Reviews

Band: FM Static Title: Critically Ashamed Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: 8/1/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Hope the Rock Show Goes Good 02. Flop Culture 03. The Next Big Thing 04. America’s Next Freak 05. Tonight 06. The Video Store 07. Girl of the Year 08. A Nice Piece of Art 09. What It Feels Like 10. Waste of Time 11. Moment of Truth Members/Duties: Trevor McNevan: Vocals/Guitars Steve Augustine: Drums In case you’re unfamiliar, FM Static is a side-project of Thousand Foot Krutch members Trevor McNevan and Steve Augustine.… Continued →

Band: Alove For Enemies Title: Resistance Label: Facedown Release Date: 7/11/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. The Resistance 02. Tread On My Dreams 03. Hall Of Mirrors 04. Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven 05. Call It Faith 06. EC-10 07. Rise Of The Phoenix 08. Not Without Incident 09. Welcome To The Underground 10. Emotion Is Chaos 11. Will Of Father Members/Duties: Erich Barto: Vocals Dan Valentino: Guitars Matt Addeo: Guitars Jonathan Hernandez: Drums Luke Anthony: Bass/Vocals Alove For Enemies, based out of Long Island, NY have certainly made themselves a figure on the new hardcore scene.… Continued →

Artist: Underoath Album: Define the Great Line (Special Edition with DVD) Label: Solid State Records/ Tooth & Nail When I say the word Underoath, many things may come to mind. “Metal.” “Emo.” “Screamo sellouts.” “Popcore.” “Dallas was better, this new stuff is MTV garbage.” “The old stuff is terrible, but I liked They’re Only Chasing Safety.” Regardless which of these thoughts best describe how you feel about Underoath, one thing is certain: you know exactly who they are. Or do you? Underoath has never been a band to sound the same from album to album, and with the new release of Define the Great Line, they have again pushed themselves and hopefully their listeners to try something new.… Continued →

Band: Run Kid Run Title: This Is Who We Are Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: May 16th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. We’ve Only Just Begun 02. Move On 03. Wake Up, Get Up 04. Sing To Me 05. The Modern March 06. The Call Out 07. This Day Of Change 08. Outline Of A Love 09. Miles And States 10. I’ll Forever Sing Members/Duties: David Josiah Curtis: Vocals & Guitar Neil Endicott: Guitar & Vocals Lyle Chastain: Bass Matt Jackson: Drums Forming from the ashes of Tooth & Nail alumni punks, Side Walk Slam, comes Run Kid Run.… Continued →

Band: Flatfoot 56 Title: Knuckles Up Label: Flicker Release Date: 6/27/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. This Town 02. Brotherhood 03. Knuckles Up 04. Hold Fast 05. Breakin’ The Law 06. Blood And Sweat 07. The Rotten Hand 08. Battle Of Bones 09. Chi-town Beat Down 10. Fight To Live 11. The Long Road 12. Amazing Grace 13. Arran Boat Members/Duties: Tobin Bawinkel: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Josh Robieson: Lead Guitar, Bagpipes, Mandolin Justin Bawinkel: Drums, Backup Vocals Kyle Bawinkel: Bass, Backup Vocals I definitely was excited to hear that Flicker picked up an Irish punk outfit, and was secretly hoping that it wouldn’t be super cheesy.… Continued →

Band: Within Title: The End Is Near; Consider Yourself Warned Label: Strike First Release Date: 7/11/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. If This Means Death… 02. Letter To Mary I 03. In Suffering My Joy Is Obtained 04. Adoration 05. Devour The Weak 06. Rejoice, And Again I Say Rejoice 07. Letter To Mary II 08. Victory Comes In The Mourning 09. Moment Of Desperation 10. Persecution Brings Prophesy Members/Duties: Casey Whitaker: Vocals Chad Whitaker: Drums Chris Whitaker: Guitar Andy Goodner: Bass Zak Willbanks: Guitar This band came out of nowhere and have instantly become one of my favorite cd’s as of late.… Continued →

