And your 4th of July weekend continues: ‣ Peter Murphy does a second night at the El Rey Theatre this week. My Jerusalem supports. [That’s Murphy’s video for “Hang Up” above.] ‣ Want to continue celebrating the holiday with outdoor music and food? Then Stones Throw Picnic at California Plaza featuring sets by Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, […]
The Peach Kings’ spin on Americana has always been sultry and dark, so it makes sense that the NSFW video for the title track of their “Mojo Thunder” EP is a whirlwind of iniquity. The gripping animation done by the New York-based studio Ataboy, under the direction of Kris Merc and Benjy Brooke, portrays a […]
The cinematic rock of Jonathan Haskell flourished on last year’s Seven Saturdays self-titled album, a mix of ambient instrumental music and richly textured compositions featuring guest vocalists such as Jim Evens (Helen Stellar) Jacqueline Santillan (Wait. Think. Fast.), Rain Phoenix, Rachel Stolte (Great Northern) and Vanessa Fernandez (Octover, Vandetta). “Fields” appeared as a gorgeous six-minute instrumental […]
When we last caught up with dream-pop singer-songwriter Devon Williams, he had just released his splendid sophomore album “Euphoria.” Two years later he has a third studio album titled “Gilding the Lily” under his belt. The writing process for this record had already begun when the former was released, so naturally, songs like the romantic […]
It’s been a year since the Fresh & Onlys released their “Soothsayer” EP, and since then guitarist Wymond Miles has spent time promoting his solo material. But now the San Francisco quartet is back together supporting a full-length follow-up to 2012’s “Long Slow Dance.” If the Western tinges in their psychedelic pop-rock got you the […]
After meeting on the set of a music video in 2013, Connie Ha and Filip Bekic traveled the world together and decided their relationship needed another outlet. Naturally, the idea and initial soundscapes for Rare Darling were conceived a year later at a cabin in Sweden. Although the two are currently based in Stockholm and planning […]
If Simon & Garfunkel loved synths as much as Alex Pfender and Noah Dietterich, there’s a large chance they would have sounded like L.A.-based yOya. Releasing beautiful single after heartrending single, the duo has kept it simple while going big with their soaring melodies. The clip co-directed by Dave Suchanek and Eleanore Kody does the same […]
If you just had lunch, prepare yourself for the video for “Golden Room” from L.A. garage-punk trio the Dead Ships. The second-half of the clip may reveal a bizarre and cartoonish version of gore, but the Herculion (Mitchel McKenzie and Aaron Silverstein)-directed clip could warrant an R rating if you’ve got some of the kiddies hanging […]
White Arrows’ sophomore album “In Bardo” is somewhat of a departure from the L.A.-based quintet’s big electro-tinged psych-pop, but not so much that Mickey Church’s falsetto goes unrecognized. Slightly darker and bit more on the psych-rock side, White Arrows’ first single “Leave It Alone” allowed the guitars to switch places with synths for the spotlight […]
Jena Malone is well-known for her acting chops (“Donnie Darko,” “Saved!,” “Sucker Punch”), but she’ll soon be known as one-half of the musical folk-pop duo who performs and records as the Shoe. Initially only improvising for fun after Malone met Lem Jay Ignacio at a Christmas party, the two already have the debut full-length “I’m Okay” […]
