This has been a most unique Christmas for us. My mother died this year. This was my family’s first Christmas without the heart and soul of Christmas celebrations. As we enjoyed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Father and my sister’s family, I was struck by my Mother’s presence in our celebrations. The joy of our feast and our gift giving and our family’s laughter were handed down from my mother. She was there with us.

On Christmas we enjoyed a beautiful candlelight service that included The Lord’s Supper. This very special tradition is handed down from our Lord and when we celebrate in this way, we are touching God in a intimate way.

Christ is with us in a way my Mother can never be… Continue reading

Our dear buddy Micheal Delaney was kind enough to conduct, edit, and submit this interview for us. Hopefully you will be seeing more of him in the near future…

The Rocketboys are an indie rock band from Austin, Texas who have been making quite a name for themselves the past few years. After moving to Texas, changing their name (they used to be Homer Hiccolm & The Rocketboys), touring all the time, and releasing their first full length, The ‘Boys picking up some steam. This in part to do with their unique songwriting and incredible live show, but also because they have been hard at it since moment one. The

New Releases For December 22nd, 2009

God Of The Ages
Charles Billingsley
Maranatha
Live Worship
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Sex, Drugs, And Self-Control
John Reuben
Gotee Records
Hip-Hop
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New Releases For December 26th, 2009

Entermission
DJ Official
Reach Records
Hip-Hop
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New Releases For December 28th, 2009

2009 is almost over, and in the world of music, that means one thing, Best Of lists! At One21, we wanted to wait a little bit to post ours; because to me posting a “Best Of” list before Thanksgiving is kinda like nominating Avatar for Best Drama the week before it is screened for critics.

Wait, yea, that happened….

Anyways, we consider these albums to be the cream of what was released this year. we aren’t going to do a count down though, so in no particular order, here are the last 12 albums that made 2009 great:

Album of the year

Mean Everything To Nothing
Manchester Orchestra
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2009 is almost over, and in the world of music, that means one thing, Best Of lists! At One21, we wanted to wait a little bit to post ours; because to me posting a “Best Of” list before Thanksgiving is kinda like nominating Avatar for Best Drama the week before it is screened for critics.

Wait, yea, that happened….

This list is simply our celebration of the amazing music that came out in 2009. We understand that many may disagree with us on the albums we picked (or didn’t pick), but we completely believe that this is the best of what came out this year. In 6 months we will do a retrospective list for 2009, so it will be interesting to see what makes it onto that list… Continue reading

When Sunny Day Real Estate broke up in the late 90s, most people didn’t know that not only would the band would splinter into several different musical entities, all of which would make profound impacts on the music world. One of those was The Fire Theft, which featured many of the key members of Sunny Day, but united after vocalist and chief song writer Jeremy Enigk’s profound salvation to Christianity. The Fire Theft’s music was hailed by critics, and the band found themselves once again as trend setters in the underground rock community.

The biggest difference was Enigk’s lyrics, which reflected his transformation and struggles after coming to Christ. The most… Continue reading

We are going to keep the Christmas music thing going with the addition of DJ Promote’s Lights Up, Eyes On EP. At its core, this album is a cool little Hip-Hop inspired Holiday mix. Fun songs with some happy rap lyrics, remixes of holiday songs, and in general a cool little addition to you Christmas music collection. Things get kind of interesting with the track “Commercialism Theme Music” when DJ Promote provides the background music to a really awesome sermon concerning the true meaning of the season. On every track Promote brings the focus back to Christ, which is unfortunately very rare when this music comes up.

I think you guys will really like this, and this… Continue reading

Headlines

It seems that Ben Olin, vocalist from This Beautiful Republic has left the band.

Carmen is going to start doing movies again….yep, we just mentioned Carmen on The One21.

Brett Detar, former vocalist for The Juliana Theory and former guitarist for Zao, is going to make a solo album.

The van carrying all of Underoath’s equipment crashed on a way to a show. Everyone was ok, but three days later, the band was literally snowed into their hotel, and had to cancel more shows. Its tough touring!

Wow, Jennifer Knapp will be on the Lilith Fair tour in 2010. Congrats!

Alyssa Duncan, vocalist for Ilia, has stepped down from the band with no real explanation.

12 Stones, Blood And Water, Letter To The Exiles, Juliagrace, Shonlock, Pergamum, Our Last Night, and… Continue reading

The Silent Stars
Alli Rogers
Independent
Pop/Folk/Christmas Music
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Rocks Into Rivers
Seabird
Credential Recordings
Atmospheric Rock
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I Love The 80s
Cookbook
Independent
Hip-Hop

In The Middle Of It
Waterdeep
Independent
Contemporary Christian… Continue reading

It is unfortunate that the world of Hip-Hop is populated by insincerity. For most people, the genre has become over run with a parody of its own devices: auto-tuned hooks, empty lyrics, and flash over substance. Even in the Christian Hip-Hop community it rare to find an artist with both depth and talent. Lecrae is not one of those people.

Deeply rooted in spiritual truth, masterfully executed, and all the while still fun to listen to, “Don’t Waste Your Life” is a warning to those who are living for the things of the world. The song is part declaration of faith, part plead to Lecrae’s community. In fact, Lecrae felt so strongly about the… Continue reading