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The year was 1997. The heyday of Christian alternative rock was starting to wane, as mainstream sounds were drifting into new territory. Dance pop (in the form of boy bands and girl bands) was starting to make another attempt at dominating the airwaves. Electronica and house were exploding in creativity and splintering into new subgenres every day. Outside of punk and hardcore, the most exciting thing happening in rock was a revival of traditional British sounds in a new format cleverly dubbed “Britpop.” While not a new genre per se, its popularity had boomed with no small thanks to bands like Oasis, Blur, James and literally dozens of others across the pond.… Continued →

A couple weeks back, Brandon published an article about some of the issues American society faces today: partisanship, gun violence, and mental illness. One of the quotations that resonated with me was that “Libertarians are struggling to have their voice heard.” It got me thinking about one of my favourite hip-hop albums, Full Disclosure (2012) by JustMe, whose sharp lyrics express a distrust towards the U.S. government. One of the standout tracks is “Yougenics” which takes a well-informed look at Social Darwinism and its relation to abortion.… Continued →

LEDGES' returns in full-force with a new lineup on "Convenience".

Rock & Metal

• The Boy & the Sea – Cover of Night (Single)
• Citizens – Nothing Is Happening to Me (Single)
• Jamie Rowe – This Is Home 
• Michael Sweet – Better Part of Me (Single)
• Norma Jean – Landslide Defeater (Single)
• Pray for Sleep – Nimiety (Single)
• Silent Planet – Shark Week (B-Side) (Single)
• The Timbre of Cedar – What If Love (Single)

Pop

• Aaron Bucks – I Got You (Single)
• Big Daddy Weave – Turn On The Light (Single)
• Brian Free – This Storm (Single)
• Cody Ray Lee – Chances (Single)
• Connor Flanagan – All I Need ($outh Florida Remix) (Single)
• Courtnie Ramirez – Perfectly Loved (Single)
• David Leonard – Share This Burden (Live) (Single)
• Hannah Kerr – Ordinary (Single)
• Jake James – No Cigar (Single)
• Jason Gray – Order (EP)
• Jon Webster – Heartbeat (Single)
• Jordan Frye – Peace Sign Up (Single)
• Mōzi – We Made It (Single)
• SÜ – New Wave (Single)
• SÜ – Talk Me Down (Single)
• TRALA – Talk, Talk, Talk (Single)

Electronic

• Everen Maxwell – Breaking Time (Single)
• LZ7 – Forever Young (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Anthony Skinner – Tall Angel : Side A (EP)
• Caleb and Kelsey – Sing Over Me: Songs for Parents and Their Little Ones 
• David Lunsford – Moon (Single)
• Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Dragons 
• Joseph – Good Luck, Kid (Single)
• Madison Cunningham – Who Are You Now
• Make Sure – Walk Home Instead

Hip Hop & Urban

• Aaron Patterson – Saved Me (Remix) (Single)
• Alive City – Only Ever (Single)
• Andrew Blooms – My Time Will Come (Single)
• A.I.

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Who is this band “Inner 29“? You need to follow them on social media and understand that their upcoming Ep will be the best thing you’ve heard in years. If you dig early 00’s pop-punk/emo then you are going to love this. I can’t say more at this time so just follow them and stay tuned. @inner29band… Continued →

You need to read this cool interview with Bryan Gray of The Blamed. This legendary music maker has been a part of our music scene for nearly 3 decades now and his band The Blamed are releasing their new album “The Church Is Hurting People” this coming September through Indie Vision Music. View the interview right here.… Continued →

The project known as “Spoken in Tongues” will release their debut on November 22nd. This project features Billy Power from Blenderhead fame and Chris Wible of Everdown. This much anticipated debut is leaving fans salivating for what is to come as both of these legendary gentlemen have the talent to knock down walls and tear apart stereos across the globe. This firebrand duo is sure to bring a smile to your face and a heavy knock to the chest (and no I haven’t heard any songs yet).… Continued →

