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Luis Dubuc, aka The Secret Handshake, has released one of this year's biggest surprises. Coming from virtually nowhere, this collection of songs was recorded by Dubuc in his own home studio. If you are looking for an album that proves you can make a great album without a big budget and a big name studio then here it is. While Justin Timberlake and Beyonce spend millions just on mixing their albums, they could have been spending their money better by buying Dubuc's songs. The Secret Handshake is a clever mix of Emo, Electronica, and Hip-Hop (musically, there is no rapping on the album) relying primarily on the electronic aspect but including minimal piano, drums, and natural vocals.
Duran Duran surprisingly launched a successful reunion a couple of years ago featuring all their original members. Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that the album that came from it, Astronaut, was every bit as good, if not better, than the band's best works (which for me include the wedding album, Notorious, and Seven and the Ragged Tiger). After the dust settled from the reunion guitarist Andy Taylor once again exited the band leaving them a four piece on the experimental Red Carpet Massacre.
Chase This Light, the latest offering from the now comfortably major label Jimmy Eat World, has its work cut out for it. After the stellar self-titled album (aka Bleed American) put the band on the mainstream map, they lost a lot of steam with the more experimental Futures. If you have hesitated to give this album a chance, let me encourage you to get back in the water. It's safe again. Jimmy Eat World are back to making big, anthemic emotional statements that will surely please any fan of self-titled or Clarity.
Queensryche, a hard rock band renowned for such intelligent works as Operation: Mindcrime and Empire and such classic metal albums as The Warning and Promised Land, floundered throughout much of the late nineties and early new millennium. The band has experienced a revival since switching labels to Rhino Records a few years ago and the latest in their barrage of new albums is entitled Take Cover. This album of cover songs follows the warmly received Operation: Mindcrime II and, yet another, "best of" album.
In the mid to late nineties, Clay Crosse was Christian music's rising star. Garnering four Dove Awards and racking up a number of hit singles like "I Surrender All" and "I Will Follow Christ," the artist's star seemed to know no bounds. Yet, a personal battle with pornography and a subsequent vocal issue sidelined the artist for a time and led to a period of sincere soul-searching and marital reconciliation. While the artist's star has never quite burned as bright as before in the ccm world, Crosse has not stopped ministering. Infuze's Andrew Greenhalgh recently caught up with Clay to discuss where he's been, his new ministry endeavor, and his hopes for the future.
Family in need? Check. Ty Pennington and his "all-too-sappy with a heart of gold" team? Check. A ridiculously short amount of time to build and furnish a brand new house? Check. David Phelps? Um, excuse me?! Yes, big vocalist David Phelps will appear on the Jan. 13th episode of Extreme Home Makeover. The family in need's story centers around a nine-year-old girl who is afflicted with an unusual and terminal disorder. Phelps reportedly had been contacted by the family at a concert some time ago and was more than willing to help in any way possible. Get out the Kleenex, it's going to be a good one!
With an ever more increasingly interesting move for Christian music as it moves into the mainstream, longtime band Caedmon's Call will have their song "Ten Thousand Angels" featured on the hit show Grey's Anatomy. To fit the length of the song, which will be featured in it's entirety, an extra minute of footage was even edited in. It's clearly a fine compliment for the acclaimed band and their artistry. Speaking of the opportunity, on again, off again member Derek Webb says, "It's an honor to be asked to help carry some of the emotional weight of a powerhouse show like Grey's. I think the spiritual significance of a song like "Ten Thousand Angels" will have some really special chemistry with what is bound to be an important episode in the season." Tune in on January 10th to catch the show and the song.
Billy Talent has been around the block a time or two now, having received a big push with their debut self-titled album and critical acclaim for their creatively titled (Billy Talent II) sophomore effort. They're a punk infused rock band that gets pretty easily lost in the crowd, constantly swaying back and forth between enjoyable and annoying. This is the kind of band that it's easy to have a love/hate relationship with. Now comes 666: Live, which walks on both ends of the street.
For a time it seemed as if Progressive Rock had gone the way of the dinosaur - after all, they had a lot in common: both are big, intimidating, and kind of scary. Still, there are bands valiantly keeping the dream alive, not the least of which is Glass Hammer, who deliver some pretty impressive prog on their new release, Culture of Ascent. After nine studio albums and one live release, Steve Babb (bass guitar, various keyboards, programming and backing vocals) and Fred Schendel (assorted keyboards, synths, programming, arrangements, acoustic guitar and backing vocals) have once again assembled some familiar band-mates plus two new additions, and a few notable guests to prove that there's still plenty of life in the Prog-rock genre.