Stream: Exploding Flowers, ‘Stumbling Blocks’
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L.A. quartet Exploding Flowers invite you into their world of bright, breezy psych-pop on their new album “Stumbling Blocks.” It’s an easy place to get lost in a swirl.
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Bronson, a graduate of Bradley University, is a former sports writer and editor and graphic designer who worked in the newspaper business for 35 years.
L.A. Buzz Bands Show, tonight at 9 on The Independent 88.5 FM
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In tonight’s local music hour on 88.5 FM: The Neighbourhood, Youngblood Hawke, Roberto, Run River North, BOYO, Sara Melson, Broken Baby, Model Child, Mating Ritual, Lone Kodiak, the Pretty Flowers and more.
Notes From a Pandemic: Stream Frank Turner, Virtual Musikfest, Celebrating Jerry Garcia, Deep Sea Diver, Lucy & La Mer and more
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Today’s streams include Frank Turner, the ongoing Virtual Musikfest and Celebrating Jerry Garcia, Deep Sea Diver, Lucy & La Mer and more.
Notes From a Pandemic: Watch Vic Mensa’s Lolla2020 set; stream Louis the Child, Washed Out, JEMS, LACO Summerfest and more
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Catch up with Vic Mensa’s Lolla2020 set. Also, today’s streams include Louis the Child, Washed Out, JEMS, Old Crow Medicine Show, LACO Summerfest and more.
Stream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 163)
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Tunes from Youngblood Hawke, Roberto, Run River North, Jenny O., Faded Paper Figures, Deep Sea Diver, Phoebe Ryan, Demie Cao, Vex Ruffin, Broken Baby, Sara Melson, Billie Eilish and more on Buzz Bands LA’s weekend playlist.
Quarantunes: A playlist by Jasper Bones
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Jasper Bones has been working on new music and taking long, head-clearing “drives to nowhere” during the COVID-19 lockdown. In today’s QUARANTUNES, he shares a playlist for those drives, as well as an appreciation for “when the sun sets, the moon comes out and quiet is in session.”
Notes From a Pandemic: Stream Brandi Carlile with the L.A. Phil, Washed Out, Maya Jupiter, My Morning Jacket, Melody, Sunny War and more
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Today’s streaming choices include the L.A. Phil’s benefit for YOLA with Brandi Carlile, Washed Out, Maya Jupiter, My Morning Jacket, Melody, Sunny War and more.
Ears Wide Open: Noah Elliott
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“Never Feels the Same” is the first single from L.A.-based singer-songwriter Noah Elliott’s forthcoming project “Songs for the Optimist.” For fans of sleek, dancey soul-pop.
Ears Wide Open: Roberto
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Roberto Ortiz (aka Roberto) introduces his forthcoming debut EP with “Dorrigo,” a single with the vibrancy of “Graceland”-era Paul Simon. In the lighthearted video, Roberto dukes it out with a cell phone, but the journey that brought him to L.A., much of it on a bicycle, makes for a better story.
Video: Jenny O, ‘Old Habits’
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Singer-songwriter Jenny O.’s album “New Truth” arrives Friday as a glowing collection of nuanced conversations humming with a spirit of resolve.
