Author: Noah Hardwick

Rock & Metal

• 2 Minute Minor – A Goons’ Best Friend Till the Very End
• 4th Point – New Horizons
• Alex Henry Foster – Standing Under Bright Lights (Live from Festival International De Jazz De Montréal)
• Almost Always – think / walk / etc. (EP)
• Anberlin – Paper Tigers
• At The Wayside – Somewhere Between (EP)
• August Burns Red – Guardians Sessions EP
• Boiling Point – Hope Lives Here
• The Choir – Deep Cuts
• Convictions – I Won’t Survive
• Death Therapy – Melancholy Machines
• Dens – Tamed Tongues
• The Devil Wears Prada – ZII
• Diamonds to Dust – Decisions (Instrumentals) (EP)
• Empty Atlas – Dipping Vat Sessions (EP)
• Huntingtons – Judy Judy (EP)
• I Am Spartacus – Trigger Happy
• Jerry Fee  – Truth
• Morellas Forest 1988 – Tales
• mothaltar – Prologue (Instrumentals) (EP)
• Namesake – Demos & Legacy Recordings
• Ocean Dark – Hope & Chaos
• ØM-53 – The Voyager
• Real Face – Dumb Blue Car
• Revival Hymns – Birth Pains
• Searching Serenity – Instrumentals, Vol.

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I decided to celebrate Indie Vision Music’s 21st anniversary with a new playlist. I picked 21 new songs from 21 of my favorite female solo artists to create the playlist. You’ll find a variety styles here, from well-known artists like Madison Cunningham and Lacey Sturm to lesser-known artists like Tenielle Neda and Abby Holliday—because you know that’s just how we do it here at IVM. … Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Autumnboy – Autumn Forever
• Context – Kingdoms
• Saving Jackie – It’s Critical

Pop & CCM

• Jarrett Cesmat – I’ll Hold On (EP)
• John Jin Han – Days of Youth
• KAINA – Comeback Kid

Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Man0 – DAVID COMPLEX

Hip Hop & R&B

• Diomer – GAMEDAY (EP)
• Dre.Tuff – MONARCH (EP)
• JesusGang – Trap Gospel 3
• Josiah Davis – TIP OF THE ICEBERG: Some Remixes
• Limoblaze – God’s Favourite Baby

Worship & Gospel

• Chris Tomlin – Chris Tomlin & Friends: Summer EP
• Daniel Bashta – Wave Your Flag
• Destiny Worship Music – Live from Destiny Studios, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Boiling Point – Hope Lives Here
• mothaltar – Prologue (Instrumentals) (EP)
• Winona Avenue – Winona Avenue

Pop & CCM

• Ellie Holcomb – Canyon
• ØM-53 – The Voyager

Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• Christopher Syncere – THE MIDDLE (EP)
• GOSPEL READY – Redeemed
• Mlpc – 2 H Y P E R (EP)
• NXTMIKE – FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
• SiahThyLegend – HARDCORE MODE (EP)

Worship & Gospel

• As Isaac – Exodus
• FREE CHAPEL MUSIC – From the Heart
• Housefires – Housefires VII (Live)
• Legacy Worship – Glory to Glory, Year 1
• Lion & Bear – Hollows
• MBL Worship, Brennan Joseph – Live From Crossroads
• People & Songs – Walls Fall Down
• Phil Wickham – Hymn Of Heaven
• WELOVE – WELOVE Instant Live Hymnology I (EP)

Instrumental & Other

• Antoine Bradford – Even In The Dark (Instrumentals)

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Rock & Metal Pop & CCM

• Jason Crabb – Just as I Am (EP)
• Jeremiah Bonds, GodzG – S7AVE
• Mitch McVicker – A Shrugging of the Shoulders

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Holden Days – Peregrine
• Thomas Austin – Evergreen (EP)

Hip Hip & R&B Worship & Gospel

• Advent Birmingham – Hunger, Thirst, and Altar Fire
• Brian Sauvé – Psalm 37: He Fades Away (WP)
• DOXOLOGY – Christ Our Hope
• Madeline Edwards – The Road (EP)
• Maverick City Music – Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition
• Norton Hall Band – Still Our Refuge
• Orphan No More Co – Death Died Live From Englishcombe Chapel
• The Shine Effect – The Struggle and the Victory (EP)
• Stephen McWhirter – Hymns Session (EP)
• Tenielle Neda – What Is My Hope EP

Instrumental & Other

• Cassidy Godwin, Amen Worldwide – Alive with You (EP)
• Dear Gravity – Godspeed
• Tommee Profitt – Cinematic Songs (Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Empty Atlas – Dipping Vat Sessions (EP)
• Ocean Dark – Hope & Chaos

Pop & CCM

• Crowder – Milk & Honey
• Kai Neptune – ALL THE LOVE YOU’VE GIVEN (EP)
• Scott Riggan – Chapter Two: Simply Beautiful (Beautiful and Terrible) (EP)

Electronic & EDM

• Neon Beach – Takes Me Under (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Laura McElroy – Slow Medicine

Hip Hop & R&B

• Hunterdrinkswater – WEAPON
• JunSix – THE HOF SUMMER EP
• MainMain – Doggie Dog (EP)
• Meezilini Tha Messenger – Straight Outta Darkness
• Mike Teezy – Heat
• Not Klyde – Mastery Seven

Worship & Gospel

• As Isaac – Exodus: Chapter III (EP)
• The Fuzzy Robes – Night Prayers
• H.

