Episodes

The name John Mark McMillan is synonymous with worship music due to the popularity of his song, “How He Loves”. But the majority of the music that McMillan creates comes with a widely diverse range styles. McMillan goes deep into conversation with The Antidote about the nature of his music.

The Antidote brings a double feature as we meet with two uber talented bands. The Upside are new, they’re punk, and they speak with us about the message in music. Faith Head have been featured in the documentary “Metal Missionaries”. We’ll find out what motivates them and their music on …

Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery crafts a literate brand of psychedelic indie rock/folk that is both socially conscious and spiritually turbulent. Joshua and the band come to The Antidote for a conversation about how literature. life, and faith influence their creativity. 

The US hip hop scene is filled with artists bringing a Christian worldview. Not so in Canada, making Toronto’s Dru Bex is a rarity. He raps about life from a spiritual perspective, telling his story while offering commentary on the world as he sees it.

Join The Antidote as we celebrate the start of our 8th year of broadcasting “Christian music that doesn’t suck”. Listen in as we showcase new music from a huge variety of genres. Music from: mewithoutYou Derek Webb Tyson Motsenbocker YM Paper Shakers Many Rooms Ravenhill Listener Transform MrENC Rapture Tourniquet …

The Antidote has always been blunt about its opinions on music. Now we take that to the nth degree as we deliver the first of our lists of what we consider to be perfect songs.

With the abundance of alternative and indie rock bands, it’s difficult to remember the days of straight up rock & roll. Jonny Burial of The Jericho Harlot remembers and excels at it. Jonny meets with The Antidote for a talk about rock, faith, purpose, and their latest album, Salt & Light.

A big name for a big band with a big project. Enzo And The Glory Ensemble is the brainchild of Italy’s Enzo Donnarumma. Along with an abundance of guests, Enzo melds prog metal, classical music, symphonic, ethnic, new age, and world music stylings to his pair of metal operas, In The …

The mid ’90’s found Christian artists breaking out of the monotony of CCM music. Tooth & Nail Records released a pair of music compilations from artists who’s creativity excelled. Join The Antidote as Dave shares the microphone with Shannon Culkeen for a chat about the music.

The band may be called The Prettybads, but their music is far from being bad. Bringing a retro style rock and punk reminiscent of The Go-Go’s, Misfits, Huntingtons, Ramones, and the horror themes found with The Deadlines, this husband and wife team are making a big impact in the music …

Exploring the themes of faith and hope over the backdrop of post-rock is the root of the music from DENS. This four piece Virginia based band joins The Antidote to share about their creativity and their new EP, No Small Tempest.

The Antidote recaps the music highlights heard at the 2018 edition of the preeminent Audiofeed Music Festival. Listen to our conversations with Ecclesiast and Formerly Bodies and a wide range of music heard at this year’s event. Part 2 of 2.

The Antidote recaps the music highlights heard at the 2018 edition of the preeminent Audiofeed Music Festival. Listen to our conversations with Parental Petulance, Sick/Sea, and Idle Achiever, plus a wide range of music found at this year’s event. Part 1 of 2.

“A supergroup is a music group whose members have successful solo careers or are part of other groups or well known in other musical professions. Usually used in the context of rock and pop music” – Wikipedia. That definition fits these Christian bands who bring a faith perspective into their music. Band List: …

Travelling 10,00 miles across the United States and camping in a Sprinter van isn’t a typical recording process. But the 13 National parks the band Paper Lights visited turned into the audible backdrop for  their latest album, Everything Is Sound. Hear the entire story as we speak with Dan Snyder.

The music of Convictions has been defined as “aggressive worship”. Can hard music and a prayerful tone mesh into a single entity? Find the answer when we speak with Convictions band member Zach Schwochow about the nature of their music and new album, Hope For The Broken.

Melodic power metal is common in Europe. Not so in North America, but there are exceptions, like the extraordinary Millennial Reign. Join us for our talk with Dave Harvey about the band’s past music and their new full length, “The Great Divide”.

Anarcho-punk that carries Christian themes? I didn’t think it possible, but it’s here and it’s excellent. The Antidote heads across the Atlantic for a talk with Scotland’s Dystopian Futures and Sweden’s Svarteskerm.

How can the small locale of Westminster, Maryland generate such exceptional music talent? We find out when we speak with Wild Harbors about their superb, debut EP, Monument Part 1. I also meet with singer/songwriter Young Novalis, who explores the realities of life and God in his music.

Sometimes a music style can be indefinable. That’s the case with Illinois’ Must Build Jacuzzi. Their new ska-pop-punk-core (however you want to describe it) album may be titled, Last Place, but their music is the best. The band chats about life, faith, music, and their insanely fun shows.

Boyhood Bravery delivers indie folk-rock with a unique vocal style, creative songwriting, and a poetic approach to lyrics. Luke Livingston speaks with The Antidote about the struggles of an up and coming band and how faith plays a major role in the music. Photo courtesy of Christy Rose Photography

2Minute Minor has all four “P’s”. Passion, purpose, positivity, and punk. Frontman, Wiley Willis, meets The Antidote for a talk about the streets of Chicago and the band’s awesome sophomore release, Blood on Our Front Stoop.

Rising record label, Nosral Recordings have released two outstanding albums by Canadian metal bands. Find out why it took 25 years for a re-release of Outrage AD’s “New Blood” album and how a small British Columbia town has the best progressive death metal with Cruentis.

Church Tongue is a hot band. So hot that their guitarist set himself on fire at a show. The music is hard, fast, and outstanding. Join The Antidote for this conversation with Church Tongue vocalist Michael Sugars.

Milliyon spent years supporting other hip hop artists. In 2013 he broke out on his own with the stellar I Live Milliyonic. Now Milliyon excels with his exceedingly smooth and honest songs found on his new EP, Passion. Give a listen to an insightful talk with this passionate artist.