[Sorry about my lack of updates, the news wasn't working for me.

Norma Jean is taking two months off, because “something out of the ordinary is going on right now with the band”.

Forever Changed has added their whole album “The Need to Feel Alive” to their purevolume page.

UnderOath will be re-releasing “They’re Only Chasing Safety” with unreleased demos and a DVD featuring live footage this Fall.

David Walker, formerly of Mourning September, has started a new band called The Springs, check out their music here.

Relient K will be performing live on TRL this coming Tuesday.

John Johnson of Vroom has a new project called The Wilderness. You can read about the new album and download a song here.

Becoming the Archetype has released the track-listing for their upcoming album “Terminate Damnation”. Look in the comments.

[August 19, 2005 at Mariners Church in Irvine, CA.

Undercover, The Choir, Altar Boys, and Crumbacher to perform.

Twenty years ago, in 1985, Broken Records saw the release of albums by four trendsetting alternative bands who would forever change the face of Christian Music. Long before Switchfoot, Underoath, Third Day, and Skillet, these artists were stretching the limits placed on them by an industry seemingly unable to move forward. They broke through, broke out, and ripped apart the standards that are to this day, still being BROKEN.

Take Two Productions is pleased to present a concert event featuring the best alternative Christian bands from the 1980s. With Undercover, The Choir, Altar Boys, Crumbacher, and special guests 441.

Concert to be held at:
Mariners Church
5001 Newport Coast Dr.
Irvine, CA 92603
949-854-7600
http://www.marinerschurch.org

[Storm is back again, from a short hiatus, Listen to them, they do a cover of Collective Soul’s “Shine” (way back in the 90s for the CS guys)… plus a few pop-punk songs, a really good acoustic song “Trail of Tears”… and more!

Adora has been working hard lately and getting things done. From recording their debut full length CD ‘Safeguard the Helpless’ on Harvest Earth Records, which is due out within the next couple months, to getting their brand new art done.

Some one should sign these guys (Facedown or Solid State?):
Crimson Stained Nails

Wounded Records has new CDs available from: FBS and One Way Worship

God Bless!

[Joy Electric has a new song up on MySpace click here

According to HardcoreChrisitan.com, 7-10 Split is throwing in the towel after almost 8 years together.

Stavesacre is recording their new album right now. Word of a future record deal is forthcoming….An interview with the band will be appearing on our site soon.

I run the Bloodshed and Incomplete fan pages on MySpace if anyone was curious. Remember them? Click here to join Bloodshed.Click Here to Join Incomplete.

Work sucks, I’d so like to be home right now playing Halo 2!

[Pennylane is playing their final show in Maui, Hawaii August 13th. Sad to see them go. Good news is that a new band has risen from the ashes. Canefield Hero featuring former Pennylane frontman David Tamaoka, has formed and are playing shows around Hawaii. You can download a track from David Tamaoka by clicking here New songs to surface soon…….

Indie Vision Music is on MySpace. Click Here

[Copeland is on Yahoo!’s “Who’s Next.” Help them win here. MySpace PureVolume

This Holiday Life has been nominated for the San Diego Music Awards. Vote them for “Best Sandiego Rock Group” right here. MySpace PureVolume

[Slow Coming Day has been dropped from the Tooth and Nail roster. That’s too bad. Good news, the band has a new demo track up on their MySpace page,click here to listen

Facedown Records has a killer new ad up on their website for the new Nodes of Ranvier, which will release on September 13th.

War of Ages has released a truly superb album and I recommend every single Metal/Hardcore fan to go out and buy it right this instant. It is one of my favorite new bands and every song is cool.

The new Emery is pretty good too, though lyrically…oh nevermind.

In an effort to out wit Len on his band hunting, I bring you a link to a UK band that personally I’m a fan of:
Death is Not Welcome Here

I feel a Spoken feature is in the works. I already know that their new record will be my absolute favorite piece of art this year. Have I said how much I love this band?

Also…We have new cds on the way for the STORE
from Fireflight, and Bleeding Martyr. Make sure to pick those up when they’re available.

Help us promote Indie Vision Music by posting a link on your MySpace pages, Blogs, Websites, Band Pages, etc. Every link will help bring traffic to this site. Tell your friends and pass the word around to everyone you know
www.indievisionmusic.com or www.ivmzine.com

[Emery has sold over 20,000 copies of their new record “The Question” in one week’s time.

Spoken has posted a new song “September” on their purevolume page.

Tooth & Nail has decided to postpone the release of The Fold’s new album until February.

[Hey all, thanks for reading this news! Hope all is going well! Here are some more bands, please remember sound quality may not be the best... enjoy!

Maine:
PIF - Paid in Full Crimson Redemption U Turn

Delaware:
Sum of One

Hawaii:
Arsenio Gusilatar Daniel Lehmann Micheal Kitchen Red Letter, the band

As always, check back daily for the latest news from a variety of our news posters!

Later! You guys all rock!
God Bless!
Len

[*Edit, I posted the wrong music link
The Juliana Theory will release their new full length “Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat” on September 13th through Abacus Records. Listen to new songs here.The band will be on tour this fall with Days Away, The Goodwill, and Lovedrug

Since we’re on a band hunting kick, I have a couple of acts to add. These two originate from the country of Australia, one of which we use to carry in our store a few years ago.
STR
FIDO

[Former Relient K member Brian Pittman and former Narcissus member John LaRussa have teamed up to form a new metal band called Inhale-exhale. Joined by Nick Brewer(Into All The Earth) and Andy Levy on vocals. Check out their myspace site.