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Rock & Metal

• 2 Minute Minor – A Goons’ Best Friend Till the Very End
• Death Therapy – Melancholy Machines
• Diamonds to Dust – Decisions (Instrumentals) (EP)

Pop & CCM

• May Angeles – Never Wanna Go Back
• Pat Barrett – Nothing/Something (Live) (EP)
• Riley Clemmons – Godsend

Electronic & EDM

• God’s Warrior – Divine Power

Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• CS LIT, Horre’ – Triple Double
• Gabriel – Summer Tapes
• J. Monty – Free Me
• JStu, Hyper Fenton – Summer’s Back
• KB – Best Kept Secret
• Kurtis Hoppie – Problem Child (EP)
• N!x

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Rock & Metal

• Morellas Forest 1988 – Tales
• Poor Old Lu – Sinning
• The Throes – All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother’s Eyes (Deluxe)
• The Throes – The Era Of Condolence

Pop & CCM

• Coopertheband – Wilderness Ep
• Jon Shabaglian – Bow Everything
• Miss Angie – Desert Flags
• Tyler Batts – All of You (I Want) (EP)

  Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Hayden Everett – Kennecott
• Sarah Juers – Cyberspace (EP)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Deraj – Fight
• Diran – Here and Now (EP)
• indie tribe – U P P E R H A N D
• J Vessel – HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
• Jay Steezy – HIGHCONIC.

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Rock & Metal

• Almost Always – think / walk / etc. (EP)
• August Burns Red – Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition
• The Devil Wears Prada – ZII
• Huntingtons – Judy Judy (EP)
• Namesake – Demos & Legacy Recordings
• Searching Serenity – Instrumentals, Vol. 1

Pop & CCM

• Manwell – Currency (EP)
• Mat Kearney – January Flower
• Twenty One Pilots – Scaled And Icy

Electronic & Dance Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• Andy Mineo, Lecrae – Coming In Hot (Remix Pack) (EP)
• Guni – Take A Bullet
• Guvna B – everywhere + nowhere (Black Edition Deluxe)
• Jaay Verano – for God so loved the world (EP)
• Jerel – Nostalgia 444
• Man Of FAITH – Velocity
• MJx Music – Natural Causes (EP)

Worship & Gospel

• Abbey Neves – I Remain
• Andrew Greer – Tune My Heart 2 … Songs of Goodness & Love
• The Belonging Co – See The Light (Live)
• Bryn Waddell – Roots
• Crosscut Collective – The Way
• David Benjamin Blower – Hymns for Nomads: Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Salt Creek – Our Own World (EP)
• Trev – I Have Hope (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Andrew Ripp – Evergreen
• Dimas Cortez – Better Day
• Falcon – Nova (Piano Sessions) (EP)
• James Stockstill – James (EP)
• Mat Kearney – January Flower (EP)

Electronic & Dance

• Jeremy James Whitaker – regrowing skin (EP)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Aha Gazelle – Pardon Me
• Elo Kay – Village by the Woods
• Germaine Martel – Ambition 2
• Henrik – i get lonely sometimes!
• Michael Personne – Leviathan
• Nic .95 – Memories Mixtape

Worship & Gospel

• Anna Golden – Peace: The Album
• Ginny Owens – Sing Hope in the Darkness (EP)
• ICF Worship – Choose to Praise (Live)
• KEO – Infinite Love
• Run51 – Hymns Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Convictions – I Won’t Survive
• Jerry Fee  – Truth
• Revival Hymns – Birth Pains

Pop & CCM

• CAIN – Rise Up
• JJ Heller – I Dream of You, Vol. 1
• Katy Reynolds – Healing

Electronic & Dance

• God’s Warrior – See Us In Paradise

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Jess Ray – Baby Take My Hand
• Calah Mikal – Footnotes on Healing

Hip Hop & R&B

• Bryann T – Kingdom Psalms 2: Silver, Gold, and Precious Stones
• Calvin Martyr – Calvin Martyr Unplugged
• Larell – Larell’s Coney Island, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Dens – Tamed Tongues
• Real Face – Dumb Blue Car
• The Undertaking! – Funeral Psalms

