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We are proud to present the brand new song from Nate Parrish titled “Religion of Relevance“. The song drops May 28th through all digital networks. Follow him right here. What do you think?… Continued →

Prepare The Way hails from Mississippi & appears to have sadly only released one EP. But, this title track is powerful. I guarantee all of us have felt the sting of failure & sin in our lives. To rely on Jesus to get us through turmoil & tragedy is a touch thing to do, but that is where His perfect peace can shine the brightest. Hope you like this SOTD as much as I have the past few years. suffocating ever waiting till the deed is done evil angels all against me so they say they’ve won all these chains around me can you push them to the ground every time I’ve tried every time they’ve pulled me down they’re pulling me down Is there anything left of me Can I find the strength to stand up to my feet Will I ever heal these chains of flesh are real And they’re holding me this burn of pain I feel You’re not Alone Every failure that I’m wishing would just go away All the lies you tell me shallow dreams that wish to stay All these chains are binding freedom fighting for a chance Angels carry me help me find my way to stand Will you help me stand Is there anything left of me Can I find the strength to stand up to my feet Will I ever heal these chains of flesh are real And they’re holding me this burn of pain I feel You’re not alone Now fly away lets fly away To find a life without this pain Just open your eyes and breathe within Let go of these chains don’t love them again … Continued →

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Brownstory, the music project from all 4 members of Mainframe will drop their 14 song album this Tuesday May 25th. Check out a full stream of the eclectic album, below. You can purchase the album right now on Bandcamp and get a full instant download of all 14 songs. Grab lyrics and more info on the link. Enjoy!… Continued →

So I’m going a long ways back for this SOTD. But, the truth is that it brings still holds true today. Pulling from 3 different Bible verses, the lyrics deal with going through life while dealing with different choices that can take us down a dark path. The most relevant is 1 Peter 5:8  “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” I really do miss the days when my fave music was directly tied to the Bible & the lyrics sheet had the scripture reference.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Almost Always – think / walk / etc. (EP)
• August Burns Red – Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition
• The Devil Wears Prada – ZII
• Huntingtons – Judy Judy (EP)
• Namesake – Demos & Legacy Recordings
• Searching Serenity – Instrumentals, Vol. 1

Pop & CCM

• Manwell – Currency (EP)
• Mat Kearney – January Flower
• Twenty One Pilots – Scaled And Icy

Electronic & Dance Folk & Singer/Songwriter Hip Hop & R&B

• Andy Mineo, Lecrae – Coming In Hot (Remix Pack) (EP)
• Guni – Take A Bullet
• Guvna B – everywhere + nowhere (Black Edition Deluxe)
• Jaay Verano – for God so loved the world (EP)
• Jerel – Nostalgia 444
• Man Of FAITH – Velocity
• MJx Music – Natural Causes (EP)

Worship & Gospel

• Abbey Neves – I Remain
• Andrew Greer – Tune My Heart 2 … Songs of Goodness & Love
• The Belonging Co – See The Light (Live)
• Bryn Waddell – Roots
• Crosscut Collective – The Way
• David Benjamin Blower – Hymns for Nomads: Vol.

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Nate Parrish drops his brand new song for 2021 titled “Religion of Relevance” through all digital networks and streaming sites. Get a first taste below and please tell your friends. Full song stream here on Indie Vision Music May 27th! Song drops May 28th.… Continued →

A small, independent punk rock band from the late 90’s/early 00’s called “Namesake” that you may have blinked and missed, are back with a special “Demos & Legacy Recordings” release through digital networks. The release features their long lost music including that song “Michigan Avenue” that appeared on “I’m Your Biggest Fan Vol. 2” that I put together years ago for Tooth & Nail and lies dormant in the dusty bins of yesteryear. The band had a lot of passion and talent and could have been the next big thing but sadly ended much too soon.… Continued →

Fallstar dropped this new music video for the song “When Justice Cracks The Sky” 2 weeks ago and it’s incredible. Watch the video below and pick up “Sunbreather” wherever fine music is sold or in the Facedown Records store.… Continued →

