Before Saviour Machine, before Dead Artist Syndrome, there was Idle Lovell. Idle Lovell was a side project by Michael Knott designed to be only for non-Christian audiences. So, while this is not the first Christian Goth band, it is one of the earliest examples of Goth music made by Christian artists. This six-song vinyl album…
Against all odds, this classic album by Sincerely Paul has been re-issued… and one sweet re-issue it is! Not only do you get the full original album re-mastered, you also get a full extra disc of bonus material. Grieve has been reviewed here before, so I’ll just briefly touch on the re-mastering on disc one:…
GLENN ROWLANDSLIVING LIGHT EP2009 IndependentPurchase: MySpace.comReviewed by: Matt Crosslin This is called a companion disc to Red Road and “a rock and roll tribute to the visions of Holy Man Black Elk.” I would agree with both. If you like Glenn’s solo discs, or classic-rock inspired hard rock that has an eclectic streak, this will…
STARFLYER 59MINOR KEYS EP2009 Tooth & Nail RecordsPurchase: ToothandNail.comReviewed by: Matt Crosslin The obligatory “between albums” ep from SF59. This one is a digital ep, so you only have to get the songs you want. The lead-of song, “Minor Keys,” is the same as from the album (would have liked a “radio mix” or something…
EXTREMESAUDADES DE ROCK2008 Fontana RecordsPurchase: Extreme-Band.comReview by: Matt Crosslin Hair metal in our magazine? What next? Rap? Probably not, but hold on a second – Extreme never really was hair metal. They got marketed that way, but never really fit that label. Their first album was probably as close to hair metal that they ever…
SINCERELY PAULGRIEVE1991 Blonde Vinyl RecordsSlideMusicGroup.comReview by: Matt Crosslin This album is being re-issued soon – probably in less that a week or so after you are reading this. So let’s take a listen to the original first before we get a look at the re-issue next time. I first heard Grieve when I was a…
BON VOYAGELIES2008 Tooth & Nail RecordsPurchase: ToothandNail.comReview by: Matt Crosslin In the beginning, Bon Voyage was an entirely different monster than Starflyer 59 (except for guitarist Jason Martin, of course). Then the two sounds of both bands started to drift together. Even though they still remain slightly different, Bon Voyage (featuring Jason’s wife on vocals)…
MONEY ON THE DEADMONEY ON THE DEAD2009 IndependentPurchase: MySpace.comReview by: Matt Crosslin My first reaction to listening to this album was that this would be a group that you would probably find on Brainstorm Records, if they still existed today. It is one of those albums that combines many of the elements that also influenced…
U2NO LINE ON THE HORIZON2009 InterscopePurchase: U2.comReview by: Matt Crosslin So you can hear this album on their MySpace page. The whole thing. And you’ve probably already decided whether to buy this album or not based solely on one factor – your opinion of Bono. Or maybe based on the hype surrounding the album in…
ADAM AGAIN LIVE AT CORNERSTONE 2000 M8 Music 2001 Galaxy 21 Music Review by: Matt Crosslin There are two versions of this live tribute show floating around out there – both pretty much out of print. The original version was released by M8 records as a three disc set. It included live sets from 1995…