It barely made it on to the scene this year, but hip-hop artist KABOOSE’s video for the song “Goin’ Outta Control” made its way on to you tube last week.

The track comes off of his latest CD with Syntax Records, called Excuse Me. KABOOSE has only been in the Christian hip-hop scene for a short time, but is already making a big name for himself. The video is a fun, bouncy mix of flash animation depicting not only the graphic design elements of his album artwork, but also illustrates the lyrics to the song as they are being said. According to his record label, he is their highest selling artist to date, and with quality videos like this, we don’t think it is going to stop anytime soon.

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My partner’s recent rant about spiritual ambivalence in the music industry simultaneously rings true for me and causes me to pause. We are building One21music on meaningful music that others shun because of legalism, yet we are criticizing music without truly knowing the musician’s heart.

At the same time, Christian artists must represent our faith, not in our way, but in Christ’s way. Christian musicians face all of the challenges and temptations we face and maybe even more. One21music embraces the Christian musician who openly shares his or her struggles as a believer trying to follow their faith in a world of temptation. I do hope that Christian musicians understand that they hold a position of significant influence with new believers and struggling non believers and that they accept… Continue reading | 1 Comment

Happy Christmas

It is 6:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve and I am blissful.  I celebrate the birth of Christ every day, so these next few days are not unique for me in that way. But every year at this time I am overwhelmed with a sense of peace, joy and gratitude.  I am grateful that God has provided for us a time to pause and reflect on the true, enduring gifts he has given to us.

Whether you know Jesus as God, as your personal savior, or not, this weekend is a time to celebrate a history changing event.  We celebrate the birth of a man who, in three years, rocked the world.  Jesus was a man who taught such a profound message of love, peace… Continue reading

Danielson, Danielson Famile, Tri-Danielson, Br. Danielson
Genre: Rock
Styles: Indie, Avant garde, Experimental
Location: Clarksboro, NJ
Label: Secretly Canadian / Sounds Familyre
Website: http://danielson.info/
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/danielson
Christian label: yes
Category: The Message whats this?

When your “cool friends” mock Christian Music as derivative and bland, drop a Danielson CD (one of their two latest Ships or Trying Hartz) into the player.  When debate of innovative indie bands turns to Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, drag everyone to a Danielson show. Since 1994, Daniel Smith and his ever evolving collection of bands and projects- Danielson, Danielson Famile, Tri-Danielson… Continue reading | 1 Comment

So this our weekly effort to keep everyone up to date on what is going on in the Christian music world.  To be honest, it was a slow week, as I believe many of the artists are winding down for the holidays.  There isn’t much in the way of releases this week either, hence the lack of a posts in that area.  Just wait though, because as soon as the new year hits, it looks like there are going to be a ton of albums and tours to talk about. Anyway, here is what is going on this week.

Revive updated fans on the schedule for the band over the next few months.

Jonathan Jones finishes his solo record.

Since October gave a long overdue update on the near happenings

First up we go The Fray playing “You Found Me” on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week. This is debut of their new song from their upcoming album. Enjoy!

Relient K played one of their Christmas songs on Jay Leno this week as well. According to the bands myspace bulletin, the gentleman in red playing acoustic guitar is the actor that portrayed “Biff” in the Back To The Future movie series. Go figure..

Lastly we have Casting Crowns preforming on TNT’s Christmas In Washington a few days ago

Spiritual ambivalence is a disturbing trend in the music industry; both popular music and Christian music. It pervades the mainstream music industry and nobody seems to bat an eye at it, although it warrants some real examination. In the Christian music industry, it happens all the time. While some people talk about it, most of the time it is seen as a positive move for the artist involved, and therefore should be respected by the artist’s fans and listeners.

The practice of seeing one’s spiritual life as so disconnected from an artist’s music, that it can be flaunted or discarded at any time with no sense of consequence, fails those searching for true values for in this world of temptation. Now, this is my own theory… Continue reading | 1 Comment

It has been a little while since the last post or so. Travel and sickness has detracted from regular updates, but we are back on track!  Every Friday we try to keep you up to date on what is happening in the world of Christian music, and so without delay here are this week’s goings ons:

Indievisionmusic.com just threw up a huge music sampler for the holidays.  There are a few Christmas-like songs in there, but for the most part it is just a rockin’ sampler. Its called A Very Indie Christmas.

Ronnie from Joy Electric has issued an update on his recent recording process and the future of the band on his myspace.

Syntax Records talks about their new golden boy Kaboose and all of his recent good

Legendary alternative rockers The Violet Burning have decided to give every one a gift for Christmas, a free CD.  We haven’t had the chance to listen to it yet, but we know The Violet Burning, so we know it is gonna be good.  Expect the unexpected, and enjoy. Right-click and Save Target As (or Save Link As) on the link below, save the ZIP file, then extract the files, and you got a new album for your ears!

The Violet Burning- Divine