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Christ centered hardcore in the vein of Dynasty, Rapture LAHC, and Stick Tight along with vocals akin to Take It Back! Zack and Where Fire May Fail.

Havalina Rail Co. was a delightfully quirky, eccentric, genre-fusing and genre-bending experimental band from California. Across their 10-year career (give or take), the band dabbled in folk, ska, jazz, ragtime, blues, Americana, surf, and multiple internationally-themed genres. No two albums in their canon treads the same ground, and yet each successive opus is clearly recognizable as Havalina.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• All For The King – Let There Be Light

Pop & CCM

• Brian Reith – Now Is Not Forever ‘Reimagined’ (EP)
• Jonathan Traylor – I’m Here For You (EP)
• Jordan Smith – Be Still & Know
• Josh Wilson – Remember (EP)
• Kali Joy – Real Life
• Sam McCabe – Altar Fire

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Leigh Nash – The Tide, Vol.

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Wonderfully noisy, and delightfully obscure, The Lonely Now only released 3 full-length recordings in their short career: —Captive, 1986, Narrowpath Records (cassette only) —Original Intention, 1987, Narrowpath Records (cassette, LP) —Honest Tear, 1990, Narrowpath/Refuge (cassette only) While all of their releases are somewhat difficult to obtain, ironically their final album–the only one with national distribution through Refuge–is the most difficult.… Continued →

This is just a rumor but word on the street is that a possible Strongarm reunion (either in song or set) is taking place at the end of Further Seems Forever’s performance at Furnace Fest this weekend. Don’t quote me but a special ending is planned so stick around, #thesecretsoftheheartmademanifest. Who would love to hear a little Strongarm for old time’s sake?… Continued →

The men of “Boise Boys” are back on HGTV with a brand new show called “Outgrown“. Outgrown is a show essentially about families who have outgrown their current living arrangements and have to expand and/or remodel to make it bigger to suit the families’ growing dynamic. I watched the first episode yesterday and it was really good.… Continued →

The annual Harvest (Crusade) event is back and is a one day event taking place October 3rd at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim here in sunny Southern California. The event is FREE like always (additional parking fee by the stadium) and will feature music by For King & Country and Phil Wickham plus a message by Greg Laurie.… Continued →

Salt Creek have dropped a song that comes with an expletive warning on digital networks so guard those ear holes 😉 In all seriousness you can listen to this song right here and judge for yourself or check out the song below this message. The song is titled “High Horse” and you can find it here after you step off.… Continued →

Modern heavy metal rock band Love and Death, just dropped a new live music video feat. Lacey Sturm for the song “Let Me Love You”. You can watch the performance and video below this message. Justin Bieber would be proud (I can only hope).… Continued →

Narcissus have recently reunited and show how it’ll be done from here on out. The chaotic and noise filled metal band have played a couple shows leading up to their big festival date at Furnace Fest this weekend (please keep the show on!). The band is teasing new music on the horizon as well as possibly re-releases of their early Takehold Records stuff.… Continued →

Newer indie band, Last Year’s Model, just dropped their album “The Neon Lights Collection” which you can check out right here. Available on all digital networks and streaming sites now!… Continued →

Holy Batman that was a long post title. Let’s get to the point, Homeplate makes explosive, melodic, and heavy pop-punk sure to bring a smile to any pop-punk purist and fanboy/fangirl at heart. Emotionally charging and altogether charming new music from this Kentucky based based pop-punk band. Check out the new song titled “Pastimes” below and give it a solid listen.… Continued →

Hard rock/metal band DIRE has announced their new album, “Volume II” is set to drop October 29th. Fans of hard rock, metal, and metalcore are sure to like what these guys put out. Pre-orders are up now at their site HERE. Check out the video for “Oblivion God” below.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Last Year’s Model – The Neon Lights Collection
• Various Artists – Rock Paper Scissors Metal, Volume Two

Pop & CCM

• Abby Robertson – Abby Robertson (Remixes) (EP)
• Natalie Layne – Castles (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Carly Bannister – Same Team
• Cory Dauber – May All Times Go To You
• Taylor Leonhardt – Hold Still
• Zach Maurer – Let Love Win

Hip Hip & R&B

• Alan jb – Children, wake up!

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We Are PIGS has dropped the track “Kids” featuring Brian “Head” Welch and J.R. Bareis (of Love and Death) as well as Morgan Lander of Kittie. The song addresses issues facing this generation and offers hope for the future. A portion of the sales from the track go to We Are Moving the Needle and The Whosoevers.… Continued →

Graves End is a metalcore/metal band based out of NJ that is sorely undernoticed/underappreciated. This song is the second single released by the band, with the next planned for November. Fans of metalcore will surely love this. Check it out below!… Continued →

Today, Thumper Punk Records released a video/audio of a project titled “Covering Legends”. The video features punk artists from various bands (see below) covering  Officer Negatives “Don’t Turn Away”, Dogwood’s “Feel the Burn”, and The Crucified’s “Your Image”. Check out the video below and get the download, available HERE. Officer Negative – Don’t Turn Away Jet Wilson of CPR (vocals) Peter118 (vocals) Albert Padilla of Reliance AZ (guitar) David Robledo of The Hoax / Heart Like War (bass) Aaron Wells of True Liberty Dogwood – Feel The Burn Sef Idle of False Idle / uniSEF / The B-Listers (vocals and guitar) Ron Ruhs (guitar) Luis Carlos Medeiros Jr.… Continued →

