[So all the news was deleted from this past week...nice. Luckily, I have the latest news right here.

Fighting Jacks have just posted two new unmastered demos up on their purevolume page. Check those out.

Mae is releasing a DVD titled “From Toledo to Toyko” on July 13th. The DVD will be packed with insider footage from the first year of Mae, both onstage and off.

Becoming The Archetype has posted an unmastered version of “Elegy” from their upcoming album “Terminate Damnation” at hxcmp3.com.

Number One Gun has a new e-card promoting their upcoming album album “Promises For The Imperfect”. The album hits stores on July 19th.

Hawk Nelson has just finished filming their part in an upcoming movie called “Yours, Mine, & Ours”. It’s a remake of the 1968 Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda comedy. They are in a party scene performing the new song “Bring ‘Em Out”.

Blindside has a new song “Fell In Love With The Game” available for streaming on their website.

You can stream two new tracks from Emery’s upcoming album “The Question” on purevolume. Also, you can purchase the “Studying Politics” track on iTunes.

[Where did my As I Lay Dying review go? It has disappeared somehow but I'll have it back up soon (if I backed it up).

Dave Arthur, of the Southern California band, DISMISSED, did the singing vocals on three of the As I Lay Dying “Shadows are Security” tracks including “Confined” and “Darkest Nights” and did some of the screaming as well. You can find out more about Dismissed by clicking here.

In related news, Dismissed are recording on July 4th-13th. They are doing 5-6 songs and will release it as an ep. More on this and their name change shortly…

Two new albums came out yesterday:
Terminal “How the Lonely Keep”
Haste the Day “When Everything Falls”
both are out on Tooth and Nail Records

Make sure to pick up War of Ages “Self Titled” to be released on July 5th through Strike First Records because it’s going to rule you! I’ve heard some cuts from the album and I’m impressed with these guys. Look for a feature around the release date.

[As some of you might know, we have switched hosting companies as of this past weekend. It went smoother than expected and I owe that to two people-- Jorel of Unshadowed.net and David McDonald of WatchingRed.com. Jorel handles our hosting now and as you know, David was the chief designer of this Indie Vision Zine. I update the forums, featured bands, etc but he is the man who designed the framework of it. So this means we have the same great site at the same great speed and ad free! Now this leaves us with a question.....

Where did the news since June 18th go? I’m really not sure but I think somehow when uploading the site, I uploaded an older version and the new news got deleted somehow. Yeah. Chuck, Len, and I will try to bring back the band news to current form.

As always, thanks for the support and let us know if you have any questions.

[ Demon Hunter has finished writing over half of the songs for their upcoming project. They will start recording at the Compound studio in Seattle on July 18th with Producer Aaron Sprinkle.

Thousand Foot Krutch has added a new song “Absolute” from their upcoming album “The Art of Breaking” to their purevolume page.

Emery has finished recording their new album “The Question”. It will hit stores everywhere on August 2nd.

Fighting Jacks have been hard at work recording and mixing a bunch of new songs, some of which they will be posting online very soon.

Eager Seas have pushed back their album release date to January 2006.

The Supertones may be playing their final show this October, but John Wilson, the band’s drummer, recently confirmed a rumor on the Supertones.com forums that the band has a final studio EP in the works. Details on the EP are scarce, but it will not be released to stores and will only be available at the band’s live shows this Fall on the final leg of their farewell tour.

For a limited time, when you join the Floodgate Records email list, they’ll send you a free summer sampler featuring The Myriad, Kate Miner, Forever Changed, Mourning September, Yellow Second, East West, Cool Hand Luke, and Denison Marrs. Click here to sign up.

The Redemption Song has been playing weekend shows lately and will continue to do so while they write their next full length record throughout June and July. The band hopes to be done writing in time for an October recording time.

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[I am looking for a new mailing list provider that would either be free or cost next to nothing. If any of you reading this have connections or ideas, please feel free to post them in the forums. I cancelled my newsletter account and I need a new one.
brandon@indievisionmusic.com

[We had another Earthquake and it freaked me out a little bit. It was a quick and painless jolt but still unnerving to say in the least. Try operating machinery when an Earthquake hits, yeah....

Did I tell you that IVM is on MySpace? If you didn’t know then click this link and listen/download 4 new tracks. (One of the tracks is old Dismissed but they’re my favorite band;)

Speaking of my favorite band on the planet, DISMISSED, they also are up on MySpace and have 3 tracks to listen. No they aren’t the new ones, yet. It’s coming people, soon. Their website is down and they are changing their name so news on the matter will be announced shortly…..