Forum Blue which is the music project from Ray Torres who is an IVM fave and maker of great music for the past decade has just dropped his debut ep with the band Forum Blue. Check out the “Surreal Ep” below and make sure to purchase it via bandcamp for $5. Fans of Neon Trees, Walk The Moon, Dashboard Confessional, Foster The People, and Ray Torres and The Mercy will love this.… Continued →

In what appears to be a complete surprise, the band LIFELONG are working on their new music. It appears to be that debut full length everyone has been patiently waiting for. Featuring former members of the band Confide, Lifelong took a decidedly more spiritual turn mixed with heavy melodic hardcore and pure passion meant to move people. If you’ve been hungry for the next generation of heavy spirit filled hardcore and fill the void left from the departure of Sleeping Giant, then Lifelong are perfect for you.… Continued →

The Blamed return with their 7th full length effort titled “The Church is Hurting People”. Campaign contributors have all received an early release of this 12 song effort. Check out the new song “Overwhelming Love”, below. The album is a perfect combination of that unmistakable heavy Blamed sound mixed with punk rock elements, industrial touches, and just an all around energetic, passionate experience sure to bring a smile to any fan of The Blamed. This album marks a return to the sound found on those early albums like “21”, “Frail”, “Again”, and “Forever” but even if you loved “Isolated Incident” and “Give Us Barabbas” you will find something to appreciate here.… Continued →

Craig’s Brother return with their 6th and final song from the Devils In The Details sessions. This song is titled “Forever (The Proposal)” and shows the band in a more subdued moment yet drawing heavy on that emotional connection their music conveys and tugging at the heart strings. Check out the song below this message. This beautiful recorded effort was originally used as the song for Ted’s (Bond) proposal to his bride. Think along the lines of “Set Free”, “10,000 Miles”, and “Head In A Cloud”.… Continued →

The North Pole Project (2008) wasn’t supposed to be a Number One Gun album. Rather, this was once the name of vocalist/guitarist Jeff Schneeweis’ solo project in the aftermath of Number One Gun’s breakup. In any case, The North Pole Project is a beautiful indie rock anthem. Not only did Schneeweis play every instrument on the album, but he also produced and mixed it. In these songs, he goes beyond some of the margins of the band’s past work, and this is best exemplified by closing song “This Holiday.”… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Assay – Opus Quest: Instrumental (EP)
• Crucify the Flesh – The Sickness Unto Death (Single)
• Deep Valleys – Goldhaven 
• Disciple – Panic Room (Single)
• Judah & the Lion – Let Go. (Single)
• Perpetual Legacy – 119: Theme of My Songs (Single)
• Strange Her – A Marginal Sea 
• Whale Bones – Backyard (Remastered) (Single)

Pop

• Brandon Oaks – Crumble (Single)
• Building 429 – Fear No More EP 
• Caleb Stanton – Already Taken (Single)
• Denia Shanelle – Something Happens (Single)
• for KING & COUNTRY – God Only Knows (RUSLAN Remix) (Single)
• Francesca Battistelli – Defender (Neon Feather Remix) (Single)
• Ghost Ship – To the End 
• Hollyn – bye, sad girl.

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Josh Garrels has been making a name for himself for quite some time now, even as far back as 2011’s Love & War & the Sea in Between. Despite your opinion on his music, it’s certainly evident he consistently aims big and doesn’t take shortcuts. His catalog consists largely of long-form albums with layers and layers of instrumentation, harmony, and production nuance. Nonetheless, it’s also not unreasonable to find his music perhaps a bit too sleepy. When an album is over an hour long, it can get tiresome – and the risk only increases when it’s acoustic instrumentation paired off with falsetto.… Continued →

A couple days ago, I made a post about the upcoming StefanOtto album, including the music video for “Body Bag” in the footer of the post. As it turns out, the production duo for that song, SoundNami, have just joined the Die Daily Team. SoundNami consists of Shamir and Great Scott, and they have produced for artists like Ruslan, Bizzle, Canon, and many others. The video below showcases various samples of their work.… Continued →

