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Ace Troubleshooter - It's Never Enough (last updated 4/18/2004) More cookie-cutter pop-punk to make you want to skateboard.Addison Road - Breaking Beautifully (last updated 4/14/2004) Band has a good musical future ahead given the right opportunity.All Access - Secrets (last updated 4/5/2004) All Access seems to be moving in a new direction these days.Arcade - Into the Light (last updated 4/5/2004) The hardest-rocking chic outfit to ever come out of Muncie, Indiana.Bigtone - Saad Ave (last updated 4/5/2004) Intelligent, well-crafted roots rock along the lines of the Wallflowers, Counting Crows, This Train, or Vigilantes of Love.Blindside - About a Burning Fire (last updated 4/5/2004) Swedish exports finally make the album that will set world on ‘fire.’Brindley Brothers - Playing With the Light (last updated 4/14/2004) There’s nothing quite like modern day country-folk blues-rock to invigorate the soul!Building 429 - Glory Defined (last updated 4/18/2004) Rock, pop, post-grunge and adult contemporary come together with surprisingly good results.Jeremy Camp - Carried Me The Worship Project (last updated 4/14/2004) Falls into the good, but not great category.Creamy Velour - Angel’s Guise (last updated 4/24/2004) A record that I will be coming back to.Dan Cunningham - Think of Home (last updated 4/24/2004) An impressive guitarist who isn’t afraid to explore different styles.Dada - How to Be Found (last updated 4/5/2004) After hearing this album, one hopes this isn’t a one off, money-driven reunion tour.Jessie Daniels - The Limited Edition EP (last updated 4/24/2004) Well, this could be hope for the future.The Darkness - Permission to Land (last updated 4/18/2004) Recently voted winners in the categories of “Best British Rock Act”, “Best British Album” and “Best British Group” at the recent BRIT Music Awards,David Crowder Band - The Lime CD (last updated 4/24/2004) As always, this is a band better seen live than heard on CD. But The Lime CD comes closer to making this work than most.The Desert Fathers - The Spirituality (last updated 4/12/2004) The first truly original album of the 21st century.Malcolm Evans - Dream (last updated 4/26/2004) The Irish counterpart to Australian band Midnight Oil.Eve's Drop - One of Many Goodbyes (last updated 4/5/2004) Classic rock formula with a ‘Blonde’ highlight.Evergrey - The Inner Circle (last updated 4/29/2004) Swedish progressive rock metal.Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere (last updated 4/24/2004) Rock fans in generally will be pleasantly surprised at the strength of this offering from Gaskill.Richard Gilpin - 33 (last updated 4/12/2004) Gilpin's new studio project 33 is a welcome turn for those of us who can appreciate our folk music with undertones of Celtic despair.Sara Groves - The Other Side of Something (last updated 4/5/2004) Sara Groves is different from most CCM artists in that she is willing to admit that life isn’t easy…even as a Christian.RJ Helton - Real Life (last updated 4/14/2004) Here it is, in all its pop-dripping glory.Will Hoge - Almost Alone: Live at Olde Smith's Bar (last updated 4/6/2004) An offering to his fans.I/DEX - Seqsextend (last updated 4/5/2004) Lush electronic beats over an atmosphere of filling, simple, good, music.Janira - Time and Season (last updated 4/5/2004) A CD that will satisfy lovers of good blues, jazz-rock, fusion, and soul.KJ-52 - Back to the Future (last updated 4/5/2004) Since most of KJ’s fans emerged during the Collaborations release, Essential Records decided to reintroduce people to 7th Avenue.Liberty n’ Justice - Welcome to the Revolution (last updated 4/29/2004) A band that remembers and celebrates the glory days of melodic Christian rock.Fergus Marsh - Spirit Moves (last updated 4/10/2004) I'm not a very big fan of what is commonly called worship & praise music.there are of course a few