Bloody Sunday and the Redemption Song started their East Coast tour last Friday. The tour is from August 5th to the 13th and is hitting venues like Club Live, The Brickhouse and the Gathering Grounds. See Facedown’s tour section for all the dates of the tour. Click Here.

In other news the Batmobile lost another wheel, and the Ghostbusters went out of business again.

[Here you go... some bands that I have found from each of these states, some of them you have to really get over the lack of recording quality, yet check them out for something from somewhere else... enjoy!

Faceless
Mercier
Ten on Sunday
Limbic System
The Chairs
Broken Chains

PLUS.. there is a contest going on over at: ChristCoreMusic.net

Until next time!
God Bless you all!
Len
P.s. tell me what you think on the forums or through our NEW comments thingy….

[ Bloodlined Calligraphy have won Hot Topic’s contest to play at Hellfest. They will be announcing the official set time and additional info next week.

Far-Less have finished recording their upcoming album “Everyone Is Out To Get Us”. Look for an early January release date.

[Staple has a new CD called “Of Truth + Reconciliation” coming out on August 30th E-card and New music

Expect for Staple, Forever Changed, and Sides of the North to tour this fall!

[ Anberlin recently recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” for the Drive-Thru tribute that’s coming out Aug. 16th. You can listen to it here.

Zao has stated that “The Lesser Lights Of Heaven” is the tentative title for their upcoming DVD which will be released this Fall.

Spoken has posted the title track from their upcoming album “Last Chance to Breathe” on purevolume.

The Beautiful Mistake should have a new record deal by this time next week.

Skillet has been spending this summer working on the follow-up album to “Collide”. It will be in stores sometime next year.

[New copy protected albums, some from Foo Fighters and Dave Matthews Band are IPOD incompatible. Soon other major label releases will follow suit. Read Here.

Yum yum. M & Ms will now come in jumbo size. Yes, MEGA M&Ms.
Read Here.

Star Wars Battlefront II for PS2 and XBOX will be hitting shelves this November! I loved the first one…..Read Here.

In other Star Wars news…. Star Wars Empire at War is coming soon to PCs nationwide. The new RTS will allow you to control mass armies in the Star Wars universe. Sounds awesome to me. Can you imagine controlling a little army of clone troopers? Download the Trailer right here.

This is too funny. Apparently there was a feud between some little youngsters regarding their Lemonade Stands. Just read it here.

I attend a Calvary Chapel out here in Aliso Viejo. Calvary sponsors the Harvest Crusades each year here in the OC. Well if you’re a bit curious what it’s all about or need a good resource just visit here.

Current Playlist:
Useless ID
Number One Gun
Rufio
Social Distortion
Haste the Day
No Use for a Name
War of Ages

[I found two sites today that I thought I'd share, they both have some funny stuff:

Mcphee
Jinx

I really hoped to have a music update but as of this moment I have nothing new to share. Though I guess we could all toss some music stories around in the forum or maybe just post your own under this post. Hey, everyone’s invited so why not join in! Yes!

Oh one last thing…The banners you see are all posted up for fun. We have no official advertisers yet but I think the day may be fast approaching. Or maybe not. Well at least enjoy the free advertising and check out the albums you see.

[Unsigned Bands to Check Out:

Martyr Reef
Quick and the Dead
Fireflight
Skuf
Spacepilot

[As you can see, Indie Vision Music has now been upgraded to version 2.0. This version will allow all of you readers to post your comments, thoughts, opinions, and whatever else you like below each news post. This version has fixed news headings, pinned newsletter sign up form to the top of site, and allowed for banner ads. What does all of this mean? Nothing really but at least looks better in the long run. Do you like it? Comment.

[Out today:
Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds (New West) MySpace PureVolume
Braille - Thin Cities (Common Cloud) MySpace PureVolume
Emery - The Question (Tooth & Nail) MySpace PureVolume E-Card
In Praise Of Folly - Means/Ends (Lujo) MySpace PureVolume
Johnny Cash - Legend (Sony)
Suffering & The Hideous Thieves - Ashamed (Lujo) MySpace PureVolume

[Blindside has a new album out TODAY! E-card and a Blindside on PureVolume

Plus! A new band for all of you!
Faceless Modern Hard Rock from Alaska.

[ Demon Hunter has announced the name of their upcoming album. It will be titled “The Triptych” and will be available with three different album covers, it’s set to be out for sale this October.

The Insyderz will play their last show ever on September 24th at the “I’ll Fight Fest” in Leonard, Michigan.

Emery has launched their new mini-site promoting their album “The Question” which hits stores tomorrow.

This Providence has a new merch store.

[We are officially hosting a Roosevelts Contest here at Indie Vision Music. 5 winners will receive a Roosevelts CD plus sticker and button from Word of Mouth Records. All you have to do is email me by clicking on my name and you’ll be entered!! Contest will last one week so start those emails now……

This band you need to check out in your spare time:
CHANDELLE

Another band to check out:
DEAR AUGUSTINE

[Zao will tour with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Unearth and A Life Once Lost, and want footage for an upcoming DVD. MySpace PureVolume