Black metal stalwarts Ascending King are back! They’ve just dropped a new single “Lignum Vitae,” which is a collaborative effort with Sebat Frost from Frost Like Ashes. Whether it’s due to that influence or not is hard to say, but the doomy elements first heard on the Ascending King EP released last year are gone this time in favor of a faster-paced black metal sound. The single can be downloaded for free here: Ascending King – Lignum Vitae… Continued →

On August 23, StefanOtto will be releasing his new album Til Heaven Comes via Menace Movement. The record includes guests such as DJ Morph, Datin, and Selah the Corner; production credits include Tee-Wyla, Theory Hazit, and Tone Jonez among others. Check out the video for the single “Body Bag” below.… Continued →

Preface: I just want to put it out there that this is a personal opinion and my opinion alone. I am in no way advocating for a particular position and political party. / I am no expert on American Politics nor do I pretend to have all the answers. Things irritate me, positions annoy me, politics is a game. I am just so sick of it all. It’s sad when all sides of the spectrum play us as pawns in this carefully constructed game of chess, creating this madness and big budget Hollywood style extravaganza we call modern media.… Continued →

Today’s song of the day comes in the form of some punk-ska from our friends in Michigan based band – The Insyderz. I was a fan of this band dating back to 1997 when I heard their debut full length, “Motor City Ska”. The band released 3 full lengths, 2 worship/praise albums, and this final (?) full length in 2012. The song that meant the most to me and had me spinning it again was “Sinner’s Songbook”. The track features Joe’s (Yerke) gritty yet melodic, vocal delivery alongside the vocals of Reese Roper (Five Iron Frenzy), and Matt Morginsky (OC Supertones).… Continued →

Everyone’s favorite fun loving, Ramones obsessed, legendary punk rockers…Huntingtons, are back with a new full length album this fall. A teaser for their first single “Too Old to Care” can be heard below. Who else is excited about this new announcement?… Continued →

I got this great tip by a fan of IVM over on our facebook page so I thought I would share right here. Rocky Gray who has played in the bands Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced, Evanescence, and We Are The Fallen (among many others), got interviewed by Movie Geek Feed and you can find out more here. They cover his love of horror and heavy music plus some other insight into this very talented fellow. [Thanks Eric S.]… Continued →

The mighty Signal Vs. Noise are back with a brand new song titled “Cut My Losses” and we are sharing the music video below. The new song is available now through all digital networks now. RIYL: Emery, Anberlin, American Arson, Boy Sets Fire, Spoken, and Papa Roach.… Continued →

Arizona based melodic punk band Reliance have joined forces with California label, Thumper Punk Records. The label has re-released their fantastic “Crashing Down Ep” through all digital networks and on CD from the band at shows. You can also download it over on bandcamp here. Reliance have a great sound and message so don’t miss out on these guys.… Continued →

Thumper Punk Records is stoked to announce the release of a Benefit Compilation of Surf Music to raise money for Santa Cruz based FleaHab. Founded by legendary big wave surfer Darryl “Flea” Virostko, the mission of FleaHab is to provide a sober living environment in Santa Cruz focused on physical activity, in effect replacing the high of drugs with the endorphins of exercise. Combined with a nutritional menu and access to sports, yoga and other holistic support systems such as AA, FleaHab offers a new approach to sober living – and new hope for those afflicted by drugs and alcohol.… Continued →

Sorry guys, I don’t have a song of the day today. After wading through over four dozen new singles and a handful of new albums this week I was only able to narrow it down to thirteen songs. So here are your songs of the day:

1. Pray for Sleep – Dear Death (feat. Hashu)
2. Random Hero – Tension
3. Bloodlines – Spiritual Warfare
4. Built by Titan – Ghost
5. Sink In – Drive 
6. CLOUDLAND – Over Again
7. Stillman – Shook
8. LNYX – Beauty in the Breakdown
9. Grant Owen – Everything Changes
10. Crystal Rome – Island
11. Jon Webster – Caught Up
12. Tenielle Neda – No Fear in Love
13. Eikon – Kingdom (feat.

