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 […]
New Music From Andrew Stogel (War Strings)
“This one’s my best yet.” Andrew Stogel attempts to reveal his most sincere self on American Miserable under his given name; it’s a brutal, playful and immersive installment. Stogel’s new album is his most searing, listenable and personal work. Stogel aims to follow in the footsteps of bands like Suicide and artists like Bill Callahan and Lou Reed. “This […]
The Line Of Best Fit Shares Leif Vollebekk’s New Single with AURORA
The Line of Best Fit has highlighted Leif Vollebekk‘s newly-released version of Revelation standout “Southern Star,” which features guest vocals from AURORA, who also stars in a short film Vollebekk is making. He says. “AURORA and I had been fans of each other’s music for years and kept talking about finding the right way to collaborate. When I mentioned I […]
IPR Celebrates Its Anniversary At Gold-Diggers In LA
Independent Project Records (IPR) has announced that beloved Los Angeles radio station KCRW will be presenting their two-night live show celebration in conjunction with the label’s 45th anniversary to take place on Wednesday, November 5 and Thursday, November 6 in Los Angeles at Gold-Diggers in Hollywood. Known for their unique musical sensibilities and extraordinary artwork & design, IPR is a favorite […]
Patrick Watson Plays On New Sounds With La Force
Patrick Watson recently visited New Sounds, from New York Public Radio, with frequent collaborator La Force. The two performed three songs that can be found on Watson’s new LP Uh Oh, which is at radio now from Secret City Records. Check those out on the New Sounds YouTube feed, here. Watson’s new album includes features from La Force as well as Charlotte Cardin, November Ultra, […]
Mente Cultural Likes Geckøs’ Engaging Dance
Mente Cultural says “The Dance Of The Gecko,” which features on the new debut LP from Geckøs, “stands out for its engaging melody, organic percussion, and arrangements that evoke cinematic soundscapes. The result is a musical experience that combines surrealism with mature emotional poetics, supported by shiny violas, precise bass, and carefully integrated percussive textures.” Read more here. […]
Everything Is Noise Covers Venera’s “Amazing” Sophomore LP
Everything Is Noise has coverage of Exinfinite, the new LP from Venera. The site writes, “‘Hey, did you know that Munky – yes, from Korn – has a side project that does amazing post-industrial electronica? No joke!” Here‘s that. We agree – Venera is pretty amazing, and Exfinite includes a set of stunning instrumentals alongside guest vocals from the likes Chelsea Wolfe, […]
New Music From Leif Vollebekk feat. AURORA
Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk has shared a new version of his song “Southern Star,” featuring award-winning Norwegian artist AURORA. The track originates from Vollebekk’s forthcoming short film of the same name, which merges the cinematic tone of Vollebekk’s Revelation album with his visual storytelling. Vollebekk’s latest album, Revelation has been hailed by critics and fans alike since its release. Recorded […]
Patrick Watson Visits KCRW
Patrick Watson appeared earlier this month as the guest on KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Eclectic, sharing some tracks from his playlist and chatting about “Wim Wenders, his musical upbringing, his new LP Uh Oh, and the fact that despite being so closely associated with all things French-Canadian, he was born in SoCal.” Enjoy Watson’s visit with host Novena Carmel right here. Watson’s new […]
