Oceanlab, On a Good Day

Clean: 4 Quality: 3.5 Genre: Trance Trance is a subcategory of electronic/dance music that has a relatively fast tempo but also sometimes a slow melancholy melody over the top of the fast beat. Trance music is repetitive and “the effect of some trance music has been likened to the trance-inducing music created by ancient shamanists [...]

Response: Is Rap Inherently Evil?

I have to respond to an article I read today in a blog called the “Christian Research Net” called Reformed Rap: My Thoughts. This article challenges the idea that rap (or metal or punk etc) music can glorify the Lord.  Even if the words are about the gospel, contain sound doctrine and lead people to [...]

Linkin Park, What I’ve Done

Quality: 5 Clean: 5* Genre: Rock/nu metal Dooood! If you know Linkin Park you might be surprised to see them on this blog. But honestly, sometimes there are artists that strike right at the heart of existing, the very essence of life. This is one of those bands. I think sometimes they get caught up [...]

Lecrae, Take Me As I Am and Cash or Chirist/Fanatics

Quality: 5 Clean: 5 Genre: Rap Christian rap artist Lecrae is coming out with a new album, Rebel,  September 30. You can pre-order it from his label and from Amazon…although they are currently out of stock. If you like rap, you should check him out. I always thought I could like rap, but I never [...]

Jem, It’s Amazing

Quality: 4 Clean: 5 Genre: Pop, dance Jem: as a child of the 80′s the first thing I think of when I hear that name is Jem and the Holograms! Ok seriously, I remember when Jem came out with her first album 4 year ago. I heard her first single, They, once on the radio [...]

Stutterin Stan

Clean: 4.5 (most are instrumental) Quality: 5 Genre: Electronic Most people who know me are surprised when they find out that I am a sucker for dance/techno/electronica music. Most of it ala C89.5 (radio station in Seattle), is sort of poppish and repetitive and not very quality (but I like it nonetheless). Also, most of [...]

Jordin Sparks, One Step at a Time

Clean: 5 Quality: 3 Genre: Pop What attracted me to Jordin Spark’s latest single, One Step at a TIme, wasn’t the music, but the words. The encouraging lyrics speak to us who feel that life isn’t progressing fast enough; When we feel as if we are on the brink of a something great or want [...]

Welcome to the search

Purpose of this blog: I love pop music, electronic music (aka techno), some rock, R&B, folk, even classical. Often the way a song sounds is what first catches my interest. I especially like when artists push genre boundaries and mix styles and when they experiment with new beats. Creativity and talent are essential. Honest and [...]