Comments on: “Shhhh-it!”: Idolator’s Super-Secret Music Interview Series Looks Heavenward

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:55:46 +0000

I’ve seen so many of these interviews and heard so many of the “wait, there are Christians making good music, and it talks about other things than Go?” comments that I accurately predicted everything that came up in the conversation.

And it is so true, there are more than a few artists not getting the love they deserve because their street cred takes a hit when it comes out that they’re remotely religious. And it’s true, mewithoutYou would be huge if they weren’t on T&N and Aaron Weiss didn’t “preach” whenever anyone talked to him. He’s one of the most inspiring, humble and genuine dudes I’ve ever been around.

I’d really like to know who this anonymous person is. I have a few theories, but I’m not quite sure.

sean@buzzgrinder.com, in case an anonymous indie Christian artist/label owner would like to divulge his/her identity.

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:39:56 +0000

cool. i can’t wait to see them live again.

By: musicquizking

musicquizking — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:00:23 +0000

Pedro The Lion?

By: Reidicus

Reidicus — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:23:29 +0000

@westartedthis: Yup -- here 'tis. [www.anticon.com] A little birdie told me that Why? is a big fan.

By: Ted Striker

Ted Striker — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:25:52 +0000

Ditto Anathallo. Chris Simpson's new project Zookeeper has gotten Idolator love in the past, and has a lot of charm as well.

Tambersauro hasn't gotten much press outside of Houston, but they're definitely worth taking a look at too.

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:53:15 +0000

didn’t anathallo just sign with anticon? that’s pretty great – and completely unexpected. anticon? really?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:06:27 +0000

@Al Shipley: Leave your email address

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:01:36 +0000

@bg5000: Thanks, BG!

By: bg5000

bg5000 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:00:40 +0000

I really look forward to this column every week. Keep up the good work.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:23:44 +0000

@crippledmark: It's IM! Of course it's confusing!

By: Reidicus

Reidicus — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:12:02 +0000

I can second the vote for Anathallo, btw. Bloody amazing, particularly live.

By: Reidicus

Reidicus — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:10:58 +0000

Great public service, Lucas, thanks. And from having spent a fair amount of time in this world, all of this rings true. Which is why, of course, I’m not really in this world anymore. (The mainstreaming of Christians-in-the-music-biz is a great untold story thus far.)

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:06:44 +0000

@Al Shipley: paging dan gibson...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:53:42 +0000

A little confusing of a read, but the guy was spot on about metwithoutYou’s awesomeness.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:46:51 +0000

Members of Paramore have definitely talked about their Christian faith in interviews, although they seem to have skipped straight to the Warped Tour/Alternative Press circuit without ever courting the Christian rock market.

As a rock critic, I'd personally love to find some great band that's completely unknown or ignored outside the CCM community and champion them in a non-Christian publication and just talk about the music. If the interviewee or anyone else who feels there are good Christian bands being overlooked because of that, feel free to reccomend new releases to me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:58:16 +0000

Great interview, though I was hoping for a mention of Halfhandedcloud. <–Hey, there it is! One of the most underrated indie artists under any standards.

By: mike a

mike a — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:42:24 +0000

That King of The Hill episode is classic.

The Tooth & Nail owner does not come off well at all in Andrew Beaujon's essential Body Piercing Saved My Life. His comments make him seem every bit as sleazy and untrustworthy as the worst major-label stereotype.