Your Friday Fixings: ‣ Races celebrate the release of their debut album “Year of the Witch,” which just dropped this week on Frenchkiss Records, at the Echo. Living Things and Incan Abraham join the party. ‣ Ghostly International’s star and avant-pop artist Matthew Dear headlines tonight’s installment of First Fridays (a week earlier than usual) […]
At first you wonder what an angry, frustrated old man is doing in a video for Vanaprasta‘s feel-good pop-rock tune “Self-Indulgent Feeling,” but when 1:11 mark hits (nice timing considering this band’s obsession with numbers) the dour protagonist takes a jolly turn – certainly not the last mood change in the story. Directors Scott Beck […]
[Check out these new songs from three massive albums we anticipate this year…] Japandroids, “The House That Heaven Built” – When we last saw Japandroids play an FYF Fest set, they revealed a few new songs as they were busy recording their long-awaited follow-up their 2009 debut “Post-Nothing.” We finally have a taste of the […]
No, Justice didn’t decide to triple their signature sign. ” ” ” (pronounced Crosses) is the new side project of Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, formerly of Far. With the help of Chuck Doom (Scott Chuck), the trio only started playing live shows in February, but they’ve released two digital EPs. The first EP simply titled […]
Last year’s “Only In Dreams” from Dum Dum Girls was a mature departure from their 2010 debut, and “Coming Down” was the first taste of richer songwriting the second time around from frontwoman Kristen Gundred (aka Dee Dee). The heavy ballad finally has a visual companion, but it almost contrasts with the majestic choruses and […]
“Do you love burgers as much as we do?” asked Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff, after going head-first into a few garage-rock numbers full of psychedelic licks. It might sound like a funny question to ask during a concert, but they were playing Burgerama, after all. Put on by Fullerton-based label Burger Records, the Observatory […]
“Cars,” the latest single from Fresno-bred the Fay Wrays, may initially deceive listeners into believing the garage-rock trio has calmed down a bit, since the quiet verses are cushioned by light layer of fuzzed out guitars. But as soon as the chorus hits, Ben McEntee and Eli Reyes are back to making ears sting and […]
Dream-pop comes in a variety of textures, with feather-light synths at one end of the spectrum and heavy bass lines on the other. Katie Harris and Tom Brayton of L.A. band the Open Feel offer alternative rock with a slight splash of atmospherics, an unbalanced formula that works in smoldering mantras you might’ve heard in […]
With brother and sister Ethan and Barbara Gruska at the helm, humorous bits are bound to seep into all live sets from the Belle Brigade. But even as charming jokers, the duo’s close bond is apparent through both their musical gifts and stage banter. Their new video for “Where Not to Look for Freedom” takes […]
Italian Japanese isn’t some new fusion of cuisine. It’s the name of a San Diego indie rock quintet who recently released their follow-up track to 2009’s “The Lush Romantic Weirdness,” and the alternative rock that touches on nostalgic dream-pop in “Two Islands” has perked our ears up. Allen Nicolas (the only band member who is […]
