Pillar: For the Love of the Game

PILLARFor the Love of the Game (Essential)Contemporary Christian music and ’80s era metal might seem like strange bedfellows, but one listen to Pillar’s For the Love of the Game will erase those not...

Poems: Blooming Sounds

POEMSBlooming Sounds (Hip-Hop Is Music)Poems (formerly Sharlock Poems) of rap mainstay L.A. Symphony, known for his distinctive baritone and metaphor-heavy style, has become a hotly sought after guest MC on a v...

Desperation Band: Everyone Overcome

DESPERATION BANDEveryone Overcome (Integrity)Desperation Band (featuring worship leaders/songwriters Jared Anderson, Jon Egan and lenn Packiam) captures live worship on perhaps its best effort to date with Ever...

Natalie Grant: Relentless

NATALIE GRANTRelentless (Curb)Natalie Grant’s latest album, Relentless, is a reminder why she wears the crown of top female vocalist two years running. From the opening strains of the first track to the a...

Leeland: Opposite Way

LEELANDOpposite Way (Essential)Listening to Leeland’s Opposite Way, it’s hard to choose which stands out most: front man Leeland Mooring’s unhampered vocals, the band’s strong collective...

Children 18:3

CHILDREN 18:3Children 18:3 (Tooth & Nail)Far away from the smoky venues of New York, siblings David, Seth and Lee Marie Hostetter formed the three-piece Children 18:3 in central Minnesota, where they not-so...