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JesusfreakHideout.com 2023 Staff Picks



Top Albums of 2023: Staff Average



01.   Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
02.   Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
03.   Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
04.   The Cannonballers, Colony House
05.   Deeper Water, Cliffside
06.   Again, The Ongoing Concept
07.   Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle
08.   Sacred Mirrors, Fallstar
09.   FEVER / SKY, Wilder Woods
10.   Welcome, The Arcadian Wild



Top Albums of 2023


John DiBiase's Album Picks
  1. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
  2. The Cannonballers, Colony House
  3. Convinced EP, Anberlin
  4. Play!, Peabod
  5. Again, The Ongoing Concept
  6. Love in the Void, Hammock
  7. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  8. Eyes in the Water EP, Fine China
  9. Featherbrained Wealth Motel, Dave Barnes
  10. Still Christmas, Special Musick



Top Songs of 2023


John DiBiase's Song Picks
  1. "Everything," Colony House
  2. "Animals," Anberlin
  3. "Terrible Mistake," Lacey Sturm
  4. "Start A Band (feat. Aaron Gillespie)," Peabod
  5. "State of Me," Lacey Sturm
  6. "Saloon Again," The Ongoing Concept
  7. "Nothing More," Anberlin
  8. "Trying To Survive," Colony House
  9. "What Do I Know," Amy Jay
  10. "The Cave," NEEDTOBREATHE




Scott Fryberger's Album Picks
  1. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  2. Mirrorland, Hrada
  3. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  4. Again, The Ongoing Concept
  5. Sacred Mirrors, Fallstar
  6. Zechariah, For Tuesday
  7. Charmed, Ethan C. Davis & Isla Vista Worship
  8. Pioneer, Cory Asbury
  9. Welcome, The Arcadian Wild
  10. Home Enough For Now, Benjamin Daniel




Scott Fryberger's Song Picks
  1. "Reservations," Southlen
  2. "Lightning," JNNY
  3. "Casket," indie tribe.
  4. "Matthew 6," Tekoa
  5. "Dog Eat Dog," Brave Days
  6. "New Creation Gray," Chase Tremaine
  7. "Radiant Reason," Kings Kaleidoscope
  8. "Belong," Empty Atlas
  9. "Nora Cursed (Take Me Down The River LoFi)," The Undertaking!
  10. "False God," Pipe Bomb




Christopher Smith's Album Picks
  1. Mosaic, Theocracy
  2. Sacred Mirrors, Fallstar
  3. FEVER / SKY, Wilder Woods
  4. Divided Frame of Mind, Stephen Stanley
  5. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  6. Rated R, Red
  7. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  8. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
  9. Accidental Days, Chase Tremaine
  10. Skeleton Psalms, Disciple




Christopher Smith's Song Picks
  1. "Insight," Fallstar
  2. "The Cave," NEEDTOBREATHE
  3. "The Edge," Stephen Stanley
  4. "Sodium Lights," Cyprès
  5. "Minus It All," Red
  6. "One Day," Chase Tremaine
  7. "Happy," Hope
  8. "Currency," Brogan Gaskill
  9. "Mosaic," Theocracy
  10. "Maestro (Tears Don't Lie)," Wilder Woods




Josh Balogh's Album Picks
  1. Welcome, The Arcadian Wild
  2. Ordinary Ways, Jon Guerra
  3. Joy Alchemy, Tow'rs
  4. Accidental Days, Chase Tremaine
  5. Pioneer, Cory Asbury
  6. Featherbrained Wealth Motel, Dave Barnes
  7. Play!, Peabod
  8. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  9. The Cannonballers, Colony House
  10. Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle




Josh Balogh's Song Picks
  1. "The Cave," NEEDTOBREATHE
  2. "New Day in the Dark," John Mark McMillan
  3. "God & Prozac," Chris Renzema
  4. "Paradise," Frankie Orella
  5. "Ghost Variations," Nick Webber
  6. "Elder Statesman," shai linne
  7. "Jesus Is," Paper Horses
  8. "Happy," NF
  9. "Maestro (Tears Don't Lie)," Wilder Woods
  10. "You've Already Won (Live)," Shane & Shane




