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If you’ve yet to hear Relent, you’re missing out. The nu metal/hard rock outfit from San Antonio came out swinging with their debut ep, “Heart Attack” last year that was a front to back slammer. The band has more recently signed with Rockfest Records with plans to re-release the debut ep, which will include their newest song, “Low”. The song deals with the subject of depression as well as addiction and talks about the hope we have to overcome it. Excited to see what the future holds for these guys.… Continued →

Six Foot Midget was a ska punk band from Denton, TX. FFO: The Insyderz, The O.C. Supertones, and May Weather.

When Extol’s first album came out in 1998, the Christian hard music scene had been dominated by hardcore and the then-developing metalcore sound. This was being spearheaded prominently by labels like Solid State Records (a division of Tooth & Nail), and Facedown Records. Enter Norway’s Extol. No one quite knew what to do with them. Sure, there was still an active underground metal scene, but Solid State had not signed any heavy metal bands yet–only hardcore bands that dabbled in metal. But Burialwas a full-on heavy metal cacophony, bridging subgenres–progressive, black, thrash and death metal–often within one song.… Continued →

April has been packed full of new music. Every time I thought was done creating my playlist I’d remember an album I forgot to listen to. And then I’d find an album I totally missed. And then I’d repeat both of those again. So here is a playlist with some of my favorite songs for you to check out maybe find something you missed or something new too! … Continued →

As has been the case of late, I am doing a great deal of write ups on little known songs/releases and this one is no exception to that rule. This is one of the better Off The Record songs from their mostly unheard final EP in 2004 titled “Nothing New”. Nothing New was released in 2004 on a west coast punk label called New School Records. The label released albums by 7-10 Split, Off The Record, Twenty2, Not Long After, No Trigger, among many others.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Andrew Stanton – Going Rogue
• As Lions and Lambs – No Return
• Deathbreaker – Choke
• Emery – This Town
• Ever Eden – Illumine (EP)
• Off Road Minivan – YOU
• Silent Planet – When the End Began (Instrumental)
• Snow Bones – Cool Kids
• Tigerwine – Nothing is for You
• VEAUX – You Make My Heart Go (92 Attika Remix)

Pop & CCM

• Allan Scott – No More Lies on Me (Live)
• Allen Mask – Maybe Then
• Carmen Justice – Different Life (EP)
• Ethan C.

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One of my dear friends in the music industry and a super talented artist I might add, Orion Walsh, just released a LIVE full length titled “Greetings From Germany” that is a fundraiser of sorts for him. Please head over to bandcamp right here and drop some change. You’ll get a really great album in the process. Plus if you want, you can buy all of his other releases for just $17. All proceeds go directly to Orion Walsh. Look for Orion’s other project “Slow Coming Day” to release “Quarantine Sessions” later this month.… Continued →

16 years ago Indie Vision Music released a little known EP by a little known emo/indie rock band from Kauai, Hawaii known as “Pennylane”. So much has changed in the years since both professionally, musically, industry, and personally, that those years seem like such a blur. I just remember a friend passing this self released EP to me at one of my Chain Reaction shows that the band released on their own and loving every second of it. At the time IVM was releasing albums as part of it’s web presence and a year before the zine would launch (2005).… Continued →

Starflyer 59 have hooked up with Velvet Blue Music again and will release a brand new single titled “This Recliner” on May 14th via the label. This one has that classic sound of their past efforts wrapped up in a warm, smooth package ready to be enjoyed by the masses. This sounds like the perfect continuation of “Young In My Head”, an album released last year on Tooth & Nail Records. I’m so happy to see Jason Martin continuing on with this project and releasing more new music.… Continued →

Earlier today Ethan Luck posted a quarantine session with Mojo, Geoff Firebaugh, Aaron Tosti, and Dan Spencer where the guys covered the Op Ivy track, “Freeze Up”. This is a really great cover of a classic ska/punk track. Check out the video below and drop a comment.… Continued →

Today, The Glorious Unseen released a new track, “Hold My Heart” (see the lyric video below). The song is off the band’s upcoming ep, “Make All Things New”, which is set for release May 15th. You can presave the ep HERE. Check the song out below and leave your thoughts.… Continued →

In a Facebook Live posted last night, Run Kid Run have announced they’ll be recording around 3 NEW songs in the near future. As of now, there’s no time frame on it, but it looks like we will be getting some new tunes from RKR. The announcement comes on the heels of the 12th anniversary of the album, “Love At the Core”, and right now you can head to the band’s Facebook and check out some acoustic covers of some choice selections from RKR from David.… Continued →

Bandcamp is once again waiving there revenue share on purchases today to help artists through this pandemic. So if you want to support independent artists by buying their music now it the perfect time to do it! And if not sure what artists have music on Bandcamp we’ve got you covered. With the help of the IVM community I’ve compiled this very handy list of artists to help you out. Rock & Alternative

