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30 Seconds to Mars
Love Lust Faith + Dreams
Time to believe the hype

On Love Lust Faith + Dreams, 30 Seconds continues to break new ground on their sound, and push themselves even further creatively, than on their past three discs.

The Beats Journal 5/22/13
David Crowder Band-All This For a King, Yancy-Roots for the Journey
Holding down the CCM genre

A DC*B retrospective and a Christian Youth-pop singer turns to modern worship: all on this week’s Beats Journal

Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City
Is it too early for a "Best of 2013" vote?

is, all at once, darker, further reaching, but more to the core of VW’s sound than the sum of their past two discs. The West African vibey beats, Renaissance-era harpsichord, and Koenig’s lilting vocals are still in full effect, but calling this album more “mature” seems both a cop out, and an understatement.

The Beats Journal 5/8/13
Joshua Radin, Lady Antebellum, She & Him
Throwbacks to simpler times

Radin brings it back home, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward recreate She & Him magic a third time, and Lady Antebellum with a potential Grammy-worthy followup on this week’s Beats Journal

The Hobbit
Work of Art—3RingsLeft Salutes Tolkien, and Peter Jackson & Crew
Bagshot Row Bulletin

3RingsLeft has created an original song as “a tribute to the cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.” Click through to see the video.

The Beats Journal 5/1/13
All Sons & Daughters - Live, LIGHTS - Siberia Acoustic
Switching up the sound=great results

All Sons and Daughters add a whole new element with their live disc, and LIGHTS simplifies things to refocus her vision. All in this week’s Beats Journal.

Heroes For Sale
Andy Mineo's Heroes For Sale Dominates The Charts
Debuting at No. 1 and Garners No. 11 Spot

Project peaks at No. 2 on iTunes overall albums and hip hop chart while critics sing Mineo’s praises.

The Beats Journal 4/24/13
Martin Smith and Phoenix
Making all things new

Delirious? former frontman, rising like a…well, a phoenix, and the French indie rockers back at it, after their huge 2009 hit machine.

The Beats Journal 4/17/13
The Afters-Life is Beautiful, Andy Mineo-Heroes For Sale
Pop and a backbeat

The Afters just keep getting better with their fourth studio album, and Mineo strikes white hot on a genre-spanning debut disc.

The Beats Journal 4/10/13
The Band Perry-Pioneer, Hawk Nelson-Made
The Inlaws-Self Titled

This week in The Beats Journal: The Band Perry avoid the sophomore slump, Hawk Nelson make the best of a tough break, and the new one from a few familiar names.

The Bible (TV) Books
Three Free Copies!
Continuing Reading About The Drama Onscreen

Courtesy of Grace Hill Media, you can be one of three lucky Hollywood Jesus readers to win a set of books and the CD related to the History Channel’s The Bible miniseries, available now.

The Beats Journal 3/27/13
OneRepublic-Native, Shawn McDonald-The Analog Sessions,
Steven Curtis Chapman-Deep Roots

OneRepublic continues to top themselves with each subsequent release, Shawn McDonald goes old school, and Chapman goes even further than that in the Wayback machine with hymns and bluegrass.

The Beats Journal 3/20/13
Justin Timberlake-The 20/20 Experience, Walk Off The Earth-R.E.V.O.
And now it is time for pop...

How does JT’s new disc stack up against his last two, and who is this band behind all the covers, and can they do it on their own as well? This issue of Beats Weekly.

The Beats Journal 3/13/13
For King and Country-Crave, JJ Heller-Loved,
Passion—Let the Future Begin, Seventh Day Slumber—Love & Worship

Brand new Aussie brother duo, JJ Heller’s 9th album, the latest from Passion Conference 2013, and veteran Christian rockers take on modern worship. All part of this week’s Beats Journal!

The Hobbit
Interview with 3RingsLeft
Bagshot Row Bulletin

“When we watched it, it was like nothing we had ever seen before. We were mesmerized. We’ve been in love with the land of Middle-earth and its inhabitants ever since. That’s why we’re so excited about all of the new Hobbit movies coming out!”

The Beats Journal 3/6/13
Bethel Music-Without Words, Brooke Waggoner-Originator,
Hillsong UNITED-Zion

One worship band goes indie, another goes instrumental, and one features Jack White’s partners-in-crime on her follow-up disc.

Plumb
Need You Now
Crying out in desperation for God

If you’ve listened to Christian radio at all in the last month, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard her new single, the title track, “Need You Now.” The unbelievably powerful comeback track brings back a style similar to past tunes like “Bittersweet” and “I Can’t Do This,” with desperate-for-God lyrics like “How many times have you heard me cry out? And how many times have you given me strength?”

Oz: The Great and Powerful
Finally "Home"
Mariah Carey releases her contribution to the Oz soundtrack

After teasing her fans with a brief snippet, pop superstar Mariah Carey has finally released the full version of “Almost Home,” the theme song to Disney’s upcoming Oz: The Great and Powerful.

Jeremy Camp
Reckless
The much-anticipated disc delivers

Reckless comes at an interesting time in the Christian music world, where the sides seem split between secular-inspired influences and the praise/worship tradition, as found on the Passion circuit. With Reckless, Camp has successfully dipped into both, and come out with his most cohesive and varied album to date.

Sanctus Real
Run
Band Returns To Rock & Roll

The latest album from the Dove Award-winning band Sanctus Real encourages us to trust God in all things, and to seek out the power of the Holy Spirit.

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