“I’ve been starting over for a long time / I’m not ready for the second wave / The weight of seeing through,” sings Mikal Cronin on the MCII’s opening track “Weight.” However, Cronin’s delivery is chipper on this track and, for that matter, most of the rest of follow-up to his self-titled debut. Cronin’s first […]
Sonny & the Sunsets‘ forthcoming record “Antenna to the Afterworld” Â bounces back and forth between twee boy-girl verses reminiscent of Saturday Looks Good to Me and chugging rock chords echoing the Feelies, making it the most charming record yet from Sonny Smith and his San Francisco-based posse. Much of this charisma comes from the innocent […]
[pictured: his view from Griffith Park, via Instagram] We’ve heard Danny Choi’s smooth chops before when we became smitten with the warm R&B tune “Blow.” Now Choi – aka Ghost Loft – has a new track on the new compilation from the French label Kitsuné, “America 2.” Ghost Loft’s “So High” emits such euphoric summer-night […]
Steelwells resurfaced in 2012 with the same lineup but with a slightly different sound on their “Cool Kids” EP. The Orange County-based quintet continue to work within this bold, new sound palette and share another new track titled “Dead Song.” Recorded live at Lost Ark Studios in San Diego, its tone is, again, less jovial […]
Summer weather has arrived in L.A., and shoegazing duo Cobalt Cranes take an appropriate drive in their self-directed music video for “Head in the Clouds.” There’s nothing like a driving into the desert with the top down, but what do you do when you see something glowing in neon colors? If it resembles anything close […]
Happy Tuesday: ‣ His Purple Majesty, Prince, and 3rd Eye Girl play Grove of Anaheim. ‣ Kurt Vile & the Violators stops by the Echoplex in support of his latest album “Wakin on a Pretty Daze.” [That’s Vile’s video for “Never Run Away” above.] San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys and New York’s Steve Gunn round […]
The album “I Thought I Was an Alien” may be slated for an official Stateside release June 11 via Community Music, but chances are most fans of French chanteuse Stéphanie Sokolinski – aka Soko – will already know all 14 songs by heart.  Whether she’s acting in films or writing musical letters (like “I Just Want to […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo: ‣ The Greek Theatre kicks off its season (at 3 p.m.) with its second annual Cinco de Mayo Festival, headlined by the iconic L.A. band Los Lobos, who will be joined by Robert Randolph, Los Super 7, Willie G of the Midnighters, Kinky, El Chicano and Pedro Torres Y Su Mariachi. […]
Saturday things: ‣ Built to Spill [pictured] headlines the Troubadour. Boise, Idaho-based “death-pop” band Junior Rocket Scientist opens. ‣ Alice Russell is joined by Shafiq Husayn featuring The Dove Society at the First Unitarian Church. Seano also DJs. ‣ Electro maeastro Simon Green, aka Bonobo, plays the first of two night in L.A. Tonight he’ll […]
yOya, the L.A. duo comprised of Alex Pfender and Noah Dietterich that concocts songs boasting sweet soaring harmonies and stimulating electro-pop beats, has left us smitten again with the latest single off their forthcoming EP “Go North.” Following up last year’s “Nothing to Die” album, songs like “I’ll Be the Fire” showcase the duo’s feel-good […]
