You can download Kutless‘ song Complete here for free.  The track appears on their new album To Know That You’re Alive.  Also at the link, you can enter to win other cool Kutless gear and read the full article from Bible Study Magazine on how Kutless stays connected with God while on tour.

Hazel And Vine have posted some new tracks up on myspace including Travel Cross The Country and a cover of Girls Wanna Have Fun.

Exit The Ordinary’s self titled album will released on February 10th.  The album will be available on iTunes, Rhapsody, emusic and will be in Best Buy stores. You can pre-order through their website for $9.99 (includes free S&H) and you can hear clips from the whole album on their myspace page.

Brightwood posted a few new tracks including Sit Still and In Memory to their myspace.

Purevolume has put together their Holiday Sampler for 2008 which you can check out right here.  This features songs from August Burns Red, The Almost, Thousand Foot Krutch, Brightwood and This Providence.

Underoath has some video footage from their recent tour in South America for you to check out below. Here is the update from the band:

Underoath’s tour manager Brent made this awesome home video of the South American tour. We thought you might like to see it too.
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Thrush, the band that featured Adam and Andy of Craig’s Brother/Too Bad Eugene, Russ of Next in Line and a few other guys, is now available in our store once again. You may have heard a track on our “Best of IVM” compilation, now is your chance to own the album that was praised by critics like myself as one of the best releases of 2006. Buy it here.

Artist: Goodnight Caulfield
Album: The Masquerade
Label: None (released independently)
Release Date: January 3, 2009
Review by: Eric Pettersson

Tracklist:
1. All You’ve Got
2. C.S. Why
3. The Prowl
4. Blue Room
5. The Departure
6. Goin’ Nowhere Fast
7. You Don’t Love Me Anyone
8. Hearts
9. Far from Fiction
10. Angels in Disguise
11. Without a Sound
12. Sleepwalk

It’s been a number of years now since the fall of emo. The music itself still exists under its new name, indie-rock, but the old word has become something to be avoided. We still crank up the volume for The Almost and Paramore, but we are very reluctant to say emo, because it’s developed a bit of a bad stigma. Emo is lame.

But then the roaring guitars of “All You’ve Got” come pouring in with strong but smooth clean vocals reminiscent of The Early November, and I remember why I used to love emo. Because that’s what this music is, emo, and it’s good. Real good. Sure, close to half the songs deal with the bitter pain of a breakup, and their lyrics can come across as desperate and whiney, but I’m sure they’re not so bad for people who can relate to phrases like “You don’t love me anymore,” and “Do you even care at all?” Other songs like “Blue Room” end up sounding more like Mae (circa Destination: Beautiful) by adding a piano lace and softer vocals. Dual guitars on the intro to “The Departure” could almost be metal, but Goodnight Caulfield avoid ever taking their music into screamo territory. The acoustic “Hearts” is a perfect fit in the middle of the album to keep things from getting too repetitive, and it is also one of the best songs on here.

Strong from start to finish, The Masquerade packs a hard-hitting emo-rock punch that this reviewer hasn’t felt since he first bought Anberlin’s debut. Everything is tight. The music is thought-out, and the guitars are never boring. Vocally, singer Adam Caudra delivers in a way that is fitting and memorable, even if the lyrics annoy me once in a while. Unfortunately, despite the creativity and excellent musicianship, a lot of the songs end up blurring together by the end with no obvious stand-outs. It’s all good stuff, but nothing really sets the songs apart aside from the acoustic “Hearts.” Even so, this is a bright debut for a band with great potential for the future.

8/10

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Don’t forget everyone that the band HANDS has their new album “The Sounds of Earth” dropping on February 24th through Oort/Lobster Records. Yes, they are on Facedown but they were previously signed with Oort Records for a one album deal which is why “The Sounds of Earth” is being released in February on the Oort label. The band is hitting the studio in April to record their Facedown Records debut to release in July. Yeaaaahhhh booooyyyyyy, TWO full length albums in one year from this amazing band called HANDS. Check them out if you get a chance, they are going on tour in the new year and they’ll be at Facedown Fest here in Southern California in April. Just to show how much I love/support this band, I bought a Tshirt and Hoodie from the Facedown Store for Hands. I encourage you to do the same.

