Taylor’s 2016 Roundup
What a wild year this has been. When I look at everything that happened this year, both in my life and in the lives of others, I can't help but wonder what I'll be saying about 2017. The wheels just keep turnin... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – December 2016
I have now been writing for JesusWired for just shy of two years. My very first post on the website was in January of 2015. Since then, I've written mini-reviews for 120 albums (125 if you count this post) and ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – November 2016
Thanksgiving is done, we're barrelling onward to Christmas, and before you know it, it's going to be 2017. This part of the year always feels like such a mad dash to me, with holidays every few weeks, vacation ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – October 2016
Here's something crazy: There are fewer than ten Fridays left in the year. That means we're down to single-digit release days left on the calendar. Yeah, I know. It seems like 2016 just started, but that's the ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – September 2016
Welcome to Fall! It's crazy to think it's already October. I have that thought every time we start a new month, like the months haven't been changing every 30 days for years, but it's always surprising somehow.... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – August 2016
Well, here we are again. With August done, we're officially two-thirds of the way through 2016, which is just bonkers. We're starting to hit that time of year when I need to start thinking about my top albums o... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – July 2016
One of the things I enjoy most about writing this column is covering bands who haven't quite broken through yet. In a music scene where it's easier than ever to release a CD, it's become harder than ever to get... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – June 2016
I've had June circled on my Christian music calendar for a while now. There are some months when I see a few albums I'm really excited for, but I have to rely on some pleasant surprises to fill out this column.... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – May 2016
Well, here we are. Another month has come and gone, and I've gone through another handful of albums. I feel like there's a nice variety of sounds in my favorite albums this month, so...you know, props to me for... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – April 2016
It's interesting how music releases tend to come in genre waves. February was packed with quirky indie rock. March seemed like it was almost all pop. And now we're at the end of April, which has apparently been... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – March 2016
Two of the albums I'm highlighting this week are from bands who've made drastic changes to their sounds. One of these bands has received an overwhelmingly positive response to their new release. For the most pa... Read More...
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NOiiiSES – View Top To Ocean Review
Artist: NOiiiSES
Album title: View Top to Ocean
Release date: Dec. 8 2015
Record label: Independent
Review Date: Feb. 23 2016 NOiiiSES is a fresh face in the indie pop world; the Coventry-based four-piec... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – February 2016
First things first: LOOK ON MY NEW COLUMN GRAPHIC, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR! Seriously, though. It's not half bad, coming from a guy who probably shouldn't have been allowed to pass his college Graphic Design ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – January 2016
We are now one month into 2016, hard as that may be to believe. It's been a wild January for me, and it doesn't look like the craziness will be letting up any time soon. More on that in future roundups, probabl... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – Albums I Missed
One of the biggest reasons I started this column is because I wanted to write about more albums. Before this, I would write a Mid-Year Checkup with five albums to check out from the first half of the year, and ... Read More...
Taylor’s 2015 Roundup
I have now been writing with JesusWired for one year. It's crazy to think it's been that long, but it's also crazy to think it hasn't been that long. I'm so thankful for Iain and the team here working so hard t... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – December 2015
Well, here we are. 2015 has been a wild ride, but I have one last roundup for you as we close out the year. I'll be sharing my favorite albums and EPs of the year soon enough, but here are my favorite albums of... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – November 2015
We're coming up on the end of the year, which can occasionally spell a limited selection of new releases to choose from, unless you want to listen to Christmas music. (Which I've been doing since October. Don't... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – October 2015
I need to have a word with all these Christian musicians. These guys are doing an awful job of evenly distributing their releases. I could've done this entire post just on albums that came out the last weekend ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – September 2015
As September comes to an end, it's officially fall. I suppose I should make jokes about pumpkin spice lattes or something, but I think they've all been told by now. Instead, I'll just share a few albums I've be... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – August 2015
Here we are at another month. August has felt ridiculously long, and I can't figure out why. July should've been the long month with everything that went down. All I did in August is get my stitches out (leavin... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – July 2015
If this blog isn't up to my usual standards, I'm going to go ahead and blame the entire month of July. Seriously. To be perfectly honest, the last few weeks have been some of the hardest I've been through... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – June 2015
As I settle down to write about the albums I enjoyed this month, I need to be honest: I'm a little nervous. Allow me to explain. I'm not very familiar with the heavy/hardcore/metal scene. It wasn't until ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – May 2015
Here we are once again. Another month has come and gone, and I've gone through another month's releases. There weren't a lot of surprises for me these last few weeks. The albums I expected to be great were, for... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – April 2015
It's that time once again! I'll be perfectly honest - I haven't been as thorough scouring music releases this month as I have in months past. Life has been crazy lately, because we had Share-A-Thon at Power ... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – March 2015
No, you read that right. This is my roundup for March. It would have gone up earlier, but things got pushed back in The Great JesusWired Website Redesign of 2015 (and there's still more redesigning to come!). T... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – February 2015
Check it out! I haven't completely given up on this monthly music roundup thing yet. I'm so proud of me! It's been a good month for Christian music. There were a few highly anticipated albums due in February... Read More...
Taylor’s Monthly Roundup – January 2015
January is a tough month for music blogging. Most major artists don't release much of anything between the end of November and the beginning of February. I'm guessing it has something to do with the holidays. I... Read More...
Taylor’s 2014 Roundup
Let's get this out of the way: the whole title of this article and the special graphic would probably make a whole lot more sense if this wasn't my first column on JesusWired. See, my monthly column is going to... Read More...