The ladies of GFM are back with a huge new song and incredibly well done music video to accompany the hard hitting, honest, and positive music. Check out the music video for their new song “Where Were You”, below and make sure to follow them here. This is the absolute, ultimate mental health awareness anthem and a song that hits close to home. Please watch and read the lyrics below.… Continued →

Galesburg/Monmouth, Illinois is the first place you think of when you think of blackened melodic death metal, isn’t it. But, since 2004, AHTDU has been playing just that. I have seen the band numerous times & even been to a few shows with members of the band in the crowd or playing with other bands, like the southern rock The Comancheros. This is some true headbanging stuff so if you get a chance, check them out live. The band is also cool enough to post videos on YouTube of bass & guitar playthroughs if you’re interested like me.… Continued →

Arizona’s No Laughing Matter were kind of a ‘love ’em or hate ’em’ kind of game. Dark and broody, they didn’t fit in with most CCM at the time. Heck, even the alternative stuff wasn’t quite this dark, for the most part. Scott Roman’s dramatic wail was an acquired taste. The guitars alternated between goth-rock and the occasional nod to funk (see “Helltown”). Of particular interest were the deep bass grooves. They were one of Christian music’s very few, true “post-punk” bands in the proper sense of the term.… Continued →

Headnoise was a band I found while thumbing through one of my friend’s CDs back in the early 2000s. They are most def a true hxc punk rawk band but with a twist, Edie Goodwin’s vocals. She can really belt out this genre of music & has been going since 1994. Think Crashdog, The Distillers, dreads, & mohawks. Life was different back then-Lol! You can find their stuff on Glenn Kaiser’s Grrr records as they were part of the Jesus People USA commune for some time.… Continued →

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Join us today on Discord and meet a friend, dive into deeper conversations, or find something new to call yourself a fan of. Let’s develop this community we’ve started here on IVM and take it to the next level. Click here to join and find the “Indie Vision Music Community” on Discord.… Continued →

The 90s were a great time for quirky fun Christian rock music. Believable Picnic is closely related to the Beatles-esque PFR aka Pray For Rain as the frontman was the older brother of PFRs frontman. The lyrics for this SOTD elude to the Biblical viewpoint that Christians are not of this world per John 17:14 & 18:36. Sadly, the band only followed up with one more LP. … Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Salt Creek – Our Own World (EP)
• Trev – I Have Hope (EP)

Pop & CCM

• Andrew Ripp – Evergreen
• Dimas Cortez – Better Day
• Falcon – Nova (Piano Sessions) (EP)
• James Stockstill – James (EP)
• Mat Kearney – January Flower (EP)

Electronic & Dance

• Jeremy James Whitaker – regrowing skin (EP)

Hip Hop & R&B

• Aha Gazelle – Pardon Me
• Elo Kay – Village by the Woods
• Germaine Martel – Ambition 2
• Henrik – i get lonely sometimes!
• Michael Personne – Leviathan
• Nic .95 – Memories Mixtape

Worship & Gospel

• Anna Golden – Peace: The Album
• Ginny Owens – Sing Hope in the Darkness (EP)
• ICF Worship – Choose to Praise (Live)
• KEO – Infinite Love
• Run51 – Hymns Vol.

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Check out this really cool brand new version of the song “Close Encounter” by the band Poetic Descent. It is extremely well done and comes across as a whole new band, even better than the first time it released. Song can be found below.… Continued →

Coopertheband are back with a new song titled “Once”. The song will be a part of an upcoming EP titled “Wilderness”. The striking, warm, female vocals and lush arrangement, makes this a song you don’t want to miss. Check it out below.… Continued →

Jason Martin and Co. are back yet again with MORE NEW MUSIC. Yeah that’s right, NEW Starflyer 59! As if that wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, well you can pre-order it now on Vinyl from Velvet Blue Music right here. “Life In Bed” out June 11th on Velvet Blue Music. The band last released “Miami” last year via VBM.… Continued →

