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20 Of My Favorite Albums From 2000

This is a big year not only for music, anniversaries, but also Indie Vision Music in general. Yes, my friends, this year is the 20th Anniversary of the website/store/label and everything IVM means to me. I thought of a few different things I could do for the anniversary but due to time constraints and well, this pandemic which has completely changed EVERYTHING about our daily lives, I decided to keep it simple.… Continued →

Paul Hyde of Grandpa Loves Rhinos Does Drum Cover of "Broken Youth" by Homeplate

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Continuing with the (former) IVM band news is a sweet little drum cover of “Broken Youth” (Homeplate) by Paul Hyde of the band Grandpa Loves Rhinos. Check out the drum cover below this post. Grandpa Loves Rhinos “Searching in the Sarchasm” and Homeplate “Derby City” EP available now from your digital network of choice and on CD.… Continued →

Pop-Punk Duo Homeplate Will Record New EP For Release in 2021

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The pop-punk duo known as “Homeplate” are returning after just a few months from the release of their incredible debut EP, “Derby City”, to record MORE NEW MUSIC. That’s right friends, the guys will reconvene in the studio soon to lay down some new tracks for another EP.… Continued →

Hangnail Makes Triumphant Return With "Christmas Hymns"

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A classic Tooth & Nail pop-punk band, Hangnail, that everyone will claim is an underrated band who definitely should have been “bigger” (whatever that means) in their time is seeing a most triumphant return to the music realm. With hands held high in applause, we welcome these posi-pop-punk gentlemen back and we welcome their brand of uplifting, spiritual punk rock with our arms wide open (cheesy Creed pun, sorry).… Continued →

Song of the Day: THEM PARENTS - Perfectly Stable

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New Releases: November 20, 2020

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Rock & Metal

Awaken – The Veil
CHPTRS – When You Came Along
CLOUDLAND – Lights
Faintheart – Growing Pains (EP)
Kevin Max – Revisiting This Planet
The Lasting Hope – Lead Me
Mike Mains & The Branches – Briggs (Cinematic Version)
No Lost Cause – Hope For The Hopeless (2020 Version)
The Reversalist – Falling Embers
VERIDIA – Crushed Velvet
Weathered – Everything All at Once

Pop & CCM

21:03 – Never Let Me Down
Bien – Megaphone
Cristabelle Braden – My Story Now (Lo-Fi Remix)
Daulton Hopkins – I Melt With You
DC Talk – Trying to Find A Life
Feikje Douwina – This Time (EP)
Gabriel Conte – Belong
Jacob Hilton – A Voice Shouting (Féz Remix)
Jessica Love – Stronger
JJ Weeks Band – JJ Weeks Band
John Michael Howell, Ashylnn Rose – You Will Love Again
Jordan St.

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Song of the Day: Ben Okafor - Jah Love

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British Christian reggae artist Ben Okafor was born in Nigeria. Experiencing life as a victim of the Nigerian civil war, and even serving temporarily as a child soldier, Okafor was able to relocate to England in the late 70s where he began a career as a reggae artist.… Continued →

Song of the Day: Marie Bashiru - Joyride

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Song of the Day: Kelsey Breedlove - Promise of Life

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Song of the Day: Wake Low - Testify

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Love and Death - Down (Official Lyric Video)

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Love and Death are back after a more than 8 year break, with a brand new song titled “Down”. Check out the lyric video for this explosive new track, below. The new album “Perfectly Preserved” is out in February12th, 2021 via Earache Records.… Continued →

New Releases: November 13, 2020

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Rock & Metal

12 Stones – Smoke and Mirrors Volume 1 (EP)
Amongst Wolves – Golden (Remix)
Cory Shane – Pyramid Scheme
Crushing the Deceiver – At The End Of The Tunnel
Fallstar – SSRI Feel Better Already
Fight The Fade – What’s Left (Acoustic)
The Fold – Young & Free
Love and Death – Down
Revelation Attic – Agony
The Rocket Summer – Bee Sides: Select Rarities 2015-2020
Talkie – to be alone
Then It Ends – Despised (Acoustic)

