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Remember when hardcore was still exciting? Fast loud rules! While hardcore can still be interesting, I find the monotony of some in the genre to be irritating. Here’s the formula: melodic leads, heavy use of breakdowns, some clean singing somewhere, and just enough tempo changes to give the appearance of being innovative.… Continued →

One of my favorite 00’s pop-punk/melodic punk acts – Too Bad Eugene, returns this year with new music. While we await such a magnificent return by Adam Nigh and company, the band has just put up the now classic year 2000 full length, “At Any Rate”, for download and streaming on all digital networks.… Continued →

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Danen Kane is one of a handful of local Wisconsin artists I care about, and in terms of local faith-based artists, he’s top-tier. He models humility and humor. He write complex songs that don’t mask his faith one bit. Today’s song is one of his best, quickly demolishing the singer-songwriter label and quickly moving into anthemic indie.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• 4th Point – Right Wrong
• Chase Tremaine – Q2FN
• Fallstar – The Prism Glass
• Light45 – The Medic
• Love and Death – White Flag
• Pantokrator – We the People
• Reclaimers – Say What You Will

Pop & CCM

• Amanda Danziger – Intercede
• Andrew Ripp – Jericho (Acoustic)
• Chris Renzema – Let The Ground Rest B-Sides (EP)
• The Colour Negative – Good Year
• Cristabelle Braden – Growing (Pop Version)
• Danny Gokey – New Day (Radio Version)
• Eleni Baker – More Than a Million (EP)
• Ginny Owens – Shine Again (Stripped Mix)
• Jared Marc – What I’m Good At
• Joel Vaughn – Louder Than The Lies
• Josh Sellers – The Way It Seems
• Petey Martin, Lauren Daigle – Come Back Home
• Philip Shibata – Sad World
• Nathan Kitner, Lily Grant – I’d Follow You Anywhere
• Scott Riggan – Don’t You Lose Heart (Beautiful and Terrible)
• Trampolines – No One Loves Like You
• Twilight Meadow – Dust
• We The Kingdom – Holy Water (Deluxe)

Electronic

• Bryson Price, Mikesh!ft

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Glam metal gets a bad rap. Especially in punk/indie/hardcore circles. Except for the occasional semi-ironic nod to the genre, it doesn’t get much love outside of 40- and 50-something dads who like to show off old photos of their teenage mullets. Whether the cheesyness or the sleaziness is to blame, folks seem to have a love-hate relationship with it.… Continued →

Indie-Emo-Punk band, The August Guns, return with their best song yet. This too has just been released in the new year. I think many of you are going to dig this. Check out the song below and follow the band here. … Continued →

At The Wayside return after a long 3 year wait with BRAND NEW MUSIC! That’s right, the band just dropped their new single titled “My Denial” which will be the first song released from their upcoming independent EP that is due out this winter. Check out the song below and make sure to follow the band on social media.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Arson – In too deep
• At The Wayside – My Denial
• Atlas and the Attic – Gold
• The August Guns – Be Not Burned Up
• Convent Bonfires – Shaky Hands
• Remedy Drive – Dragons
• WeAreGeneration – Photographic Memory
• Zahna – Look What You Made Me Do

Pop & CCM

• Allan Scott – Hold It All
• Anna Waters – Walkin on the Water
• Apollo LTD, Social Club Misfits – Good Day (feat.

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Rock & Metal

• A Secret Ending – Deliverance (EP)
• Evans and Stokes – Diary of the Damned
• Killdevil Theory – Brotherhood

Pop & CCM

• Stephen Miller – Forever by My Side

Electronic

• Bryson Price, Mikesh!ft – Victory

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Charlie Peacock – Faith, Hope & Love
• Charlie Peacock – Freedom Come Tonight
• hadassa morais – homesick for somewhere i’ve never been

Hip Hop & R&B

• CS LIT – Deleted 4
• Davis Absolute, Oh-So – Still Snowing
• Living Scars – O Holy Night
• Mouthpi3ce – No Delay (EP)
• Mr Del – MD 2020: Soulside
• Paradox, ReFlex the Architect – Freedom (EP)
• Saint Jones – I’d Rather Be Hot (EP)
• Tylynn – Sown 
• Uknowfro – Street Preacher 3

