We missed covering an important album that came out last week from the band Kiss the Gunner. If you havent checked them out yet, do so here today. Their debut dropped on Harvest Earth Records last week.

Neon Horse has been officially added to the Tooth and Nail Records roster. Go to their site here and click on artists to view more info on this “mysterious” band. Hey, it worked for Demon Hunter years ago.

Trauma are once again booking shows and new material is on it’s way. Definitely great news! You can download 3 tracks off the band’s independently released first EP at the link.

Anberlin will be posting a brand new song from “Cities” tonight at 11:59PM EST (8:59PM PST). The song is called “Dismantle.Repair.“

According to The Working Title’s myspace, lead singer Joel Hamilton, is doing a solo side project. You can check that out here.

One last note before I sign off for the day. The Showdown will have their new album “Temptation Come My Way” available on February 26th via Century Media. Hey Tobe, does this include any extra songs? I want this album so bad.

Our friends at BandsOnFire have posted a new interview with Norma Jean from their European tour here.

For all you 24 tv show fans, you can go here and purchase your “Jack Bauer” messenger bag for only $24, plus other 24 show related items. I plan to get one, at least for my birthday!

I just wanted to wrap up this week by saying thanks to all of you for your continued support of this site and for all the visits. Traffic has steadily been increasing each and every month and there appears to be no end in sight. So from all the staff and myself, thank you thank you thank you!!

Let me also say that we have a music player that is spinning exclusive tracks from Kings to You and Quick and the Dead as well as songs from Fireflight, Every New Day, Future of Forestry, My Epic, The Apprentice, Lost Ocean, Newvale, and Thrush. So please pop open the music player and give these tracks a listen or two. I think you’ll like a few.

It’s tough to do a Sunday Hot List every week because of the amount of talent that is out there, and the amount we have yet to touch on. If you’re in a band and you want to be seen on IndieVisionMusic.com, please email me a link to your music and a little bio to brandon@indievisionmusic.com I’ll be sure to check it out and maybe even link you up.

I have revisted the My Epic “This is Rescue” ep this week. Go listen to them if you haven’t already. They are an absolutely stunning band. I am also digging the new Anberlin, Showdown, and Relient K tracks I got off of Itunes.

See you all tomorrow. Peace be with you.

According to some industry insiders, it appears that Rescue Records (Dogwood, P.O.D, Sagoh 24/7, Skratchline, etc.) has reformed and will have distribution through Sony/RED. What bands are signed is still a mystery. They probably wont be able to use their old name either considering there is already a label running with that title.

I just posted my review of Avery Pkwy’s album You Have the Roadmap. This is Joel Piper, formerly of Dismissed, now drumming with Olivia (the band).

Artist: Avery Pkwy
Album: You Have the Roadmap
Label: None (released independently)
Release Date: 2006
Review by: Eric Pettersson

In 2003, Brandon Jones expanded his webstore of three years into a small record company by the name of Indie Vision Music. Over the next year, Indie Vision Music released a number of stellar albums, most notably from artists like Pennylane and Dismissed. Eventually, Jones decided the label thing wasn’t working out for him, but he decided to keep the Indie Vision Music website and turned it into a webzine, which he now continues to run as a hobby. Dismissed parted ways, most of the band going on to become Kings to You. Their drummer Joel Piper, however, had a different path in mind. Joel went solo and has now released You Have the Roadmap under the pen name of Avery Parkway.

This album follows a much mellower theme than Joel’s previous work with Dismissed. The opening track, “Tell Me,” is comprised of acoustic guitars, string effects (along with a few other atmospheric sounds), and Piper’s own unique voice which trades between a soft lullaby and a more emotional quiver for the passionate parts. Throughout You Have the Roadmap, Joel maintains a soft, luscious sound, beckoning listeners to sit and contemplate the deeper aspects of life, or simply to relax and enjoy these beautiful and carefully crafted tracks. The next song, “I Am All Yours,” is led by a slightly dark piano with an electronic loop in the background for completion sake. Other songs, like “I Don’t Want To” and “Anchor” are led by acoustic guitars, and “Anchor” cries out to God thanking Him for always being there when He’s needed and wanting to always be there for God’s plan. “Don’t Give Up” is another piano led track, taking the voice of Jesus and encouraging the listener to keep moving strong. This song also has an electronic drum pattern, which is ironically the only percussion heard on the entire album, distancing this effort even further from Joel’s role in Dismissed. Other songs deal with the depravity of man and God’ forgiveness, the fight to remain righteous in a corrupt world, and the struggle to give God control.