Album: WatsonPark Artist: WatsonPark Label: Unsigned I have to say it: I have a soft spot for some good folk-pop. I really do. I’m a pretty massive fan of the “nu-folk” movement which was revived in the late 90s and has carried over to today. Whiskeytown, early Wilco, Norah Jones, Damien Rice…I’m a sucker for all of them. The “singer/songwriter” set. Good stuff. It’s a little hard to peg down sometimes. It’s not pop enough to be called “pop”, but there’s nothing really too “folk” (and especially nothing “country”) about it.… Continued →

Band: Various Title: FREAKED! A Gotee Tribute To DC Talk’s “Jesus Freak” Label: Gotee Release Date: Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. The Showdown – So Help Me God 02. The Gotee Brothers (feat. Ayiesha Woods & John Reuben) – Colored People 03. 4th Avenue Jones – Jesus Freak 04. Sarah Kelly – What If I Stumble? 05. House Of Heroes – Day By Day 06. Mr. Tobin 07. Relient K – Between You And Me 08. Fighting Instinct – Like It, Love It, Need It 09.… Continued →

Band: The Gentleman Homicide Title: Understanding The Words We Speak Label: Blood & Ink Release Date: 7/11/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Following A Path To Grace 02. Our Faults, Our Failures, Our Lives 03. The Goodbye And The Morning After 04. A Question: A Promise 05. No One Dies Without Deserving Liess 06. 07. Being Torn Apart Through Self Realization 08. Looking Within The Heart Of Man 09. A World Caving In On Itself 10. In Hopes That Day Will Come Members/Duties: Josh Barbee: Vocals Max Vinson: Guitar Adam Thron: Guitar Josh Jackson: Bass Matt Jameson: Drums The Gentleman Homicide formed in early 2003 in Amarillo, Texas.… Continued →

Band: The Drama Summer Title: Make A Move (EP) Label: Eulogy Release Date: 7/25/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. We Make Rejection Look Beautiful 02. Starting Over 03. Don’t Go 04. Thunder Bay Members/Duties: Nick Moore: Vocals Kevin Bodnar: Bass/Vocals Jim Nahorny: Guitar Anthony Damschroder: Guitar/Vocals John Puro: Drums The Drama Summer have been floating under the radar for a few years now. They formed in Ohio and have been recording multiple demos and doing lots of touring since. Not too long ago they signed up with Eulogy Recordings.… Continued →

Band: Various Title: My Other Band Vol. 1 Label: Mono Vs. Stereo Release Date: 6/27/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. My Red Hot Nightmare – Hold Fast, Hold Strong 02. My Red Hot Nightmare – The Worst In Me 03. My Red Hot Nightmare – Weight Of Another 04. Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes – The Calendar, The Energy (If This Is You Then Woe Is Me) 05. Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes – The Warmth Of The Sun 06. Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes – Faking My Own Suicide (Demo) 07.… Continued →

Band: Day Of Fire Title: Cut & Move Label: Essential Release Date: 6/6/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Love 02. Run 03. Hole In My Hand 04. Cut & Move 05. Regret 06. Far & Gone 07. Wake Me 08. When The Light 09. Frustrating 10. Reborn Members/Duties: Joshua Brown: Lead Vocals Gregg Hionis: Guitar Joe Pangallo: Guitar Chris Pangallo: Bass Zach Simms: Drums Joshua Brown has an amazing story of high’s and lows and ultimately of God’s grace. As many of you probably know by now, Joshua Brown was the frontman of now defunct Full Devil Jacket.… Continued →