Worship & Gospel

• Iwan & Rebekka Sahertian – Your Kingdom come
• Poor Bishop Hooper – Psalm 53
• Ramp Worship – I See an Open Door
• Relion – Gospel (Our God Be Praised)
• Theunis Pretorius – Only One Thing

Other

• Charlie Peacock – See for Miles
• Charlie Peacock – Surprised Me Too
• Charlie Peacock – Your Stardust Kiss

Christmas

• C3 NYC – A Christmas Story (Live) (EP)
• The Crossing Music – Light in the Night
• DaySpring Worship – Our Emmanuel
• Emmanuel Worship – Angels
• Former Ruins – Fruit of Winter (EP)
• Hope Music – O Holy Night
• I.AM

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Going way back into the vaults of IVM history a few of you might recall a female led indie pop-rock band called One Star Story. They had news and reviews on this site as well as appeared on multiple compilations. I just got a blast from the past when Vanessa (Rose) emailed me about her new project after more than 6 years away from making music.… Continued →

Despite all the despair, hopelessness, fear, anxiety, death, destruction, and uncertainty that 2020 has thrown at us, we have all taken solace in our music and found hope through it. We are carried through the pain with messages of inspiration, songs of motivation, and songs that just plain electrified our souls.… Continued →

So, it’s New Year’s Day. 2020 is a recently faded memory, but with the obvious enduring repercussions. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Or affirmations, or commitments, or whatever else people are calling them nowadays? My wife (who is an artist) loves the New Year holiday. She sees it as a blank slate.… Continued →

I was going to write a little intro to this list of mine, but in the end I figured I’d just let it speak for itself. Alot of great music dropped despite all the year brought us and these are my top 20. Let me know what you think!     20.… Continued →

Abel had a good run on both Come & Live and Facedown’s indie imprint before releasing Make It Right independently. It was a fitting final album, seeing the band in their rawest form. “Fifteen Years” is a highlight track, one of urgency, pain, and longing paired with fear and remorse as seen through the eyes of a beggar.… Continued →

Merry Christmas friends and readers. We made it! Can you believe that after all the chaos, death and destruction, and utter disappointment that 2020 is now classified as, that somehow we made it to a beautiful day like Christmas? We are reminded of our Savior’s Birth and the promise of redemption that would come through his death and resurrection.… Continued →

Former Ruins has released a surprise Christmas EP (technically some brief notice was given). Noah has covered a lot of Christmas releases already, so you might feel a bit overwhelmed. Further, the timing may seem inopportune. After all, today is Christmas, isn’t it? You’ve got better things to do than listen to music, and then you’ll shelve this for next year.… Continued →

First things first–merry Christmas everyone! It’s been a challenging year, and many of us are ready to see the back of it. I always post my Song of the Day picks on Friday, so I was pleased to the lucky draw for Christmas Day! Of course, it had to be a Christmas song, and there are lots of good ones to choose from, even from our niche scene.… Continued →

Florida-based Wind Words has returned with his newest project, Minor Prophets, a collection of spoken word meditations. These Scripture-driven pieces recount the narratives of both popular and overlooked biblical accounts. This is a bit of a diversion from his debut, Digging Up Earth, but it carries the same level of passion.… Continued →

Initially, this was one of my least-favorite tracks on the albums – but it’s a beautiful, Gospel-tinged track full of Scripture under a veneer of soulful piano.   … Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Bride – Here Is Your God
• Chase Tremaine – Fear Not Want
• Fallstar – Waiting
• Messenger – In to Win
• Northern Flame – Twisted Reality
• Steve Taylor & the Danielson Foil – Ecstatic Delight
• Then It Ends – Kingdom (Alternative Version)
• Words – Trees (Live) (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Chris August – Ghost
• Conrad – Hidden Places
• Crossroads Music – Come In From The Cold
• Darla Baltazar – Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
• Eniola Abioye – MARBLED MOSAIC.

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Indie rock/Post hardcore act Yours For Mine release new song! FFO: Meadows, Eaves, and Idle Threat.