Nate Parrish is about to unleash his latest creation and that song is called “Religion of Relevance”. You can’t get more relevant, heart wrenching, and deeply personal than this new song. Yes, I’ve listened to it and it is quite possibly one of the best new singles of 2021. We will have a full premiere of the song on May 27th, one day before release. Make sure to bookmark our page and come back here to give it a full listen. Who else thinks Nate Parrish would be a perfect addition to Tooth & Nail Records?… Continued →

A rising indie band from Nebraska called Salt Creek, made a lot of waves and significant buzz on the underground scene for a number of years and they just earned their spot among a lot of great bands on legendary Seattle based label – Tooth & Nail Records. The label just released the band’s label debut EP titled “Our Own World”, through all digital networks and streaming sites. Give it a listen and comment with your thoughts. For fans of Basement, Balance and Composure, Teenage Wrist, Superheaven, and Citizen.… Continued →

Brownstory drop their debut full length “Replanting” on May 25th 2021 through all digital networks and streaming sites. All 4 Mainframe members comprise this new project called “Brownstory”. Check out the song “Music City Town” below. You can pre-order right here on Bandcamp and get 5 songs as an instant download. Get more info on this band below in the comments.… Continued →

Barely on the heels of Rob Ray’s latest EP, he’s announced a new project titled Yours is the Night. “Meet Me Here” is the first glimpse of this next set of songs. In some ways, it’s not unlike the tracks off Yours is the Day. But there’s a degree of subduedness and quietness here. This is, after all, a song about prayer. It doesn’t feel drastically different in the way multi-EP projects tend to mix styles, but even if this is merely just a “part 2”, that’s certainly not for the worse.… Continued →

This band is “Anything But Plain” as their debut released in 2003 & was a modern rock band fronted by a female singer who had a distinct way of singing her vocals with Guardian’s Tony Palacios helming the production. Their name comes from the idea that no one is a plain jane in God’s eyes. One can still find their old Myspace & Soundclick pages & other goodies from the band is The Door & Gravity. … Continued →

Code of Ethics hit on the Christian music scene in 1991 with their brilliant debut Visual Paradox for R.E.X. Music (later re-issued on Forefront), having already released an independent cassette demo a year prior. The album was a synth-pop triumph, taking the best of techno-pop and alternative dance and fusing them into a singular whole that was as danceable as Information Society, but as catchy as Pet Shop Boys or Erasure. I once had a chance to catch the band live, opening for The Prayer Chain.… Continued →

The Calicoes are a fun rockabilly/psychobilly/surf rock band with a sound akin to Ruby Joe & mainstream band Social Distortion. Hailing from Texas, one can find their one full length, EP & single through Velvet Blue Music. As far as lyrics, they are atypical of the love lost variety. Hope you like the sound & if you do check out the instrumental Rice Burner. PS, I moved this SOTD til a later date due to another review being on the band in April! Lol … Continued →

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Rock & Metal

• Convictions – I Won’t Survive
• Jerry Fee  – Truth
• Revival Hymns – Birth Pains

Pop & CCM

• CAIN – Rise Up
• JJ Heller – I Dream of You, Vol. 1
• Katy Reynolds – Healing

Electronic & Dance

• God’s Warrior – See Us In Paradise

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Jess Ray – Baby Take My Hand
• Calah Mikal – Footnotes on Healing

Hip Hop & R&B

• Bryann T – Kingdom Psalms 2: Silver, Gold, and Precious Stones
• Calvin Martyr – Calvin Martyr Unplugged
• Larell – Larell’s Coney Island, Vol.

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When I first heard this song, I was diving in the “alternative rock” scene & my musical overfilled mind was whirling from all this weird music that was not like the Petra’s or White Hearts I had grown up listening to. There were so many linked bands to this project such as Fluffy (check my review on Guitars Guns & Girls!) & Duraluxe which was formed with Hoi Polloi’s Troy Daughtery to name a couple. Check out the www.knottheads.com website for more info. It was hard to choose between this SOTD & Icky & Cavewoman so check them out also.… Continued →