Category: Music
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Oatboat Artist of the Month: The Band OLY
This format is making a comeback! We haven’t done this sort of post in quite a while but with this post, we’re finally bringing it back. This month’s artist is OLY, a beautifully unique group that makes some seriously great music. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, this group produces some jazzy, alternative, “dreamy soundscapes.” But don’t […]
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The Best Christian New Releases (June 2020)
We admit it; we love lesser-known Christian artists. But here are our favorite new tracks from some lesser-known and well-known artists. #1 – “Light of Your Grace” by Citizens This song is short but powerful. If you know me at all, you know that I think Zach Bolen–who leads Citizens–is one of the best Christian […]
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Let’s Talk About Kings Kaleidoscopes New Album ‘Zion’
Kings Kaleidoscope has been one of my favorite bands since I first heard “Becoming Who We Are” in 2014. Since then, they’ve blessed us with a bunch of new albums. Kings is one of those artists where it’s hard for them to make music that I don’t like. And there aren’t many bands that do […]
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‘A Little Bit Of Faith’ by Kings Kaleidoscope
Kings Kaleidoscope is one of our favorite bands here at Oatboat. They’re just really good. So anytime they release something new, we’re very anxious to hear it. Yesterday was a really good day for us. One of the best days (as far as music release days go) was when the band released their last album […]
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This New Hillsong Young & Free Song is Sooo Good | ‘Days Gone By’ Hillsong
I’ve always been a big Karina Wykes fan because she’s just good. But this latest song she made with Hillsong Young & Free surprised me. Though I like Karina and listen to her music a lot, I don’t particularly like Young & Free songs. I mostly listen to her group Glades if I want to […]
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How The Heck Do The Local Natives Keep Making Such Great Music?
If you don’t know who the Local Natives are, shame on you. But for real, you need to listen to these guys if you haven’t already. Their music is fire and you will not be disappointed, unless you’re some kind of freak. Of all the bands I follow, none are quite like the Local Natives. […]
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The Best Lesser-known Christian Artists (2017) | Best Unknown Christian Bands
Christian music is getting better and better each year. You probably wouldn’t know that if you listen to your local Christian radio station though. There are a ton of awesome Christian bands that you may never hear on the radio, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen to them. That’s why I compiled this list […]
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The All Sons and Daughters ‘Poets and Saints’ Album With Commentary Is Amazing
There are some albums that I listen to that I just can’t stop listening to. Poets and Saints is one of those albums. And for some reason, I’ve been listening the commentary version where each song is introduced and the story behind it is briefly told. This album came out back in September, but the […]
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Milos Redemption: Milo Greene’s Latest Single Is Actually Good
Milo Greene did not impress me with their second album. I honestly hated writing my less-than-supportive review of their sophomore album ‘Control.’ It was so hard because I fell in love with the band after listening to their first album. Their original album was one of those that I probably listened to a little too much. […]
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Top Artist Of The Year: Oh Wonder
We’re kicking off a new kind of post where we select one great band as artist of the year. The artist’s album (as evident in this case) doesn’t have to be released the same year that they’re named. In this case Oh Wonders album was released last year, and I somehow just recently started listening […]
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Listen To This Short And Sweet Lesser-known Christian Song
You probably haven’t heard this song even though it’s been out for a few years. It’s called Ache and it’s from a lesser-known (but quickly rising) Christian band called Kings Kaleidoscope. Ache is off Kings Kaleidoscope’s older album titled Becoming Who We Are. In my opinion, Becoming Who We Are is one of the top […]
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New Release: ‘A Mirror Dimly’ by Citizens & Saints
I’ve been waiting for this release since spring, and it’s finally here! The new 8-track album from Citizens & Saints is finally out. It’s called A Mirror Dimly (which is a reference to 1 Corinthians 13:12) and is focused on the journey of faith and the struggles associated with it. The album talks a lot about […]
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Local Natives’ Sunlit Youth Shaping Up To Be An Incredible Record
The Local Natives are–not surprisingly–preparing to release another great album. That is at least if the yet to be released songs off their new record follow the trend of the ones they’ve already dropped. The band has released four songs so far from their upcoming Sunlit Youth album. You can pre-order Sunlit Youth now and get those […]
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Hillsong United’s New ‘of Dirt and Grace’ Album Is Dropping On Friday
Hillsong United has been up to some pretty cool things. A new project of theirs called ‘of Dirt and Grace’ is really something special. The “new” album, of Dirt and Grace, is not really a new album. It’s actually a live rerecording of the group’s Empires album. What makes this latest project really cool is […]
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Well, The New Kings Kaleidoscope Album ‘Beyond Control’ Is Out
This is going to be an honest review of the album, if you’d like to hear only positive things about it, you may want to look elsewhere. I also want to mention that this review may be biased because I freaking love Kings Kaleidoscope. They’re seriously my favorite Christian band, so I hold them to […]
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GLADES Is An Amazing Up-and-coming Alt Pop Band That You Should Probably Listen To
I’ve been listening to this band for a few months now and I feel like I have to share them. They definitely deserve to have more fans than they do currently, and it looks like that may already be in the process of happening. After I started working on this article, the band announced that […]