Gungor Ghosts Upon the Earth (Brash) Of all the records that were released this year, this one ranked pretty high on my list of “most anticipated.” 2009′s Beautiful Things was such a gosh-wow amazing LP for so many reasons, I was curious to see if Gungor could put together another album of...

Nneka Concrete Jungle (Decon) It’s strange–whenever I think I don’t like Nneka’s new Concrete Jungle very much, I go back and listen again, and something changes my mind. I guess it’s a good sign that I keep going back. For instance, the song “Kangpe” boasts...

David Bazan, Curse Your Branches David Bazan, Curse Your Branches (Barsuk, 2009) Even counting Sufjan Stevens, there is no artist currently making music whose faith (or the potential lackthereof) is given as much attention as the faith of David Bazan. Once one of the poster children for hip Christians...