[Sullivan has an exclusive shirt at Hot Topic right now, and if you buy that and take a crazy picture of yourself wearing it, you can send it to them and enter a contest for a Sullivan hoodie, signed copy of Hey, I’m a Ghost, signed poster, and Sullivan will put you in their Top 8 on MySpace.

Sullivan will also be on tour this summer with Dead Poetic and Showbread.

[I was doing some myspace work for the site and I ran across some insane bands I had forgot about. If you're into metal or metalcore check them out. It's great to see such a wave of Christian acts blessed with such talent. Most of these artists are unsigned or on small labels as of now.

Besieged
Called To Arms
Deus Invictus
Exodus In Peril
fixed til Tuesday
Gate City
Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Remove The Veil
The Beauty The Blood
The Burning Issue
The Moth Leads The Empire
Underneath The Gun
When Sorrow Fails

The folks at Selah Records are going on a hiatus. They don’t expect it to be long but some are pursuing some other things and are all taking a break. They’ve reduced the prices in their store, there are some great releases here for cheap.

Go check out the new War Of Ages & xDeathstarx covers here. Both release this Fall on Facedown Records.

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Josh from Dogwood has his own venue in Southern California. The name and address is below:
Rialto Music Coalition
225 S. Riverside Ave.
Rialto CA 92376

If you are in a band and you want to contact Josh about playing a show there, click here.

[Destroy The Runner have unleashed the first track, “My Darkness” from their upcoming release “Saints” due this September on Solid State Records. Expect this band to blow up!

[Dogwood have changed their songs on MySpace. Click here to check them out. They posted my favorite, “Do or Die”! Look for a brand new Dogwood track as part of our exclusive online compilation.

[Check out Nothing Left To Lose a sweet band in the vein of Bad Religion and Rise Against. The newest release is called “The Last Battle Hymn” and is out on Zero Youth Records. Check a video of “Mark My Words”  here.

Also, from Andreoli Records (owned by the same persona as Zero Youth), comes Hope Vol. 1. It’s a charity compilation to raise money for Stand Up For Kids. It’s a mix of Christian & nonChristian punk groups from all over and includes Hanover Saints, The Deal, FBS, Flatfoot 56, and more.

[mewithoutYou's third release through Tooth & Nail is set to come out September 26th, and will be titled Brother, Sister. [absolutepunk]

[I just posted my review for the new Underoath album. But really, don’t waste your time reading this. Just go buy the CD already.

[I know some of you were curious about the new FM Static cd. Well it’s being released August 1st on Tooth & Nail and is entitled “Critically Ashamed” and I will let you know when new music is up.

Speaking of cd releases, the Album Release List has been updated with complete upcoming lists from Facedown/Strike First/Gotee and more.

Gotee artists have been doing very well on radio, with their debut artists StorySide:B, Fighting Instinct, & Aieysha Woods landing in top charts and also adds to various outlets.

The Showdown had to drop off the dates in MI, WI, and MO (on the current It Dies Today/Haste The Day tour) due to Andrew partially disclocating his shoulder in Grand Rapids. They hope to be back by the Nashville date.

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Bungie has released a mini-documentary about Halo 3. You can view that video here. The game will release on the Xbox 360 sometime next year. I am officially excited.

[Read this great review from Decoymusic.com about the My Epic album.

[This may be old news, but The Devil Wears Prada has a grindcore cover of the Spongebob Squarepants theme song at their myspace that you can download.

[Well.... Chuck and I are 20 today, the same day, the same golden b-day, on June 20th.

CDs released on our b-day (among others) are:
Underoath’s Define the Great Line (Tooth and Nail)
Your Eyes My Dream’s Weapons are Useless (Indianola)

On one last note, Death is Not Welcome Here is touring the US starting on June 23rd in Warsaw, Indiana. Check out their myspace for full tour dates and if they are coming to a venue near you, check them out! If they are not and you know of someone in that area, tell those people to check them out.

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The new Avery Pkwy full length is scheduled to come out in mid-July. It will be released independently and the songs are already shaping up to be awesome! This is the solo project of Joel Piper who used to the be the drummer for Dismissed. Check his stuff out here.

The day is finally here. Sophia have posted a brand new track to their MySpace page.

Inhale Exhale has a new song on myspace.

Dogwood is going to change their songs on MySpace within a day or so. There old songs folks but some goodies will be up there.

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Stephen Christian of Anberlin has a solo project as many of you already know. Well he is now naming it “Anchor & Braille”. He will be finishing up songs this fall and the full length will be released on Tooth and Nail in April of 2007. You can hear two songs right here.

