3SN Top 50

Those of you who follow the 3SN blog are getting something a little extra this week for the 3SN TOP 50!
You're getting the whole Top 50 list, early, so you can get a jump on downloading all the best music. Happy holidays!
 Kyle Jenkins

50. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Wide is the gate
49. 7eventh Time Down - Wait for you
48. Phinehas - The deepest of graves
47. Southbound Fearing - Vale tudo
46. Project 86 - Omerta's sons
45. Sumerlin - The fallback
44. Cord of 3 - The edge
43. Fallstar - Shallow believer
42. We As Human - Strike back
41. Disciple - Outlaws
40. For All Eternity - Vacant room
39. I Anthem - Fighting gravity
38. Nine Lashes - Break the world
37. Lastwatch - The countdown
36. Random Hero - Freakshow
35. Skillet - Not gonna die
34. The Almost - I'm down
33. Disciple - The one
32. Ashes Remain - End of me
31. Memphis May Fire - Prove me right
30. Spoken - Through it all
29. I Am Empire - Sing
28. Phinehas - Panhammer
27. Project 86 - New transmission
26. Fit For A King - Bitter end
25. August Burns Red - Provision
24. The Wedding - In the end
23. Silverline - Vicious
22. Decyfer Down - Fight to win
21. Red - Die for you
20. Random Hero - Mercy
19. Righteous Vendetta - The fire inside
18. Wolves At The Gate - Slaves
17. Project 86 - Off the grid
16. Fit For A King - Skin & bones
15. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Remember me
14. I Am Empire - Gravity bomb
13. The Classic Crime - Glass houses
12. POD - Higher
11. Oh, Sleeper - The pitch
10. Love & Death - Meltdown
9. For Today - Crown of thorns
8. Icon For Hire - Cynics & critics
7. Silverline - Lights out
6. Thousand Foot Krutch - Light up the sky

5. Disciple - Once and for all
4. Skillet - Sick of it
3. The Almost - Ghost
2. Red - Perfect life
1. August Burns Red - Fault line

Christmas music

I know the cool thing to do is to complain, but..
I don't actually hate Christmas music. This is the time of year where the Christmas tunes are smothering the airwaves, and without fail, the complaints start. I get it, I don't really like it, but it doesn't really ruin my day. If you don't like it, don't listen to it. You'd think people don't know how to use an iPod considering how cheesed people get.
I've been having to learn a lot of Christmas tunes for church lately, and here's what I've discovered.. even if you don't like the traditional Christmas song, there's probably a band out there who's done a cover of that song and made it sound rad. My church, Connexus, is pretty culturally relevant with our music, and we tend to get a bit heavier than most churches with stuff like this. Even though I thought it couldn't be done, you can add some guitar hooks and make it sound like pretty much any other modern worship tune. I've come to appreciate a lot of it.

However, this will always be the best Christmas music.
















What's your favorite (or least favorite) Christmas tune?

Back from the dead

After two and a half weeks in a sickly nightmare, I've finally gotten out of bed, and can finally return to work now that I won't infect everyone at LIFE100.3. I've been watching quite a bit of youtube throughout all this, so here are the latest in LOUD music videos.

If this video reminds you of Underoath, that's because it was directed by none other than Daniel Davidson, previously of Underoath. I'm not really a huge fan of this kind of video, but I appreciate that they're trying something different.
I get shivers at 2:50, every time. Powerful lyrics.

See... Very Underoathy. 

I discovered a band recently called Beartooth, and they're absolutely incredible. I went to see them in Toronto recently and had a good chat with the drummer about their faith and how they as a band try to reach people. You might recognize the frontman as Caleb Shomo, formerly of Attack Attack!. These guys have released two videos already, and considering they as a band only officially have four songs released (they played all of them at the show, aswell as a new one), that's pretty sweet.

Fit For A King. Always good. Not really too much I can say here, these guys are just plain awesome. The stick toss at 1:12 is pretty much the dirtiest thing I've ever seen. 

Kyle Jenkins

3SN Concert guide

FOR TODAY will be at the Opera House with FIT FOR A KING in Toronto on Tuesday, February 11th. If you go to that show and fall in love, go see them again on the Vans Warped Tour, coming to the Molson Canadian Ampitheatre on July 4th. If you missed it, go check out For Today's new tune "Fight The Silence", and a remixed and remastered release of FFAK's 2011 album "Descendants".

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE GHOST INSIDE, and TEXAS IN JULY will be at the Pheonix Concert Theatre in Toronto for the long awaited 8:18 Tour.

I just saw August Burns Red, Blessthefall and Beartooth at the Sound Academy. ABR never fails to impress, even with this being my fourth time seeing them. Honestly though, the highlight for me was seeing BEARTOOTH and then chatting with the drummer later that night. These guys are reaching kids with the gospel in the only way they know how; making killer music, and being real. 

Caleb Shomo, formerly of ATTACK ATTACK!, has brought lyrics to the table that are just too honest, humble, and aggressive to ignore. Watch out for this band, and go check out "Go Be The Voice" and "I Have A Problem" from the bands ep, "Sick". Both songs have the Kyle Jenkins seal of approval.

Now you're updated. 

  Kyle Jenkins