Author: Noah Hardwick

Rock & Metal

• Acceptance – Wild, Free
• Crowned In Chains – King Suffering Part II
• Everything In Slow Motion – Satellite
• Fire from Heaven – Twilight of the Evil Wolf
• Fireflight – Who We Are
• Flight Deck – That Isn’t Me
• Harbor & Home – Hold on to Love
• I Am The Deceiver – Another Perfect Day
• Ignescent – Exodus
• Perpetual Paranoia – The Reapers
• Relesser – Empires to Ash
• Simply Leslie – Little Movement
• Then It Ends – Restored
• Words – Trees (Instrumental) (EP)
• World Divided – Dispirit
• Zambroa – Repent / Believe

Pop & CCM

• Abe Parker – 80 Dollars
• Arie Camp – What We Need
• Ayiesha Woods – Full Circle (EP)
• Brooke Staten – Still Here
• Chris Sligh – Enemies
• Clemency – Dare to Dream
• Jason Gray – Reorder
• Jessie Early – The Fire Never Dies
• Lipstick Kid – Connection Together
• Manic Drive – Thank God I’m Alive (Remix)
• Throwback Kid – Back to the 90’s
• TobyMac – I’m Sorry (a lament)
• Wake Low – Testify
• Zoe Hinkle – Wake Up, Girl

Electronic

• Kingdom Squad x Bryson Price – Secure
• Jimmy Rock – World of Drops (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• David Benjamin Blower – Apocalyptic Lockdown Blues, Pt.

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While I haven’t been posting about it the past few months like I was earlier in the year, I’ve been continuing to update the New Release Sampler playlist on Spotify every month with new songs. I felt like taking some notes while I was putting the finishing touches on it today though and thought I’d share them readers. So here are the 55 new songs I picked out from September 2020 that I think that you should hear. 1. ’68 – Bad Bad Lambo Love is Ain’t Dead has been one of my most listened to new releases this month.… Continued →

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Rock & Metal

• Blessed By A Broken Heart – Another Day Another War
• Buried Above – It’s Never Too Late
• The Citrus Trees – Little Town
• Collapse Revive – Arid
• Collington – Vagrant
• Death Therapy – Reject (feat. Brook Reeves)
• Earth Groans – Shatter
• I Am The Deceiver – For Charity’s Sake
• Messenger – Time Machine
• Pantokrator – Wedlock
• Shadow Puncher – Covered by the Blood of the Lamb (EP)
• Sink In – Fed Up
• Slick Shoes – Rotation & Frequency
• TIMŌRĀTUS – Bleed American
• the UPAFTER – Remedy
• VERIDIA – Light It Up
• The Waymaker – The Waymaker
• Wolves At The Gate – Counterfeit (Redux)

Pop & CCM

• April Kane – Stay the Same
• Ashton Barber – Treasure (Oil Song)
• Built By Titan – Birds
• Coby James – Infinite
• DaFOO – Take Your Time
• Eddy Mann – Pray On
• The Gray Havens – Rest (EP)
• Falcon – The Good Stuff
• Grace Spencer – Confidence (Radio Version)
• John Mark McMillan – Enemy Love: Stabal Session (Live)
• Judah & the Lion – Judah & the Lion (Unplugged) (EP)
• Kane Adams – Draw Near (EP)
• Kinn – Medora
• Landry Cantrell – Close To Me
• Matt Hammitt – Treetop
• Matthew Parker – Bloodstream
• Natalie Grant – No Stranger
• Rachael Nemiroff – How to Save a Life
• Ronnie Freeman – You Don’t Waste Anything
• Rorie – Avalanche
• ROY3LS – Worth It
• Sarah Reeves – Motions (EP)
• SHORE – Messages (EP)
• SVRCINA – Elysian Fields

Electronic

• Jack Izaak – Love So High
• Jeremy James Whitaker – Something, Anything, Everything

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Jim Andrew Rogers – Rocks and Stars
• Joey Gonzalez – Tonight
• Madison Cunningham – No Surprises
• Sarah DeShields – Death and the Woman
• Sarah Sparks – Golden Hour
• Zan Fiskum – Still Thinkin’ About You

Hip Hop & R&B

• Agius – Talk to Me Nice
• Asha Elia – New Woke Deal (EP)
• Battz – Change
• Bizzle – No Enemies
• Bridgewater – Tidal Wave
• BRLY.

