Author: Noah Hardwick

Rock & Metal

• Anberlin – As You Found Me

Pop & CCM

• Kevin Hackett – AWAKE AFTER MIDNIGHT (EP)
• NICE. – HOW CAN YOU SLEEP IN A TIME LIKE THIS? (EP)
• Ross King – Unfinished

Electronic & EDM

• JIMMY ROCK – Summer Vibes (EP)
• Jhonny Vergel – Born Again EP

Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• BigBreeze – Trap Out Da Gospel
• Bishop Freeze – A New Creation: The Memoirs of Bishop Freeze (From Death to Life)
• BrodieDaVinci – I’m Feeling 22 (EP)
• cconsciencee – LIFE INFINITY
• Derek Minor, Greg James, THICC James – I’m Lovely (EP)
• Joey Vantes – SLWD
• R.

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Continuing my top ten lists I started three months ago, I give you my top ten albums of April-June 2021:… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• CHPTRS – Chapter Six
• CLOUDLAND – Where We Meet
• Fit For A King, August Burns Red – Guardians of the Path (EP)

Pop & CCM

• For the Fatherless – Poetry EP
• Ryan Stevenson – Weathering the Storm (EP)
• Sam Bowman – Children of the Burning Heart

Electronic & EDM Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Abby Holliday – WHEN WE’RE FAR APART I FALL APART
• Stephanie Quick – the costly ep

Hip Hop & R&B

• Dedge P – Get Up
• Little Limbo – Prince Vamp (Deluxe)
• NXTMIKE – FTLOG (DELUXE)
• Puntin – Newston (EP)
• Sarah Nathalié – Til The Sunrise (EP)

Worship & Gospel

• Church of the City – Defiant Joy (Live) (EP)
• Citizens – Live in Sydney
• Deeper Well – Live Sessions: June 2021
• Kim Walker-Smith – Revival Nights (Live)

Instrumental & Other

• Cageless Birds – Generosity: The Sound of Cultivate

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Rock & Metal

• Gospod – Israel’s Exodus
• No Lost Cause – Take 2 (Update 2021)
• Once & Future – As the Mourning’s Borne

Pop & CCM

• Brynn Elliott – Can I Be Real?
• TobyMac – Live In Denver

Electronic & EDM

• God’s Warrior – For Eternity

Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• Bobby Bendito – Redemption
• BrodieDaVinci, BRM Aka Brandon R Music, Xay Hill – Revenge (Juice Pack) (EP)
• BrvndonP – Outta Line
• Icy toolow – 115 (EP)
• Street Minister Whitehead – All Souls Matter
• Swoope – 24
• WestEndShawty – Gonna Be Hard to Stop

Worship & Gospel

• (the autumn) – In the Stillness (Songs from a Quiet Place)
• Joshua Mills, Janet Mills – You Are Blessed
• RiverLife Worship – Behold
• Veritas Worship – V3 (Live)
• Zach Williams – Rescue Story (Deluxe Edition)

Instrumental & Other

• Charlie Peacock – Eye On The Spy
• Wild Harbors – Monument Instrumentals

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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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