Pop & CCM

Andrea Hamilton – Time Under Tension (EP)
Camryn Leigh Smith – Tightrope
Freddie Fardon – Under Your Wings
Grace Graber – Real
Harolddd – Hoodie Weather
Jessie Early – The Fire Never Dies (EP)
Jon Webster – Rendezvous
Judah & the Lion – Spirit
MacKenzie Phillips – Deeper
Marie Bashiru – Joyride
Matthew West – Gobble Gobble
Neoni – OUTLAW
Punch Parade – Stay In
Smalltown Poets – In Real Life (Live)
Spencer Kane – Smoke
Terrian – Light It Up
Whosah – Heaven Here

Electronic

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

Hip Hop & R&B

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Song of The Day: Man Alive - Say What You Want

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This band holds a special place in my heart. I’ve been a fan since 2001 or so when I first heard “Foreign Concepts” from Men of Israel Records. They were big time self promoters and got their music into my ears.… Continued →

The Myrrhderers Release Debut North Pole Punk Rock Project

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A new group coming straight out of the North Pole called The Myrrhderers are here to spread some Christmas cheer and celebrate the holiday like only a punk rock band could. This super special group are releasing their debut Christmas only EP titled “The Myrrhderers Sleigh Christmas” on November 20th.… Continued →

Fallstar Return With Intense and Personal New Song

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Fallstar are back and with a new song in tow. Check out the track “SSRI Feel Better Already” below this post and give it a solid listen. The song will appear on the new album “Sunbreather”, out February 2021 through Facedown Records.… Continued →

Song of the Day: Marc Plainguet - Barbie's Lament

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I’m not sure how most IVM readers feel about new wave and synth-driven music. It’s extremely nostalgic for me, having grown up in the 80s. The 1980s also comprised the decade where contemporary Christian music came into its own as a marketable industry.… Continued →

Must Hear: Andy Squyres - Dead Horse (Official Lyric Video)

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Charlotte, NC wordsmith Andy Squyres has released a lyric video for his must-hear track “Dead Horse”. This track is rife with lament and worship all the same and is a great example of why I’ve clung deeply to Squyres’ songs this year.… Continued →

Have you heard of Knuckle Sucker?

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With a name like Knuckle Sucker, one may not be quick to think that they would be a faith based band, but they sure are and unabashedly so! FFO: Loose End, Pocket Change, Preach it Ray Ray!, Relient K, Slick Shoes, and MxPx.

Song of the Day: Leaderdogs For The Blind-Restless

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One of my all time fave releases, Lemonade, was from a band released by the defunct R.E.X. Music. Forming circa 1993, the 4 band members had changed their name from Leaderdogs to add For The Blind. They blew Christian indie music lovers away with an industrial/hard rock hybrid with iconic songs such as Yellow & Black Attack (no, not the Stryper album!),… Continued →

Song of the Day: Weathered-Quick Tempered

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Facedown Records indie rock band Weathered’s first & latest single Quick Tempered from their upcoming album lyrical content is simply some of the most profound lyrics that I’ve seen in a while. They seem to align with my favorite Bible verse that I have tattooed on my arm.… Continued →

Four Years of Writing for IVM: A Reflection

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Unbeknownst to me, apart from a Facebook post, I’ve been writing for IVM for four years now. That’s long enough to get a college degree, or a Master’s. And in some ways, that time feels like a drop in the bucket.… Continued →

Song of the Day: Trulah - Sign of the Times

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Trulah has released an incredibly relevant, captivating song. Pairing jazz and soul with sentiments about the world’s blindness to unfolding spiritual realities, “Sing of the Times” is at once comforting and convicting. The track borrows themes from apocalyptic literature (wars and rumors of wars, the great apostasy), placing the audience in the middle of this uncomfortable reality: many are asleep, and narrow is the path to life.… Continued →

