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The new Stavesacre record “How to Live With a Curse” has been pushed back again to April 18th. I’ve heard the entire record and it’s AMAZING!

There is still one day left on my Ebay auction if any of you are interested. Click here to check it out.

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Listen to the Hawk Nelson song “Bring Em’ Out” online at PureVolume, Click here. Check back next Tuesday for another new track. Hawk Nelson “Smile, It’s the End Of the World” drops nationwide on April 4th on Tooth and Nail.

You can download the new Far Less track “You Knew What This Was” at AOL Music here.

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Tooth and Nail is giving away a 20 song digital sampler all for FREE. Click here

Eleventyseven’s Flicker Records debut has been pushed back to May 2nd, 2006. Bummer.

[Check out this hot band from Northern California, Romancing Gloria

[Quick and the Dead have launched one of the raddest MySpace profiles I've seen in recent memory. Check it out here

[New Madrid
have signed with Esperanza Plantation and have begun recording 8 new
tracks at Sputnik Studios.  These are good female fronted
indie-rock music.

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Posted three new reviews by

Struck Down

Sleepy River

Watashi Wa

Check back for more reviews shortly.

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It’s funny, I sit back and think about the old school Tooth and Nail days thinking about former bands and what happened to them and it brings back a flood of memories. You know what’s crazy is that there are still remaining T&N bands left over from the 90’s. Though there are few, they are still around. Stavesacre, Project86, Stretch Arm Strong, Craig’s Brother, Starflyer 59, Joy Electric, Dogwood, and Mxpx. These bands have been at it for a long time and it’s amazing that they are still around. Though only three of the above are still with the Nail.

The Dingees are now on MySpace. It appears that this page is actually run by a band member.

Other band tribute pages on MySpace:
Hangnail (Fan page)
Five Iron Frenzy (Fan page)
Strongarm (Run with help from former members)
Focused (Run by a band member)
Overcome (Fan page)
Unashamed (Run with help from Jeff)
Sick of Change (Fan page)
Bloodshed (Run with help from several past members. I run this page)
Incomplete (Run with help from former band members. I run this page)
Noggin Toboggan (Fan page)
Roadside Monument (Fan page)
Ghoti Hook (Fan page)

ALove For Enemies has wrapped up writing their new album. Recording begins April 4th. I would be looking for a mid to late summer release.

Bloodlined Calligraphy will be touring with the infamous lady metallers, Kittie from Apr. 7 - 13. That’s a good tour. Well at least for exposure’s sake.

Bloody Sunday has been lying low doing some writing and “to get our priorities in order, and remember why this band was started, and that is for the glory of Jesus Christ.” Some big announcements are coming soon.

A few Bloody Sunday members have formed the group�Tidal Wave. It features John (B.S. guitarist), Greg (B.S. drummer) and Keith (former B.S. vocalist) playing bass.. They also have “awesome” news which I’m assuming means a label is interested. Don’t be surprised if Strike First picks them up.

Flee The Seen’s debut album “Doubt Becomes The New Addiction” releases March 14th. They’re already creating a buzz and are doing some extensive touring soon with Desole (Abacus).

Inked In Blood have filled the vacant lead guitar and bass positions and are doing shows again including the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest.

xLooking Forwardx is on tour for another month. They will be doing sections with Counting the Days (Strike First), Brutal Fight (Strike First) and a few shows with Jesus Wept (Strike First) and No Innocent Victim (Facedown).

Nodes Of Ranvier are on tour for the next month and a half or so on the ‘Of Love And Lunacy Tour’ with Still Remains, If Hope Dies and Demiricous. Thankfully this tour is hitting stops all over and I’ll be able to hit a few. I highly recommend you do the same.

No Innocent Victim have once again announced just a few shows this time in the Midwest in April.

Seventh Star shot a video for the track “The Seventh Star”. This should pop up online soon.

War Of Ages in case you haven’t heard officially moved up to Facedown Records. I believe most of us saw this coming so it may not be “news”. However, they will be back in the studio in the next few months to record another album to be released probably mid to late summer.�

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AP.net does this, and I think I’m going to start doing it for IVM. Here are my weekly recommendations, volume one, issue one:

Girls In Diners
xDeathStarx
Flee The Seen (had the privilege of seeing them last night; great show)
Sophomore (saw them last night, too)
Holliday

Also, you can see my AP.net recommendations by clicking here.

