Here is another post about our cool new widget I created. Add it to your myspace, facebook, wordpress, and/or other blogs. Just click here to get it. Or click on the “Get Widget” box at the bottom of the widget.

Finally Jesusfreakhideout have put the drama about which label Family Force 5 is signed with to rest. Read the full report here. “Dance or Die” releases on August 19th through a partnership between Transparent Media Group (Founded by the Olds brothers), EMI Music Marketing, and Tooth and Nail Records.

A customer, Justin Simpson, ordered a cd from our store back in April and it was returned to me due to a wrong address. Well I tried looking up his order and I can’t find it anywhere, just the address and name. Justin if you’re reading this, please email me here brandon[at]indievisionmusic.com and I’ll send this right out to you.

This should shock many of you. Jonathan posted this news blurb on Taking Over but I thought it was relevant enough to post here too. Apparently a U.S. Federal Judge has ordered Google Inc. to hand over Viacom the records of every video users have watched on the video sharing site, YouTube. These records include users names and I.P. addresses. This is unreal. Read the article here.

I posted a new poll up. It’s titled “Why Haven’t You Joined Our Forums” and is pretty self explanatory. If you are already a member of our forums, please don’t vote. Okay? Thanks. If you still haven’t checked out our forums, well you can do so right here.

There is a sorta new Starflyer 59 track on myspace for you to listen to. It’s actually a rare track titled “Please Please Please” from the “Ghosts of the Future” 7″ collection Burnt Toast Vinyl put out. Speaking of Burnt Toast Vinyl, I see they have a new album from Unwed Sailor out as well. Check that out.

Click below to read the latest from Rootdown regarding recording.

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I’d just like to say Happy 4th of July to all of you, our readers. Stay safe and try not to blow off your appendages with fireworks, that would be nasty. Remember, you need those fingers to type out your opinions right here Anyway, have a safe and splendid 4th of July!

Do any of you have plans for today or this weekend? If so, do share. I think I might catch a couple of movies this weekend.

That’s right, we now have an exclusive Indie Vision Music Toolbar that is associated with Alexa.com. It is now available on Firefox as well as Internet Explorer. Click here to get it. Remember, downloading this toolbar and using it helps improve our rankings. Also, the toolbar gives you web rankings on your favorite website by looking in the bottom right hand corner of your browser window (Firefox) or at the top (Internet Explorer). Download now!

Based on the success of a similar project with his previous record, Mockingbird, Derek Webb is offering his latest, The Ringing Bell, for free through a new service called NoiseTrade. Listeners can choose to either tell three friends or pay whatever dollar amount they wish in order to receive a link to download the album. Another artist using NoiseTrade, which just launched this week, is Derek’s wife, Sandra McCracken. Her album Gravity \ Love is also available, along with fourteen other artists (for now).

Click here or below to see the album cover and all the details (including tracklisting) for This Beautiful Republic’s new release Perceptions.

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Harvest Earth Records have put up pre-orders for Letter To The Exiles new album A Call To Arms. You can pre-order the disc here and a t-shirt combo here. The album releases August 12th and you can check out 2 new songs now at the band link.

Click here to read an interview Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying done by Christian Hardcore News. (bandsonfire.com)

Click here to check out an interview with Sonny from P.O.D. done by The Network.

Since they are no longer a band, Slingshot 57 is trying to get sell off their van, trailer and sound system.  If interested email them at booking@slingshot57.com and they’ll send you details and pics of the gear.

Brave Saint Saturn has set up an album site for their new one Anti-Meridian for you to check out here.  The album releases will release this July.  (absolutepunk.net)

You can listen to The Classic Crime’s new song Closer Than We Think right here.  If you listen to radio (which I might be the only one) then you’ve probably already heard this song because its their newest single off of The Silver Chord.

The Lonely Hearts‘ new EP, Born in the Dark is being released independently this Saturday, July 5. And to celebrate they’ll be playing at 12th and Porter in their hometown of Nashville. The cost is $10, which includes the CD. Three new songs from the EP can be heard on the band’s myspace.

You can read an interview that Relevant Magazine has done with Emery right here.

“At some point, we as people think we’re more than what we are, and that can get us into a lot of trouble,” Morell says. “We need to realize that we are only human and that we need help.”

Thanks to Sam E for reviewing Spring already, I only had to do Summer.

Avner, the project of Josh Auer formerly of Pax217, has just posted a new song on myspace here. I have been wondering what happened to this band, glad to see them back in action.

Check out the new Saints Never Surrender track called Companion here.  Their new album Brutus comes out on July 15th and you can preorder it here.

One of our forum users posted a note about this band and I checked them out today and I was pretty impressed. They are called The Radiance Effect from Springfield, MO. Their new cd will release on July 28th at one of their shows. You can buy merch from them here.

I think this is the fourth post in the past hour about this band, haha. The Gallery just got back my questions with some interesting answers, so go here to read our interview.

From The Gallery about their new album If You Know What I Mean: “Our album’s official release date is August 12, 2008. Be sure to get on over to Blue Duck Records to preorder it and win a sweet prize(the Ticketmaster $$, not the date with us weird dudes, ha)!  In the meantime, we will be putting up a new song from the album every week, starting right now, until the release! So be checking back often to have a listen or two.  We’ll ALSO have new videos posted every Friday. Live videos, videos from our practices, etc“

Here’s the full album details for I Am Terrified’s self-titled new release on Mono Vs. Stereo/Gotee. The physical album will be able to purchase from the band starting on July 18th and it will be available at digital outlets on Tuesday, July 29th. A new song called “Falling On Everlasting” has been posted to the band’s Myspace.  Album cover and tracklisting are below.

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I know I’m supposed to be the critic, not the promoter here, but seriously check out The Gallery. I just reviewed their new album, If You Know What I Mean, and I was seriously impressed. For fans of This Providence, The Academy Is, and The Early November.

Sixpence None The Richer are releasing their first ever Christmas album called The Dawn of Grace on October 14.  You can check out the tracklisting/album cover and the details on how to get a free track download below.

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The Fold have added Mike Emmons (formerly of Holiday Parade) as their permanent drummer.  You can read the message below for all the details. (absolutepunk.net)

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I just reviewed the latest from Redfoot, an indie-folk/Americana/country band on Bad Apple Records. Read it here.

The guys are not on the camera as of this writing, but check THIS LINK often for a live, streaming feed of their in-studio webcam as Switchfoot records their 7th studio album.   Are you eager about this follow up to Oh! Gravity?  Why or why not?

Holdfast Records will be releasing the debut album from Before There Was Roslayn, called As Far As The Moon From The Sun, on August 5th. You can pre-order it here and if you do that you will receive a free DVD with the disc.

Lol. CCMmagazine.com has reviewed the Seabird album and calls it “Pleasant but Generic Brit Rock”. Wow. Do you agree or disagree? Here is the review.

CookBook & UNO Mas are giving away a new EP entitled Myspace Free EP Vol. 1. If you like good hip-hop you should check this out.

Fairgreen, a band who appeared on our Fighting From The Ground Up Vol. 1, has put up 6 songs for download. They are preparing to put up new material so grab these while you can.