New Single From Gary Young and Pavement From The Louder Than You Think Documentary Soundtrack
Independent Project Records has announced the early 2026 release of the original motion picture soundtrack from the 2023 documentary film Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement. Proudly resistant to genres and conventions, the Louder Than You Think soundtrack tells the story of Gary Young, a true original who – when he was approaching the ripe old […]
AndersonVision Goes Deep With WOO And IPR
AndersonVision has a quite extensive overview of the upcoming Independent Project Records reissue of WOO‘s debut LP Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong. Not only does the site outline the details about the remastered and expanded set, which is coming in January, but it places WOO and IPR into their larger cultural contexts while explaining the intersections between […]
Redditors Ask Patrick Watson Anything
Patrick Watson, who is at radio now with his album Uh Oh, participated in a Reddit AMA last month. Watson’s track “Je te laisserai des mots” is the most-streamed French language song in the history of Spotify, but in the AMA he told a fan, “Numbers are abstract especially in internet terms. I hold the little […]
Mr. Noodle Reviews Venera’s “Haunting And Atmospheric” New LP
Mr. Noodle, in a recent review for Diazable Music, says Venera’s Exinfinite is “a haunting and atmospheric journey from James “Munky” Shaffer of Korn and composer Chris Hunt. This record blends dark ambient soundscapes, experimental electronics, and industrial textures into something that feels both cinematic and otherworldly. If you’re into artists who push boundaries and blur the lines between heavy, electronic, and emotional music […]
Mary Halvorson Visits The Late Set At WRTI
According to WRTI, “No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis. A septet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix — alongside trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, bass and drums — it’s a chamber ensemble with a dynamic core, forever in a state of flux. About Ghosts is the group’s latest album, and on […]
New Release From WOO
Independent Project Records (IPR) has announced that UK cult band WOO will reissue their debut album, Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong, originally released in 1982 via the band’s The Sunshine Series Records label, as an expanded edition on January 16, 2026. The remixed and remastered expanded edition of Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong includes new album […]
The Daily Vault Reviews Springhouse
The Daily Vault recently issued a review of the new edition of Springhouse‘s From Now To OK, which is at radio now via Independent Project Records. The album, according to the site, has an “acoustic and folk friendly sound,” with highlights including the melodic “Moving Van,” the “laidback and harmonic” track “No More Yesterdays,” and the “warm and eloquent” song […]
Ink19 Champions Tav Falco’s Noir Drama
“Everything old is new again” on Tav Falco’s new LP Desire on Ice, writes Ink19. The site has a review of this “noir audio drama, a tour of the international demimonde. Recorded over 18 months at Sam Phillips Recording Services in Memphis, an impressive array of friends augments the core Panther Burns lineup of Falco, Mario Monterosso, Giuseppe Sangirardi, […]
New Music From David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets)
Independent Project Records (IPR) has announced the release of a decades-spanning various artists compilation entitled The Well, featuring many rare and unreleased tracks from the label’s vaults, as well as music from forthcoming releases, available on all digital outlets on Friday, November 21, 2025 and physically on Friday, December 19, 2025. The two-disc, forty-one song collection of […]
The Gateway Online Appreciates Patrick Watson’s Vulnerability On Uh Oh
A reviewer for University of Alberta’s Gateway Online writes, “with Uh Oh, Patrick Watson transforms a period of silence and uncertainty into an exploration of human resilience. It’s a record that turns loss into connection and vulnerability into art. I found the album deeply moving because it captures the unpredictable rhythm of life, the highs, the lows, and the moments […]
North Dallas Gazette Details Leif Vollebekk’s Tour
North Dallas Gazette has details on Leif Vollebekk‘s current US tour, explaining that it comes after a lot of success for the artist. “Earlier this year,” the site writes, “Vollebekk sold out his biggest Australian tour, joined Mumford & Sons on their Railroad Revival Tour, and supported Gregory Alan Isakov at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. He also performed across Europe with Jacob […]
KLOF Reviews Fruit Bats’ Intimate New LP
KLOF has a review of Fruit Bats’ new album Baby Man, which is at radio now from Merge. “On his new album,” the site writes, “Eric D. Johnson stands alone, delivering his most exposed and vulnerable work to date. While the name Fruit Bats is a title he assigns to his recorded work, Johnson has traditionally been accompanied by a full […]
New Music From Shiva Burlesque feat. Grant-Lee Phillips and David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets)
Independent Project Records (IPR) has announced the release of a decades-spanning various artists compilation entitled The Well, featuring many rare and unreleased tracks from the label’s vaults, as well as music from forthcoming releases, available on all digital outlets on Friday, November 21, 2025 and physically on Friday, December 19, 2025. The two-disc, forty-one song collection of […]
Andrew Stogel Makes NPR’s List
Andrew Stogel’s new album American Miserable was on NPR Music‘s roundup of the best new albums out last week. See that full list here. The new album is a brutal, playful, personal, and immersive installment from Stogel, once known as War Strings. Stogel aims to follow in the footsteps of bands like Suicide and artists like Bill Callahan and […]
Leif Vollebekk Premieres New Short Film
Written by Leif Vollebekk and directed by longtime collaborator and award-winning filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian, the “Southern Star” short film merges the cinematic tone of Vollebekk’s Revelation album with his visual storytelling. The film made its debut during Vollebekk’s performance at the historic Thalia Hall in Chicago this past Monday, November 3, on the first night of Vollebekk’s current US tour. […]
Springhouse Plays IPR’s Anniversary Event
Independent Project Records begins its two-day 45th anniversary celebration tonight (Wednesday, November 5) at Gold-diggers in Los Angeles. Performing both nights will be a reunited Springhouse, whose reissued LP From Now To OK is at radio now from IPR. According to the band’s Jack Rabid, writing on The Big Takeover, “apart from one unique Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamashoegazer fest in 2018, when […]
Photog Music Notes The “New Emotional Dimension” Of Leif Vollebekk’s AURORA Collaboration
Photog Music writes that Leif Vollebekk‘s reimagined version of Revelation highlight “Southern Star,” which features guest vocals from AURORA, “brings a renewed sense of intimacy and light. AURORA’s ethereal vocals intertwine beautifully with Vollebekk’s soulful delivery, adding a new emotional dimension and depth that makes the song feel both familiar and newly alive.” The track is at radio now from Secret […]
IPR’s 45th Anniversary Will Livestream On Volume
This week, Independent Project Records celebrates 45 years with a two-night event at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles featuring performances from Springhouse, Lanterna with Bruce Licher, Kommunity FK, Driveway Ceiling, DJ Otto Von Stroheim (DJ battle), David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), Shiva Burlesque (w/ Jeffrey Clark & Grant-Lee Phillips, featuring David J), Alison Clancy, and more. Get tickets here. Not in LA? The event will […]
Flex Says Geckøs Make Music “Like A Mirage”
According to Flex, Geckøs (M. Ward, Howe Gelb, and McKowski) make music that is “like a mirage, born from serendipity and carried on a breeze of desert mysticism… that flickers like candlelight in a sandstorm. ‘Dance of the Gecko’ unfolds with patient grace as Spanish-inflected guitars intertwine with spectral percussion, while airy vocals drift in and out like […]
AllMusic Reviews Patrick Watson’s “Quietly Haunting” New Album
AllMusic has a review of Uh Oh, Patrick Watson‘s new “set of hushed chamber pop” that features a slew of talented featured singers. The album was inspired by a period during which Watson entirely lost his voice, yet AMG writes that “perhaps the most notable quality of Uh Oh is that, while its backstory is conspicuous in its lyrics and […]