Michael Weaver's Album Picks
  1. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
  2. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  3. OMNI, Part 1, Project 86
  4. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  5. Strangers No More, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
  6. Dominion, War of Ages
  7. Seal Upon My Heart, terce.
  8. Again, The Ongoing Concept
  9. Welcome, The Arcadian Wild
  10. Skeleton Psalms, Disciple




Michael Weaver's Song Picks
  1. "Thunderborn," Hospital
  2. "Decoder," Anberlin
  3. "Sleep Tight," Charming to the Last
  4. "One Day," Chase Tremaine
  5. "Just Live," B. Cooper
  6. "Removed Their Hats," '68
  7. "On My Own," Blue Fire Horizon
  8. "Stay in the Fight," Big Dismal
  9. "When We Pray," Citizens
  10. "Dischordia," Fallstar




Chase Tremaine's Album Picks
  1. All the Nothing I Know, Nick Webber
  2. Home Enough For Now, Benjamin Daniel
  3. Pioneer, Cory Asbury
  4. Mirrorland, Hrada
  5. Hymns, Paul Demer
  6. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  7. Welcome, The Arcadian Wild
  8. City of God, Leeland
  9. Father's Day, Kirk Franklin
  10. Deeper Water, Cliffside




Chase Tremaine's Song Picks
  1. "Reservations," Southlen
  2. "Facts That Contradict," Daniel David
  3. "Animals," Anberlin
  4. "Grateful," Graham Jones
  5. "Lost On Me," Landry Cantrell
  6. "Elder Statesman," shai linne
  7. "Courageous," Autumn Eve
  8. "Better Than Nostalgia," Peabod
  9. "Angels," Riley Clemmons
  10. "Under the Circus Lights," Owl City




Alex Caldwell's Album Picks
  1. Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle
  2. FEVER / SKY, Wilder Woods
  3. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
  4. The Cannonballers, Colony House
  5. Skeleton Psalms, Disciple
  6. Land of the Living, Jason Gray
  7. Ordinary Ways, Jon Guerra
  8. Strangers No More, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
  9. Honest, Chris Llewellyn
  10. Caves, NEEDTOBREATHE




Alex Caldwell's Song Picks
  1. "Thank God I Do," Lauren Daigle
  2. "Maestro (Tears Don't Lie)," Wilder Woods
  3. "Soul Worth Saving," Apollo LTD
  4. "Find Your People," Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
  5. "What Are We Waiting For?," for King & Country
  6. "Everknown," NEEDTOBREATHE
  7. "Sunday's Coming," Zach Williams
  8. "Praise You Anywhere," Brandon Lake
  9. "God Really Loves Us (feat. Dante Bowe)," Crowder
  10. "Still Believe In Magic," Chris Llewellyn




David Craft's Album Picks
  1. Supertropicali, Fleurie
  2. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  3. Solstice, Schuyler Kitchin
  4. Stronger Than Death, Zahna
  5. The Birth of a King (Live), Tommee Profitt
  6. Home Enough For Now, Benjamin Daniel
  7. City of God, Leeland
  8. Lost In Translation, Wolves at the Gate
  9. The Cannonballers, Colony House
  10. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm




David Craft's Song Picks
  1. "Surgery," Schuyler Kitchin
  2. "Erase," Zahna
  3. "Rain in the Summer," Fleurie
  4. "The Checklist," Chase Tremaine
  5. "Our Common Home," Phil Joel
  6. "Midnight," Leeland
  7. "Stupid Deep," Wolves at the Gate
  8. "PAIN," Matthias Knudsen
  9. "Spotlight," Ido Shaked
  10. "Run," Douglas




John Underdown's Album Picks
  1. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  2. The Cannonballers, Colony House
  3. Deep Magic, John Mark McMillan
  4. FEVER / SKY, Wilder Woods
  5. What You Don't Know, Fepeste
  6. From the Deep Valley, The Riverside
  7. Manna, Pt. 1 EP, Chris Renzema
  8. My Story Your Glory, Matthew West
  9. Ghost Town, Narnia
  10. Hills of Tyrone EP, We Are Messengers




John Underdown's Song Picks
  1. "One of Those Days," Colony House
  2. "New Day in the Dark," John Mark McMillan
  3. "Father Would You Hold My Hand," We Are Messengers
  4. "The Beacons / The Towers," The Riverside
  5. "Be the Man," Wilder Woods
  6. "Let A Little Light In," Jon Guerra
  7. "Make That Progress," Charming to the Last
  8. "Blood," American Arson
  9. "Hard Season," Matthew West
  10. "Ghost Town," Narnia




