[So I figured this should be a day for new things. First the IVM Radio was launched and now I've to decided to go ahead with my plans for an IVM Street Team. So what I need is some people who'd like to help out with some online advertising (myspace's, xanga's, message boards) and possibly further one with some flyer work and stickers as well. (Obviously stickers cost money so we'll have to wait and see on that one) I'd like to get some people from different age groups. If you are interested please shoot me an email by clicking my name above and give me some info about yourself and where you're from and all that. Remember this is a work in progress. Thanks!

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Pistis In Him Alone, who are calling it quits soon, have posted 4 new songs at their myspace. The 5th track is at BandsOnFire.com’s myspace.
The whole EP will soon be up for download as soon as they get everything for it. It’s sad to see them go, so please check it out and bid them farewell.

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Finally we are joining the legions of tech savy websites by hosting our own music player. I have long wanted one of these but didnt know how to do it. Well thanks to my pal Josh, we are finally able to have our own. I just uploaded three songs up there for the heck of it. I’ll spend more time later trying to get these songs perfected and labeled correctly.

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Well everyone, I finally found a music player suitable for the site after quite awhile. We here at IVM are poor and couldn’t afford to have one made but Erik over at GoIndies! was nice enough to let me use his design. It worked out even better because the coloring matches as well.

Anyways the player can be found right next to the banner ad above. We’ll be adding more songs as we go and some other cool things so keep listening. The player right now only works while you’re on the main page but hopefully we’ll be remedying that soon. Thanks for your continued support!

JoshIVM

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Go check out Race Well Run! While you’re there be their friend as well.

Common Yet Forbidden have 2 new videos live from Cornerstone to check out on their site. Watch them and listen to their music if you like shredding!!!

You should also check out The Canvas Waiting

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Christian Ergueta who was formerly in Ghoti Hook(tribute page with the best songs) has a new band called Imperial X. Check them out here.

Brian Yerman formerly of the greatest punk band ever, Incomplete, has a new band called The Distance Between.

I am going to mention this one more time because I can’t get enough of this new stuff….War of Ages has just posted a brand new track on their myspace here.

We have new cds in the store from Chandelle, Death is Not Welcome Here, Woodale, Long Live Logos, Spacepilot, and Quick and the Dead. Check them all out and buy unlimited amounts of cool albums right here For those looking for the Pennylane album, I’m not lying, I seriously only have THREE more copies left and then it’s gone forever. (I kept ten of the rest for myself ;). No worries though. The band is going to print up more with different artwork and some acoustic tracks. So you’ll want the Indie Vision Music version as a rariety ha.

I am still selling a bunch of cds and I updated the list. Please buy these before Monday night if possible. Or you can just wait and purchase them in a few weeks. Here is the link once again if you want to buy them.

Plus, I preordered the new Every New Day record from the Hand of Hope Records Store. Did you?

Here is a pretty cool video from Fireflight performing a new song late last fall.

Another video for old school metal heads. Tourniquet.

Here is a fun video from Ghoti Hook off their 1996 album “Sumo Surprise”. (Wow, ten years ago, crazy)

How about an old school Supertones video from one their best albums, “Supertones Strike Back”.

[Falling into Place is going to be out on tour in Europe! Check them out

Check out the music video “Shadows” 

[Two more reviews to check out:

Fireflight “The Healing Of Harms”

Freaked! A Gotee Tribute To DC Talk’s “Jesus Freak”

[Underoath have a behind the scenes Warped Tour video here.

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I am selling a bunch of cds through the forums. If you’re interested in buying these, I do accept paypal. If you want these soon, you’ll have to buy them before Monday night at the latest to get them shipped on Tuesday. Otherwise you’ll have to wait until after August 1st. Here are the albums to check out.

Quick and the Dead have posted up an acoustic version of “By All Means” up on their myspace page.

Len Nash has some new poems up.

[Two new reviews:

The Gentleman Homicide “Understanding The Words We Speak”
on Blood & Ink Records

The Drama Summer “Make A Move” (EP)
on Eulogy Recordings

[I dont know how old this is but I thought I'd post it anyway. Focused has some songs up including rarieties. Put your knee in the dirt and bow to the God that holds your blood red desiny in the palm of his…awesome hands…it’s your choice!

[Call To Preserve (Strike First) have posted 2 new songs off the upcoming, “Unsinkable” dropping August 8th.�

[Kurios has put up a bunch of new songs. Four at myspace and four others at purevolume. All come from the new album “Not Without A Fight” releasing July 21st.

Fireflight has partnered with FYE to offer a pre-order for “The Healing Of Harms” for $8.99 and the cover will be signed by the group. I will have a review up soon for this album and I highly recommend buying this album!

