Plus Abandon Kansas and Emery make strong showings, Norma Jean recording new music, For Today tours, and Thi’sl releases a new music video….

With two weeks left before the release of their album Handmade, The Ongoing Concept posted their new song  “Amends” to SoundCloud for you to hear.

Even though they are now indie bands without big label support, Abandon Kansas’ new album Alligator and Emery’s You Were Never Alone have both made strong showings on the Billboard charts this week. Both albums are available from shop.radiou.com.

According to Facebook, Norma Jean is recording new music. All we know so far is that they have studio pics with the hashtag RecordNumber7.

Live in the eastern U.S.? Then you have plenty of chances to see For Today this summer. Their touring plans start this month at the Alive Festival and they’ll be around the eastern part of the country for the next four weeks with Gideon and Silent Planet.

And RadioU Fusion artist Thi’sl just put out a new music video for the track “King Without A Crown” off his latest release, Fallen King.