Tag: Christian

***April Fool’s Joke*** Brandon Jones otherwise known as the man with a plan, aka Nanny Doe, aka Founder and Owner of IVM, visited the White House over the weekend (see pic) to plan out how best to keep Faith based rock n’ roll aka Christian Music, alive and well into the next decade by incorporating his “Dominate” approach (inspired by the fine folks at Tooth & Nail Records in their ‘Dominate 98’ ad slogan) into the America First Agenda. Meeting with Trump and Musk, he felt that his lifelong passions could reverberate into Washington DC politics.… Continued →

James Franchise of the band This Surrender is a digital content creator and songwriter who has a super powerful voice and music to match it. He is releasing his passionate debut “Kinetic” EP on December 16th and you can pre-order it over on his website here. Picke up a CD and pick up a shirt or hat while you’re at it. *The EP just released on digital networks at the time of this post so check it out*. Check out “A Thousand Generations” below.… Continued →

We are proud to present the brand new song “Jesus Loves You” from the upcoming Minor Rockstar album titled “Freedom”, due out December 19th on Thumper Punk Records. Check out the stream of this great new song over on our YouTube page (viewable below). Let us know what you think in the comments below.… Continued →

Allan R Aguirre who was the charismatic frontman of world renown Christian underground punk band from the early 80’s-early 90’s called “Scaterd-Few” (along with Spy Glass Blue and Men as Trees Walking), is back with new music. It is unknown at time of this post whether it’ll be in band form or strictly solo work. The preview video I viewed mentioned “Auditory 2024” but also unsure whether that is the title of group/project. More news to come. This is a great time for Allan’s voice and lyrics to blast back into our music scene.… Continued →

A very special film based off For King & Country’s track “Unsung Hero” has just been announced from the studio Kingdom Story Company alongside Lionsgate. The film tells the powerful story about the family that launched the careers of artists like Rebecca St. James and For King & Country, who against all odds traveled from Australia to the U.S. to put down roots as a family of 9 and found a certain strength that shined through in their unshakeable Faith. The film is directed by Joel Smallbone of the group For King & Country and will star Joel Smallbone, and Daisy Betts as the father and mother in this true life story.… Continued →

The most legendary holy hip-hop cipher of them all? Perhaps. Tunnel Rats’ debut Experience (1996) was truly mind-blowing. It’s one of those rare albums where the line between art and artist was completely blurred, if it even existed in the first place. The lyrics (as well as the passion behind them) reflected absolute love of hip-hop music and culture, and absolute love of God and his Gospel. Very few artists, very few albums or artistic endeavors reach that climax of full integration where neither the message nor the artistic medium was compromised in any way whatsoever.… Continued →

Merry Christmas, Friends! I’m going to type up some thoughts on bands that should most definitely reunite in 2023 to 1) Play an anniversary set, 2) Re-Release a classic album on either vinyl, tape, or cd with bonus features (and band commentary) and 3) Throw some new and/or unreleased tracks at us that we most definitely need to hear. Thoughts and ideas can be found below…. Oh, and Tim Taber if you’re reading this, I hope you’ll consider the words below and incorporate them into future plans with Transparent Productions here in Orange County and Southern California in general.… Continued →

Light The Way will be releasing a new song called “Monster” which is being described as a “fast-paced, melodic and even a bit of a moody track. Lyrically it explores the idea that sometimes the enemy is…yourself! This song touches on self-sabotage and that there’s more to life”, later this week. Click Here to pre-save. What is your favorite Light The Way song so far? Are you ready for more?… Continued →

[Lyric Video below] This really great young new group called THE YOUNG ESCAPE, has been drawing more attention online lately and through strong word of mouth which has led to their recent signing with BEC Recordings and a brand new song called “Turning My Heart”. Upon first listen to this wonderfully made new indie-pop-rock song, you are transported out of your musically lackluster and boring, bland same old song existence. There is a certain familiarity here and they wouldn’t be without praise from radio/media but something about this song strikes me as fresh.… Continued →

The indie-pop-rock group known as for KING & COUNTRY, are back with a brand new song and accompanying music video, “For God Is With Us”. This song will appear on the band’s upcoming 4th full length release. Watching the band from a personal perspective last night at the So Cal Harvest Crusade was simply mesmerizing. They may fall into that “CCM” category by writers, journalists, and hipster music aficionados but make no mistake, these gentlemen are an entertaining and talented bunch. It is music of substance with a purpose to not only reach your heart but to also get your blood pumping faster and your body moving to the beat.… Continued →

The somber yet soothing sounds of Benjamin Daniel and his music, are woven into the fabric of Indie Vision Music and our community here that has been built back up post-2016 “rebirth”. If you don’t know who he is or what his music sounds like then do yourself a huge favor and pull up “Benjamin Daniel” on your favorite digital network (or here) and give it a listen. He just launched an IndieGoGo campaign to fund the new album, “Shelterheart”, which you can read all about right here.… Continued →

These are my 25 Best Christian Rock Albums of 1995. This was a monumental year for Christian Music and really the beginning of what was to come over the course of the next 2 decades. Check out my list below along with a playlist featuring some of the songs.… Continued →

Michael Bridges, a long time member of our Christian Music and Rock Scene has embarked on a journey to release a special docuseries all about his involvement in the scene, where its gone, and and what is has meant to him. Sure to be shocking, compelling, and altogether interesting. Check out the trailer below and view the special gofundme to help get this project off the ground, right here. This really reminds me of an Anthony Bourdain (RIP) style series in the most honest way and it definitely has my interest.… Continued →

The classic Soulfood 76 album “Original Soundtrack” (1996) is getting the vinyl treatment via Old Bear Records. You can pre-order this classic right here.… Continued →

Earlier this year we were stoked to learn that IVM had several artists charting on the Billboard Christian Rock Charts for Radio Play. Mainframe, Grandpa Loves Rhinos, Light The Way, and Craig’s Brother all had songs on the charts throughout much of the year. It went a little quiet past few months until a friend alerted me to this last week’s chart showing Grandpa Loves Rhinos and Names Without Numbers both landing a spot. On top of that, a really cool punk rock band by the name of Reliance charted with their song “Broken Bottles” who we support here at IVM.… Continued →

Everyone is talking about Spotify today because of their initial public offering. So I thought I’d take a minute to share a few of my favorite Spotify playlists with you. 1) New Music Friday Christian by Spotify New Music Friday Christian is just one of Spotify’s many, many, curated playlists. What’s great about this playlist though is every Friday Spotify completely updates it with freshly released new songs. Sometimes that’s a good thing–I mean who doesn’t want to be the first to discover the next big hit?… Continued →

Guardian have released the video for their new song “The Real Me”! The song is the first single off of their upcoming album Almost Home, which is set to release in early 2014. The new single will be available on iTunes on December 13th. … Continued →

Check out the music video for the title track off of Salvador‘s new album Make Some Noise! … Continued →

Salvador have debuted the lyric video for their song “God of Forever”, the first single off of their upcoming album Make Some Noise! “God of Forever” is also available for download on iTunes.… Continued →

This has been a good improvement on an already great album, and shows listeners how much potential John Mark McMillan has in his writing ability.

This debut release from the trio consisting of co-founders Braille and Odd Thomas of Humble Beast, and beat maker Courtland Urbano, speaks of the truth of God's character, grace, and compassion.

Josh Garrels' style is a soupy conglomerate of folk, hip hop, soul, and classical, tied in with a vocal style that's uniquely haunting, giving listeners a recipe for greatness that promises a pleasing aftertaste.