Failure to Excel is having a contest where if you cover one their songs either in a youtube video or other music link, you could win prizes. Click their blog here for details

Hello everyone, this is Brandon Jones. I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you for visiting the new and improved Indie Vision Music. As you can see, the site is in a state of construction and is still being worked on by Nate and myself. Nate went on vacation a few days ago and he hasn’t had internet so that’s why many of your messages have gone unanswered. He will return soon and answer all inquiries. We are well aware that many elements of the site still are not functioning correctly and there is a obvious misspelling of the “Visit the Store” button. I also wanted to let you know that in order to see and click on links in posts, you have to click the “Read More” button. I am trying to get that changed so that links will appear in the news box on the main page without having to “read more”. Or some of you saavy internet users will just use our feed function or bookmark the “news” page so that you can read all the news articles with LINKS in them. I am also trying to get at least 30 news posts to show up on the main page like we used to have and maybe a column on the right side of the site with pictures of the albums for our reviews. We need an easier to read “reviews” section with links on the main page, I am well aware of that. If Tyler and his Christian Music Zine site can have pictures of the albums that are being reviewed then we can too.

So just keep in mind, this is very much a work in progress and all of your questions, suggestions, and general concerns will be answered shortly. Thanks to all of you readers for your continued support and friendship, and thank you staff for your dedication.

Artist: Goodnight Caulfield

Album: The Masquerade

Reviewer: Tyler Hess

This album reminds me of why we’re in the business. As much as I love bands that everyone else and their mama know about that tour around the world and are loved by millions, there is always that local scene (which through the internet isn’t totally local) where indie bands perform in their area as they grow a local fan base and expand. Through sites like this we help bands like Goodnight Caulfield get the word out about their music and get them attention from labels and such (hopefully). Maybe the songs aren’t perfect, maybe the production isn’t all there, but there are songs and albums out there that maybe none of your friends know about, but you wouldn’t give them up for the world.

Goodnight Caulfield, whom you may recognize from our latest compilation, “A Very Indie Christmas”, resides and plays just south of me in San Diego. Between S. D. and Los Angeles and even the Bay area up north, California has a ton of Christian artists making the circuits, but how many people know that? Not enough.

So, now that I’ve talked about everything but the music, Goodnight Caulfield has come out with a surprisingly good album, though I think they might have benefited more from cutting this twelve track album down to a five song ep, they must have wanted to get all their songs out to their fans. There are several very good pop rock songs on this album that are memorable without being annoying. However, for every song that sticks out, there is another song that can be glazed over. There aren’t any bad songs that I wish would just die, but there are several that are too easy to ignore, hence the suggestion that this be cut down and shipped out, but my advice is never asked for, is it?

Lyrically, I’m impressed with how many different subjects they are willing to approach. Nothing seems to be off topic, as they attack thoughts of faith, unbelief, sin and temptation and more, with well constructed choruses.

Best Tracks: C.S. Why, The Prowl, You Don’t Love Me Anymore

Score: 8/10

Track List:

1. All You’ve Got
2. C. S. Why
3. The Prowl
4. Blue Room
5. The Departure
6. Goin Nowhere Fast
7. You Don’t Love Me Anymore
8. Hearts
9. Far From Fiction
10. Angel In Disguise
11. Without A Sound
12. Sleepwalk

When Only Darkness Remains will hit the studio on January 23rd to record their first official album. This band appeared on one of our free digital compilations (which one I can’t remember). Definitely be on the lookout for these guys in 2009.

Hazel and Vine have posted up several new songs from their recent new full length plus a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. Listen to it here.

Hey everyone! Kutless would like your help in talking about their new song Complete. If you haven’t heard this song yet you can download it by clicking the link below. When you do get it make sure talk about it on the site. Here is the information straight from the band.

Hey Kutless fans, WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We need you to blog, email, and talk about a FREE Kutless MP3 from http://www. biblestudymagazine. com/kutless.

