iogi Lines Up SXSW Official Showcase
iogi is heading to Texas next spring for South by Southwest. The Tel Aviv-based songwriter/producer released his new album, we can be friends, earlier this year via Raw Tapes. Now, he is among the first wave of artists announced for official SXSW 2024 showcases. Read Variety’s announcement right here. According to Under The Radar, the new LP “occupies a… warm and dreamy […]
Soundcheck Hails The “Distinctive, Soulful Voice” Of Bobby Bazini, Who Is Currently On Tour In Canada
Bobby Bazini continues his Canadian tour this week, starting with a show tomorrow (Tuesday, November 7) in Regina at The Artesian. If you’re on Bazini’s tour trajectory, be sure to check him out! A 2019 live review in Soundcheck hails Bazini’s “distinctive, soulful voice.” The site writes, “Bazini is one of those rare performers in that […]
The Vinyl District Recommends Releases By The Ophelias, Shiva Burlesque, and Scenic
According to The Vinyl District, “The return to activity of Independent Project Records, founded by musician and graphic designer Bruce Licher way back in 1980, has been one of the sweeter developments on the contemporary scene, especially right now through a handful of vinyl releases that carry forward the label’s magnificent design aesthetic.” The website has reviews of three recent […]
Léonie Gray Gets Props From The CBC’s London Morning Show
The CBC’s Ryan Soulliere says Léonie Gray‘s “OMG” is a “soulful R&B jam… a song that will get you moving right away.” He played the track on his show London Morning this past weekend, and selected it as one of his top three tracks from the week “to give your playlist a boost.” Check out “OMG” here, and give your […]
Under The Radar Premieres iogi’s “Warm and Dreamy” Track “6am”
Under The Radar writes that iogi‘s new LP we can be friends “occupies a similarly warm and dreamy space, full of lush sonics and a gentle, early-morning beauty… ‘6am’ effortlessly encapsulates the record’s aforementioned early-morning energy, steeping iogi’s songwriting in both quiet intimacy and lingering melancholy. The track is primarily guided by meditative keys, though as the song winds […]
June McDoom, Getting Ready For Tour, Starts A DJ Residency At NTS Radio
June McDoom is at radio now with a couple of tracks from her upcoming EP, With Strings. She’s also about to go on her first headlining tour, after a country-crossing joint opening for Nick Hakim earlier this year as well as a ton of shows at premiere venues throughout New York City. Tour dates below… Want to get more of […]
New Music From Torn Boys
1983, the first-ever release from Stockton, California’s Torn Boys, the now legendary band featuring Jeffrey Clark, Kelly Foley, Duncan Atkinson, and a 19 year-old Grant-Lee Phillips, is set to be released in the first part of 2024 by Independent Project Records. The comprehensive archival ten-track set of rare, unreleased studio and live tracks documents the short but eventful life of […]
June McDoom Announces Tour Via Brooklyn Vegan
Brooklyn Vegan says the new With Strings version of June McDoom’s “The City” is “gorgeous.” The site has details, here. about McDoom’s upcoming EP, which features a Judee Sill cover and a Nina Simone cover alongside a couple of reworked versions of songs initially released in 2022. Brooklyn Vegan also has McDoom’s upcoming tour itinerary. 11/11 – Brooklyn, NY […]
Flood Features IPR
Flood Magazine has an expansive feature on Independent Project Records, Bruce Licher, and Jeffrey Clark, tracing IPR’s history back to the early days of Licher’s band Savage Republic. As Clark tells Flood, “An IPR release is a work of art, a special object. I hear that a lot of people collect vinyl but don’t play it. So if […]
Bobby Bazini Begins Tour
Bobby Bazini has a new album, Pearl, at radio now. Atwood Magazine calls the set “cinematic, soulful, and smoldering,” while Music For The Misfits has highlighted the album’s “soulful” vibe. According to Alan Cross, Bazini’s vocals on the LP are “jaw-dropping.” He’ll also be on tour starting this week, traversing Canada just as the days really start […]
New Music From June McDoom
June McDoom is a singer-songwriter based in New York City. Growing up in South Florida in a Jamaican household, McDoom was raised around reggae music; later, she discovered and nourished her own deep love for folk music and songwriting of the 1960s and 70s. While studying in NYC for a degree in Jazz Performance, her musical […]
iogi Fights An Alien
iogi‘s video for “slow step on quality wood” features Max The Alien, the character we met in the Tel Aviv-based songwriter/producer’s previous video, for “we can be friends.” This clip opens with a campy fight in a mobile home and includes some glittery disco visuals as well. Enjoy it here. The track appears on iogi’s new […]
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 at the Santa-Térésa […]
iogi Makes Friends With An Alien In A New Music Video
Tel Aviv-based musician iogi has released a music video for “we can be friends,” the title track of his new LP that’s at radio now from Raw Tapes. The video was created by Roy Rieck and Ben Kirschenbuam, and it features an encounter with a furry alien! See it here. we can be friends is out now. Get it spinning […]
The Autumn Roses Shares June McDoom’s “Mystical” Judee Sill Cover
The Autumn Roses writes that “New York City’s June McDoom has generously shared her mystical, harp-led and ephemeral version of the enigmatic Judee Sill’s ‘Emerald River Dance’” Hear the track here. As the site notes, the song is the opening track of McDoom’s forthcoming EP, With Strings, which also features a Nina Simone cover as well as orchestral reworkings of a […]
iogi Expresses His Love For Dan Auerbach On Talkhouse
iogi recently wrote an essay for Talkhouse‘s Role Models series about Dan Auerbach, of The Black Keys, The Arcs, and more. “Now, if you’ve listened to my music before,” iogi writes, “you probably couldn’t tell that Auerbach has had such an influence on me. After all, he’s a guy who hails from Akron, Ohio who inhaled all the blues and rock & […]
June McDoom Plays For WNYC Soundcheck
June McDoom and her band have recorded a live set for WNYC Soundcheck, which writes “Growing up in a Jamaican family in Florida, June McDoom was surrounded by reggae; but she found herself drawn to the sounds of 1960s and 1970s folk. Now based in New York, she has released her debut EP, which surrounds those songs […]
Soul And Jazz And Funk Says Bobby Bazini Is A “Dazzler”
Soul and Jazz and Funk has a nickname for Bobby Bazini: “Bobby Dazzler.” Oh yeah! The site says, “The gentle ‘Waterfallin”’ was the album-heralding single and it’s now followed by an equally gentle ‘Ojåla’ (pronounced ohala). If anything ‘Ojåla’ is more laid back than ‘Waterfallin’.’ The new song’s sweet and seductive bossa nova tempo is a perfect fit […]
Musoscribe Describes Exploratorium
Musoscribe has a review of Bruce Licher’s Exploratorium, which is at radio in an expanded edition from Independent Project Records. The site breaks down the record’s contents, writing that “”Peak’ has a sinister yet contemplative character redolent of Tangerine Dream, or Neu! without the motorik beat. ‘Going Home’ has a more cinematic quality, with icy synth textures and glacial […]
June McDoom Covers Judee Sill For SoS and 988
June McDoom recently performed her cover of Judee Sill‘s “Emerald River Dance” for the Sounds of Saving YouTube channel, in partnership with the 988 Suicide + Crisis Lifeline as part of their “Song That Found Me At The Right Time” series. According to McDoom, “Music is a really important part of how I found myself […]