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Further Seems Forever was kicked out of Canada and not permitted to enter. This is taken from their MySpace bulletin–>

“Imagine you leave Fort Lauderdale at 6 AM fly to Houston. Run to your plane and fly to Calgary Canada. You arrive only to deal with a Power tripping Immigration lady who freaks out about a minor problem with the way you filled out a form. The promotor tries to reason with her and her boss for an hour and she won’t budge. She files papers to have you removed from Canada or go to jail! She also informs you that you are banned from Canada for 1 year under penalty of arrest and a $5,000 fine if you try to return. She escorts you and your band members to a flight to Denver and then we wait 4 hours to catch a flight to Fort Lauderdale. We arrive home at 5 AM twenty four hours after the nightmare started. We apologize but it was out of our control. We are going to fight the ban and try to make up the shows.”

Further Seems Forever

[I forgot to mention this earlier in the week but Mainstay “Well Meaning Fiction” is now available on BEC Recordings. You can listen to the E-card right here.

[I am selling over 100 cds on EBAY. Starting price is only $50. Check it out here and start your bidding.

[Mxpx have posted “The Darkest Places” from their “Panic” record up on My Space. Check it out here.

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View the artwork to Further Seems Forever’s Hope This Finds You Well here.

Starflyer 59 is finished demoing and is now in the studio until the end of March.

We are excited with the direction the new songs have taken, and we hope you like them too…. album titles and release information will be coming soon when we know them.  - sf59.com

Becoming The Archetype will be on tour with Aletheian, Inked In Blood, and Society’s Finest ths coming May.

Transition’s record Get There, produced by MxPx’s Mike Herrera, will be out May 9th on Floodgate Records.

Edison Glass has a new and improved website up. They will be on tour with Bradley Hathaway this March and their CD, A Burn Or A Shiver, will be out this April.

The Evan Anthem has a new batch of shows posted on their myspace page.

A new Fair song called “Pause” is online on Fair’s myspace page.

Yesterday an official announcement was made from Haste The Day on their website regarding the permanant placement of Stephen Keech in their band. Listen to the new vocals in Keech’s old band, New Day Awakening.

[Apparently the Further Seems Forever ”Best Of” comes out on March 21st via Tooth and Nail? (Is this date right?) You can pre-order the album at Interpunk here.

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Spacepilot have posted yet another song to their MySpace page. Check it out here.

For you PureVolume devotees, listen to Thrush here. You can also download a free track from Thrush right here

So what’s up news posters? I seem to be the only one posting news on here. It’s lookin’ dead. Bring on the news people.

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Dogwood have yet another So.Cal. show coming up on March 31st, if you’re in town make sure to go. Here are the details:

March, 31 2006 at The Gate
23rd & O Street - Downtown, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Cost: $10

Dogwood w/ Midnight Hour, Man Alive, +1
www.thegaterocks.com

Kings to You also have two shows coming up at the end of March for you So. Cal. folks.One show is with My American Heart, and the other show is with Olivia (the band). Click here to check time, cost, etc.

[Punk Rock band, My Red Hot Nightmare, have posted a new song and a cover of Clash to their MySpace page. This band features two former members of the OC Supertones.

[You can view the new As I Lay Dying video right here (Thanks MusicRefuge.com)

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So I was browsing Ebay and I came across this cool seller. They are selling band license plates from a wide variety of artists and they are only $10. Click here to check it out

Also check this page out for Band shirts and decals.

[I changed the look of the Indie Vision Music myspace page. What do you think? Click here.

[Chandelle is currently in the studio working on songs for their upcoming record. For now you can listen to some tracks by clicking here.

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According to AP.net, our favorite experimental rockers, Anathallo, will be supporting The Format on dates this April and May. Hmm… The Format is also managed by Nettwerk… interesting… By the way, I linked to Anathallo’s official web site above purposely; if you haven’t checked it out before, try to now. It’s got some really rad Flash. 

[Thrush have finally posted a new song up on MySpace, click here. This band features former members of Craig’s Brother, Next in Line, and Too Bad Eugene.

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Indie Vision Music on MySpace

You can pre-order the new Anathallo album “Floating World” by clicking here. You can also check out images of the album and other fun stuff by visiting their website.

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Chasing Victory will be heading out on tour with Flee the Seen, Odd Project and Fight Paris in April/May. Stay tuned to the band’s myspace pages for dates.

Stavesacre “How to Live With a Curse” will release on March 21st through Abacus/Century Media in stores nationwide. This will be one release you won’t want to miss.