Band: DecembeRadio Title: DecembeRadio Label: Slanted Release Date: 6/27/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Can’t Hide 02. Dangerous 03. Love Found Me (Love’s Got A Hold) 04. Greed 05. Drifter 06. Live And Breathe 07. Alright My Friend 08. Razor 09. Table 10. Least Of These Members/Duties: Josh Reedy: Vocals & Bass Brian Bunn: Lead Guitar & Vocals Eric Miker: Guitar & Vocals Boone Daughdrill: Drums I had no clue who this band was when I received this album. Granted, I was familiar with the name but didn’t really know much about them besides the fact that they were a Christian rock outfit.… Continued →

Artist: Forever Changed Album: Chapters Label: Floodgate Records “Forever Changed is breaking up.” This announcement a few months ago left some stunned. A young, eager, and talented alternative rock band just starting to make a name for themselves decided to call it quits because their singer decided to leave in order to focus on his family more. This is not an uncommon story in the music scene (which is a good thing to see musicians being responsible about their family lives). Forever Changed decided to release one last CD before leaving this band behind, and this is how Chapters eventually landed into my hands.… Continued →

Band: Waking Ashland Album: Telescopes Label: Immortal Records Review by: Brandon Jones (**Originally posted in March 2006 as a review of the Japan version with the two acoustic versions of “Composure” songs “October Skies” and “I Am For You”. Those songs have been removed from this release but it’s still an excellent album nonetheless) www.myspace.com/wakingashland www.wakingashland.com Track List: 1. Julian 2. Telescopes 3. Tortoise and the Hare 4. Open Doors 5. Flowers On a Wall 6. Under the Gun 7. Reseda I am floored by the immaculate collection of midtempo melodic pop rock tunes.… Continued →

Band: Red Title: End Of Silence Label: Essential Release Date: 6/06/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Intro 02. Breathe Into Me 03. Let Go 04. Already Over 05. Lost 06. Pieces 07. Break Me Down 08. Wasting Time 09. Gave It All Away 10. Hide 11. Already Over, Part 2 Members/Duties: Michael: Vocals, Piano Anthony: Guitar Randy: Bass, BGV’s, Piano Jasen: Guitar Hayden: Drums Red, a name chosen to symbolize the blood of Christ, is yet another example of Essential Records pushing the boundaries of their particular style.… Continued →

Band: Your Eyes My Dreams Title: Weapons Are Useless Label: Indianola Release Date: Review By: Josh IndieVision Download a FREE Mp3 Here: https://www.indievisionmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1428 Tracklisting: 01. Deadlocked 02. Complacency Killed The Cat 03. Anna Rebeka 04. The Forecast Calls For Rain 05. When The Going Gets Rough 06. Even An Angel Fell 07. The Bookie Says It’s Time To Pay Yp 08. Treason, War, And The Tyranny Of Evil Man 09. Chasing The Clouds 10. Armistice 11. Society’s Flawed Perspective Of The Truth Members/Duties: Jason Pryor: Vocals Josh Tuten: Guitar Brett Walker: Guitar Mike Messenger: Bass ***Need new drummer*** (David Walker recorded Drums) I had heard Your Eyes My Dreams a few years ago and kept a distant eye on them ever since.… Continued →

Band: Since Remembered Title: Coming Alive Label: Blood & Ink Release Date: 6/20/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Intro 02. Everything 03. Ten Years 04. Last Regret 05. Loaded Gun 06. Goodbye 07. Hero Of The Day 08. Last Dance 09. Can’t Keep Us Down 10. Out Of My Head 11. Dead Leaves 12. Coming Alive Members/Duties: Danny Siviter: Vocals Brian Young: Guitar, Vocals Kyle Woodall: Drums Chris Jacques: Guitar Mike UnderwoodL Bass Since Remembered originally started with a “progressive 80’s style of hardcore and mixed in melodies and emotions felt in much of modern day punk rock.”… Continued →