We’re on a MySpace roll today so here are some more links to waste time:

The HotShot Freight Train are up on MySpaceand one of the coolest new bands to hit the music indestroy. If you don’t know who are what they are, then just click here and listen away. Another new favorite band of mine…

The OC Supertones are now on MySpace. Visit them here and listen to music

One Way Worship is up on PureVolume, click hereIt’s a pretty diverse album and like I’ve mentioned previously, one of the few worship albums I’ll listen to. COOL HAND LUKE being the other worship band I can’t get enough of. Speaking of which, where are they? Come back Cool Hand Luke, please. Cool Hand Luke > The Chariot. Don’t you realize this guys (you in the band)?

Well this is officially the end of network television. You know that time of year where absolutely nothing appears on the tube except for the well placed viewing of REPEATS!! I seriously could do without the one billion CSI reruns or Without a Trace marathon. Heck throw in The OC and LOST into that mix and you have a plentiful heaping of regurgitated goo. I mean I watch a few of those shows but I just hate re-runs. Maybe I’m a bit irritated by things. Yes yes, I know. It’s all cool, I’m learning to change alright? Good. Anyway, in between all of the mismatch repeat tubeville we have an amazing portion of Reality TV including but not limited to: Average Joe, Super Nanny, Nanny 911, I want to be your Mom, Trading Spouses, Live Lobotomy, Life in a Psych ward, Grandma meets Alien, Survivor, um, Trading this, trading that, blah blah blah etc. So summer=Reality TV and REPEATS. I’m really out of fresh ideas as I write this, bare with me. What I’m trying to say is that Summertime equals boring tv and the entrance of sunny weather to our systems. That can be a good thing and a bad. I tend to ride the fence on the matter. Well, have a blessed night and a happy tomorrow. Turn off the TV. I need to spend more time reading the Bible and less time playing video games. I make excuses.

(Wouldn’t “Life in a Psych Ward” be groovy tv? You know what, I taking out a patent on the idea! The fact that I just said Groovy and Psych Ward in the same sentence is utterly terrifying. Yeah, I’m done stick a fork in me)

Over and Out,
-Brandon

[Well it's official people, PENNYLANE has said their farewells and they are now gone forever. I hope you people enjoyed their last cd and music they filled our souls with. You can still find them on MySpace where former front man, David, is posting his solo work. PENNYLANE R.I.P, you will be missed.
www.myspace.com/pennylane

Did anyone catch the show “Hit Me Baby One More Time” last night? Oh man talk about hilarious. My favorite had to be Vanilla Ice dancing it up. To realize that he actually won was the scariest part of all. Hey the music industry loves making a clone, maybe they can model Vanilla after Eminem? A thought…In related news, this very show was rudely interrupted by the Emergency Broadcasting System alerting all of us Californians by the impending doom of a horrible Tsunami. I had my life jacket and raft all ready but guess what, they tricked us all. No, in fact I couldn’t ride my raft into the glorious night while catching one of the biggest waves in history. Instead I was left with an interrupted show and a confused mind. Gotta love those news broadcasters. At least my house isn’t shaking or could it……?

[I'm still slowly recovering from my appendix surgery. Keep praying for me.

The Classic Crime has signed with Tooth & Nail. You can listen to them here.

Terminal has posted a new song “Not All Bad” on their purevolume page.

The Fold are four weeks into the studio, read an update here.

[The new track from the band Tetzel Would Be Proud was just posted up on MySpace. This band features Jeff Jacquay formerly of Unashamed and Rainy Days. Make sure to give an open listen to their music and let them know what you think. We’ll have a special mp3 up on our site in the coming few weeks. I like what I hear.

Martyr Reef has a new track up titled “Lose it All” on their MySpace page.

Skuf is now on MySpace and has three tracks to choose from. Check them out.

Stavesacre.are featured in the next Mxpx video for the track “Wrecking Hotel Rooms”. The video for “Heard that Sound” isn’t yet on TV and yet they found the time to record a second one. Wow.

[Yeah, so there was this little bitty earthquake yesterday morning and guess what? I slept right through it....... Man if the big one hits, I'm good as squished...

For all 10 of you who were confused by the bull dozing of the old Indie Vision Music Record Label site, this is still run by the same person. If you are trixy enough, you’ll find the old label site still up on our server. Where do you find it? , Ahh, click here and relive the Indie Vision yesteryear….

Speaking of this site. I’ve never really revealed our hit/traffic count before. Well I feel we’re all pretty honest here and if you share, I will too. We get a nice helping of 200-225 Unique Visitors a day here at the good old Indie Vision ranch. That aint bad considering I lost almost everyone after the fall of the infamous IVM Record Label. Not that anyone cared or anything.

