Video: Jenna Putnam, ‘Angelyne’
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Jenna Putnam’s new single, a collaboration with producer Lewis Pesacov, is an homage to “Angelyne” and, by extension, a conversation about her complicated relationship with Los Angeles.
Ears Wide Open: Late Slip
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Coffee isn’t the only thing percolating in the kitchen in Late Slip’s witty new single “Strike,” which features Nick Waterhouse contributing vocals and guitar.
Video premiere: Peel’d, ‘Cahuenga Pass’
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Peel’d, the solo project of Lewis Pesacov, contemplates the dual meanings of being “over the hill” on his new song “Cahuenga Pass.” With director Jenna Putnam, the songwriter convenes at the Wisdom Tree for the video.
Video premiere: Peel’d (Lewis Pesacov), ‘What Nature Tells Me’
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Lewis Pesacov — guitarist, songwriter, producer and composer — unveils his solo project Peel’d this weekend. The spectacular “What Nature Tells Me” has a message for all.
Stream: Kid Wave, ‘Twenty-Four’
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Sweden’s Kid Wave, now back in London, releases the new single “Twenty-Four,” realized during her time in Los Angeles. It’s about growing pains.
The Happy Hollows forge ahead at the Satellite in their album-release show for ‘Amethyst’
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The crowd was decidedly old-school on Wednesday night at the Satellite, peppered with once-a-monthers who used to be thrice-a-weekers back in the days three or four or five years ago when Silver Lakers were united in the opinion the Happy Hollows could be the next big thing. They still could, but to their credit the […]
Stream: Incan Abraham, ‘Tuolumne’
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With last year’s “Springhouse” EP, L.A. quartet Incan Abraham set the bar high for its polyrhythmic psych-pop, weaving its layers of electronics and vocals together in a finespun fabric seemingly tethered to little except their own (admittedly estimable) fancy. The band’s new single for White Iris, “Tuolumne” is a more taut affair. Collaborating with Lewis Pesacov […]
Stream: In Waves, ‘A Walk’
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Jimmy Vincent is recognized these days for his various acting gigs – he’s the guy with the falcon, for one – but back in the day he was an indie-rock explorer with a fetish for gorgeous, ambient drone. In the mid-Aughts, Vincent played in a duo, then a trio, called In Waves, whose goth-inspired compositions […]
Download: El Sportivo & the Blooz, ‘Waking World’
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El Sportivo & the Blooz arrived two years ago with a plate of bluesy folk music and one of those outlandish, fictional biographies often employed to obfuscate the fact that new acts are not actually new – or that their principals are known for something other than music and don’t want that notoriety to color […]
Stream: Line & Circle, ‘Roman Ruins’
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It’s been two years [see our 2010 interview] since L.A. has heard from Line & Circle, the anthemic rockers conceived by two Brians (Cohen and Egan) who originally hail from Ohio and sometimes sound like they just sprang from a London club circa 1992. The supporting cast has changed a bit– ex-Aushua mates Eric Neujahr […]
