Reviews
[Review] Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

[Review] Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

Have you ever seen a movie that changes the way you view the world? The kind that opens your eyes to something you never knew existed? I often avoid these films. I go to the cinema to be entertained, not to be shocked into forcing an issue upon my conscious. This film was a little...
[Review] Kristene DiMarco: Safe Place

[Review] Kristene DiMarco: Safe Place

The second album from Jesus Culture artist Kristene DiMarco took me by surprise. It’s an album which makes musical decisions completely atypical to almost the whole of the Christian music genre and keeps you on your toes from start to finish.   The opening track, and title song, Safe Place sets the tone well for the...
[Review] The Hunger Games

[Review] The Hunger Games

I’ve never been to see a film in its opening weekend before. I hadn’t been intending to see The Hunger Games at all, but one line in a review changed my mind. Hailed as the next Harry Potter or Twilight, and pitched at the same audience, it didn’t really sound like my kind of thing. On top...
[Review] Rend Collective Experiment: Homemade Praise For Handmade People

[Review] Rend Collective Experiment: Homemade Praise For Handmade People

Does the difficult second-album-syndrome happen in the Christian genre too? I guess Rend Collective Experiment and their significant fan base will be hoping not. The success of the band’s brilliant debut, Organic Family Hymnal, was down to its musical creativity, deep lyrics and catchy hooks. More of the same please.   Unfortunately Homemade Praise For Handmade People starts...
[Review] The Iron Lady (2011)

[Review] The Iron Lady (2011)

“Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. What we think we become.”  Margaret Thatcher is portrayed uttering these words to her doctor in the...
[Review] Boy With Compass: This Dear City EP

[Review] Boy With Compass: This Dear City EP

I can’t keep it secret any longer; sometimes I judge bands purely on their album artwork. I can’t help it. And if the wonderfully illustrated cover sitting proudly on Boy With Compass’s debut EP is a reflection of the music waiting inside, they’re on to a winner.  Artwork illustrated by David Fleck Boy With Compass consist...
[Review] Bryan and Katie Torwalt: Here on Earth

[Review] Bryan and Katie Torwalt: Here on Earth

The latest release from Jesus Culture Music comes courtesy of Bryan and Katie Torwalt, worship pastors at The River Church, California. With many similarities to other Jesus Culture albums, Here on Earth has a high reputation to live up to. The opening track, Glorious, has traces of a stadium anthem, with rising crescendo’s and the...