Evan Dickens' Album Picks
  1. Coco Moon, Owl City
  2. Deeper Water, Cliffside
  3. All the Nothing I Know, Nick Webber
  4. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  5. Memory Unfixed, Mike Mains and the Branches
  6. Play!, Peabod
  7. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  8. Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle
  9. Dominion, War of Ages
  10. Pioneer, Cory Asbury




Evan Dickens' Song Picks
  1. "Signs," The Myriad
  2. "Wild Waves," Leem of Earth
  3. "Lifetime Supply," Peabod
  4. "The Tornado," Owl City
  5. "Future's Calling," Apollo LTD
  6. "Nazareth," Jon Guerra
  7. "Losing My Head," Mike Mains and the Branches
  8. "Demimonde," Zane Vickery
  9. "No Time (feat. Kings Kaleidoscope)," Propaganda
  10. "Red Sea," Theocracy




Joel Zaloum's Album Picks
  1. Mosaic, Theocracy
  2. Ordinary Ways, Jon Guerra
  3. Dominion, War of Ages
  4. Manna, Pt. 1 EP, Chris Renzema
  5. Initiation (Live In Chicago), HolyName
  6. Coco Moon, Owl City
  7. Hope, NF
  8. Kenotic Metanoia, Lacey Sturm
  9. Sacred Mirrors, Fallstar
  10. Mirrorland, Hrada




Joel Zaloum's Song Picks
  1. "Like You Lord," Jon Guerra
  2. "Creed (Live) [feat. xDEATHSTARx]," HolyName
  3. "Bow Down," Disciple
  4. "Sons of Thunder," Owl City
  5. "My Heart Wants You," Mountain People Worship
  6. "Fall of Dagon," Leeland
  7. "Over the Edge," Earth Groans
  8. "Virtual Signal," Project 86
  9. "Arrowheads," American Arson
  10. "Unless A Seed (feat. Imer Santiago)," Schuyler Kitchin




Matt Baldwin's Album Picks
  1. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  2. Napalm, JADY
  3. I Can't Find the Edges of You, Citizens
  4. No Creature Is Hidden, Former Ruins
  5. Deeper Water, Cliffside
  6. Again, The Ongoing Concept
  7. Slow Suicide, Cultist
  8. Dominion, War of Ages
  9. Love in the Void, Hammock
  10. Even Dragons Shall Him Praise, Brian Sauve




Matt Baldwin's Song Picks
  1. "Hammer & Gavel," American Arson
  2. "Wounds," The Hero and a Monster
  3. "Dead Flowers," JADY
  4. "Out of Love (feat. KIDS)," Deep Al | Brindle
  5. "Redeemer," Descriptor
  6. "Amends Again," The Ongoing Concept
  7. "I Fear Your Silence" Cultist
  8. "Tired Side of Content," Chase Tremaine
  9. "Spit," Impending Doom
  10. "Love in the Void," Hammock




Kevin McGuire's Album Picks
  1. Out of Isolation, Sam Hauge
  2. June Songs, Vol. 1 EP, Adjy
  3. Lost In Familiar Places EP, Oyarsa
  4. Deeper Water, Cliffside
  5. Sand & Cinder // Tide & Timber, American Arson
  6. In the Arena EP, In the Arena
  7. Memory Unfixed, Mike Mains and the Branches
  8. OMNI, Part 1, Project 86
  9. Sacred Mirrors, Fallstar
  10. Mirrorland, Hrada




Kevin McGuire's Song Picks
  1. "Hammer & Gavel," American Arson
  2. "Forever," Cliffside
  3. "Here Here," Adjy
  4. "You Made Me," Jot Maxi
  5. "Can't Find A Way Out," Sam Hauge
  6. "Feel Again," The Ongoing Concept
  7. "Solar Flare," Oyarsa
  8. "The Hidden Manna of Antipas," Jonava
  9. "Eulogy," Light the Fire
  10. "Evolve," I Am Terrified