From musicrefuge.com:
NIV will be going on a short tour in April, here are the dates
April 20-22 w/ Inked in Blood & Hand to Hand
April 21-23 w/ Jesus Wept & xLooking Forwardx
Apr. 1 - Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse - FACEDOWN FEST
April 20 - Ft. Wayne, IN @ Anchor Community Church
April 21 - Lansing, MI @ The Lansing Underground
April 22 - Dayton, OH @ Gathering Grounds
April 23 - Arlington Heights, IL @ Arlington Heights Knights of Columbus

In other tour news…Yellowcard is taking out Mae and Reeve Oliver in April on a national tour. Here are the dates
04/07/2006 The Sports Complex Pomona, NJ
04/08/2006 Lycoming College Recreation Center Williamsport, PA
04/12/2006 Reed Arena College Station, TX
04/21/2006 Free Speech Arena Salt Lake City, UT
04/22/2006 Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
04/26/2006 Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
04/28/2006 Tripp Athletic Center Dartmouth, MA
04/29/2006 Burdick Field Towson, MD
04/30/2006 SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY
05/02/2006 SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
05/03/2006 University of Illinois Champaign, IL
05/04/2006 Whitewater Center Whitewater, WI
05/06/2006 Jerome Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH
 

If you’re curious of what Indie Vision Music looked like back when we were a full on distro, then click here for some fun

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As we reported on early last year, Spielberg is moving ahead with a fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. Absolutepunk.net offered this link to an article on the matter.

The Fold “This Too Shall Pass” released yesterday on Tooth and Nail Records. Check the e-card out here and pick this album up today!

Check out this band, A Place Tomorrow

According to Absolutepunk.net, The New Tragic not only has multiple label interest but their debut album might also be produced by Pharrell of The Neptunes and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame. This is still speculation. The band features Dallas Taylor of Maylene and The Sons of Disaster/Ex-Underoath and Phil, formerly of From First to Last. Don’t ask whether these guys are a Christian band because honestly I dont know. I’m only reporting on it because it features Dallas. I really hope this doesn’t spell the end of Maylene because that is such a better band.

Quick and the Dead have label interest. Stay tuned.

Nothing much new has happened on the Kings to You front which is why I haven’t reported anything lately. The band still has a deal on the table but it appears they haven’t signed it. I totally think they should go for it but that’s up to them I guess. We’ll keep you posted on anything new that happens.

[Davy Basinger and Jared Byers, formerly of Bleach, are putting together a new band called Royal Empire Music. They have some mp3s posted on their myspace page. They’ve just recorded three songs with Oran and Trevor Thornton which will be available on a Mono Vs. Stereo comp to be released this summer.

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In The Face Of War have signed with Doll House Recordings.
Click their link to hear a remastered track, soon to be released on
DHR’s upcoming Houses Volume 2 compilation.  ITFOW’s new
full-length album will be out this summer.

Check out killer new metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada.  They are planning to play Cornerstone this year.

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I got a bunch of new cds in the mail today. I got a package from T&N with The Fold, Sullivan, Far Less. I’ll have to listen to those for sure. That’s not all…I also got the pre-release copy of the new Quick and the Dead album. 13 tracks and it’s enhanced with videos, pics, live footage, and lyrics. Oh wow. I also got a cd from The Reception and I’m jamming to it right now. These guys are amazing. The packaging and studio production on this independent release is just as good as anything on a bigger label. Awesome band.Oh and to the kid(s) that think we mention Quick and the Dead too much..tough luck, it ain’t going to stop anytime soon

So how is everyone? Two more weeks and my 8 year wedding anniversary will arrive. Wow, time flies fast. It’s been an amazing 8 years and I couldn’t ask for a more beautiful person, inside and out, as my wife. Marriage is the best thing that ever happened to me. I pray that you youngsters will find the perfect spouse and that you’ll have years of blessed happiness and matrimony. Time to go jam to some new tunes….

[So, some indie artists with new albums out or coming out soon are:
Danielson
Half-Handed Cloud
MuteMath
Liz Janes

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Haste the Day will begin writing/demoing material for their new album this coming April and June, the band hopes for a Winter/Spring release date.

Last Tuesday’s van is a wreck. They are going to need another one very soon. Go here for more details.

Dead Poetic’s new album will be titled Vices and will release later this year.

Sorry I havent been updating a lot, things have been so crazy around here. Two more weeks until the wedding!

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If you’re ever looking for rare and out of print Christian albums, this is the place to go. Watashi Wa “Love of Life” for only $4? Wow. You can also find some rare cds here.

Check out the following:
Blueduck Records
After the Sirens
Elijah Wyman

[A good friend of ours is selling a massive list of CDs on Ebay. If you are interested in checking these out, just click here.