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Rock & Metal

• Acceptance – Bend the Light
• Asfirefalls – Out of Line
• Audiophile – Neapolitan (EP)
• Deep Valleys – Beyond the Waves
• Dire – Forever New
• Disciple – Love Letter Kill Shot (Deluxe)
• Everything In Slow Motion – Choke
• Final Greetings – Burn
• Fit For A King – The Path
• The Reign of Kindo – Better off Together
• Then It Ends – Reality
• 12 Stones – Empty Words

Pop & CCM

• Apollo LTD – Better
• Austin French – Wake Up Sleeper (EP)
• Beckah Shae – Awake
• Cameron James – Game Changer
• Chasing Daylight – You Are The Song
• Crystal Rome – Not Going Under
• Jason Gray – Right On Time
• Jordan Feliz – Wounds
• Josh Baldwin – Into the Wild
• Spencer Kane – Do This Again
• Talkie – Blue Underground
• Tasha Layton – Into the Sea (EP)
• Terrian – I’m In Love (w/ Ian Alxndr)
• Tommee Profitt – Faking Love: The Remixes EP
• 7eventh Time Down – Questions

Electronic

• Daniel Baciu – Alpha
• Paulo Gomes – Psalm 91 EP

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Matt Stinton – Son of the Sea (EP)
• Mike Crawford and His Secret Siblings – Walk With Us
• Wake Low – How Did We Get Here

Hip Hop & R&B

• Aable – Broken Pieces
• Against The Odds – Against the Odds
• Andy Mineo – Shibuya Roll Call
• BigGucciDame – No Danny Phantom
• BOF – Playin’ With God
• Chris Soul – Florida Boy
• Christafari – The Blessing (EP)
• D.

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Rock & Metal

• Adorned Graves – Being Towards a River
• Almost Always – come apart in your light (EP)
• The Lionhearted – Lover of the Light
• Micah Ariss – My Own Worst Enemy
• Neal Morse – Sola Gratia
• Skillet – Victorious: The Aftermath (Deluxe) – Skillet
• Slick Shoes – The Worlds Were Mine

Pop & CCM

• Cody Johns – Moment With You
• Idle Achiever – The Emo Tapes
• Jerry Fee – Count on Me
• Jimi Cravity – Happy 2 Be Alive
• John Mark McMillan – Juggernaut – At Stabal (Live)
• Jonny Henninger – Waiting Here
• Kate Stanford – Mirror
• Lize Hadassah Wiid – Return to Me
• Manwell – Don’t Fail Me Now
• Matthew Parker – Lead Me Home (Remix)
• Neon Feather – Easy Love
• Rae Rae – Conversations (EP)
• Sanctus Real – Today Tomorrow & Forever (Acoustic Sessions)
• Wakeup Starlight – One Step Away

Electronic

• Before Their Eyes – CTY in a Snowglobe
• DJ Kirk – The Process
• Karlizimo – God’s Great Dance Floor
• Nexus Dj Music – Paint The Sky

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Darla Baltazar – Where Should I Be?

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Rock & Metal

• Andrew Stanton – Human Terrain
• Behold the Beloved – Come Alive
• The Classic Crime – Patterns in the Static (Instrumental)
• Fight The Fade – Crawling
• Five Iron Frenzy – So We Sing
• Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh – Operation Take Over (EP)
• Grave Forsaken – The Footsteps of God
• I Am The Deceiver – White Roses
• Kios – Felt Like Heaven
• Knox Hamilton – Weekend Yet (EP)
• Medical Morning – The Truth Is Hard to Hear
• The Midnight Wedding – I Swear
• Since the Death – The Black Must Come Out
• Stryper – Even the Devil Believes
• Symphony of Heaven – The Ascension of Extinction (EP)
• Then It Ends – Depravity
• Wolves At The Gate – A Voice in the Violence (Redux)
• ’68 – Love is Ain’t Dead.