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“Talk to Me,” the latest song from Thi’sl, is accompanied by a music video. This YouTube and SoundCloud exclusive is a follow up to “Let’s Get to It,” which released in June. Produced by Jabez On The Beat, the new single contains the St. Louis artist’s signature trap sound.… Continued →

Introducing Central Texas' Spirit Filled, Straight Edge, Hardcore act: Perseverance. Fans of Debtor and Fire the Sun take note....

Remember “Cooler Than Me” by Mike Posner? That song used to be really cool in 2010 and was popular enough to be played at shopping malls. But maybe, perhaps, you thought yourself cooler than Mike Posner, despite his single having a lot of pizzazz and swagger. Fair enough. Well, I hate to break it to you, but Starflyer 59 is actually cooler than both of you. “We’re the Ordinary,” taken from The Fashion Focus (1998), is cool enough to freeze a hipster shopping mall on a blazing summer’s day.… Continued →

Dont ask how I came to find these guys, because the truth is, I still have no idea. Nevertheless there were certain things said if them that drew my interest and I was happy it did. AsFireFalls is a hard rock/techno/metal band from Boise, Idaho. The 4-piece is currently independent, but strike me as the type that could get snapped up by a fortunate label out there somewhere. So, look em up on Facebook, spotify, amazon, Instagram…whichever social media site we’re all clamoring off to these days and follow em.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Bloodlines – Hostile | Minds
• Built By Titan – Ghost (Single)
• CHPTRS – Chapter Four 
• CLOUDLAND – Over Again (Single)
• Narnia – From Darkness to Light
• Pray for Sleep – Dear Death (Single)
• Random Hero – Tension (Single)
• Reclaimers– Already Over (Single)
• Red – From The Ashes (Single)
• The Rocket Summer – Sweet Shivers
• Sink In –Drive (Single)
• Skillet – Victorious 
• Strange Her – I’m the Salt of the Earth (And the Salt in Your Wounds) (Single)

Pop

• Ben Laine – In My Mind
• Big Daddy Weave – I Know (Single)
• Cameron James – Come and Get Me (Single)
• Charlie Rey – Now (Single)
• Christa Wells – Come After Me (Julie Odnoralov Remix) (Single)
• Clay Finnesand – Springside
• Crystal Rome – Island (Single)
• Embassy – Make A Way (Single)
• Grant Owen – Everything Changes (Single)
• The Gray Havens – Gone Are the Days (Julie Odnoralov Remix) (Single)
• Jacob Stanifer – Won’t Forget You (Single)
• Jeremy Camp – Should’ve Been Me (Single)
• Jon Webster – Caught Up (Single)
• Sajan Nauriyal – 100 (Single)
• Stillman – Shook (Single)
• Sucre –Your Records (Single)
• Tenth Avenue North – No Shame 
• The War Within – Closer (Single)
• West of Here – Reach for the Sky (Single)
• Wilder Woods – Supply & Demand (Oliver Nelson & Tobtok Remix) (Single)

Electronic

• Gui Brazil – My Battles (Single)
• Jeremy James Whitaker – The Wounds We (Want) (EP)
• LNYX – Beauty in the Breakdown (Single)

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Carrie Bowen – Mountain Top (Single)
• Dave Pettigrew – Bring Me Back to Life Again (Single)
• Jamie Rowe – Let’s Get This Party Started (Single)
• Jamie Rowe – This Is Home (Single)
• JJ Heller – The Best Thing (Single)
• Joey Gonzalez – You Still Remain (Single)
• Madison Cunningham – Trouble Found Me (Single)
• Tad Worku – Won’t Give Up (Single)
• Tenielle Neda – No Fear In Love (Single)
• Trey Hill – Gone Are the Days (Single)
• Will Reagan – Vacancy

Hip Hop & Urban

• Aaron Cole – WHY (EP)
• Anthone Ray – Greatest Story Ever Told (Single)
• BrvndonP – Better Late Than Never (Live) (Single)
• Cellus Hamilton – The Hem (Single)
• Derek Minor – Who Gon Stop Us (Single)
• Elijah Jaron – Jump Out (Single)
• Fedel – In My Bag (Single)
• Gavin the HotRod – ActionJackson!

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