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Admiral Twin - The Center of the Universe  (last updated 9/24/08)

An adventurous power-pop rocking romp through pop culture

Christmas past / Christmas present – the Wolavers give us the best of both worlds on This Glorious Christmas, from the Annie Moses Band…

Bring back the three Bs! Beethoven! Bach! Brahms!

The sound of worship bands to come (and a few present ones that you may recognize!).

The disc is for quiet, reflective Christmas moments.

Jesus music classic gets a groovy spin.

This may be the most dubious of musical tie-ins to the Disney Channel show which launched Mylie Cyrus as a media darling.

Crowder Prescribes the Remedy!

Sometimes you just need a heaping helpin’ of slightly southern-fried faith-based rip-roaring rock ‘n’ roll. 

A satisfying, ministry-minded listen

Stocki prefers solo son of Bob than his Wallflowers' stuff and thinks he's more like his brother-in-law than his dad...

There is a deliciously dark, tongue-in-cheek edge to the band.

With only two full-length albums to his name since 2003, Frush sets out to make up in proficiency what he lacks in productivity.

The band has lots of talent and potential, they just need to focus.

Fine playing from the Blues maestro, with shades of Trower, Clapton and Cray – and a couple of re-invented covers.

Impressive debut from man who shows his influences. Americana fans rejoice!

Sunday afternoon listening, full of impeccably played classics

Phillip Glass? Winter Consort? Here comes Loudbrook with a somewhat esoteric take on ambient Christian music…

The title is in French, but you don’t need to be bilingual to feel the simmering energy pulsing from musician to musician on Mike Pachelli’s new jazz project….

The new newsboys live CD / DVD package features the band minus their spacesuits in Houston. So, is it “we are go,” or “Houston, we have a problem?” Opinions will differ….

They’ve certainly got the hang of this!

The windy city’s best-kept secret? ...

Much-anticipated fifth studio release from the most-sung Christian artist in the U.S.

If you dig prog-rock, CPR Volume 3 will get your heart beating like a Portnoy drum-fill…..

Ayiesha will have no problem maintaining her fan base, and should make plenty more, proving that her debut was no fluke.

This long awaited debut from Brian "Head" Welch delivers the goods. 

Worth Dying For? Not worth paying for.

The Phantom Tollbooth finally reached the point where we can't do a full review every CD we received.  We thought we'd say something about the most of them.

10/2008
Caspar McCloud and The Ministry of Three - Train Wreck
Close Your Eyes - s/t
Kevin Lavar & One Sound - Let's Come Together
Mission Six - Superhero
RadioRadio - Alarm 1 Alarm 2
Ross Parsley and The Desperation Band

Passion meets chops when Coffin meets Peacock in a free-form instrumental jazz project for the musically open-minded…

The Jonas Brothers leave their Disney label mates in the dust, and still maintain their clean reputation

Morse borrows from the classic prog-rock lexicon, modernizes it, and turns it on its ear.

An inspired work that further develops Peterson’s worshipful side

The metal in me has been reignited. I am glad to have discovered these guys.

The Phantom Tollbooth finally reached the point where we can't do a full review every CD we received.  We thought we'd say something about the most of them.

11/2008
Tha Gim - This is My Life
Kerns and the Hemisphere - Electron Drive
My Migrant Soul - An Office Job In a Time of War
Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl - Just Like the Others
Sheltershed - Motor Club
Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Cipher
This Reporter - s/t
Various - P is for Panda - Mix Tape Vol. 1

Writers' Picks for

September 2008

• Sam Phillips - Don’t Do Anything
• Jon Foreman - Spring and Summer

• The 77s - Holy Ghost Building
• Jon Foreman - Spring and Summer
• Coldplay - Viva La Vida
• Third Day - Revelation

July 2008

•  Neal Morse – Sola Scriptura and Beyond
• Fish - 13th Star 
• Chicago - Stone of Sisyphus
• JoyElectric - My Grandfather, the Cubist

Various - In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2

Admiral Twin - The Center of the Universe

• Jon Foreman - Fall/Winter
• Kirk Franklin - The Fight of My Life
• Delirious? - Kingdom of Comfor

• Carrie Newcomer - The Geography of Light
• Bodeans - Still
• Laura Story - Great God Who Saves

• Delirious? - Fusebox
• Neal Morse - ? Live
• Plumb - Blink
• Swirling Eddies - The Midget, The Speck & The Molecule

• Aradhna - Amrit Vani
• Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain

December 2007

• Kevin Max - The Blood
• Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
• Radiohead - In Rainbows

• Caedmon's Call - Overdressed
• Glass Hammer - Culture of Ascent
• Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
• Bruce Springsteen - Magic

October 2007

• Mark Olson - The Salvation Blues
• Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
• Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights
• Jonathan Rundman - The Best of Jonathan Rundman: 20 Songs from the 20th Century

• Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music DVD
• Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
• Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights
• Various - Glory Revealed