Twelve Gauge Valentine, new artist on Solid State Records, have posted “Casket Junkie” off their upcoming release, “Shock Value”.

[As Cities Burn, have decided, thankfully, not to break up but instead are taking a year off to write a new album. Apparently this is due to the many emails & conversations they’ve had with the fans recently. All members are returning to record. The official statement can be found at the link.

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I finally got some more Death is Not Welcome Here Cd’s in stock for the store. Click here to order these for only $5.99.

My Epic is heading out on tour starting July 16th. They play a bunch of shows with Emerson and Our Finest Hour, then they hit up five dates with the fantastic WOODALE. If you’re in the South East this month, be sure to check this tour out. Click here for dates.

A new featured band is up. I felt like showing my love to Pennylane because those guys have been a hard working band for years. They are just now coming back from retirement and plan to play even more shows this summer. I am going to see them on the 28th and I am super stoked about it. Anyway, check these guys out and buy a cd or download their album here.

[War of Ages have posted a new track to their MySpace. This stuff rules!!!!!!!! What do you guys think?

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More goodies from YouTube:

Five Iron Frenzy performing “Every New Day” live

A whole bunch of other cool Five Iron Frenzy videos and live cuts here.

Leigh Nash performing the Sixpence classic- ”Kiss Me”, at Cstone 06.

Short clipof Life in Your Way at Cornerstone 06.

Mxpx performing “Tomorrow is Another Day”

Other Mxpx videos

Relient K stuff.

For you old school metal heads–Deliverance video for “Weapons of Our Warfare”. This is the one that appeared on MTV years ago.

If any of you have cool YouTube links, please place them in the comments.

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Buzzgrinder reported two important things. First off, there is a new e-card for the upcoming Every New Day record "In the Darkest Places" due out August 22nd on Hand of Hope. Click here. If you want to pre-order this album, you can do so here and you'll get a poster too! I just pre-ordered it! Yipee!

As Cities Burn are in fact NOT BREAKING UP. Instead they will take the year off to write their new record. Wow.

Waking Ashland have announced a bunch of dates for their upcoming "Telescopes" tour (starting in August). Click here for dates. [absolutepunk]

Acceptance have a live video for “Permanent” posted here.

[Silverline - Hard Rock        Write This Down - Post-Hardcore
Caitlyn Smith - Folk/Soul-ish   Fear Not - Heavy Metal
Noah - Hip-hop            Servanthood - Death Metal-ish
Allies in Chaos - Post-Rock-ish    Sonstruck - Rock
A Sunken Ship Irony - Acoustic Pop Rock-ish
Children 18:3 - Punk Rock/Pop Punk  Mainstay - Rock
Undying Anthem - Edgy Rock  Len Nash - Slam Poet
Crimson Thorn - Death Metal  Re:born - Hard Rock

[Thanks to layerofdust on the forum for pointing this out. Every New Day has posted 2 new tracks. This band is amazing!!!

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Here is a 26 minute video from Comeback Kid of their show in Virginia. Check it out here. Thanks to Josh for this link, we still havent decided whether it’s the new vocalist or not.

I know I am on a video trip today but here is one more from Cstone of an Emery acoustic set.

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I found this pic on the internet from the new Transformers movie. It’s of a certain transformer important to the film. I’d rather not list names to keep this post from being taken down. Here is the pic. Comment with your thoughts.

Since Indie Vision Music is all about the Nu-Metal, I thought I’d toss a band your way. They aren’t half bad: This Fires Embrace.

Some cool You Tube stuff:

If you’re feeling sentimental towards the past, here is a Slick Shoes video for you.

For those of you not into punk, how about some Strongarm

As I Lay Dying Video for “Confined” (video without Dave of Kings to You singing the backup vocals. Yes he did sing the real parts on the album ;)

This is an awesome video of The Showdown tearing it up.

Did you hear this new Anberlin song yet? Click here.

How about the official The Fold video for “Gravity”

I found a Comeback Kid video but I’m not sure if that’s the new vocalist or not (Andrew). Click here and tell me.

If you want some very cool Tooth and Nail stuff on YouTube, go to their official page here for the goods.

If you guys have any cool YouTube links, please place them in the comments.

[Death is Not Welcome Here have a teaser video up on their Myspace. A full live video is coming soon. The band will also be appearing on a new compilation titled “Friends With Microphones” from One Truth/Lifewater International. Other artists include: Spoken, Blindside, Dogwood, Anberlin, Me Without You, Haste the Day, Delirious, Inhale Exhale, Alove for Enemies, Life in Your Way, NIV, Dizmas, and a ton more… Stay tuned to our website for further details.

