“Chrindie” Reviews

Alarma Records’ compilation features acoustic performances from some of the biggest names in ’90s Christian alternative music.

The Chrindie classic was originally released back in 1991 by Blonde Vinyl Records.

Starflyer 59 returns with another solid collection of songs.

The band’s 1987 magnum opus is a dark, haunting album that still captivates after more than three decades.

That Star Wars-themed Chrindie funk band that you’d always heard about gets reissued.

The band’s first release in a dozen years boasts a heavier, more expansive sound.

Mortal was the first band that showed me that Christian bands could hold their own with secular artists.

Fine China return after thirteen years with some of their best songs to date. Elegant, wistful pop of the finest sort.

MagentaMantaLoveTree is a sprawling, uneven album that’s by turns fascinating and frustrating, impassioned and inconsistent.

The simple fact is that any new music from Lee Bozeman is a gift.

Two decades after its original release, Havalina’s third album remains as much an unsung masterpiece as ever.

For over two decades, Jason Martin’s “blue collar” approach to music has resulted in an impressively reliable discography.

Stripped of his usual pomp, Sufjan’s latest explores his relationship with his troubled mother with grace, compassion, and brutal honesty.

An interesting glimpse of the earlier days of a band currently enjoying a renaissance.

Regardless of why Luxury released a new album after a decade, I’m glad they did; simply put, Trophies contains the best music I’ve ever heard from them.

Dial M is yet another fine offering from one of the most reliable and dependable names in music today.

An album where nearly every single song grabs you by the throat.

In addition to these fresh, exciting elements, the album also features some of the most honest, spiritual songs that Martin has written in, well, quite some time.

The album consists of lovely, hushed versions of Ronnie’s joyous pop songs.

However, it’s very fitting that I Am the Portugese Blues sport one of the older style covers, as in many ways, it’s a regression towards the band’s earlier sound.