Contemporary Christian pop-rock band Rush of Fools, who scored a #1 hit back in the day with Undo, has released Beginning to End, the carrier single of its new album We Once We’re. Beginning to End is instantly likeable; its steady tempo and passionate delivery provide a somewhat ironic underscoring of its message, which is essentially a declaration of God’s power and majesty. While not as instantly catchy as Undo or the...

OMG! The OC Supertones are back! On the Downbeat is the first recorded single from the uber-popular Christian ska band in over eight years, and it’s available for free download! More information here on Kickstarter, as the band tries to raise US$30,000 to record its first album in a loooooong time. You see, the members of the OC Supertones went their own ways a few years back – four of them are full-time pastors now – but...

Building 429 makes it a full month atop Billboard’s Top Christian Songs with Where I Belong, and there are no new songs in the Top 10, although Newsboys continue its fast ascent, 11 to 7 to 4 this week with God’s Not Dead (Like A Lion). Britt Nicole isn’t too shabby either, as All This Time moves 16 to 10 to 8. Top debut honors go to Rend Collective Experiment (pictured), whose Second Chance enters at #25. Greatest Gainer...

Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Matt Redman released 10,000 Reasons, his latest album in 2011, but it’s only now that the title track is starting to pick up at Christian AC, an accomplishment considering that the live performance of the song is the version receiving notice from Christian AC programmers. 10,000 Reasons is a worshipful ballad that sings of God’s goodness and grace. The way Redman structured the track is...

Contemporary Christian supergroup Casting Crowns has released Jesus Friend of Sinners to radio just a few weeks after the release of Just Another Birthday. While I am overjoyed to have this song – one of the best songs on Come to the Well lyrically – I am also a little saddened that we couldn’t see a bigger promotional push behind Just Another Birthday, which, aside from being one of the rare Casting Crowns singles to not...

The Rend Collective Experiment debuted this week on Billboard’s Christian Songs at #25, no small feat for a band’s first chart ink, and even better, for a band out of Ireland. But then again, the Rend Collective Experiment is no ordinary group. Birthed in 2004 as a group of mixed-up young adults looking to understand life, God and what it means to be part of a vibrant creative community. Eight years later, the band earns its...