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Rock & Metal

• Acceptance – Wildfires
• Afterthought – Rainfall Blues
• Collington – Beyond It
• Disciple – Kingdom Come
• Everything In Slow Motion – Influence
• Fit For A King – Annihilation
• I Am Empire – Another Man’s Treasure (EP)
• Jodi Essex – God Bless the USA
• Mick Blankenship – Rule the World
• NICE. – Pop Song 1
• Poetic Descent – Shallow Graves (Instrumental)
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – The Emergency EP

Pop & CCM

• Caitie Hurst – Recover
• Cody Johns – 413
• Daulton Hopkins – I’m Okay and So Are You
• DAMIAN – better half
• Dante Bowe – Be Alright
• Eversmith – Battering Ram
• for KING & COUNTRY – TOGETHER (Acoustic Version)
• Jonas Myrin – Not Alone
• Madison Gold – Scars
• NEEDTOBREATHE – Out of Body
• Paul Arend – Yes, You’re Going to Die
• Rachael Nemiroff – Safe
• ROY3LS – Time
• Rusty Shipp – Hundred Crosses (Single Version)
• Sam Mooney – Sunshine
• Sarah Nathalié – Impact
• Sarah Reeves – Dance To It
• Winona Avenue – Beautiful Beginning

Electronic

• Galactus Jack – Now and Then: 2010-2020
• Jack Izaak – Way Maker

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Colin Neil Stevens – Dust
• Jameson McGregor – Just the Same
• Jess Ray – Kindness
• Sarah DeShields – Death and the Woman
• We Are the Monks – Waiting Here for You

Hip Hop & R&B

• Abe Parker – Somebody New
• Aldre – Jesus, I’m Sorry
• Arik Nelson – Hazel Eyes
• Benjamin Broadway – Blvk Heaven
• Caleb Gordon – Snotty Nose
• Canon – Brother’s Keeper
• Christ Is King – Praise Your Name
• Danny Dr!pstar

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Rock & Metal

• CHPTRS – Photograph
• Fire from Heaven – The Transformation
• ForeverAtLast – Holy Ghost
• idle threat – Nothing is Broken for Good (EP)
• John Ward – It’s Time
• Kingsdom – Home
• Outsider Heart – Like the Rest
• Slick Shoes – Visitors
• TAKE – Tin Soldiers
• The Waymaker – Kingdom of Heaven

Pop & CCM

• Allan Scott – Tidal Wave
• Amber Rhoads – Broken Beautiful (EP)
• Andrew Ripp  – Jericho
• Caleb Stanton – Won’t Let Go
• Chris Howland – Clear View
• Elias Dummer – The Rest, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Coopertheband – Stuck
• Homeplate – Derby City (EP)
• Idle Achiever – The Pop Tapes (EP)
• Jason Dunn – The Lost Sessions, Pt. 1
• Joey Gonzalez – Over Me
• Messenger – Give a Shout!
• Nine Lashes – Rise
• Simply Leslie – Aquaphobia
• the UPAFTER – The Sparrow and the Fox

Pop & CCM

• Beach Chapel – Honey
• Brendan Abernathy – You Are Loved
• Cade Thompson – Every Step of the Way
• Chas Tackett – Spectrasonic
• Cody Johns – Play Me
• Crystal Rome – All for You (Vic-20 Remix)
• Dave Barnes – Dreaming in Electric Blue (Reimagined) (EP)
• Hannah Oliver – Feels So Good
• Jack Cassidy – Run At The Giant
• Jared Marc – Villain
• Lily Garay – all of me
• Manwell – I Cannot Lose
• NONAH – Alive
• Rachael Nemiroff – Praying
• Ross King – Golden
• Sorensen – Blue Skies
• SVRCINA – Sympathy
• Tori Kelly – Solitude (EP)
• WE ARE ONE – WILD (feat.