Song of the Day: Rackets & Drapes-Turn UpThe Downside

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Rackets is the best shock rock band imho with loyal fans called Therapy Patients. Led by vocalist Kandy Kane (Kiffany), they have definitely had a controversial impact on the Christian music industry & have been repeatedly listed as sounding akin to Marilyn Manson.… Continued →

New Releases: November 6, 2020

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Rock & Metal

2 Minute Minor – Stand for Something or Fall for Anything (EP)
Chaotic Resemblance – Unto the Lamb
Collision of Innocence – Sorrows End
Dawnbreaker – Vanquished Horrible Night
Diamonds to Dust – Corpus Christi
The Midnight Wedding – Set Me Free
Northern Flame – Sanctification of the World
Talkie – look at me
Weathered – In This World

Pop & CCM

About A Mile – Godless America
After Grace – Forever Home
The Brilliance – Hurricane
Common Courier – At the Table
The Complete Fiction – Things Are Looking Up
Future Of Forestry – We Can’t Breathe
Gabriel Conte – Los Angeles
GALLERY – Beacon (Radio Edit)
The Gray Havens – Forever / / Autumn Sessions
Greg Attwells – So Crazy
Jamie Grace – Normal
JJ Heller – Impossible
Joel Vaughn – It’s Okay
Mary Ives – Is There Anybody Out There
Tom Read – Dead Things to Life (Live)
Tyler Batts – Falling In
Xandria Cross – Marionette
Wake Low – Wake Low

Electronic

Edu Linares – Is Now
God’s Warrior – Honor Jesus
Jeremy James Whitaker – I’m a Mess (Buryme James Whitaker Remix)
JSteph – I’m Sorry (Sam Bowman Remix)
Man Cub – In A Dream (Remixes)
Neon Beach – Countdown
Roberto Rosso – Freedom (Radio Mix)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

Hip Hop & R&B

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REVIEW : Starflyer 59 - Miami (EP)

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There used to be a fairly well-known release formula for SF59. Step one: release full-length album. Step two: release EP of similar material within the following year (or even later that same year). While the formula has been tweaked over the years, it still more or less holds.… Continued →

Song of the Day: Gable Price and Friends & Kristene Dimarco - You Are My Country

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for King & Country Release Christmas Album

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for King & Country have just released their Christmas album titled “A Drummer Boy Christmas” featuring a bunch of songs that are classics redone in their style as well as some originals. Click here for their youtube channel to watch a series of lyric videos for the album which serve as a film of sorts.… Continued →

Love and Death Drop Major Tease

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Love and Death have just dropped the biggest tease ever which builds upon years of anticipation for new music. Check it out below. Date is 11.13.2020. What does it mean? Rob J. and I have the answer (we think) to this mystery but we can’t share just yet.… Continued →

New Releases: October 30, 2020

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Rock & Metal

09 x Matty Mullins – Masquerade
Aaron Ray – In My Blood
Barry Blair – Down in the Lowlands
Gable Price and Friends – You Are My Country
Last Year’s Model – Rondé Vous
Living Scars – Without Me
My Epic – Lower Still
Nine Lashes – Follow
Odds of an Afterthought – The Truth Will Set You Free but First It Will Piss You Off
Paradise Now – Lockdown Mixtape (EP)
The Protest – Greater
Shelbi – Rocket Science (EP)

Pop & CCM

Amy Grant – Unguarded (Re-Release)
Andrew Marcus – No Reason to Say Goodbye
Alisa Turner – Run for Your Life
Ben Fuller – Town Called Grace
Ben Laine – 12
Caitie Hurst – At All Times (EP)
Chris Howland – Dreamworld
Coby James – Homesick (EP)
David Dunn – Perspectives (Deluxe)
DOE – DOE (EP)
Ernstly Etienne – Jericho
Frankie Orella – While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Help!

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The Echoing Green Return With Collection of Songs on Vinyl

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Not like they ever disappeared but new music on The Echoing Green front has been sort of quiet for past couple years. The Echoing Green emerged from the silence to drop a collection of of songs from 2002 to 2018 called “Violent Whispers: Songs & Stories From The Echoing Green”.… Continued →