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Independent Podcast Review Greg Grunke & Jeff Brenneman look back over the discography of INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS (IPR).

If you haven’t listened yet, find it and enjoy it!
21/11/2025

If you haven’t listened yet, find it and enjoy it!

Out today on all digital platforms - The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II (link in comments)

For more than four decades, Independent Project Records has embodied what true independent record labels should stand for. This is its past, present and future rolled into two albums-worth of genre-defying, utterly unfettered music. You’ll find them living together, post-punk and ambient, psychedelia and desert surf rock, dream pop and goth rock, well-traveled singer-songwriters and young college students with a penchant for bedroom pop: it speaks to and of the unique vision and relentless drive of both IPR and its artists that The Well plays not like a mishmash but like a coherent, endlessly fascinating statement. New revelations are to be expected with each listen - this compilation promises to mesmerise, electrify and stupefy lifelong fans and newcomers alike.

Woo hoo!
14/11/2025

Woo hoo!

Join us NEXT WEDNESDAY (November 19th) for a Bandcamp Listening Party that - drum roll, please - it’s going to be our most epic one yet.

Hear The Well - The Independent Project Records Collection II ahead of its release and chat along with our very special guests…David J! Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher and Greg Lisher! Woo’s Clive Ives! Alison Clancy! Springhouse! Kommunity FK’s Patrik Mata! Driveway Ceiling! Tom Dolan! Edward Dahl! Bruce Licher and Jeffrey Clark! And more to be announced!

Click the link in comments to RSVP.

Hope to see you there!
05/11/2025

Hope to see you there!

🚨Today🚨Last minute tickets? Of course you can!
And if you’re far, join us via livestream.

For all info and tickets, independentprojectrecords.com

This is going to be amazing…guaranteed!
03/11/2025

This is going to be amazing…guaranteed!

Before Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips moved to Los Angeles and started making music as Shiva Burlesque, they were honing their art punk visions in Stockton, California, as Torn Boys. The band had been founded in the early 80s by Clark and fellow maverick Kelly Foley, their partnership forged in the smoky rooms of the local coffee houses. Later, they were joined by Duncan Atkinson on synths and drum machines and, finally, by 19-year old Phillips on guitar. Their brief yet fateful musical alliance was recently uncovered by the album 1983, the first ever release of the genre-defying songs made by the Torn Boys.

Fast forward four decades. We’re getting ready for the Independent Project Records 45th anniversary two-day event: happening this coming week (Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6), it will be filled with special occasions. One of these will be the rebirth of Shiva Burlesque, Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips joining forces again on a stage for the first time in twenty years, welcoming David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets) and Dana Gumbiner (Deathray) in their ranks for one night only. To call Shiva Burlesque’s Thursday set unmissable would be an understatement.

And we’ll let you in on a little secret - Kelly Foley will join Jeff and Grant for a unique performance of the Torn Boys gem ‘See Through My Eyes’. Who knows, maybe we’ll all be transported back to 1983…
There are still some tickets left for you to get down to Gold-Diggers and witness the double reunion. And if you’re far from the City of Angels, join our livestream and don’t miss the magic ✨(links in comments)

Day Two!
31/10/2025

Day Two!

Time to reveal the full program and time schedule for Day 2 of IPR XLV, the two-night happening celebrating Independent Project Records’ 45 years of artistry and distinction in record-making!

Get your tickets now (via the link in comments) and don’t miss out on some serious magick!

Hope to see y’all there!
31/10/2025

Hope to see y’all there!

Time to reveal the full program and time schedule for Day 1 of IPR XLV, the two-night happening celebrating Independent Project Records’ 45 years of artistry and distinction in record-making!

Get your tickets now (via the link in comments) and don’t miss out on some serious magick!

See you there?
12/09/2025

See you there?

We are thrilled to invite you to our 45th anniversary: a two-night happening taking place at Gold-Diggers in IPR’s birthplace, Los Angeles, on November 5&6.

Expect exquisite live music from David J, a reunited Shiva Burlesque (Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips), Patrik Mata's essential Goth/Punk group Kommunity FK celebrating their 47th Anniversary with their first performance in six years, New York-based dream pop folk rock group Springhouse in their first West Coast performances in over 30 years, The Ophelias’ Leslie Medford, New York dancer and weaver of exquisite audio dreamscapes Alison Clancy and a one-night-only collaboration between Henry Frayne's guitar-based instrumental group Lanterna with IPR's Bruce Licher adding liquid guitar melodies on top. There will be film projections and exclusive merch, new and old friends to enjoy the IPR bash with. Additional performances will be announced later on.

Get your tickets now at the link in comments.

If you’re missing this one in your collection, you need to right that wrong!
15/03/2025

If you’re missing this one in your collection, you need to right that wrong!

OUT NOW: Springhouse - From Now to OK.

Originally released as a limited edition CD in 2008, From Now to OK captures shoegaze/dream-pop trio Springhouse exploring a more acoustic, folk rock-indebted sound. Still showing their trademark flair for dreamy melodic textures, the ever-Anglophile Springhouse can be heard embracing the late sixties influence of Nick Drake and The Beatles.

The new expanded edition of the album is available on vinyl, CD and digital formats and includes previously unreleased demos, rarities and live tracks.

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