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Today we have a gig review all the way from New York. Sean James reports…

11 DEC 2009

GRAMERCY THEATER, NEW YORK, NY

My night begins at 6.30pm, catching the subway down to Broadway. It’s minus five degrees Celsius outside the Gramercy Theatre in New York and the line is extended right around the corner onto Lexington Ave. Twenty minutes we wait as the line grows and grows. By my count it extends about twenty meters in front of me, and about another thirty behind me. Seizing the opportunity to get some business, the pizza parlor across the street sends over a waitress and goes up and down the line taking orders. For the record, New York pizza is the best in the world. It just tastes so fantastic.

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Christian Rock is a diverse musical genre. It contains within it a veritable cornucopia of artists. Canadian alt-rockers Thousand Foot Krutch (often typeset as TFK) are one of the best and most respected Christian rock acts in the world today. Returning after two years of touring and playing festivals, their latest offering is pure rawk genius. Welcome to the Masquerade is a very solid album consisting of big riffs, beautiful ballads and catchy hooks.  Working with mega producer Aaron Sprinkle and featuring guitar work by Randy Torres (Project 86) and Pete Stewart (Grammatrain, The Accident Experiment) TFK have delivered a real masterpiece.

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I’m going to be honest here, since 2002′s classic ‘The Eleventh Hour’, I have been somewhat out of the loop when it has come to all things Jars of Clay, this is until I discovered ‘The Long Fall Back to Earth’. This 2009 release marked their tenth studio album, something that you don’t see too much of now days from modern bands. Jars of Clay has been in the business a very long time, but for Dan Haseltine and the boys, age certainly is not a factor.

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If surreal art were ever to be converted into music then The Chariot would fit the bill.

Since their formation in 2003 the Atlanta based quintet have been wow-ing audiences all over the world with their unique blend of Botch style hardcore, punk and southern rock. And it’s not just their records that have people talking, these dudes can rock out with the best of them and have become somewhat known for their wild and often instrument shattering stage antics.

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