catapult magazine

Items tagged music

• Seduced by Destroyer

  In Streethawk: A Seduction, Destroyer (led by Dan Bejar) has produced a work of vocal, musical, and lyrical genius.

• Church is bad (but I still go)

  A meditation on the flawed institution of the church and how it can meet our needs unexpectedly.

• The intimacy of Vespertine

  Bjork's unique album is ideal for winter atmosphere when closeness and introspection are essential.

• A daily dose of down home joy

  The Be Good Tanyas display their love for roots music on their debut album, Blue Horse.

• Hooked on the Idol

  Our perception of our relationship to music has a lot to do with the accessibility of technology and the media. How can we understand the gift of music and develop personal ownership of the art form?

• Gifts of music

  A brief tour through the last few centuries reveals many theories about music that are, in and of themselves, gifts to our experience and understanding of the art form.

• Grace in recording

  A Christian musician with a professional recording studio wrestles with tough questions as he confronts lyrics and actions in his business dealings that he doesn?t necessarily approve of.

• Dealing with devil music

  A review of William Romanowski?s newest book, Eyes Wide Open.

• The role of redemption in the creative process

  A musician's perspective on how the recognition of failure leads to the realization of grace.

• An interview with Pedro

  Pedro the Lion?s David Bazan talks about the creative process, faith, and the community of Christian artists.

• Earth tones

  Race issues mark us all more deeply than superficial laws betray.

• Overcoming differences with a universal language

  A small, diverse community of 8,500 people discovers a positive, proactive way to bring racial groups together.

• Christians on the cutting edge

  Steve Stockman?s Walk On explores the faith journey of U2.

• This rose grows from concrete

  Examining the roots of hip hop shows how far it has come.

• Favorite mistakes

  On the process of making a rock and roll album.

• The Constantines shine a light

  Obscure band is surprising and authentic, both live and in their second album.

• The rat race, art, and the inner life

  When we escape the noise long enough to hear the still, small voice, the journey of life takes on amazing new meaning.

• Music 2003

  Evidence that, though our lives for all intents and purposes look similar, our cultural experiences vary widely.

• Art on display

  The temporarily defunct gallery needs some attention.

• A view of culture

  Reviews help us analyze and act in our culture.

• Experiencing Michigan

  A personal review of the Sufjan Stevens CD, Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State.

• Cornerstone is not optional

  This year?s music festival will be the first official ^camping is not optional event of 2004.

• The "Amandla!" of song

  A documentary provides an account of the role of music for black South Africans during the era of apartheid.

• All I ever get for Christmas is blue

  What to do when sugary musak just doesn?t cut it.

• Music 2004

  Will the top spot be any surprise?

• Denim sinner, coffeeshop Savior

  How true love meets guilt and shame one fateful, folk-filled evening.

• Unsound rock

  Will the walls of the CCM ghetto ever come tumbling down?

• Together we slouch

  A sermon for the choir on transforming cynicism.

• Good worship

  The worship debate is more complex than ?traditional vs. contemporary? music. What guidance do we have for meaningful worship?

• Sabbath memory, with music

  An inadequate attempt to capture in words the working of the Spirit in music.