notable exceptions.McCabe - Gathering (last updated 4/26/2004) This is almost a tale of two albums.Justin McRoberts - Intersections (last updated 4/29/2004) It is absolutely criminal that Justin McRoberts isn’t more widely publicized.Michael Misiuk - Me and My Shadow (last updated 4/26/2004) Mostly acoustic alt country, with Misiuk’s guitar work surpassing the quality of his vocals.Jason Molin - J Songs (last updated 4/24/2004) Stocki tracks down a songwriter he knew from way back in Austin Texas and discovers an absolute gem of an album about to be released.Monarch - The Grandeur That Was Rome (last updated 4/14/2004) For those who can't get enough of Coldplay, Ester Drang, Sleeping at Last, or even Copeland, here is your latest chance at musical fulfillment: Monarch.mondo - before the fall (last updated 4/24/2004) Moody ... but beautiful.Trevor Morgan - Wonderlight (last updated 4/18/2004) Vibrant rock and pop that is both mature and sincere.Neosupervital - Focus (last updated 4/12/2004) Neosupervital is bringing back '80s pop one synth guitar at a time.Officer Negative - The Death Campaign Project (last updated 4/26/2004) Reaching for a different crowd.Pastor Rudolph McKissick Jr & The Word and Worship Mass Choir - What a Time!(last updated 4/5/2004) Fans of gospel will enjoy the ‘Bethel Experience."Pilate - Caught by the Window (last updated 4/18/2004) A moody bit of genre-mixing eclectic pop-rock.Prescription - Drawn to the Twilight (last updated 4/18/2004) A group of earnest hard rockers with an ear for melody, hearts for God, and a desire to share the Truth wrapped in melodic and heavy rock.The Prince and Me Soundtrack (last updated 4/14/2004) Love in Wisconsin.Theo Prince - Sad Songs for Sunshine (last updated 4/24/2004) I look forward to hearing Weapons of Mass Creation.Michael Pritzl - Hollow Songs (last updated 4/14/2004) This could easily find new fans for the band's music.Questions in Dialect - As You May Know (last updated 4/6/2004) Music has long been used to evoke feelings from an audienceRhymz Suhreal (last updated 4/5/2004) This is a perfect example of a group that will be hot with its target audienceThe Shut-Ups - It Hurts to be Seen (last updated 4/5/2004) A fun album in every way.Sienna - Steps (last updated 4/5/2004) Sienna puts her message across with an urgency and fervor, but the loveliness of the lyrics and the versatile arrangements make her sound enthusiastic in her message and not sink into preachiness.Kim Snyder - Day By Day (last updated 4/24/2004) While Snyder has a strong voice, and isn’t afraid to try many styles…I have to fall back on American Idol one more time.SounDoctrine - Live Alternative Christian Funk on the Loose! (last updated 4/24/2004) SounDoctrine describes themselves as “alternative Christian funk.”Rebecca St. James - Live Worship: Blessed Be Your Name (last updated 4/12/2004) Just your average Sunday morning worship service. . .if your worship leader happened to be an Australian CCM pop star.Starflyer 59 - I Am the Portuguese Blues (last updated 4/12/2004) I Am the Portuguese Blues exists mostly as a guilty pleasure, but good golly is it pleasureful.Stephen Toon - Surround Me (last updated 4/24/2004) In the vein of modern worship artists like David Crowder and Chris Tomlin.Jeff Trish - Roots and Stems (last updated 4/24/2004) Fans of early '70’s music will enjoy the album.Various - Absolute Worship (last updated 4/18/2004) Is this absolutely necessary?Various - CPR Volume 1 (last updated 4/14/2004) Ah, I have died and gone to prog-rock heaven.Verona - To Jupiter and Back (last updated 4/24/2004) Brimming with tunes proclaiming faith, Verona makes an excellent debut.Worship Together: Here I Am to Worship (last updated 5/6/2004) Rivaling, and perhaps surpassing, some of the best WOW Worship collections, Worship Together assembles its finest set to date. 
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