April 7, 2021
In the early 2000s, as the pop-punk glory days were coming to a close, a new crop of indie rock bands began to rise to prominence.
For artists who happened to be Christians not necessarily “Christian artists” questions about faith and a sense of authenticity were more evident than traditional CCM artists who were heard in church-music circles.
Here’s a look back at 10 Christian indie rock albums from the early ‘00s that still hold up.
(Also, here’s a similar note we included on our extremely official, not-to-be questioned “Definitive Ranking of Bands From Christian Pop Punk’s Glory Days”: Like a lot of “Christian music” genres, some of the bands have disputed the label of being “Christian” bands. But, for the sake of our rankings, we’ve chosen artists who have put out music on Christian labels, played at Christian festivals and who have at some point been generally associated with “Christian” music).
By: Eric Renner Brown
Jesse Faatz
Jamgrass WunderkindBilly Strings performs during the final gig of his six-show livestreamed residency at the
Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., Feb. 24, 2021.
In normal times, the audience before Billy Strings at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, Fla., on March 21, 2021, would’ve been disastrous.
Pockets of fans totaling about 1,600 were strewn throughout the amphitheater, which typically accommodates around 4,800.
But these aren’t normal times, and the red-hot 28-year-old jamgrass wunderkind was all smiles. The show, which capped a three-night, socially distanced, sold-out run at the venue, was a triumph. For the first time since the pandemic began, Strings played to fans in stands – not in their cars or on their couches. And he’d sold 4,847 tickets to the tune of $215,180, the third-highest grossing box office report of his young career, per
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The Best Song You’ve Never Heard: “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” By Florence + The Machine
Photo: Vincent Haycock
The first two weeks of The Best Song You’ve Never Heard focused on artists you may have missed; this week features an artist you have likely heard of.
Florence + The Machine has two platinum albums and several hit songs – so many that a few of her incredible tracks have slipped through the cracks. I personally heard this song for the first time at Coachella in 2015. She performed sitting down during the second weekend of the festival after spontaneously jumping off the stage and breaking her foot the first weekend. She was expected to have a more subdued set which was FAR from what happened. She had a full string and horns section, a duet with Father John Misty, and still managed to whip the crowd into a frenzy. She also introduced new songs from an album coming out the next month –
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