Go to the link above to download “Complete” from Kutless’ new album, To Know That You’re Alive.
Did I mention it is FREE (and legal)?

You can also enter to win other cool Kutless gear and read the full article from Bible Study Magazine on how Kutless stays connected with God while on tour.

Thanks for your help in letting every Kutless fan know!

Ryan Amaradio has lost two members of his band to other projects but he says he’ll have some new friends playing along with him soon. His band is Amaradio. Check them out and buy their cd in our store.

Buy my number one album of the year, Brave Saint Saturn “Anti Meridian” for only $8.99 on Amazon (In mp3 format). That’s 17 songs for only $8.99!! A deal you can’t beat. Buy it today and support this wonderful band. Oh and if you buy it, listen to the tracks “These Frail Hands” and “Invictus”, they are the closed to “praise” that you could possibly get. Wonderful stuff!

Interscope Records signees, Midnight Hour, have a couple of new songs up on myspace. Check them out!

I have a project for you. Count up the top 20 albums people posted in this thread and in our forums here. Tally up the Top 20 albums everyone seemed to agree that were their favorites. I will then take the Top 20 albums everyone agreed on was their favorites and put them in a poll on the main page. You can either post the Top 20 in the comments of this post or in an email to me: brandon@indievisionmusic.com. An example would be if more than one person put Brave Saint Saturn in their list, then that band would be part of the final Top 20 and so on. If you have any questions, just drop them in the comments. Thanks everyone!

Check out A Hope for Tomorrow from Ocala, Florida. Click “read more” for a link to their music.

A Big Joy Electric Update:

Joy Electric Presents: Early Cubism

“Early Cubism” consists of three demo recordings taken from the “My Grandfather, the Cubist” recording sessions. Available exclusively as digital downloads completely FREE of charge on January 6th at the Joy Electric myspace page.

Tracklisting for Early Cubism:
Four Gone Pierre
Rudimentary Animation
Draw For Me, Mc Escher

Joy Electric Stop Motion Video for “Deck the Halls”

Ronald of Orange featuring Ronnie Martin

A New solo project from Ronnie Martin. Listen to the title track at the Ronald of Orange myspace page and stay tuned for “Brush Away the Cobwebs” five song ep coming in January.

Tracklisting for “Brush Away the Cobwebs”
1. Brush Away the Cobwebs
2. Potential
3. Things That are Lost
4. It Hurts to Hear You Speak
5. Today

It’s been a while since Anberlin has hit some of these cities in the US. Make sure you check out the tour list below and see when they will be near your town. If you can’t make it to one of the shows you can help a friend out by getting them a ticket to one of the shows. It’s a great post-christmas/birthday gift. For more updates on Anberlin hit up their myspace! Here are their tour dates for January.

1/07 - Nashville, TN @ Rocketown - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/08 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/09 - Harrisonburg, VA @ The Alethia - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/10 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/11 - Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/13 - Montreal, QC @ Studio JPR - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/14 - Ottawa, ON @ Babylon - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/15 - London, ON @ Cowboy’s Ranch - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/16 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/18 - Des Moines, IO @ People’s Court - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/19 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/22 - Fargo, ND @ The Venue - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/23 - Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Theater - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/24 - Regina, SK @ Riddell Centre - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/25 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/26 - Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/28 - Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s on Richards Cabaret - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/30 - Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium - GET TICKETS NOW!!!
1/31 - Pocatello, ID @ Icon - GET TICKETS NOW!!!

Our Weekly Lastfm Charts can be found below. If you haven’t joined our lastfm group, click here to do so!!

1. Anberlin
2. Relient K
3. Underoath
4. Emery
5. Family Force 5
6. The Almost
7. Mxpx
8. Haste the Day
9. Paramore
10. Switchfoot
12. August Burns Red
13. Thrice
14. Project 86
15. Demon Hunter
16. mewithoutYou
17. Copeland
18. The Classic Crime
19. Dustin Kensrue
20. Coldplay

It’s interesting to note that last week Theocracy entered our charts at #40 and now this week they move up to #37!! Everyone check out Theocracy if you are on the hunt for a talented Christian melodic metal band.

