Ears Wide Open: THRILLERS
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L.A.-based brother duo Gregory and Jeremy Pearson just released their EP of infectious electro R&B. They have a full-length in the works.
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Stream: Alge, ‘The Comedown’
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Alge furthers his production palette of downtempo R&B grooves on his newest offering “The Comedown,” off a new EP he has in the works.
Stream: Vōx, ‘Put The Poison In Me’
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Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Winters previous work fused her booming, modulated voice with darker electronic production, but on her latest track, she strips it all back.
Stream: Shura, ‘White Light’ and ‘2Shy’
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The Manchester-born, London-based artist Shura, née Aleksandra Denton, is a singer, songwriter, producer, and remixer, who has not only reworked Jessie Ware’s “Say You Love Me,” but also been remixed herself by the likes of Delorean, Jungle and Warpaint, among others. Raised by a British documentary filmmaker father and a Russian actress mother, with a […]
Stream: Dam-Funk, ‘We Continue’
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It’s been six years since Dam-Funk, née Damon Riddick, released his debut solo album “Toeachizown,” a nearly 2-hour, 20-minute epic and sprawling odyssey that dabbled in boogie, disco, G-funk and R&B. In the years since, he has collaborated with Snoop, who traded in the Dogg for -zilla on the effort, 2013’s “7 Days of Funk,” […]
Stream: Thundercat, ‘Them Changes’
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It’s been a hot minute since Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, put out his last album, 2013’s “Apocalypse,” but the genius bassist-singer-songwriter has kept busy, contributing heavily to Flying Lotus’ jazzy “You’re Dead,” Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece “To Pimp a Butterfly” and Kamasi Washington’s epic “The Epic.” Now he’s back with a batch of solo material in […]
San Fermin and Natalie Prass give crowd at sold-out Troubadour a thoroughly exuberant evening
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It’s a wonderful thing to watch a band tear through set before a full house, and question who had the most fun — the audience, whose enthusiastic roar continued rising throughout the evening, or the band themselves, beaming after every song. Such was the case on Tuesday night at the Troubadour, with Brooklyn’s San Fermin […]
Wolf Alice comes out howling at the Roxy Theatre
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“It’s an absolute dream to play here,” said Wolf Alice bass player Theo Ellis halfway through their set at the storied Roxy Theatre on Monday night, the band’s third visit to L.A. this year after performances at Bardot in January and the Bootleg in March. If the momentum behind this band is any indication, they […]
Stream: Wes Period, ‘Lilac Rose’ and ‘The End’
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Leading up to the release of his next project, La Habra’s Wes Period has already dropped a pair of smooth new tracks this year. “Lilac Rose” was crafted by frequent collaborator Colin Baylen, chopping up soul samples over a boom-bap beat, while Wes trades verses with Houston’s Fat Tony about respective playful seductions, rapping with […]
Premiere: The Bad Years, ‘Beautiful Liar’ (full EP)
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Los Angeles duo The Bad Years, the project of Sami Akbari and Aaron Mort, put out their debut double A-side single in the fall, and are back with the eclectic but cohesive four-track “Beautiful Liar” EP, which is a departure from their previous material insofar as expanding their sonic palette and switching up their tempo. […]