New As I Lay Dying cd “Shadows of Security” is out tomorrow! You can buy your copy from www.interpunk.com www.smartpunk.com or any Best Buy nationwide. I’m sure stores like Target, Wal Mart, etc will have it soon enough. Boy, there sure aint nutin like shoppin at good ole Wal Mart. You know if you live in a Motor Home, you can park it in their parking lot for FREE!! “I live in a van down by the river!!!!!” NUFAN comes out tomorrow too, not that I’m promoting it or anything

Well I went to this really good Mexican Food Restraunt in Laguna Niguel, CA. yesterday called Fred’s and boy was I full. Good chips too. If you live in the OC, find it. Corner of Golden Lantern and Camino Del Avion. Where’s that? My backyard, well a long time ago it was, sort of. “Shut up Brandon” Okay.

Hey, we have new albums in the Web Store! Click Here to Enter that Fan-tabulous Indie Vision Music Webstore. Now open to kids of all ages. You might want to check with Mommy or Daddy before using their Credit Card though. I do not endorse unapproved Credit card spending…..Yes, the store is now safer than ever!! We have a new and improved shopping cart via CCNOW.com with one of the most secure carts this side of the Mississippi!

New news in my life occurs in the form of a diet. Yes, I am on a strict diet of less than a 1000 calories a day to shed those extra pounds. I try to work out when I find the time but with machining, I lack the precious time of a teenager. Work is dirty, dirty is fun, dirty equals money. Oh yeah baby.

This has to be about the biggest waste of space I have ever written in my entire life. I guess I’m in one of those big ole’ sarcastic moods and I really don’t feel like discussing music. It’s one of those open the windows and turn off the stereo days. Man I wish I had a Ford Mustang right now.

I’ll be back tomorrow with a music update and if not….I got squished by the roof………………………………………………………………………….

-Brandon

[Hello viewership and audience out there!

I am going to give you guys all a touch of variety in styles today:
Modern Rock: Candlefuse
Alt-Rock: Waiting for Isaac
Hip-hop: Noah
hip-hop: Lyrycyst - His lyrics pierce right through to the heart!
Folk/Country: Mike Wilhoit
Hardcore/Metalcore: Of the Son
Metal/Metalcore: War of Ages
Electronica/Goth Rock: As Ember

and…… I also do solo stuff, it’s kind a spin off from my written poetry, just something that I pressed myself to do one day and will be trying my hand live at Cornerstone Fest IL:
Len Nash

-Coming out on Floodgate Records: The Myriad and Kate Miner on June 14th

-Expect a release from Spoken towards the end of August, see them out on tour this summer, or as they tour in support of their release later this year.

See you all at a time that is of later on… proportional news postings (if that makes any sense)!

P>S….. if any of you need to reach me, go ahead and e-mail me (it should be at the top of the news post) or go to the message boards and Private Message me. God bless!

[ As Cities Burn have a new e-card promoting their debut album “Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest”. The album comes out June 21st on Solid State Records.

Number One Gun has posted a new song “Pretend” from their upcoming album “Promises for the Imperfect” on their purevolume page. The album releases on July 19th through Tooth & Nail. Keep on the lookout for the band’s brand new website and e-card.

Project 86 has chosen the name “…and The Rest Will Follow” for their new album which will hit stores everywhere on September 27th, 2005.

Falling Up is in the studio recording their new album titled “Dawn Escapes”. The band also just launched their new website.

[The Lassie Foundation released a new full length back in November of 2004. I’ve just heard some of the songs and they are truly great. If you don’t know who this band is, check them out immediately. (Features two former members of Prayer Chain

The Myriad is releasing their debut full length titled “You Can’t Trust a Ladder” on June 14th (The same day that As I Lay Dying “Shadows of Security comes out). The band has songs up on PureVolume and you can listen to them here.

Another album was released yesterday that I almost forgot to mention. Makeshift3 “Fluorescent Black” came out on New School Records. We’ll hopefully have the album for sale in our store….

The MXPX album “Panic” came out yesterday and is receiving wide acclaim all over the nation. What was your opinion on the album? Comment in the forum.

This in from AbsolutePunk.net…Number One Gun just posted a new track from their forthcoming Tooth and Nail debut, on PureVolume. Number One Gun.

Dismissed are recording any day now. New name and website will be announced at Sonshine Fest. Stay tuned………..Go download their last ep for FREE in our Hot Downloads section. They’re better than good and you know it!!