Band: Decyfer Down Title: End Of Grey Label: SRE Recordings Release Date: 6/6/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Break Free 02. Life Again 03. Fight Like This 04. Burn Back The Sun 05. I’ll Breathe For You 06. Walking Dead 07. Here To You 08. Never Lost 09. No Longer 10. Vanity Members/Duties: Caleb: Vocals, Bass Brandon: Guitars, Vocals Chris: Guitars, Vocals Josh: Drums Rounding out the trio of hard rock releases on June 6th is Decyfer Down on S/R/E & Columbia. They, unlike their counterparts were signed secular as well as SRE releasing it in the Christian market.… Continued →

Band: eleventyseven Title: And The Land Of Fake Believe Label: Flicker Release Date: 5/16/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. More Than A Revolution 02. A Stellar Sayonara 03. Nostalgiatopia 04. Myspace 05. Here With Me 06. The Unicorn Revolt 07. Anti-adieu 08. Odd’s And Even So’s 09. Teenage Heartbreak 10. Yesterday’s Glues 11. Reach That Far Members/Duties: Matt Langston: Lead Vocals, Guitar Caleb Satterfield: Bass Jonathan Stephens: Drums The South Carolina trio known as Eleventyseven, have been together for nearly 4 years now. They have previously and independently released 3 projects already and now have garnered national attention with “And The Land Of Fake Believe”.… Continued →

Band: Homeless J. Title: Three Seconds To Gaze Label: Selectric Release Date: 5/2/06 Reviewed By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. The Flash 02. Beauty Boy 03. To Uona 04. B-Fly 05. Did You See It? 06. Slip 07. Sister 08. Man On The Radio 09. Bra In The Window 10. Not The Sun 11. If I Could Raise Myself From The Dead Members: Chad Vanmeter Brad Amstutz Jon Hill Matt Minnick Lance Hill Ft. Wayne, Indiana is the home of Homeless J, a band that has been together, under the radar, since the early 90’s.… Continued →

Band: Society’s Finest Title: And I, The Drunkards Label: Hand Of Hope Release Date: 5/16/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. NYC 02. And I, The Drunkards 03. Cutters, Oh Cutters 04. One More Kiss 05. Holland 06. Sunday Prayer 07. Goddess 08. Fourth Floor Corpse 09. Nebraska 10. Dear Rebecca Nurse 11. Untitled 12. Deadlightstrangers Members/Duties: Joshua Ashworth: Vocals Eli Bowser: Guitar Guy Turner: Guitar Daniel Barton: Bass Stephen Poole: Drums Society’s Finest have been a household name in metalcore for over 8 years. They’ve released an EP on Pluto Records (“Private Conflicts And Suicides”, then took over Solid State with their crushing debut “The Journey So Far” (which by the way still maintains a slot in my disc player), then after that seemed to disappear.… Continued →

Band: Jesus Wept Album: Show’s Over Label: Strike First Records www.myspace.com/jesuswept www.purevolume.com/jesuswept www.strikefirstrecords.com Buy Here: http://www.facedownrecords.com/store-sf.htm Review by: Brandon Jones Since I don’t get free copies of cds from the mighty Facedown any more, I took matters into my own hands and actually bought my own copy of this album from the very cool Facedown store. What arrived on my doorstop just about 2 days later was an awe inducing collection of songs that I was unprepared for. Bombastic, Tight, Anthemic hardcore with strains of rock with the intensity of passion unmatched.… Continued →

Artist: Sufjan Stevens Album: The Avalanche Label: Asthmatic Kitty What does it say about the state of music that Sufjan Stevens can put out an entire album of outtakes and unused demos from his Illinoise sessions and still have a better album than all but 3 other artists this year? Does it speak to the wretched state of music, or does it speak to Sufjan’s genius? I would like to think that it speaks to the latter. And I’m hoping that there are people out there who would tend to agree with me on this.… Continued →