Seth Hecox, Guitarist for Becoming The Archetype is also in the band Anchors. They have posted a new song “Aloner” on their myspace for you to listen to. Check it out here

View our “Contact Us” page right here to see an updated list. I added a staff members and promoted another one. Yay! I also added info on all of our domains, social networking links, and changed my profile pic. Enjoy.

The fantastic singer/songwriter Jon Michaels, has posted up a couple of new tracks to his myspace page. Check them out here. It kind of has a One Republic vibe to the song “Tumbling”.

Do you like quality Christian hip hop? Well look no further than the artist KABOOSE. Kaboose has just now posted his first video to Youtube for the track “Goin Outta Control”. Check it out below.

INCRAVE was formed early 2001 under the name Evergrace in the Swedish town of Edsbyn, by six individuals on a singular mission to create quality Heavy Metal. It didn’t take long for them to find their own sound, however, they have been compared to bands such as Tad Morose, Nocturnal Rites, Morgana Lefay and Dream Evil.

During their first years, they played many shows in Sweden, and after singer Johan Falk returned from one year of vocal studies in Huskvarna, the band decided it was time to start working on their debut album. The album was written and recorded during 2006.

A deal was inked with Ulterium Records Sweden, and September 2006 marked the release of the band’s self-titled debut album, which instantly got very good reactions from media and the metal audience all over the world. The coming year saw the band touring venues all over Sweden, and also visits to Norway and Switzerland was included. In February 2007, Evergrace decided to change their name, and in April the debut album was re-released under the new band name, INCRAVE, and with the album title being changed to, “The Escape”.

Summer 2007 INCRAVE once again entered Studio EVG in Edsbyn Sweden, to record the follow-up to “The Escape.” This time out, the album was mixed and mastered by Per Ryberg [Morgana Lefay, Tad Morose, Bloodbound] at Studio Soundcreation, and the artwork was painted by Kristian Wåhlin [At The Gates, Emperor, Therion]. The name of the new album is “Dead End.”

While INCRAVE is a young band, with an average age of 22, on this outing, there’s a maturity and refinement in terms of song writing, performance, and production that exceeds their age. With an album such as “Dead End,” INCRAVE looks forward to the future, and their entering into the world-stage with forthcoming touring, and overall world domination.

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Ben Schauland of Still Remains (Keyboard player) has now officially joined Blessed by a Broken Heart for their tour and will now be known as Rex Krueger.

Hey IVM readers. I’m pleased to introduce myself to you. My name is Brian Alexander and I’ll be helping Brandon with posting news updates, reviews, and other music related information. Music is a huge part of my life and something that I enjoy a whole lot. If you want to know more about me you can check out my personal blog, but you can also contact me via email. If you find anything interesting in the music scene feel free to let me or any other staff member know about it. We will be glad to post it up for you. That’s all for now. Here is some tour information for The Devil Wears Prada.

The Devil Wears Prada will headline a spring 2009 tour with support from A Day To Remember, Sky Eats Airplane (Click Here To Listen), and Emarosa. Confirmed dates include:

3/14 Plano, TX @ Plano Center
3/15 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
3/17 Little Rock, AR @ The Village
3/18 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
3/21 San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
3/22 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
3/23 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
3/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
3/25 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
3/26 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
3/27 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/28 Richmond, VA @ The National
3/29 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
3/31 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
4/1 New York, NY @ The Fillmore
4/2 New York, NY @ The Fillmore
4/3 Worchester, MA @ The Palladium
4/4 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
4/5 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
4/7 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
4/8 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
4/9 Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo’s
4/10 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
4/11 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
4/12 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
4/14 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
4/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Salt Air
4/16 Spokane, WA @ Service Station
4/17 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
4/18 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
4/19 Orangevale, CA @ Club Retrot
4/21 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
4/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
4/23 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
4/24 San Diego, CA @ Soma
4/25 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
4/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
4/27 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
4/28 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
4/30 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
5/1 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts

[Source: Lambgoat]