Who would like to see “Comments” enabled under each news post? Our friends at Buzzgrinder.com do it and I think it rocks. Hmmm…it’s an idea at least

New Stellar Kin album will be in our store any day now. Make sure you pick it up. You can listen to the band by clicking here…

The best news of the day… A pizza man was shot in the leg
and yet still delivered his pizza. There aint’ nothing better than Fast Food, wouldn’t you say? Talk about a diligent employee..

In a recent poll by the Washington Post-ABC, more than half of Americans disapprove of the Iraq War. Despite what our Government’s interests may be, we ARE liberating the people of Iraq. You can argue till you’re blue in the face (myself included) but I wouldn’t want to live in a country governed by a ruthless dictator. Oh shut up. Safety however is a concern and things aren’t getting better in that country, I agree. I liken the fight between insurgents and innocent civilians to that of the film “Pleasantville”. Remember how certain people wanted to live in Black and White and the others in color? Yeah…

[ Haste the Day’s new album “When Everything Falls” hits stores on June 28th. Their album site www.wheneverythingfalls.com has just launched, there you can listen to four songs from the album, download buddy icons and wallpapers, print tour flyers, spread the word about the album, and more.

Go here to see still shots from Copeland’s video shoot for “Pin Your Wings”.

Symphony in Peril have officially announced John Pope (formerly of Narcissus) as their replacement for ex-vocalist Shawn Jonas. Read more here.

Terminal has a new e-card promoting the release of “How the Lonely Keep”.

If you check out Switchfoot’s website , you can hear a clip of their new song “Stars” from their upcoming album “Nothing is Sound”. The album hits stores in August.

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[So I just received the Quick and The Dead CD and I must say that I’m impressed with these guys. You’ll be hearing alot more from them in coming months, guaranteed. An mp3 will be up shortly…

I also received a cd from one of the hottest new bands, Fireflight Oh my gosh do they rock!!! Seriously, they are solid and tight musicians! I encourage everyone to check them out and pick their cd up if you can. There might be an mp3 hosted on this site soon……

Man, if only I still ran a label the two bands above would be first choices…..

Long running Goth band, Saviour Machine , is now up on MySpace. Check Saviour Machine out here! . I have their “Self Titled” cd from 93′, aren’t I special *Little known fact: Sam West of Stavesacre drummed on their early albums……

Speaking of Stavesacre , they are just inches from announcing their new label home. It’ll be posted here on MySpace once they’re ready to do so. I heard something about them being in the next Mxpx video…….

[ Far-Less has decided to begin recording their new album in early July instead of June as they first expected. The band wants to spend a little extra time working on the material before they begin tracking.

UnderOath has been working on compiling footage for a DVD release.

MxPx’s new album “Panic” is now in stores, go buy it.

The Rocket Summer’s track “Show Me Everything You’ve Got” has been chosen as the theme song for this year’s Women’s College World Series of Softball on ESPN.

Tooth & Nail is proud to announce the newest addition to their series of video compilations “The Nail DVD Vol. 2″ will feature videos from Underoath, mewithoutYou, Hawk Nelson and more, as well as brand new artist commentaries from Dead Poetic, Project 86, Norma Jean and Emery.

Sullivan is currently in the studio recording their debut full-length album with Matt Goldman in Atlanta, GA.

Cornerstone has posted the winners of the New Band Showcase competition.

[This is your last chance to win a Sides of the North cd and sticker. 5 winners will receive signed Sides of the North "The Incurable Romantic" cds plus a free sticker. All you have to do is sign up below with your email address and we'll enter you. If you already signed up in the past it's okay, you can enter again by emailing brandon@indievisionmusic.com and let me know why you are interested in this band.
Listen to Sides of the North right here!

[As I Lay Dying has filmed a video for their lead off single, "Confine". Yeah this is the one Dave from Dismissed sings on. The lame thing about it all is that they didn't ask him to be in the video. So guess what? They fake his singing part with another band member. Come on As I Lay Dying, hook the Dismissed boys up, you OWE it to them!

[I have officially switched the store over to CCNOW. Which means your orders will be submitted with ease. No more having to deal with our outdated and cheesy looking shopping cart. You can now pick up all of those albums you've been looking for, well maybe some of you? Plus we'll now be able to offer Paypal in addition to every other major card. Enter the Store by clicking the link at the top of this site. Take care everyone.

-Brandon

[I'm running a Disciple contest on my website. The winners will receive an autographed album, a t-shirt, bracelet, and poster. You can sign up below.

Click to enter the ChristianScene Disciple contest

[I'm slowly recovering, so I thought I would give you some news.

Pax217 have called it quits.

The Evan Anthem has a new website.

Relient K will be on MTV’s “10 Spot Drop” on June 6th. Watch clips from the band from 10-11pm EST.

Transistor Radio has posted three new songs for download on purevolume.