• American Arson
• Atombender
• BC Music
• Best Foot Back
• Blank Books
• Bridge the Sea
• Census
• Chase Tremaine
• City Of Auburn
• The Classic Crime
• Derri Daugherty
• Eaves
• Fair
• Falling Up
• Glass Age
• Gloomcatcher
• Good Luck Varsity
• Heart Like War
• I Still Dream
• Indie Vision Music
• Jason Dunn
• Jesse Sprinkle
• John Van Deusen
• John Schlitt
• Kept On Hold
• Kings Kaleidoscope
• Last Chance Marie
• The Letter Black
• Light45
• Make Sure
• mewithoutYou
• No Longer Music
• Much The Same
• MxPx
• The Pear Republic
• Permeation
• PETER118
• Philmont
• Random Hero
• Red
• Red Umbrella
• Rose Blossom Punch
• Rusty Shipp
• Seraphs Coal
• Stemson
• Strategic
• Sullivan
• Talkie
• Thrice
• The Timbre of Cedar
• Trilogies
• The Union of Sinners and Saints
• Wavorly
• We Shot The Moon
• Weathered
• XIII Minutes
• 77s

Pop & CCM

• All Together United
• Andy Kyte
• Future of Forestry
• John Mark McMillan
• John Tibbs
• Phil Keaggy
• PYRAMID PARK

Electronic & EDM

• Jonathan Ogden

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Benjamin Daniel
• coicoy
• Ellie Holcomb
• The Gray Havens
• Half-handed Cloud
• Hallowell
• Jenny & Tyler
• Josh Garrels
• Laura McElroy
• Mark Lee Townsend
• The Oh Hellos
• Sandra McCracken
• Steven Delopoulos
• Strahan
• Tame Raven
• Vocal Few
• Wilder Adkins
• 6’10

Hip Hop & Urban

• Ajax Starglider
• Heath McNease
• Illect Recordings
• Krum

Metal & Hardcore

• Calling Down Fire
• LEAH
• Luther’s Hammer
• Theocracy
• Thumper Punk Records
• TIMŌRĀTUS
• Tourniquet
• 2Minute Minor

Worship & Gospel

• Allie Paige
• Bifrost Arts Music
• Company of Saints
• Eikon
• Liturgical Folk
• Medical Morning
• Pacific Gold
• The Porter’s Gate Worship Project
• PSALLOS
• The Reid Phifer Project
• Rivers & Robots
• Seeker & Servant
• The Trees Will Know
• ubcmusic

Instrumental & Ambient

• Jessy Ribordy
• Salt Of The Sound

Children

• Rain For Roots

Yeah, that is a lot of music.… Continued →

While metallic industrial became the dominant form of industrial music in the mid 90s and beyond, it was the dancier stuff that held my attention better. I liked the heavier stuff too (Circle of Dust, Mortal, Generation) because it gave a new spin on metal, but after the while the genre seemed to blend into one. Industrial-dance, or electro as it’s sometimes called (not to be confused with the hip-hop/funk genre from the 1980s) combined harsh vocals and samples with danceable beats into something altogether different.… Continued →

The band released one LP 2001’s Breathe on the short lived Mercy Street Records that also released Seventh Day Slumber’s first 2 LP’s & 2 little known band’s: Broken (rap core) & Salt (southern rock). Real’s sound could be described as nu-metal with a hard rock twist. Not much can be found on the band, but from sites listing the CD for sale. Consisting of 11 tunes, the band rocks hard and is one of my favorite albums from the early 2000s. Indie stations had played a few of the songs Breathe, Let It Be & Downfall.… Continued →

We are proud to premiere the new Slow Coming Day quarantine themed track titled “Ghost Town USA”. The song is off the upcoming release aptly titled, “Quarantine Sessions”, which will drop next month on Indie Vision Music. This will be a digital release and not only will it be on every digital network but it will also be on the Slow Coming Day bandcamp page right here (preorder). View the full tracklisting right here.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Almost Always – convalesce
• American Arson – Unbreakable
• Asfirefalls – With Me
• The Choir – The Real WWW
• The Devil Wears Prada – Live in London (EP)
• Emery – Voices in the Air
• Jodi Essex – Fighter
• Manafest – Legendary
• Mantric – False Negative
• RELIC – Sinners & Saints (EP)
• Relient K – Live
• Signum Regis – Given Up For Lost
• Tigerwine – Complete

Pop & CCM

• Anchor & Braille – EVENTFUL HORIZONS
• Austin Koukal – Broken
• Carrollton – Not Afraid Of The Dark
• Chris Renzema – Let The Ground Rest
• Crystal Rome – Onward & Upward
• Dave Pettigrew – Fear Not (Radio Edit)
• Ethan C.