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Rock & Metal

• Almost Always – come apart in your light
• Convictions – Everything I Wanted
• Disciple – Darkness Dies
• Fight The Fade – Heart (Prince Eilhart Remix)
• Fit For A King – Locked (In My Head)
• Grandpa Loves Rhinos – Searching in the Sarchasm
• idle threat – Empty House
• Micah Ariss – Speed of Light
• No Longer Music NLM – A Filtered Lie (Stripped)
• Reverie – God Complex
• The Reversalist – The Anchor
• We Are Victory – Words Won’t Define
• Words – Without Jah, Nothin’
• 12 Stones – Sever

Pop & CCM

• Andrew Ripp – SOS
• Apollo LTD – Patient
• Ben Laine – IDK
• Cameron Moore – Here to Stay
• Coby James – Whatever
• Jason Gray – Glory Days
• Jem Pryse – NOT A FAN
• Jon Webster – I Don’t Wanna Talk
• Kate Stanford – Change
• KDMusic – Jacob’s Ladder
• Lydia Laird – Lydia Laird
• Mason Harms – Six Years
• Paul Wright – Only You Know
• Sam Tinnesz – White Doves
• Teddy at Night – At Night (EP)
• Willow Stephens – Already Mine

Electronic

• Jeremy James Whitaker – Anchor
• Jhonny Vergel – Just Married

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Benjamin Torrens – Early Morning Still
• Ella Mine – Dream War
• Haynza – Eve To My Adam
• John Lucas – The Bible Belt Sessions, Vol.

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Rock & Metal

• Before Their Eyes – 6 vs 7
• KIDS – Lost Cities
• Red Weather – Empty Places (EP)
• Sight Received – Worthless Gold
• Slick Shoes – Carry This
• Stryper – Make Love Great Again
• TIMŌRĀTUS – My Life in a Mediocre Metal Band
• Yonder – Guess

Pop & CCM

• Abe Parker – Evil Genius
• Andrew Ripp – Back to Brooklyn
• Ashlyn Levoy – Whatever Comes Next
• Benton Stokes – Cry Sometimes
• Dani Miché – Wilderness
• Dawson Samuel – Without You
• Greg LaFollette – You’re Not Alone
• Jessie Early – A Day With June in July
• Jessie Villa – Sad Girl Summer
• Katie Lighty – Where I Belong (EP)
• NEEDTOBREATHE – Banks
• Newsboys – Love One Another (feat.

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Rock & Metal

• Acceptance – Wild (EP)
• Audiophile – Cold
• Collington – Providence
• Futur – Push
• Homeplate – Broken Youth
• Poetic Descent – Shallow Graves
• Sight Received – Adeline
• Skillet – Terrify the Dark (Reimagined)
• Tina Boonstra – Talk It Over
• Windvent – Thankful

Pop & CCM

• Andrea Hamilton – Hope Is in Your Hands
• for KING & COUNTRY – TOGETHER (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly) (R3HAB Remix)
• Jet Trouble – Let Us Pray
• John Mark McMillan – Pilgrim (Re-Enchanted)
• K-Anthony – Everywhere You Go
• Nikki Leonti – Screamin’
• Rachael Nemiroff – Unknown
• Rebecca St.

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Rock & Metal

• Amongst Wolves – Horizon
• Grandpa Loves Rhinos – Fostering Patience for Patients
• idle threat – Cement
• Kios – Be Alright
• Lifelong – Above the Waves

Pop & CCM

• Alltop & Sarah Reeves – DO IT MY WAY
• Antoine Bradford – How Many Times
• Bonray – I Am
• Caitie Hurst – At All Times
• Fishburn – Innocence Taken (A Letter from Jesus)
• Elias Dummer – A Time to Dance
• Hannah Schaefer – Who I Am
• Jason Fowler – Soldier of Love
• Paul Wright – Rescued Me (Acoustic)
• Matthew Parker – Wildflower
• Manwell – Feels So Good
• Scott Aitken – All That You Need
• Simply Leslie – Dreams
• Sydney Jones – Youth
• Tory Ruperto – All Hail
• Two Dimensional – Heartache
• VEAUX – Tell Me That You Love Me

