Lessons to be Learned - Gabriella Cilmi
18/07/08 | Joseph Smith
Gabriella Cilmi is the breakout female vocal Australian talent of 2008 and at just 16 years of age, this Melbournian may well have many decades of success ahead of her.
The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
08/06/05 | Joseph Smith
There has clearly been a lot riding on the release of The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey's tenth studio album, and thanks to the input of a…
Look to You
22/05/05 | Allan Dowthwaite
This is not the first time I’ve written in Southern Cross about Hillsong’s material and this album continues with more of the same. If this…
Regenerate
09/05/05 | Allan Dowthwaite
Solo artists have always been a staple of the Christian music scene, but a lot of this genre that comes to Southern Cross for review leaves much…
Lullaby for the mind
22/04/05 | Joseph Smith
The 2002 release from Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf contained the widely heard track No One Knows – the number one song in Triple J’s…
Inside rap on the rising generation
04/04/05 | Joseph Smith
Now that hip-hop and rap is consistently topping the charts, music promoting violent, hedonistic lifestyles is more prevalent than ever. In the rap world,…
Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003)
10/03/05 | Madeleine Collins
In 1991 the world stood up and took notice of five flannelette-shirted boys playing the Seattle rock scene who went by the name of Pearl Jam. Headed up…
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
08/02/05 | Andrew Dunstall
Can she be liked again? This is the question that springs to mind as Britney has emerged after a tumultuous journey into adulthood with her Greatest…
We are his people
24/01/05 | Sarah Barnett
EMU’s website states that their mission is to provide churches with songs of the Word – being biblical, Christ focused and contemporary. Their latest…
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
08/12/04 | Paul Hanna
Christians love U2. One of the biggest rock bands of all time don’t hide their religious beliefs and though they don’t profess to be Bible-believing…
Missy Higgins - The Sound Of White
16/11/04 | Paul Hanna
In late 2001 Missy Higgins went from Year 12 student to Top 12 music star with her song ‘All for Believing’ winning Triple J’s Unearthed competition.…
Revive - Where I Belong
31/10/04 | Paul Hanna
Christian Music is a funny thing. Sometimes I feel that to make it as a Christian Band it’s as easy as replicating a big-name band’s sound and putting…
Green Day - American Idiot
13/10/04 | Paul Hanna
From the title you would think this is the audio edition of Michael Moore’s ‘Stupid White Men’ and for most part of the album, you wouldn’t be…