Pop & CCM

• Joseph Habedank – Change Is Coming
• Land of Color – Show Me What It Means
• MercyMe – inhale (exhale)

Electronic & Dance

• Alory, Xael – Ballroom (Remix Album)
• Jesus Loves Electro – Infinity: Remixes
• Paulo Gomes – Born Again (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Cory Breth – Anywhere in Between / In Color (EP)
• Garret Hursh – Wayward (EP)
• J Lind – The Land of Canaan
• Jason Hoard – My Grass Is Blue
• Micah McCaw – The First Family
• Zan Fiskum – Sleeping Problems

Hip Hop & R&B

• Apex Frazier – Missions & Convictions
• Bumps Inf – The Chaos Is Beautiful
• D4Christ – Abundance Of Faith
• L.

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Rock & Metal

• Anberlin – Paper Tigers
• At The Wayside – Somewhere Between (EP)
• The Choir – Deep Cuts

Pop & CCM

• Stephen Stanley – Stephen Stanley (EP)

Electronic & Dance

• Jesus Loves Electro – Infinity: Remixes (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Rob Ray – Yours is the Day (EP)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Agloe TN – Welcome To (EP)
• Caleb Gordon – Before the Garden, Vol. 3
• Cephas – We Will Go
• Coop – Childlike (EP)
• Corey Wise – INFINITY VIBES
• Genuine – UNEASE
• GodFrame – Hello Jesus 2
• J-Heir – Honor & Glory (EP)
• Joe.wit.da.HolyGhost

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Rock & Metal

• Alex Henry Foster – Standing Under Bright Lights (Live from Festival International De Jazz De Montréal)
• August Burns Red – Guardians Sessions EP

Pop & CCM

• Haiva Ru – Bloom Baby Bloom
• NEEDTOBREATHE – Live From the Woods Vol. 2
• Tauren Wells – Citizen of Heaven (Live)

  Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Andrew Blooms – 987

Hip Hop & R&B

• GOSPEL READY, D4christ – Simplicity  (EP)
• J. Crum, Starlite Drive – STARLITE DRIVE (EP)
• Mitch Darrell – Rap Should Be Fun, Vol.

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Last year I shared my top 100 albums and EPs of 2020. This year I thought I’d try and break that list down a little and share my top albums and EPs for each quarter of 2021. So here’s my top 10 album for January-March 2021. You can find my full list of 2021 new releases here. 10. Fight Deck – Signs of Life I love the alt-rock vibes I get from this album. Right up until a song makes turn that makes me cringe.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• 4th Point – New Horizons

Pop & CCM

• Matthew West – Brand New (Deluxe Edition)

Electronic & Dance

• Adam LaVerdiere – This Is Revival (Instrumental)
• Andy Hunter – Presence, Vol. 5
• God’s Warrior – The Blood of Jesus

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Paul Demer – On the Way Back Down
• Wilder Woods – the work tapes ep

Hip Hop & R&B

• Bumps Inf – Perception
• Hulvey – Christopher
• Hyper Fenton, Moflo Music – 2080
• Krum – Black Lung
• MSCMKRS – Cinematic Hits 2
• MvkeyyJ – young underdog
• Whosoever South – Riverbank

Worship & Gospel

• Becca VanDerbeck – Sacred
• Circuit Rider Music – Jesus People (Live)
• Clay Collective Music – Living Stones
• Enterline – Colors Bright
• Here Be Lions – Still God, Still Good (Live)
• Kierra Sheard – KIERRA (Deluxe)
• IFGF Praise – For God So Loved: Instrumental Worship
• Merry Clayton – Beautiful Scars
• Michael Hughes Watson – Feeling
• planetboom – JC Squad (Live With The Squad)
• Soul City Worship – No.

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Rock & Metal

• I Am Spartacus – Trigger Happy

Pop & CCM

• Mike Lee – Another Step
• Morgan J – II: Angelpop Vol

Electronic & Dance Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Scott Mulvahill – Surrounded (EP)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Anaviel The Servant – Almost Time (EP)
• Anaviel The Servant – Torah 1
• Beyond Hymn – Based on a True Story
• Caleb Gordon – Before the Garden Vol.1
• Coby James – Mixtape: Side A (EP)
• Krum – Black Lung
• Paparzyi – Grey Ave
• Propaganda, DJ Mal-Ski – Terraform: The People
• Scootie Wop – WOPTAVIUS PORTER: VOL 1
• Tony Tubera – Out the Dark

Worship & Gospel

• All That Is – Home
• Andrew Laparra – Doxology
• Ben Tankard – Shine!

