Auteur Labels: Independent Project / Various Auteur Labels: Independent Project / Various CD

2010 release, an installment in the ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult American postpunk imprint Independent Project Records. Founded by Bruce Licher of renowned experimental group Savage Republic in Los Angeles in 1980, IPR has released a raft of diverse records by groups as diverse as Camper Van Beethoven, for Against and Savage Republic themselves. Licher's distinctive letterpress artwork has been utilized by everyone from REM to Hank Williams, and he has twice been nominated for Grammy awards. The 78 minute re-mastered CD covers the years 1980-2010 and features no fewer than 23 tracks, as well as a detailed label history and archive images.

1. Savage Republic the Ivory Coast 2. Human Hands Dilemmas 3. Party Boys Jim Jones 4. Ten Foot Faces Don't Want Love 5. Camper Van Beethoven Take the Skinheads Bowling 6. For Against Shine 7. Deception Bayfence and Flag 8. Abecedarians Benway's Carnival 9. Savage Republico Andonis 10. Woo Down Town Suburbia 11. Indian Bingo Separation Days 12. Red Temple Spirits New Land 13. Autumnfair So Far from God 14. Fourwaycross Halloween 15. Half String Eclipse 16. Tone the Power of Introspection 17. Alisons Halo Dozen 18. Scenic Sage 19. Jeffrey Clark Exploded View 20. Springhouse Moving Van 21. Bruce Licher Life Begets a Reprise 22. Project 197 Nine 23. Bridge Underground, Part 4 + Bridge