[Thanks to one of our reviewers (As Fall Breaks) I found this link:

You can stream new As I Lay Dying tracks on the BestBuy Website, click here. Yeah, that is Dave Arthur (Dismissed) singing on all of those parts!!(and does some screaming as well) Like, awesome! Yeahhhh. As I Lay Dying “Shadows Are Security” releases on June 14th, the same day as the No Use for a Name cd! Double oh-yeah!

bye bye,
Brandon

[Check out these bands:
The Lassie Foundation
Long Live Logos
Quick and the Dead
Death is Not Welcome Here
Skuf

Jeff Jacquay formerly of Unashamed, has a new band by the name of “Tetzel Would Be Proud”. They’re supposed to be an indie/acoustic type band. Music will be posted very soon including an mp3 on this site (hopefully). For now you can be their friend on MySpace

Anberlin just shot a video for “A Day Late” which will air on FUSE in a few days. Pick up “Never Take Friendship Personal” from Anberlin at a store near you!

MXPX shot a video for their single “Heard That Sound”, which will air on FUSE and MTV2 very soon……

You can hear new tracks from the upcoming Blueprint Carwash/The Kirby split, posted at the Doll House Recordings MySpace page.

The new War of Agesalbum Releases on June 28th so make sure you buy it. It’ll be on Strikefirst Records.buy it here (when available)

In Due Timealso has a new album out titled “Final Showdown”buy it here

Man Alive has filmed a video for the track “Say What You Want” and it’s quite funny.

Olivia (the band) recently recorded a video which you can watch here. The band is still on tour and is hitting Cornerstone Festival in a month. (Impromptu Stage) You canlisten to the band here.

Pick an album or two up! We have a ton of new albums in our Webstore, click here to enter.

[Hello all! I'm just crankin' out some good ole Toby Keith in my pick up right now. I'm goin' huntin' for racoons!! Yee haw bros!! Got my ten gallon hat on, puka shells, tribal tattoo, and I'm headin' for the rode-o! Yeaaaahhhh DUDE!

I’m kidding. I don’t hunt and I certainly don’t listen to country bros (they haven’t earned the right to be labeled ‘artists’). ha ha.

I forgot to mention earlier, we have a new featured band! Mxpx is back and better than ever. As a tribute to their career the past decade and a new album “Panic” I’ve decided to add them as our featured band. The band has done alot for pop-punk and influenced a TON of copy cat clones over the years. Sure there were a ton of bands before them but there is only one Mxpx and their take on pop-punk is unique in it’s delivery. Celebrate the new Mxpx and buy their album everywhere next Tuesday.

Anyway, there is a tiny little news blurb to announce. The IndieVisionMusic shopping cart that I’ve had for 5 years will be expiring in 2 weeks and I will NOT be renewing it this time. I am searching frantically for a new shopping cart and I think I’ve settled upon CCNOW.com for your shopping needs. It’s the same one the honorable Facedown Records uses, so it’s completely trustworthy and secure. I am also pondering hosting a IndieVisionMusic storefront through MusicChristian.com which would mean you could find ALL of your favorite bands under one roof!! Any comments? What would you like to see us do with the IVM Store? Comment in the forums when you get the chance under “Indie Vision News”.

You can listen to THREE new Man Alive songs at their website, click here

That’s all for now buckaroos!

-Brandon

[Hey peoples.
Good times! Good times! I saw Madagascar with my friend… let me just say, “it’s not a children’s movie, even though it’s supposed to be” it was good none the less, I give them dibs on maybe trying for the whole Shrek goofiness.

Also…. I plan on writing devotionals, I’ve been crazy busy and I hope to have one or two by the end of summer.

Please be praying for me… I just rededicated my life to Christ, actually I realized that I hadn’t fully given my heart to God in the first place. Mainly though is this: please pray for my gf, I want the best for her, even if it means me no longer being around by her. She’s amazing, her friends, my friends, both of our families really like this relationship and they pretty much all tell us that we are doing really well… so I suppose that is a blessing!

Also….. I have been thinking about maybe taking a hiatus from a lot of stuff I do in music, I have trimmed down my CD reviews (i’ll still do them), and I have called it quits (for now) on me trying to do concerts by myself… I’m probably going to help out with some events, but that’s it.

Save the best for last, PLEASE pray for my buddy Chuck, he’s cool and I hope he’s doign alright.

When life gets busy, man it gets busy, but ALWAYS ALWAYS pray to God, life is way harder if a person does not.

Peace everyone!

God Bless you all, I love all of you dearly so!

-Len

[The Hotshot Freight Train cds are now available in the store. Click Here to Order