Landon Marcus has graduated from house parties to a stylish lounge in the video for his new song “Love Shield.” When we met Marcus last October, the L.A.-based singer, songwriter and theatrical force was out of his mind, thanks to “The Drugs,” the song itself a raging rocker that screamed neurosis with every note. In […]
Back in 2011, singer-multi-instrumentalist Robert Fleming was dealing in wine and song, in that order. Juggling a day job servicing oenophiles with his passion for songwriting, Fleming – working under the name Victory – released an EP called “Demonstrations” that demonstrated he knew his way around a pop song. This week, Fleming released his debut […]
As noted last August, singer Tracy Marcellino and multi-instrumentalist Hanford Pittman raised the bar in both emotional intensity and electronic complexity when they debuted their new venture Oh Boy Les Mecs. Their newly released “Nurture Nature” EP wraps up their knob-twiddling experiments and world-wary (though not necessarily world-weary) meditations into five dreamy songs, with Marcellino […]
A lot has happened since Brit-pop heroes Travis last released an album in 2008, and precious little of it is pertinent to the principals’ discographies. Sure, main man Fran Healy released the lovely solo album “Wreckorder” in 2010, but beyond that, Healy and bandmates Andy Dunlop, Dougie Payne and Neil Primrose were largely minding their […]
Considering their resumés, it is no surprise that Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore – collaborating as Touché – have transcended garden-variety electro on their first album “It’s Fate.” Inscore has played with the likes of Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and, most recently, Twin Shadow (his solo album shouldn’t have been overlooked, either). And Lilly, […]
On it’s 2011 full-length “Moon/Mirror,” L.A. trio Derde Verde displayed an idiosyncratic mix of influences characterized by warm textures, shape-shifting rhythms and oddly compelling song structures. The restrained, almost inscrutable indie rock made by Jon Schwarz, Dylan McKenzie and Matthias Wagner adds another chapter with their “Let Me Be a Light” EP, which for all […]
They call it “riotgaze,” the marriage of fuzz-bombing shoegazers and the feral intensity of the riot-grrrl movement. As hybrids go, TULIPS have created a happy one, if their early singles “Hotspur” and “Wait” are any indication. The L.A. trio of Angie Bloom, Taleen Kali and Trav Barnes, who worked on their demos with Medicine’s Brad […]
Los Angeles has a typically strong presence at this year’s Coachella, so we thought it’d be nice to have a soundtrack of SoCal-based artists for the desert. Enjoy, and see you there. After the jump, the titles:
For Justin Warfield, remixing the new Depeche Mode single “Heaven” was truly a labor of love. “I love that band so much, no matter how much I hear the records they’ve almost become standards to me, and I never get sick of them,” says Warfield, the voice of post-punk revivalists She Want Revenge. “No matter […]
Gifted remixers who’ve aroused expectations on the strength of collaborations with Mayer Hawthorne, Major Lazer, Phoenix and Passion Pit, among others, Los Angeles duo Classixx aim to further impress with their first collection of original material “Hanging Gardens” (due May 14 on Innovative Leisure). Generously making their remixed brilliance available for DJs looking to infuse […]
