Music Archives

The National’s latest, Sleep Well Beast, affirms that if heartbreak is particular to our times and places, to our own networks of relationships, then grace must be as well.

Sufjan Stevens invites us to raise the mirror this Christmas and laugh to ourselves in all our absurdity: “I’m the Christmas unicorn . . . you’re the Christmas unicorn.”

Though Sigrid’s version of “Everybody Knows” is incredibly morbid, it is only so because it is truthful.

Bazan is one of the few songwriters who reminds us that religion, as experienced in daily life, is a journey of faith.

With the grungy kicks, straightforward lyrics, melodic choruses, and subtle inversions of various instruments, Worthy compiles a wonderful album experience.

Dissect reminds us that we need critics who help us engage with art more deeply.

To an outsider looking in, Derek Webb’s latest feels more like an unintentional cautionary tale than a story that evokes sympathy.

All Things Work Together is Lecrae’s most interesting album yet and contains some of his best creative work.

My white Christian brothers and sisters can learn how to fight injustice from Eminem’s performance.

Science Fiction is an album about the end: of relationships, of life, of Brand New.

The nostalgia, wistfulness, and ache that Death Cab conjures up in the hearts of listeners is like no other.

“March” is an expectation of the coming kingdom, an exuberant recognition that Christ has won this battle and a sobering admonition to usher in His reign.

Chester Bennington gave millions of fans a gift by providing a space to be honest about pain and depression and fear.

The phenomenon of NF’s painful but real music can’t be ignored.

U2’s POP is about faith’s fragility amidst the noise, confusion, and chaos that come when you realize your ideology isn’t going to change the world.

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