Sometimes part-time interests can turn into full-time jobs. So it is with Ryan Helm and Damien Deadson. This band began as a solo project, which allowed the (now former) Demon Hunter guitarist to... HM Album Reviews Paramore Brand New Eyes And as good as Brand New Eyes can be, just wait until Hayley Williams begins to venture beyond her insular personal realm, and starts to see the wider world...
HM Album Reviews Daniel Amos Dig Here Said the Angel Daniel Amos’ latest album, Dig Here Said the Angel, finds the veteran band in fine form with a sound both vintage and modern. As usual, these songs offer the...
HM Album Reviews Norma Jean Wrongdoers On Norma Jean’s new Wrongdoers album, the midpoint track, “Afterhour Animals,” incorporates what sounds like a woman hypnotizing someone else by speaking calming words, sinking them into a “comfortable...
HM Album Reviews Relient K Collapsible Lung Relient K’s Matt Thiessen is rock music’s perennial underdog, so one tends to pull for him, almost instinctively. However, his band’s latest effort, Collapsible Lung, makes it difficult to...
HM Album Reviews Big Kettle Drum Nantucket Circle Big Kettle Drum makes easily-digestible roots rock music, and they have never sounded better than on Nantucket Circle, the trio’s new EP. While the act keeps its lyrics fairly...
HM Album Reviews Anchor & Braille The Quiet Life Christian has given us many wonderful moments to remember
HM Album Reviews 12 Stones Beneath The Scars Indeed, 12 Stones rises above it all with Beneath the Scars.
HM Album Reviews Liberty N' Justice Hell Is Coming To Breakfast Liberty N’ Justice is marking its 20th anniversary with this new release. Although celebratory, this album also marks time as the band finishes up work on The Cigar Chronicles, its ambitious 2 CD...
HM Album Reviews Dave Barnes Stories To Tell When Dave Barnes sings, “Forgiveness is the chorus in our rebel song” during “White Flag,” it suggests one really smart songwriter. Although Barnes shows flashes of compositional intelligence, there just aren’t enough of these...
HM Album Reviews Trip Lee The Good Life Pro-life pop songs are relatively common in Christian music, but when was the last time you heard one performed by a rapper? “Beautiful Life” is rapper Trip Lee’s moving anti-abortion song, and it...
HM Album Reviews Various Artists Passion: White Flag You may recall how U2 used to wave a white flag back in that band’s early concert days, which is why the Passion collective’s latest release, Passion: White Flag, carries with it a...
HM Album Reviews Newworldson Rebel Transmission Listening to NewWorldSon is like traveling through music history in a time machine. That vibe comes through bold and beautifully during Rebel Transmission once a Motown beat kicks in during “Homeless Child” or as...
HM Album Reviews Damien Deadson A Warm and Dark Embrace Sometimes part-time interests can turn into full-time jobs. So it is with Ryan Helm and Damien Deadson. This band began as a solo project, which allowed the (now former) Demon Hunter guitarist to...
HM Album Reviews Paramore Brand New Eyes And as good as Brand New Eyes can be, just wait until Hayley Williams begins to venture beyond her insular personal realm, and starts to see the wider world...
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