The Big Takeover Features IPR’s Two New Releases
“With two new releases,” The Big Takeover writes, “Bruce Licher and Independent Project Records continue their exploration of not only the deepest crevasses of their own archives, but the electronic, experimental underground of the American Southwest. As usual, the disks arrive in beautifully wrought packaging with extensive liner notes.” The site has an exploration of Licher’s Tape Excavation compilation – “There’s a […]
Playing For Change Tells Keturah’s Story
Playing For Change, an organization that has played a vital role in Malawian star Keturah‘s first foray into the American recording industry, has a profile on the songstress. The profile explains that “Keturah’s exceptional songwriting and powerful vocals are elevated by intricate percussion, melodic guitar lines, subtle backing vocals and horns, creating an eclectic album that showcases […]
Darkus Magazine Shares Ghost Party With the World
Darkus Magazine has shared “Severed Hands” by Ghost Party. “If you are a fan of bands such as Parels or even Temples, then it feels only right that we introduced you to The Ghost Party,” the site says. “Everything is so incredible about [first single “Severed Hands”],” the site continues, “lyrics which ooze with poetic finesse, vocals […]
New Music From Occurrence
Slow Violence, the new double album by Occurrence, is an expansive statement about vulnerability and decay, about the things that terrify us and liberate us. Bandleader Ken Urban (electronics, synths & beats), Cat Hollyer (vocals, flute) and Johnny Hager (vocals) have created an album that reveals the “slow violence” (a term coined by Rob Nixon) that accrues over the course of our […]
Echoes.org Touchingly Eulogizes Barry Craig, AKA A Produce
When Barry Craig, the artist behind A Produce, died in 2011, Echoes.org was there to provide an obituary and describe the artist’s sound in a compelling fashion. “As A Produce, Barry Craig created sweeping expanses of sound that owed a debt to Steve Roach. But unlike Roach, A Produce usually had a hint of melody in his music, even in […]
Matt Holubowski Speaks of Forced Rest and Renewed Energy
Matt Holubowski is performing on May 27 in Cowansville, QC to support his new album Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn, and he has provided an artist’s statement about the upcoming show. “After three records and innumerable cities in a handful of years, The Forced Rest seemed to last an eternity. My boisterous past could have been […]
Wildfire Music + News Shares Keturah’s Charity Connection
Wildfire Music + News notes that proceeds from Keturah‘s debut US single go to a good cause. “Recently,” the site explains, “Malawi was devastated by a massive tropical cyclone. All proceeds from downloads and streams of Keturah’s first single will be donated to the Jacaranda Foundation, a Malawian cultural center and school for orphans that is helping with […]
The Sound Lab Chats With Matt Holubowski
Matt Holubowski‘s new album Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn is out now via Audiogram, and the artist has an interview with UK podcast The Sound Lab in which he delves into the creative process behind making the record, which came about differently than his previous three LP releases. Listen here, and get the album started on your […]
Sunny War Participates In A Panel for Acoustic Guitar Mag
Acoustic Guitar Magazine has a panel discussion on its YouTube channel featuring Sunny War along with two other fantastic guests. “Join our illustrious panel for an in-depth conversation on songwriting,” the site invites. “Each of our guests has a unique perspective and process – Sunny War forged her singular folk-punk style busking on the Venice Beach Boardwalk; Madison Cunningham won […]
Mesmerized Cheers Ghost Party’s Psych Chops
Mesmerized is mesmerized by Ghost Party‘s mesmerizing new single “Severed Hands.” Writes the site, “If the chaos of our modern reality becomes too much, you might need some ‘escapism’ ‘as we like to call it. You need art to be able to keep your mind off things, perhaps finding solace in floating freely into the deepest corner […]
New Release From A Produce
This is the new, expanded re-released of the ambient cult LP The Clearing that was originally self-released on vinyl in 1988 by A Produce, the moniker used by the late Barry Craig, who was a prolific artist operating on the fringe of the experimental and DIY music scene in Los Angeles from the 1980s until his premature death […]
The Sound Café Previews Keturah’s Soon-to-be-Released LP
The Sound Café has a preview of the upcoming new LP from Keturah. due in May from Hen House Studios. “The album journeys through a dynamic blend of genres, from the lively, upbeat afro-folk-funk rhythms of ‘Kwanumkwanu’ to the emotive ballads of ‘Sukulu’ and ‘Chimbalame,’ the Americana inspired ‘Nchiwewe’ and more lighthearted tracks such as ‘All The Way from […]
Glasse Factory Praises Matt Holubowski’s “Alluring” Sound
According to Glasse Factory, “Sandy Cove” by Matt Holubowski “is an alluring listen. An intriguing blend of spacey electronics and off-kilter beats, with sun-dappled melodies that wrap around the listener’s being, is meant to evoke a dreamy feeling as if it’s playing from a beachy speaker. The song evolves with the development of stirring strings, cinematic instrumentation, and the […]
Sunny War Talks Axes With Premiere Guitar
Premier Guitar writes that Sunny War, whose Anarchist Gospel is at radio now from New West, “has an almost spiritual connection with her main guitar, a 1989 Guild True American.” She tells the magazine, “I can’t explain it, but I knew when I found it. I’ve had a lot of guitars before that guitar, but none of them have […]
New Release From Independent Project Records: Tape Excavation
The original 14-song limited edition vinyl LP of Tape Excavation was created to accompany the 2020 Independent Project Records coffee table book Savage Impressions (an arresting look back on Independent Project Records and Independent Project Press founder Bruce Licher’s career as a visual artist) published by P22. Tape Excavation was compiled by Savage Republic and Scenic founding member Licher after scouring through dozens of boxes of cassette tapes from rehearsals, demos, […]
Matt Holubowski Charms Charm Factory
About the new Matt Holubowski album, Charm Factory writes, “Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn delivers the artist’s most meticulously cultivated record to date. Each track is infused with heightened levels of experimentation, through a symphony of intricate sonic arrangements. From the delicate keys that dance atop stirring strings and shimmering electronics, to the intricate beat work, trademark electronic guitar […]
Coffee For Two Celebrates Sunny War’s NACC Folk #1 Album Anarchist Gospel
In its review of her new album Anarchist Gospel, Coffee For Two writes that Sunny War “deserves to work with… southern sounds, the Delta blues and the mountain country, as much as anyone else, and she is a forceful presence as she does so, with the grinding, glorious album opener ‘Love’s Death Bed’ merely the opening shot. War assembles a […]
Endless Crate Spotlights June McDoom
Endless Crate says June McDoom is an indie folk artist you should know. “June McDoom’s music ranges in mood from the tender to the eerie,” the site writes. “She creates captivating soundscapes through her transcendent vocal talent, dynamic instrumental arrangements and inventive harmonies. Her sound is unique and evocative, blending folk rock, psychedelia, and soul. Her self-titled […]
New Music From Kat Niles
Kat Niles is an LA-based singer-songwriter and composer whose work is a study in contradiction. She draws inspiration from the music of her childhood — Townes Van Zandt, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, medieval motets and choral pieces, and Britney Spears. Her lyrics are influenced by magical realism and the literary works of Virginia Woolf and Clarice Lispector. Her unruly and experimental song structures are […]
Vanyaland Compares Matt Holubowski’s Music To A Pillow
According to Vanyaland, “Matt Holubowski provides a pillow for our mind’s frenzy on ‘Sandy Cove.’” The track appears on Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn, Holubowski’s new full length at radio now. The site calls the song “ethereal” and writes that it “dances delicately around a twirling flame of folk, electronic, and cinematic instrumentation without ever falling victim […]