The Black Unicorn Tour – Montreal, QC Review by: Joel Cuthbert So to start it off this show was rather confusing. The initial ads I saw advertised the show as being at El Salon… which is one of the three event venues owned by members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, El Salon being the one used most for this type of show. I tried to see As Cities Burn at El Salon a few months ago, and when I found out the band didn’t make it across the border I walked out and wound up seeing Downhere, a good band but weird when you were pumping yourself up to see As Cities Burn, but I digress.… Continued →

Band: Kingston Falls Title: The Crescendo Of Sirens Label: Strike First Release Date: April 4th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. The Infection To Quarantine 02. Brutality And The Beast (Part 1) 03. We’ll Let The Dice Decide 04. Botulism (And A Horse Called Bartholemew) 05. The Weak Shall Prevail 06. Lieutenant Never 07. Beauty And The Sentiment (Part 2) 08. Diplomacy, Day 8 09. Alibi: Destroyed 10. This Is Ghost Town Members/Duties: Josh B: Guitar Josiah G: Guitar, BV’s John B: Vocals Brent Z: Drums, BV’s Jason G: Bass Kingston Falls, out of Indiana, was a band I was turned on to a few years back.… Continued →

Band: Burden Of A Day Title: Pilots & Paper Planes Label: Blood & Ink Release Date: May 9, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. For Tomorrow We Die 02. High Noon 03. Escapism Is An Art Form 04. No Blood No Foul 05. “Oh The Humanity” (A Prologue To Tragedy) 06. Ashes To Ashes 07. Hello My Name Is Euphoria 08. Cupid Missed His Mark 09. Anatomy Of A Scene 10. Bite The Bullet 11. Sound Of Solace 12. Lost In The Shuffle Members/Duties: Bryan Honhart: Guitar Kendall Knepp: Vocals Terry Clark: Bass Josh Sommers: Guitar Jesse Hostetler: Drums Burden Of A Day coming from the ever blossoming band haven of Florida bring a melodic hardcore sound that we’ve seen so many times before.… Continued →

Band: The Classic Crime Title: Albatross Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: May 23rd, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. The Fight 02. Flight Of Kings 03. Who Needs Air 04. Blisters & Coffee 05. The Coldest Heart 06. All The Memories 07. Say The Word 08. I Know The Feeling 09. Warrior Poet 10. Bitter Uprising 11. We All Look Elsewhere 12. Headlights Members/Duties: Matt MacDonald: Vocals Justin DuQue: Guitar Robbie Negrin: Gguitar Skip Erickson: Drums Alan Clark: Bass It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Tooth & Nail promote a band this much.… Continued →

Band: Family Force 5 Title: Business Up Front, Party In The Back Label: Gotee Tracklisting: 01. Cadillac Phunque 02. Kountry Gentleman 03. X-Girlfriend 04. Drama Queen 05. Put Ur Hands Up 06. Love Addict 07. Earthquake 08. Replace Me 09. Lose Yourself 10. Peachy 11. Supersonic 12. Numb Members/Duties: SOUL GLOW ACTIVATOR (Solomon Olds): Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keys CROUTON (Jacob Olds)—–Lead Vocals, Drums PHATTY (Joshua Olds)—–Background Vocals, Bass NADADDY (Nathan Currin): DJ, Percussion, Keytar CHAP STIQUE (Derek Mount): Guitar My first experience with FF5 was a mixed video featuring a few of their tracks mixed into one video.… Continued →

Band: Fair Title: The Best Worst-Case Scenario Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: June 6th, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Monday 02. The Attic 03. Carelessness 04. The Doubfound Game 05. Pause 06. Grab Your Coat 07. Bide My Crime 08. Get You Out Alive 09. Cut Down Sideways 10. Confidently Dreaming 11. Blurry Eyed 12. Unglued Members/Duties: Aaron Sprinkle: Guitar & Lead Vocals Erick Newbill: Guitar & BGV’s Joey Sanchez: Drums & percussion Nick Barber: Bass & BGV’s Aaron Sprinkle is a name that many people will recognize.… Continued →