Stream: Peach Kelli Pop, ‘Hello Kitty Knife’
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This song from Peach Kelli Pop’s new album is like pouring eight pixie sticks in your mouth at once, while playing guitar.
Ears Wide Open: Cape Weather
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In “Telephono” and “Telephone,” Cape Weather, the duo of Natalie Smith and Eric Jackowitz, build two songs from the same skeleton. The beautifully languorous vibe remains the same.
Stream: Kamasi Washington, ‘Fists Of Fury’ and ‘The Space Travelers Lullaby’
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Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington takes on the nature of reality on a new double-LP coming this summer on Young Turks.
Stream: Jesse Jo Stark, ‘Fire of Love’
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Jesse Jo Stark is ablaze with the “Fire of Love” — and guitar and percussion — in her foot-stomping new single. An EP is on the way in June.
Stream: Maria Taylor, ‘Real Life (Trump Era)’
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With her mesmerizing slow jam “Real Life (Trump Era),” Maria Taylor holds forth on the current state of affairs — and introduces “Friends and Family, Volume 1,” a compilation album arriving in May via her own Flower Moon Records.
Sudan Archives, ‘Nont For Sale’
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Less than a year after her debut EP, Sudan Archives announces another, coming in May on Stones Throw Records, and several big festival appearances.
Premiere: Swimsuit Issue, ‘EP3’
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Bicoastal alt-rockers Swimsuit Issue return with the second single from their forthcoming EP. Throw this is in the fire and let it smolder.
Premiere: TVRQUOISE, ‘Los Angeles’
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“99¢ Dreams,” the debut full-length from TVRQUOISE, comes out Friday. If you’re in any way down on L.A., the single “Los Angeles” might help. She is playing the Pico-Union Project on Saturday night.
Stream: Highland Kites, ‘Not Your Hero’
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It’s crazy to think you “can be a hero in the eyes of everyone,” Marissa Lamar says of Highland Kites’ new single “Not Your Hero.”
Stream: Valley Queen, ‘Chasing the Muse’
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Releasing their first new song in more than a year — and announcing that an album is on the way this summer — L.A. quartet Valley Queen unveils “Chasing the Muse.”