Dogwood have a huge show planned for July 4th at the enormous Coors Ampitheater in Chula Vista, CA. with P.O.D, Thyne Scabbard, Fallen Away, Kirk Franklin, and many more. Dogwood plays on Stage 2. The show is FREE ($10 for parking). More info here.

This Providence has posted a new song to their MySpace page.

[For all you Demon Hunter fans out there, Interpunk is currently running a contest to win a bunch of DH stuff, including a one of a kind painted helmet. I don’t care if you’re not iterested in signing up, click here just to check out the awesomeness of this helmet.

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I just came home from purchasing the new Underoath album via Circuit City because when you buy it there you get a free t-shirt (now, hearing all I could get was a large was slightly disappointing to a kid used to wearing smalls, but hey, it’s free). What I heard on the way home was amazing. I shall try to have a review up tomorrow night, Thursday at the latest.

According to the card inside the cover (and of course I got the special edition with the DVD and amazing art), if I go to purevolume.com/onedarksummer I can get “over 30 free songs from Tooth & Nail and Solid State artists! Featuring new and unreleased songs from Underoath, Anberlin, Norma Jean, Emery, The Almost, Mae, mewithoutYou, Dead Poetic, The Chariot, He Is Legend, As Cities Burn, and many more!” This is really weird, because I went there to find 17 already released songs from only some of those bands.

But even though this summer sampler is not quite what I expected, Facedown/ Strike First have a pretty good one right here. I think I like this new trend.

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Sleeby.com is currently running a contest where you can win The Unfolding’s CD. I don’t know if this is really worthwhile news though because you should have already bought this album from our webstore.

According to this book, all of our favorite superheroes have Jewish origins.

And it is as I predicted months ago, it took a new release from Underoath to knock Panic! At the Disco off the number one spot on PureVolume.com

[According to a myspace bulletin just sent by Inhale Exhale, they will have a new song posted tomorrow that you can actually DOWNLOAD.

If you buy the new Underoath tomorrow (which you should), you will get  a free download card from Tooth & Nail/ Solid State, but if you can’t wait that long, you can just click here and get the sampler now. Chances are that you have almost all of these songs already, but there’s a few that make it worthwhile (such as Fair).

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Underoath is our featured band of the week. Make sure you head out tomorrow and pick up “Define the Great Line” at stores nationwide.

Our previous poll for the age group of our readers has ended. It was kind of interesting to see the results and find out just how many youngsters there are reading this site According to the poll, we even had some readers under the age of 10. Um… Anyway, here are the results

How Old Are You?
1. Ages 17-19 36 Votes
2. Ages 20-22 25 Votes
3. Ages 23-25 19 Votes
4. Ages 26-30 9 Votes
5. Ages 30+ 8 Votes
6. Ages 11-13 2 Votes
7. Ages 1-10 2 Votes

[As I mentioned before the Working Title has a new video coming for “The Mary Getaway”, well here’s a behind the scenes video for you to watch until then.

[Quick and the Dead are entering the studio this week to record a new full length that will be released in the fall. I’m not sure if this is on a label or not, but I believe it is still being released independently. The band is also playing Joshua Fest, Tom Fest, and a string of dates with The Fold. Check the band out here and give them your support, they are awesome.

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You can listen to the whole Underoath album right here

Inhale Exhale’s debut album will be titled “The Lost, The Sick, The Sacred” and will be out October 3rd on Solid State.

Norma Jean’s new album “Redeemer” will be in stores in August.

The “Summer Slam” online compilation is shaping up to be awesome. A good mix of rock and hardcore stuff. We’ll have exclusive new songs from _______. Ha, you’ll just have to wait and see.

[Copeland has announced that their new album (in the studio now with Matt Goldman), will be titled Eat, Sleep, Repeat, and will drop on October 31st on The Militia Group. You can visit an album site here, with more information surely to be added soon. Oddly enough, the most recent Militia Group newsletter claims the title of the new album will actually be Elegance for Transience.

[Agnes Music (Dave from Relient K) is featured on the main page of purevolume right now. He has two songs up that you can stream, both of which will be on the upcoming My Other Band Vol. 1: out on Mono Vs. Stereo on June 27th.

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You can download a new This Providence song titled Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing here.

The Elms will be playing a special 45 minute pre-game show at an Atlanta Braves game on June 21st.

My 20th birthday is this Tuesday! Go me!