Michael Carder's Album Picks
  1. Can You Imagine?, Elevation Worship
  2. Eight, Brooke Ligertwood
  3. Cover the Earth (Live In New York), Naomi Raine
  4. Pure, Abbie Gamboa
  5. This Is The Gospel, Elevation Rhythm
  6. Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle
  7. Come Up Here, Bethel Music
  8. City of God, Leeland
  9. Father's Day, Kirk Franklin
  10. His Glory Alone II, KB




Michael Carder's Song Picks
  1. "More Than Able," Elevation Worship
  2. "God Problems," Maverick City Music
  3. "Wind of Love," Elevation Rhythm
  4. "This Is The Gospel," Elevation Rhythm
  5. "Kaleidoscope Jesus," Lauren Daigle
  6. "Miracles (feat. Lecrae)," KB
  7. "Fear of God," Brooke Ligertwood
  8. "I've Witnessed It," Passion
  9. "Drink Offering," Naomi Raine
  10. "Eyes Locked on the King," Abbie Gamboa

 

 

 



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This Thursday, February 27, 2025
ALBUMS
Various Artists House of David: Season One (Music inspired by the Prime Video Original Series) [Capitol CMG]

This Friday, February 28, 2025
ALBUMS
Absolved The Only Constant EP (independent)
The Belonging Co Eden (Live) [Capitol CMG]
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir I Will Not Be Moved: Live with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir [StowTown]
Jon Keith & Miles Minnick West Indies EP (independent)
Michael Monroe Some Things I've Been Learning About God: Disc 1 - EP [Provident]
Rotzak HEADRUSH [StowTown]
Sons Of Sunday I Looked Up/One More Day - EP [Elevation/Provident]

SINGLES
Above the Clouds Applause - Single [Polished Arrow]
Alabaster Grace I Will Trust In You - Single (independent)
Anchor Hymns Oh To Be Like You (feat. Dee Wilson & Paul Baloche) - Single [Integrity]
Philip Anthony Basement - Single (independent)
Bloodguilt Solid Ground - Single [New Age Records]
Bongo Chico When You Walked Away - Single (independent)
Dan Bremnes Call Your Name - Single [Curb]
CHPTRS Somewhere We Belong - Single (independent)
Citizens So Kind and It’s Freaking Me Out - Single (independent)
Seth Davey To My God and Savior - Single (independent)
Death Therapy The End Is A New Beginning - Single (independent)
Disciple Sound the Alarm - Single [Tooth & Nail]
Dubem Gritty - Single [Syntax]
Faith Worship Arts Good 2 Me (Live) - Single [DREAM Worship]
Forrest Frank NOTHING ELSE (feat.Thomas Rhett) - Single (independent)
Ic3rd Stay Humble (ft. Parris Chariz) - Single [Syntax]
Phil King Miscarriages - Single (independent)
KingsPorch Psalm 23 - Single [BEC]
Knaladeus Sufficient Grace (ft. Javy XI & Aciya Iona) - Single [Syntax]
Lecrae & Lukas Agustinho Seu Poder - Single [Reach]
Life.Church Worship Redemption Has Come - Single (independent)
outr.cty Fight Night (ft. Parris Chariz) - Single [Syntax]
PEABOD Head First (from Gabriel and the Guardians) - Single (independent)
Procyse, JusJames God Is Enough - Single [Polished Arrow]
Red Rocks Worship So Much More - Single [Provident]
Refiner Return To Dust / Not the End - Single [Rottweiler]
ReFormed False Teacher - Single (independent)
Jaelee Roberts He's Gone - Single [Mountain Home]
Smokey Robinson Be Thankful For What You've Got / Lean On Me - Single [Gaither]
Sound Chapel Praise You Still - Single [Provident]
Verses Psalm 51:7-12 (feat. Free As A Bird & Gretyl Baird) - Single (independent)
Windvent Haze - Single (independent)
Mitch Wong Marvelous - Single [Integrated Music Rights]
The Young Escape Older - Single [BEC]

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Fine China I Felt Called [Velvet Blue]
HolyName Rock Against Traffic: Live in Pomona [Facedown]
Tasha Layton Worship Through It - Live [BEC]
Plead the Widow's Cause Silver Glass Stare (independent)
TobyMac Heaven on My Mind [Capitol CMG]

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Free Worship Omnipresente Dios (feat. Mary Pagan) - Single [BEC]
GLADDEN Sunshine Every Day - Single [DREAM]
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