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Rock & Metal

• 2 Minute Minor – Back In Our Day
• ’68 – Give One Take One
• Anberlin – More to Living Than Being Alive
• Andrew Stanton – Black & Blue (EP)
• Awaken – Monsters & Machines
• Brotality – Worldwide Desolation
• Captain the Sky – Butterfly Effect
• Chase Tremaine – Development & Compromise
• Colony House – Colony House Live, Vol. 1
• Crowned in Sorrow – In Memoriam
• Defying Death – Blinded by Sorrow (EP)
• Demon Hunter – Songs of Death and Resurrection
• Detritus – Myths
• Faith Head – Born Again
• Falcone Rising – Tableturner
• Fallstar – Sunbreather
• Fire from Heaven – The Evil Wolf Chronicles
• Flight Deck – Signs of Life
• Five Iron Frenzy – Until This Shakes Apart
• Gable Price and Friends – Awestruck Revival [Reimagined] (EP)
• Haunted No More – Domom (EP)
• Heliocentric – Ishmael
• James Franchise – Patreon EP I
• Last Chance Marie – This Is Just Sound
• Love and Death – Perfectly Preserved
• Luxury – One-Sided EP
• The Midnight Wedding – Anthem for the Outcast
• Reflection of Glory – Escape the Dream
• Pastor Brad – Down and Dirty
• Pantokrator – Marching Out of Babylon
• Remedy Drive – Imago Amor
• Sight Received – Odyssey
• Shadows of Paragon – Amendment
• Seventh Day Slumber – Unseen: The Lion And The Lamb (Deluxe Edition)
• They Came Running – Movement 2: Dream (EP)
• This Surrender – Rebirth
• Valleyheart – Scenery (EP)
• Various Artists – Electric Jesus (Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
• Yours For Mine – Yours For Mine: How Dark the Night
• xDOULOSxHC – The Middleman (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Adam Lamb – 46 (EP)
• Amy Sullivan – Amy Sullivan (EP)
• Apollo LTD – Acoustic Sessions (EP)
• Apollo LTD – Nothing is Ordinary.

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Rock & Metal

• ’68 – Give One Take One
• Valleyheart – Scenery (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Amy Sullivan – Amy Sullivan (EP)
• for KING & COUNTRY – Burn The Ships (Deluxe Edition: Remixes & Collaborations)
• Pharaoh Pharaoh – DEAD LOVE SONGS
• Stillman – Field Notes (Page 1) (EP)

Electronic & Dance

• Roberto Rosso – Ten

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Benjamin Krogh – Good Medicine
• Yaz Williams – Something Like A Secret

Hip Hop & R&B

• Anestdontstop – BECOMING JESUS (EP)
• C.O.G – Covenant (EP)
• CS LIT – Deleted 5
• Drup – Hope
• Hog Mob – Mob Millennium
• Mr.

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Rock & Metal

• Dens – Even (Tamed Sessions)
• Devin Williams – Every Eye
• Foxhall – apart
• Gable Price and Friends – Awestruck Revival [Reimagined] (EP)
• Haunted No More – Domom (EP)
• Incrave – No One Else
• Islander – What Do You Gotta Lose?
• OneMustFall – Hollow man
• Reverie – Newspeak
• Shadows of Paragon – Amendment
• Sight Received – Odyssey (EP)
• This Surrender – Rebirth
• The Undertaking! – No Friends
• Yours For Mine – Yours For Mine: How Dark the Night

Pop & CCM

• Allie Crummy – Breathe In
• Ashley Lagunas – Mary Magdalene
• Bekah Joel – Stays
• Carolyn Arends – To Cry for You
• Colton Dixon – Made to Fly
• Gary LeVox – The Distance
• Hannah Schaefer – I Am Yours
• Jared Marc – VILLAIN
• JJ Heller – Right Here
• Jonathan Jackson – Seeds In The Weeds
• Juniper Vale, Jason Gray – Something True
• Lincoln Brewster – Move
• Maddz – Season 1
• Mōzi – Duplex
• NONAH – Alive (Acoustic One Take)
• Spencer Annis – Safe Place
• Teressa Mahoney – Hey Honey
• Willow Stephens – Til the Blue Comes Out

Electronic & Dance

• Alory – Nothing Else

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Alisa Turner – The Demo Sessions (EP)
• Benjamin Krogh – Bright Like You
• Brock Human – Nationalism
• Daniel and the Sparrows – Love is a Beast (EP)
• Daniel Dorman – Purpled (EP)
• Glenmerle – We Can’t Be Practical
• Harrison Lemke – Forever Only Idaho
• Hayden Everett – Resolve
• J Lind – Lean Into It

Hip Hop & R&B

• Aha Gazelle – Table Or Bouff
• ASAP Preach – God Vibez (EP)
• Battz – Origin Story
• Benjamin Broadway –  Off Safety (EP)
• Caleb Gordon – balance
• Chris Sandoe – Kobe Bryant
• Conscience – Bliss (Remix)
• Cutright – No Problems!

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