Electronic

• Bryson Price – Flowin’
• Jack Izaak – Salt and Light
• LoudWorship x Swedish Revolution x Retro Mars – Heartbeat
• Michaell D – Twilight
• ØM-53 – The Remix Project
• Samuel Zamora – God Is (The Remixes)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• A Boy and His Kite – Words Underneath (Emmaline)
• The Arcadian Wild – Spring: Wake
• Christa Wells – Let It Out
• Drew Holcomb – Wildflowers
• The Hunts – Start Again
• John Lucas – Four Chords and the Gospel
• Johnnyswim – Songs With Strangers (EP)
• Marie Bashiru – Love Never Gives Up
• Of the Lion – Summer Love
• Paul Demer – Lacey (You Don’t Have to Tiptoe)
• Zion Goins – Hoping & Willing

Hip Hop & R&B

• Adrian Stresow – No Mercy
• Andrew Puckett – Hallelujah
• Bartholomew Jones – Save Me a Plate
• Chris Soul – Supa
• Christ Jr – My Time
• Conscience – Seasons
• Dee-1 – Racist Christians
• Desi Raines – Rona Pack (EP)
• Doxamillion – Frequencies
• Dedge P – Where I Go (Remix)
• Drup – Oh Shoot!

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Rock & Metal

• Acceptance – Midnight
• Andrew Stanton – Time Line
• boiling point – God Only Knows
• CLOUDLAND – Walking Away
• DaysEye – Let Me Go
• Death Therapy – Dance Therapy: Pre Apocalyptic Cyber Funk for Late Stage Humanoids (EP)
• Faith Head – Wait and See
• Fire from Heaven – Rampage
• Fit For A King – God of Fire
• Joey Gonzalez – 24seven Fight
• KIDS – Not Enough
• Nine Lashes – Dear Self
• Slick Shoes – Whispers
• the UPAFTER – Breathe

Pop & CCM

• Ben Laine – Someday
• Dave Barnes – Love Somebody (Josh Kerr Remix)
• Greg LaFollette – You Are Beautiful
• Haiva Ru – Swim
• Jared Marc – THERE’S NO STOPPING US
• Sarah Nathalié – Represent
• Scott Aitken – Carry Me
• Scott Aitken – Forever Chasin’
• ZØYA  – Journey (NATIIVE Remix)

Electronic

• DJ Matheus Lazaretti – Your Love
• God’s Warrior – Give Me Your Light
• Jhonny Vergel – Maritza
• LZ7 – Sound of the Weekend
• Man Cub – Impressions
• Trampolines – Meet Me Where I’m At

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Dave Pettigrew – Faith and Gasoline (The Acoustic Sessions)
• Daniel Del Russo – Temporary Departure
• John Lucas – Come Judgement Day
• Mia Gjeldum – Young & Fun (EP)
• Tina Boonstra – What is the rush?

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I’ve been creating new playlists every month this year that feature my favorite newly released songs. It turns out though it’s difficult to build a following when you’re constantly creating new playlists. So I’ve decided it’s time to resurrect the Weekly New Release Sampler that’s been stagnating for nearly a year now. Except it probably won’t be weekly anymore. Instead I intend to continue what I’ve already been doing this year by updating the playlist once a month with the best new releases. So follow along and discover some of the great new music!… Continued →

I was considering putting together a list of my favorite albums (and EPs!) from 2020 so far today when I had a better idea! Instead of giving you my top 10 or something like that I decided to give you album for each letter of the alphabet! At least that was the idea anyway. It turns out finding an album for each letter can be a bit tricky (I’m looking at you Q and X!). The good news is was able to find artist for almost every letter who released an album or EP between January and June this year.… Continued →