The year was 1990. I’d heard lots of buzz about this new “goth rock” band Dead Artist Syndrome. Even Roger Martinez from Vengeance Rising had been sporting their t-shirt at gigs. For those who don’t know, DAS was the first goth band to release an album on a Christian label. While being the first is always a good thing, it wasn’t the fact that they were an early representative of the subgenre that made them interesting.… Continued →

Here are my favorite releases of the year by category.

Rock & Metal

• Anberlin – Tear Us Apart
• Ben S Dixon – Psalm 46 Lord of Hosts
• The Chariot – Long Live (10 Year Anniversary)
• Heliocentric – Antithesis
• Living Scars – Hallelujah
• Signum Regis – Flag of Hope (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Adam Lamb – For Me
• Altared – Awakened
• Amng Wlvs – Voice of Hope
• Anae – You Can Find Me
• Cody Johns – Relentless (EP)
• Connor Flanagan – Fire of My Father
• Doobie Powell – Heartbeat
• Edgar Sandoval Jr – last few months
• Haiva Ru – Wildflowers
• Judah & the Lion – Pep Talks Live
• Jon Webster – Selah
• NEEDTOBREATHE – Who Am I (Acoustic)
• Tauren Wells – Famous For (I Believe) – Collection
• UNSECRET – No Sanctuary

Electronic

• Bryson Price – Demons Flee
• Jack Izaak – Still N Listen

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Charlie Peacock – Skin and Wind is a Mind Bend
• Future Divine – Nightmare Into Day
• Jon Foreman – Fear (EP)
• Thomas Toole – Time and Space
• Whale Bones – The Doors Are Locked, the Blinds Are Closed, I Am Not Home

Hip Hop & R&B

• Angie Rose – Not A Monster
• Jesse Francis – Frontier
• JSteph – Phase II: The Remixes (EP)
• King Chai – Godmix 2
• LZ7 – Gettin Wild
• Tru-Serva – Blessings on the Way (Remix)
• Tobe Nwigwe – CINCORIGINALS

Worship & Gospel

• Ashton Barber – Inheritance
• Ben&blake – Faith Alone
• Calvary Worship Live – Never Gonna Let Me Down
• Celtic Worship, Praise Gathering – It Is Well
• Chris Beland – Morning and Evening Hymns
• Curt Vernon – One I Thought You Couldn’t Change
• Emmanuel Worship – Songs of Quarantine
• Fount + Flame – Pull Me In
• Grace City – Holy Ghost (We Say Yes)
• Harvest City Church – Greatest Miracle (Live)
• Hillsong UNITED – (in the meantime) [Vol.

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These are my 25 Best Christian Rock Albums of 1995. This was a monumental year for Christian Music and really the beginning of what was to come over the course of the next 2 decades. Check out my list below along with a playlist featuring some of the songs. … Continued →

We (actually Fusse) have fixed the commenting feature on Indie Vision Music website and it works once again. It has been down for over a week with tons of comments going nowhere. Please return today and leave your comments below the posts that interest you. More content coming in the days ahead including a special look back at “The Top 25 Christian Rock Albums of 1995” that I’ve been slowing working on for a few months now.… Continued →

There are so many different types of Living Sacrifice fans. People who started listening from the beginning, and those who joined somewhere along the way. Fans who praise their experimental phase, those who prefer the -core era, and those who swear by the traditional metal era. Heck, I even know one guy who claims they only released one album (he’s a thrash fan), and all the others were recorded by imposters!… Continued →

Scales of Motion’s latest release was eerily-prophetic. It’s a song strewn with gnomic phrases like “This whole year has been one long November”. Stylistically, it feels like a classic emo song, reminiscent of Mineral or early Cool Hand Luke. Check it out below. Hard Rains by Scales of Motion Lyrics: Take me down to the edge of the river To watch the banks be reshaped as it flows.… Continued →

Michael Bridges, a long time member of our Christian Music and Rock Scene has embarked on a journey to release a special docuseries all about his involvement in the scene, where its gone, and and what is has meant to him. Sure to be shocking, compelling, and altogether interesting. Check out the trailer below and view the special gofundme to help get this project off the ground, right here.… Continued →