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SAE was a fun short-lived ska/pop punk band from Oklahoma circa early to mid-2000s. Their music has even been referred to as “skip hop”! RIYL: Must Build Jacuzzi, Skamikaze, Honeylocust, They released an EP & a full length on the Thin King Entertainment label which also released music from Awaiting Isaac and Radial Angel. Their album Less Talky Talky, More Rocky Rocky is incredibly hard to track down. Every now and then it will be sold on Amazon. Finally got a hold of my copy a few weeks ago!… Continued →

The much-beloved punk rock duo American Arson is back and set to bring their Facedown Records debut LP to the world. A Line In The Sand officially hits shelves 7/3, but the band has dropped their lead single, “Unbreakable”, to help whet your appetite in the meantime. Check it out below. This LP is set to be the most ambitious and lyrically-bold work the band has done so far and sees the band crossing even more genre lines to make music that is undeniably authentic. Track List: 1.… Continued →

SoCal hardcore band Point of Recognition (or Point of Wreckinthangs as they were affectionately known by fans) released 3 full-lengths, an EP and a pair of split releases before disbanding in the mid-2000s. Members popped up elsewhere in the scene, but the band’s existence was sadly short. Nonetheless, their impact was felt strongly in both the Christian and secular hardcore scenes. Playing a heavy form of “new school” or “tough guy” hardcore, they stuck close to their roots, not following into the more and more metal-influenced versions of hardcore that were developing rapidly around them.… Continued →

In something of a surprise (at least to me), Relient K released a new live album on Spotify minutes ago. The 15 tracks that appear on the release include one track from Two Lefts, a few choice selections off Mmhmm, and the rest are from varied releases after that. Looking forward to giving this a good listen. You can also pick up the live vinyl HERE, however it appears to contain 9 songs rather than 15. Who’ll be checking this out??… Continued →

Risen, up and coming metalcore band from Indianapolis, had just added Travis Fields as second and “unclean” vocalist. Fields cut his teeth in Indiana band A World Apart before joining Risen this year. The band, also featuring Jammin Shue on guitar (also formerly of A World Apart), clean vocalist Chandler Ballinger, Mason Beard Beard on drums (also of Symphony of Heaven, Mystic Winter), bassist Heidi Dendler and guitarist Hyperion Zhang, are currently writing their debut album through Apollyon Productions.… Continued →

A great artist out of Michigan that goes by the name “Vagabonds“, just dropped his new release titled “Liminal Space” last week. Check out the release below and buy on Tape/CD right here from his artist page. Support Vagabonds and stream/purchase wherever you get your music. Listen via bandcamp stream, below this post.… Continued →

Jason Parker who played in Focused also played in the band Outnumbered. They produced a demo or two and had members who played in The Blamed, Stavesacre, Focused, etc. The band played quite a bit back in the early to mid-90’s and was definitely a spirit-filled hardcore band. They have put up some new merch for sale right here and hopefully will gather interest to see what happens in the near future with recordings. Stay tuned.… Continued →

Keith Settles is a name you may not instantly recognize but in terms of IVM past history, the name contains significant weight. Jess started out the IVM interview series on YouTube way back in mid 00’s and then when Keith Settles came aboard to help out, he created some of the finest video interviews we had up until that point. In fact, those are the last video interviews conducted by IVM (see YouTube page). Keith was frontman for a group out of So. Cal. called The Parousia and as of the last couple of years he has gone solo with some teeth clenching, honest tunes with an ep titled “Stories To Tell” set to drop on May 15th independently.… Continued →

Benjamin Daniel (Ben Kunz) a friend and constant IVM supporter over the years has just dropped his debut full length titled “Shaping Season Vol. 1”. If you could imagine a collaboration of David Bazan, Sufjan Stevens, Manchester Orchestra, My Epic, Anathallo, and The Fray, you’ll get a hint as to the direction of these songs. This is beauty in it’s most purest form and a stripped down approach that takes the listener on a moody journey through the stories and music of Mr. Benjamin Daniel.… Continued →

The band Lightworker has just signed with Solid State Records and have unleashed their mighty fine new track, “Empyre”. The song will appear on the band’s debut Solid State full length, “Fury by Failure” due out June 12th. Listen to the song below and pre-order the album right here. What do you think?… Continued →

We are proud to premiere the new Slow Coming Day acoustic oriented track titled “Father, Friend”. The song is off the upcoming release “Quarantine Sessions” that will drop in May on Indie Vision Music. This will be a digital release and not only will it be on every digital network but it will also be on the Slow Coming Day bandcamp right here (preorder). View the tracklisting here.… Continued →

Rock & Metal

• Emery – Some of Us
• Lightworker – Empyre
• Off Road Minivan – Vampire / Supernova
• Sobre Todo Nombre – Reckless Beloved
• Switchfoot – JOY INVINCIBLE [Feat. Jenn Johnson]
• TIMŌRĀTUS – Best Show
• Unwed Sailor – Look Alive
• Whitacre – Seasons

Pop & CCM

• Ben Laine – “Sappy Love Song”
• Carmen Justice – Loud
• Chris Howland x Sajan Nauriyal – Twunny Twunny
• Crystal Rome – Out of the Ashes (EP)
• Danny Gokey – Love God Love People (Radio Version)
• Eleni Baker – My Hope
• Ethan C.

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Sef Idle returns with yet another (awesome) song titled “First World, Last Place”. Listen to the song below and make sure to stream on all digital networks. Acoustic centered punk rock from Boise, Idaho. Anti Flag meets Green Day and Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) meets The Bouncing Souls, meets Rise Against and Swing Life Away, while holding hands with False Idle. You’re gonna love this!… Continued →