CBS News in San Francisco Profiles Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum just completed a US-wide reunion tour with a couple of dates in their home region of the San Francisco Bay. In advance of the shows, the local affiliate of CBS News published a feature on the cult heroes that explored their history and explained the story behind their “rebanding.” According to CBS, “The new album […]
New Music From Itzhak Ventura
A simple piece of wood with seven holes — that’s what Itzhak Ventura uses to transport listeners to another time and place. Inspired by street performers in Spain, Ventura dug deep into the lineage of a Middle Eastern flute called the ney, slowly developing his own style by studying with teachers in Turkey, Israel and the United […]
The Vinyl District Grades Woo On A Curve
The Vinyl District recently gave an A- to Independent Project Records‘ new release of Woo’s Xylophonics an Robot X. The site gives the bulk of its attention to Robot X, writing that the album “stands outside the New Age genre while maintaining a few loose ties to the kosmische root. Using snippets of ’80s 4-track Woo recordings as a foundation and with Terry Gilliam’s […]
The Honey Pop Shares Mia Dyson’s “Dragging Me Down”
The Honey Pop recently shared a track from Tender Heart, Mia Dyson‘s new LP. According to the site, the song, “‘Dragging Me Down,’ is from the unfiltered perspective that acknowledges that sometimes, we are the only barriers to our own success and positive well-being. From the delicate instruments to Mia’s tender vocals, it truly showcases everything we adore […]
New Music From Woo
Woo‘s albums Robot X (2016) and Xylophonics (2017) have been reshaped and newly conceived with updated artwork for release as, for the first time ever, a two-for-one album release via Independent Project Records on two-compact disc and double vinyl set, as well as digital formats. IPR and Woo first worked together in 1988 with the release of Whichever Way You Are Going, […]
Chorus.fm Premieres SGM’s “Salamander In Two Worlds” Video
Chorus.fm has the video premiere of “Salamander In Two Worlds” by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, as well as a short interview with the band. Asked how the song fits within the overall arc of new album Of The Last Human Being, member Nils Frykdahl said, “Certainly the straddling of worlds, of loss and preservation, of survival in the face of ‘eating […]
Greedy For Best Music Enjoys The “Thoroughly Engaging” Debut LP From Yummi Wisler Guitar Combo
Greedy For Best Music recently wrote about the new LP from Yummi Wisler Guitar Combo, calling it “the fitting cinematic score to a bit of good ol’ musical escapism, rather enticingly titled The Albanian Connection… On this thoroughly engaging debut longplayer, special agent Yummi Wisler and his highly trained collaborators take a magnificent swing at recreating a sound […]
Jammerzine Gets Into foamboy
Jammerzine recently shared “Exit Sign,” a standout track from foamboy‘s new album Eating Me Alive, quoting the band’s Katy Ohsiek, who said, “One of the main ideas of this song was the feeling of a groove that’s so behind the beat it almost sounds sloppy, but in a cool way… There’s lots of interesting contrast in this track. Lyrically, it’s […]
New Music From Léonie Gray
Since making her debut by winning several provincial singing competitions in the early 2000s, Léonie Gray has had a long and varied career that has included a lead role in the musical Symbiose; opening slots for well-known artists including Beyries, France d’Amour, Karim Ouellet, Milk & Bones, and Morcheeba; performances at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, at Mtélus, on the CBC Stage and […]
Clout Digs The “Laid Back And Engrossing” Sound of Gregory Ackerman
Clout has shared the “laid back and engrossing” new single from Gregory Ackerman, “Brand New Life.” According to the magazine, the track “boasts an effortlessly captivating groovy and moody appeal throughout, maintaining this serene and captivating coolness that holds your attention with relative ease. The artist’s laid-back charm, thoughtful lyrics and the blissed out nature of the […]
David J Announces Tour
David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) will undertake a West Coast tour in support of the recently announced triple album Tracks From the Attic coming Friday, May 3 from Independent Project Records. Dubbed An Evening With David J, the tour begins on the album’s release day with a one-of-kind event at the Bodecker Foundation in Portland, Oregon titled Enter the […]
New Music From Gregory Ackerman
LA-based Gregory Ackerman, who was once signed by V2 off of a cold email back in 2018, is following 2023’s EP Mhm Okay, which was featured on platforms like For Folk’s Sake and appearing in major editorial playlists, with another folky gem: the Brand New Life EP, due in May 2024. The record was produced by Dillon Casey (Weyes Blood, Jack […]
Willamette Week Profiles foamboy, Among Portland’s “Best New Bands”
“Through experimentation,” Willamette Week writes, ‘foamboy has mastered jazz post-pop.” The magazine has a profile on the duo, who were named one of Portland’s Best New Bands last year. After starting as a remote recording project between Katy Ohsiek and Wil Bakula, “foamboy is now a proper band, with the addition of five instrumentalists who fleshed out the music onstage and […]
KBEM Hosts Mary Halvorson For A Conversation
KBEM recently hosted Mary Halvorson for an interview. “Mary Halvorson is widely regarded as the most exciting guitarist of her generation,” the station writes. “She continues to cement that reputation with her new Nonesuch release Cloudward. On this record Halvorson endeavored to not ‘overwrite,’ leaving space for the instrumentalists to find their way on their terms. Halvorson discussed her approach, her […]
KEXP Praises The “Excellent” Post-Disco Pop Of foamboy
KEXP has thrown its weight behind foamboy, whose new LP Eating Me Alive debuted at #180 on the NACC Top 200 last week. According to the Seattle-based station, “The second album from this Portland-based duo composed of producer Wil Bakula and vocalist Katy Ohsiek is another excellent set of colorful ‘post-disco pop’ and vibrant synth-pop inflected with a jazzy R&B streak that pairs […]
KEXP Interviews Mia Dyson
KEXP‘s Emily Fox recently spoke with Mia Dyson for an episode of the podcast Sound & Vision. Dyson’s Tender Heart is at radio now, and it gets its name from Dyson’s harrowing experience with an undiagnosed arrhythmia that caused her to stop breathing. Fox “talks with Dyson about the themes on the album including forgiveness and mental health, but first she talked […]
New Music From Bobby Bazini
With over a decade of success in the music industry, including multiple JUNO and ADISQ Award nominations, Platinum records, tens of millions of streams and sold-out shows Bobby Bazini made a triumphant return last year with his fifth studio album Pearl. “Maia” is the first single from Bazini’s follow-up four-track EP Stone of June, due out June 7 […]
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Debuts At NACC
After a long hiatus, the iconic prog metal band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is out with Of The Last Human Being, their first LP since 2007. The record debuted at #126 on the NACC Top 200 this week. Thanks to all the stations that charted the album there and at NACC Heavy: CJLO, Freeform Portland, KAMP, KGAR, KMUD, The Metal […]
Portland Mercury Celebrates The “Emotional Catharsis” Of foamboy’s Tunes
According to Portland Mercury, “There’s a lot of sonic diversity throughout foamboy‘s Eating Me Alive, resulting in a collection of electronic jazz pop songs that take unexpected turns… The band’s earnest writing process uses their music and lyrics as a form of emotional catharsis, and often find a grim or weightier tinge to the song’s deeper meaning.” Read […]
Forte Mag Reviews Mia Dyson’s New LP
“From talking to her tender heart and experiencing depression in ‘Dragging Me Down,’ to facing death boldly in ‘Dare,’ Mia Dyson grapples with life’s fathomless questions with gentleness and nuance,” Forte Magazine writes. The site has a feature on Dyson’s new LP, Tender Heart, which she made after having a near-death experience due to an undiagnosed arrhythmia. Check […]