You Have the Roadmap is a remarkable first album from Avery Pkwy. Joel released this on his own, but I would not be surprised to see the next disc from Avery Pkwy coming from an established indie label. His piano tracks are the standouts, as the majority of the songs are more acoustic-driven, but while the piano may appeal more to a certain crowd, the acoustic tracks are still splendid, including the two instrumentals and the stripped down closer, “You Have the Roadmap.” Most of these songs are accompanied by strings and electronic sounds of some kind, enhancing the atmospheric feel, and Joel chooses most of their placements quite well. Avery Pkwy is a grand departure from the crunching guitars and sing/scream vocal approach of Dismissed, and You Have the Roadmap proves that this is not at all a bad thing.

7/10

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PS. Joel also now plays drums in the rock band Olivia.

Spacepilot have an official fan page now on MySpace. Click here and join.

Here is the artwork for Life In Your Way “Waking Giants”

Here is the artwork for Haste the Day “Pressure the Hinges”

You can find Mendelson on Purevolume here. This is the side project of Shane from Quick and the Dead.

Speaking of the afformentioned band, you can hear new unreleased tracks on their Purevolume page here.

We will be holding a contest soon courtesy of Thumbscrew and Imagine It Records. The winners will receive a copy of the latest Thumbscrew album. Stay tuned….

It appears the newest Solid State band, Neon Horse, has logged into their myspace page and changed their logo. Hmmmm….Mysterious.

Members of our site are going to form a new blog/site dedictated to music in the general market realm. The site address is forthcoming and look for a launch hopefully this weekend. I may contribute from time to time as well

If you pre-order the new Lovedrug cd from their webstore, you’ll get a free Tour Bootleg ep. Order here.

Alove For Enemies are going to tour with Phoenix Mourning and Glory of This starting in March.

This just in, The Almost is now on Virgin Records thanks to an upstream deal with Tooth and Nail. That’s ultra weird considering how big Underoath is. What will this do to everyone’s favorite metal band? [thanks to decoymusic.com for this juicy bit of info]

You can view the video for “Hang Me Up to Dry” by Cold War Kids, right here. [decoymusic.com]

O’ Brother will be making another tour at the end of March. They currently have a whole bunch of dates right now. You need to check these guys out.

My Epic have a new guitarist. His name is Braden Sweat. The band will be gearing up for more shows this March and a nationwide tour to follow in the summer. Have I said how awesome My Epic is? I think so, I think so…..

Remember, you can still order the band’s debut ep from us by clicking here. It’s only $5.99 so how can you beat that

Underoath will be shooting videos for “You’re Ever So Inviting” and “A Moment Suspended in Time”, next week. The first video will debut in March and the second later in the year. Wow, 4 videos from one album is impressive. [absolutepunk.net]

Here’s a little update via e-mail from Facedown:

“Hey Everyone,

We need to make room in our warehouse and because of that, you luck
out!  If you live in the US, you can now order a Facedown “Grab Box” of
CDs for only $25!  You’ll get 30 different Facedown + Strike First CDs +
CDeps for only $25! 

Check that out now in the online store:
http://www.facedownrecords.com/store.htm

Enjoy!

The Facedown Team”

Yeah, so this is sweet, especially if you haven’t got your Facedown collection complete… only downside is that you don’t know what you’re gonna get; which means duplicate? eh, its a great deal though!

The rock side, side project of Joel Piper of Avery Pkwy/Olivia (the band) can be found here.

Entice are confirmed for 4 dates of the Warped Tour this summer. The band also has some upcoming local shows around So. Cal. Check their Myspace page here for dates and all that jazz.

We now have After the Sirens and Abandon Kansas cds in our store. Pick them here. They are both great albums.

Something to Fight For has signed with Blue Duck Records. Check them out here.

Our man Wilhelm, has written a nice review of the Newvale disc. You can read that here. The album is available directly from the band at their myspace page.

This just in! Cool Hand Luke have posted up new songs to their myspace page. Check them out at once then come back here and leave your comments. It also appears that the band is no longer with Floodgate Records, as I see the label is no longer listed on their page.

Josh Tamaoka of Pennylane is moving to Oahu from Kauai, in a few weeks, then the band will be complete. They will then be writing for their new full length which be recorded in the early summer. His brother David Tamaoka (who you all need to hear) will be releasing his solo effort around summertime. You all need to check out David’s solo stuff at the link above.

Stand the Gaff has a new song up on myspace titled “Infamy Infamy”. Check it out.