[Two more new reviews are up:

Flatfoot 56 “Knuckles Up”
VA “My Other Band Vol. 1″

Also a question for those of you who don’t visit our reviews section…
Is there any reason why you don’t read the reviews? What might we do to change that? Post comments or click my name and email it to me. Thanks!

[Brandtson, Goodbye Tomorrow, Tokyo Rose, and Melee have been added to Uprising Fest. This fest takes place on Saturday September 16th at the Verizon Wireless Theater in Irvine. For more info on the fest and to see who's playing, click here.

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FM Static has three new tracks up on their MySpace page.

Joy Electric have completed work on their next album, The Otherly Opus, which should be out sometime early next year.

Mxpx have recorded three new songs with Aaron Sprinkle that will appear on the re-release of the popular B-sides album, “Let it Happen”. What a weird Mxpx album to re-release. They should have re-released “Life in General” with bonus tracks.

Last Tuesday have a new song featured over at the Purple Door Festival MySpace page. So who is going to Purple Door this year? Please comment. I am “hoping” to have some shirts made up in time for a few of our staff members to represent at the fest. If not, there are always our stickers to hand out

We will have the exclusive free Dogwood download within the week. I am sorry to all of you that have been waiting patiently for it. It’s my fault for promoting the release so early. The band actually had some issues in the studio where the vocal tracks got messed up, so they are recording them again. I am eagerly anticipating this new stuff, how about you?

Lastly, I am thinking about changing the text under our logo. This is just an idea and is up in the air at this point. I liked the old tagline I used in the past of “Independent Music. Independent Vision.” which some of you may recall from all of our old stickers/ads. What do you think if I changed the text under our logo to that old tagline? Is that dumb? Do you like “Faith and Entertainment With an Independent Perspective” better?

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Okay so I finally changed the MySpace layout for the first time in like 2 years. Click here to view it and then let me know what you think. I also uploaded 4 new songs to the player.

True Stance has updated their site. Go check it out.

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News from the beautiful OC for your Tuesday…..

If you pre-order the new Fireflight cd, you will get a free download of the song “Liar”.Click here to order.

Brightwood has a bunch of new shows including a short stint on the Warped Tour. Check here for dates. Their debut ep is available for order from theSmartpunk store.

Forever Changed “Chapters” is in stores nationwide today on Floodgate Records. I encourage everyone to go out and buy this great album. I really enjoy it and despite Eric’s review, I still think it’s a great album I’m just kidding you Eric.

Two great albums from Facedown/Strike First Records are also in stores today:
Alove for Enemies “Resistance”
Within “The End is Near…Consider Yourself Warned”
Order them here.

Fordaylight has some new tunes on their MySpace page.

Seven System have a new video on their myspace.

The new Dogwood track is coming, I promise. I haven’t heard back from the band but as soon as I do, you’ll all know. Please stay tuned to the Summer Slam! page here to see when the new download is posted. Hopefully tonight.

Read an interview with xDeathStarx right here.

Check out this great worship band, The Glorious Unseen.

Also, Josh, Len, Eric, and Chuck will be taking over duties here at Indie Vision Music when I depart for my vacation soon. I wont have much time to update the site so stuff like the featured band slot will remain the same (starting when the next band is posted in a day or two). Also I will most likely be absent from the news section for several days at a time. I’m sure you wont miss me. haha.

[The longest canoe in the world

Canadian man trades red paper clip all the way up to get a house

No… there will be no Dracula theme park

Oldest person on Earth?

A Polar Bear Jail

Google is now a word in the dictionary
Another version of the same story.

[I posted 3 new reviews today, the first two release tomorrow.

ALove For Enemies “Resistance”
Within “The End Is Near; Consider Yourself Warned”
DecembeRadio “DecembeRadio”

As always replies and comments are welcome! I will have a few more reviews tomorrow as well from The Gentleman Homicide, Freaked! Tribute To DC Talk, My Other Band, and Flatfoot 56. Stay tuned.

[According to their myspace, Anam Cara, is dead. Not only that, the upcoming tour with xDeathstarx was cancelled, so the band will only have a few local shows before they finish. The announcement included a note telling people to watch out for a new project soon, which I will let you know as soon as I do.

Lorien has posted the new track, “You Got Me Down”.

[Two upcoming major network television appearances:

Flyleaf are performing on Jimmy Kimmel tonight, which starts at 12:05 EST on ABC.

Family Force 5 (Gotee) will be performing on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson this Friday (July 14th). The show starts at 12:35am EST on CBS.