Swiss band Morgarten are back with a new full-length album, this time on Inner Wound Recordings. The album is called Cry of the Lost and was released in June. While the band still plays in the folk metal genre overall, the new material is heavier than their debut, and features more prominently the elements of black metal and some of the fantasy/epic battle elements of power metal, as evidenced by the accompanying music video.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Colony House – Rotten Tomatoes (EP)
• Fang Fang – It’s Hanging on the Cross (EP)
• Fever Fever – Mother (EP)
• Fire from Heaven – DEFIANT
• Living Fire – Mercy Between Love & Hate (EP)
• The Prettybads – Split w/ What’s Your Damage? (EP)
• Sef Idle – Retrogradation (EP)
• Whom I Serve – Eternity

Pop & CCM

• Cade Thompson – Bigger Story
• Chasen – The Great Unknown
• Dave Barnes – Notes from Paris
• David Phelps – GameChanger
• Jeremy Camp – When You Speak
• Rorie – Resonate (EP)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Jonny Hayes – Daybreak

Hip Hop & R&B

• Drup, Ksway – Advantage (Deluxe)
• Jaylon Ashaun – Chapter 2
• Stephen Wray – Trust The Process
• Uknowfro – Street Preacher 6
• YB – NO WARNINGS (EP)

Worship & Gospel

• Canyon Worship – Canyon Worship 2021
• Charity Gayle – Endless Praise
• Christ For The Nations Worship – God of New Seasons
• Church of the City – Defiant Joy (Live)
• Dwell Songs – Songs of Renewal (EP)
• Hillside Worship – Rise
• Imani Taalib – Beloved (Acoustic) (EP)
• Jonty Lees – Dawn Til Dusk (EP)
• The Lockwoods – Domestic Doxology (Part I) (EP)
• Matt Boswell, Matt Papa – Almost Home – The Hymns Of Matt Boswell And Matt Papa (Vol.

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Living Fire recently dropped a new ep, titled “Mercy Between Love & Hate”. This release was different than what I was expecting, but a in a really good way. The new ep shows the guys leaning in a much more hard rock/nu metal direction and they pull it off quite well.… Continued →

Myself and Noah have been hard at work on creating a variety of Spotify Playlists featuring many bands covered by Indie Vision Music as well as other artists you might recognize. Check out the “Pop Punk Essential Playlist” I created a few weeks ago as well as the “New Song Hits” Playlist I just morphed from the prior “Song Blast” one.… Continued →

Returning to our collective mindset here in 2021 with their first new song in almost 20 years is “Abyss” by the band Beloved. It is everything you wanted the band to sound like in 2021 and everything you’ve dreamed about for years. It certainly does live up to expectations and takes them in an entirely new yet still grasping on to pieces of the past.… Continued →

Sef Idle recently dropped a new EP called “Retrogradation” which is definitely a “Plugged In” punk rock collection of songs. There is a fair mix of previous acoustic jams from his past material amped up and explored in a more punk rock direction. This is a really great collection of songs.… Continued →

Punk Meets Metal Band, Living Fire, just dropped a brand new ep titled “Mercy Between Love & Hate” and it is quite a diverse set of songs. Fans of the Dogwood meets Good Riddance sound of the past might be a little disappointed but fans of the heavy music realm who are looking for a talented band to follow will be pleasantly surprised.… Continued →

Emery just dropped a new song titled “Concussion”. Listen below or on your digital network of choice. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album, “Rub Some Dirt On It!” Pre-Order here.… Continued →

San Diego-based rock band Robert Vaughn & the Shadows released their classic album Love & War in 1987. As fate would have it, it was the final release on Exit Records (home of Seventy Sevens, Vector and Charlie Peacock), and its partnership with Island Records. Due to the unfortunate demise of the label, the album never saw a CD release (only LP and cassette).… Continued →

Hey, I get it. 80s metal is a love or hate thing. Many IVM readers are fans primarily of pop-punk and related genres. The thought of dudes in make-up, hairspray and spandex just seems like a bad joke. But for those of us who were there, it comes with a heap of nostalgia, and occasionally some good tunes too!… Continued →

Longtime IVM supporter and friend Ben Kunz, performing as Benjamin Daniel, has unveiled the first single off his forthcoming 15-track album. Shelterheart was recorded with Asher Peterson (son of Andrew Peterson) in Nashville. This release sees a powerful marriage of Kunz’s lyric-driven songwriting and the quiet confidence of other Peterson projects.… Continued →

The band Luxury are returning to the stage for a special one night only concert event in Atlanta, GA. The concert takes place on September 23rd with Unwed Sailor and NRCSSST joining them. You can buy tickets and find out more info right here.… Continued →

The super group of sorts known as “The Lost Chorus“, return with a brand new song titled “Ring The Mission Bell”. Check out the exceptional new song below to get a taste for what’s to come. Featuring members of this band and that band, maybe another band or two, too.… Continued →