[We will have an exclusive summer compilation available soon that will be titled "Indie Vision Music / True Stance Records : Summer Slam”. It will feature 18 free downloads from wide range of bands and only available on this site. Maybe a few suprises will turn up? More news on this shortly……

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The Night Fell Silent are the featured band over at San Diego Punk.com. Check it out here. Their label, True Stance Records, has a bunch of cool merch in the store. Click here to purchase it.

If you are in a band or represent a label and are interested in advertising with us, we have several different plans available. Please contact brandon@indievisionmusic.com for details.

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Finally, after years and years of waiting, a legitimate Christian Music Festival is hitting Orange County,CA. on September 16th. Not since the mid 90's has there been a Christian Music Fest in Orange County and finally the wait is over. This one is called Uprising Fest and is taking place at the HUGE Verizon Wireless Ampitheater in Irvine, CA. The fest so far features the following acts (with much more to be announced):

RELIENT K
MAE
COPELAND
WAKING ASHLAND
SHERWOOD
COOL HAND LUKE
STARFLYER 59
HOUSE OF HEROES
VEDERA
ONE REPUBLIC

According to Drivenfaroff.com, Emery will be re-releasing "The Question" . Read an excerpt here:

In Fall 2006, Emery and their label Tooth & Nail are planning a huge re-release of The Question, featuring brand new exclusive re-recordings of tracks from this album and their debut The Weak's End. In addition to the added music, the set will include a special DVD consisting of videos, behind the scenes footage, and a special video retrospective of the band. "I am so excited about this," says Devin. "Everyone is putting so much work into it. This is definitely not a typical rerelease. There will be a lot of surprises for our fans. We can't wait to get it finished and out to everyone.”

Read a great interview with Seth Robers of Watashi Wa/Eager Seas/Lakes here. [emotionalpunk.com]

[Gasoline Heart made this myspace bulletin earlier today:

we are sellinng a 1993 ford 15 passenger diesel van.
we are selling it for 5 thousand dollors
its located in orlando, florida
it has a BRAND NEW ENGINE
if you are interested email me at
gasolineheart@gmail.com

Also, Movies with Heroes has a new demo song up at their myspace page, and they request all local kids learn the chorus for the shows at the end of the month before they leave for Europe with Fields Forever (Jon Bunch of Sense Field and Further Seems Forever).

[I just received the Chandelle cds in the mail today and they are now available to purchase in our store (click here).

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Check out these two bands:

The Art of Abandonment
Bosc

I got the pre-release for the new Stellar Kart album today. This is a great summer cd. No seriously, it really is. High gloss well perfected pop-punk with postive uplifting lyrical delivery. Imagine if Punchline, Mxpx, and Hawk Nelson ran into each other and collided with The Starting Line. I’m gonna get flamed for recommending this band but I’m doing it, so what. You want to start something, I could totally take you ha. The album “We Cant Stand Sitting Down” hits stores nationwide on July 25th.

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Sophia have posted a live video of their song “Stapley Drive Ballet” to their MySpace. They will also be posting this song up on their player on Sunday for everyone to listen to.

Pennylane have a reunion show on June 23rd in Hawaii. Venue to be announced.

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Yikes, there is an IndieVision Magazine now. I guess there is nothing I can really do. Oh well. Check out the press release here. This is an old press release and I cant find a website so who knows if this magazine is even still around…..

There is also a design company by the name of IndieVision out there and a film company titled Indie Vision Films. Pretty cool huh So much for being original right. ha ha.

On a side note, our staff member Josh, has a myspace (for Indie Vision stuff), check it out here and add him. Attention other staff (Eric, Cory, Len, Chuck) , post your myspace pages in the comments or make a post about it.

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You can now ADD songs from the Fields Forever project (Featuring Jon Bunch and Derick Cordoba of Further Seems Forever/Sense Field). Click here to add the songs.

Copeland are in the studio with Matt Goldman. Their third full length is due out on October 31st via The Militia Group [buzzgrinder]

Underoath will be guests this Saturday night on Headbanger’s Ball (MTV2). [absolutepunk.net]

You can view a new video from Sherwood on their MySpace.

Listen to a new He is Legend song here. This comes from the Classic Case / He Is Legend split.

A Billion Ernies have a new tour blog up on MySpace.

Coolfield has some new tour dates, click here.

Dead Poetic have a new logo.

The Warped Tour starts today. Alot of good bands are playing it this year, check it out if you can.

We have 6000+ fans on our myspace now. yay?

As of this morning, Death is Not Welcome Here are number 6 on the Top Unsigned Band Charts at PureVolume.Check it out here. The band has new pics up on MySpace. Their U.S. tour starts June 23rd in Indiana.