David J Chats With Watt From Pedro
Independent Project Records has just released Tracks From The Attic, a three-disc collection of cassette home recordings made by Bauhaus and Love & Rockets founder David J. It’s at radio now. The legendary bass player also spoke with another legendary bassist, Mike Watt, for a recent episode of Watt’s podcast Watt From Pedro. Check out their conversation, as well as some tracks picked by […]
Angry Metal Guy Says Melvins “Pull Off” Experimental Jamming On Their New LP
About new album Tarantula Heart, Angry Metal Guy writes, “Let’s get weird with The Melvins! The experimental composition method leaves something akin to a curated jam, parceled out into four tracks until the band got bored and lumped everything else into the nineteen minute opener. To pull this off you must be a band with decades of experience and […]
JJA Honors Mary Halvorson As “Guitarist Of The Year”
We mentioned previously that Mary Halvorson was nominated for the Jazz Journalist Association‘s award for 2024 Guitarist of the Year. Of course, we weren’t surprised to learn this week that she won the award! Check out the full list of winners here. Congratulations to Halvorson, her Amaryllis sextet, and Nonesuch Records, which released their album Cloudward earlier this year. The album, which got to the […]
Spin Interviews David J About The “Inner Flame Of Inspiration”
Independent Project Records has just released Tracks From The Attic, a three-disc collection of cassette home recordings made by Bauhaus and Love & Rockets founder David J. It’s at radio now. David J also recently spoke with Spin. In a new feature, the magazine delves into David J’s creative process, explaining that “he says that songs have to come to him unbidden. ‘And […]
PunkNews Says Melvins Are At Their Best On New LP Tarantula Heart
Tarantula Heart, according to PunkNews, “is the kind of album Melvins fans adore. It has a low rumble, it changes it up and goes slightly poppy here and there before going full on early Alice Cooper (‘She’s got weird arms’), it gets pretty weird in some places, and the whole thing seems to spawn out of some vicious hole. For me, […]
Woo Speaks With It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine
It’s Psychedelic Baby interviewed Mark and Clive Ives, the brothers behind the long-running and prolific UK experimental outlet Woo, last month. The brothers are at radio now with Xylophonics and Robot X, two releases at radio now now from Independent Project Records. According to Clive, improvisation is a huge part of the band’s ethos. He told Psychedelic Baby that “apart from […]
New Music From Kapitan & Rejoicer
After years of friendship, musicians Kapitan (Dori Sadovnik) and Rejoicer (Yuvi Havkin) have joined to create a free-form of ambient, instrumental music that touches the soul. Rejoicer’s catalog floats between soul and jazz, ambient and lo-fi hip hop grain; the artist has released several albums on his Raw Tapes imprint since coming up in the Tel Aviv music scene more than […]
Beams Hits The Road
The Toronto sextet Beams is at radio now with their new one Requiem For A Planet, which has gotten positive attention from the likes of Exclaim!, FLOOD Magazine, and Higher Plain Music. The psychedelic folk rock band has described the record as “a hike along Grief Mountain with scenic lookouts.” Now, the band is taking the record on the road! Catch Beams […]
Dublab Hosts David J For a Live Set Tomorrow (Friday, May 10)
Independent Project Records has just released Tracks From The Attic, a three-disc collection of cassette home recordings from David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets). It’s at radio now, and David J will be on the internet radio tomorrow (Friday, May 10) to promote it! Dublab will host David J for a live set starting at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT) […]
New Music From Beams
Beams is a psychedelic folk-rock band from Toronto. Pairing the stunning harmonization of female voices with the shimmering textures of Telecaster and vibraphone, they have been described by American Songwriter as “darkly spellbinding” and have been compared to artists ranging from Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush to Low and Fiver. The success of the band’s debut album Just Rivers (2013), produced by Peter J. Moore (Cowboy Junkies, The […]
Cactus Lee Plays WFMU
Cactus Lee – at radio now with Caravan, out via ORG Music and Aquarium Drunkard – was a recent guest on WFMU’s Surface Noise with Joe McGasko. The band played a nice-sounding four-song set that was followed by a selection of recordings from Cactus Lee’s prolific career. Check it out right here, and get Caravan spinning on your station now.
The Sleeping Shaman Says Melvins “Maintain Their Throne” On New LP Tarantula Heart
The Sleeping Shaman writes, “Simply put, Tarantula Heart sounds like Melvins. The punk rock quirkiness coupled with searing volcanic guitar. The daring art rock mixed with propulsive drumming. The oddball lyrics and soaring choruses. It’s all here. The additional musicians certainly add their touches, and thanks to Toshi Kasai’s impeccable production, the mix sounds stellar. Through it all, the band’s […]
David J Speaks With Outside Left
David J – of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets renown – recently spoke with Outside Left magazine and explained, “I think [art is] vitally important, and it’s much more than an escape. It can be that, but it’s also a vital outlet where the artists can voice their feelings and opinions about the stuff that’s going on in the world. That can […]
48 Hills Calls foamboy The “Dopest Musicians In The Pacific Northwest”
48 Hills writes that “Portland’s foamboy is motivated to dance you through whatever the hell is your next episode. Whether it’s a breakup, feeling like a fraud in math grad school, navigating the ups and downs of a hard and devastating relationship, discovering your own queer identity, rejecting heteronormative narratives…However, the pocket of this jazzy disco-pop act—producer Wil […]
Sputnik Music Regards Tarantula Heart As A Return To Form From Melvins
Sputnik Music says Tarantula Heart is a return to form for the venerable Melvins. According to the site, “What Tarantula Heart represents for Melvins, at the end of everything, is a fresh start, a new look that eschews the half-baked gimmicks of the past few decades and seeks to play around with those familiar tools that have worked so well in […]
New Music From David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)
Attics have always exerted an irresistible allure on David J’s imagination. They can unveil luminous jewels that time and dust have rendered all but lost. With Tracks from the Attic, the Bauhaus and Love and Rockets co-founder invites us to join him and climb up the ladder. A most fascinating journey ensues: we’re looking through boxes of tapes, getting reacquainted with […]
Pandora Stories Features Torn Boys
Pandora Stories has a feature with Torn Boys! According to Pandora, “Their first-ever release, 1983, chronicles a year in the life of the short-lived but influential adventures of Torn Boys, comprising future members of Shiva Burlesque, Gary Young’s Hospital and Grant Lee Buffalo. Listen to the new Pandora Stories as Jeffrey Clark, Grant-Lee Phillips, and Kelly Foley take a track-by-track journey through […]
The Heaviest Of Art Interviews (the) Melvins
The Heaviest Of Art has an interview with (the) Melvins’ Buzz Osborne, as well as longtime producer Toshi Kasai, about the new Melvins LP Tarantula Heart. According to Osborne, “We found [Kasai] a long time ago, I guess in the early 2000s, and it just clicked. He gets what we’re doing. He liked us immediately because we met him and […]
Canadian Beats Shares The “Elegant” New Bobby Bazini Single
Canadian Beats notes that “With an elegant arrangement, as uplifting and gentle as the arrival of spring, [Bobby Bazini‘s new single] ‘Hometown (Take Me To)’ follows the release of the first single ‘Maia,’ which has already garnered radio support across Canada, the US, and the UK.” The site quotes Bazini, who offers, You can feel 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 […]
