Stream: Bad Wave, ‘Extraordinary’
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L.A. duo Bad Wave’s latest single is an upbeat synth-pop tune that gets dangerous in a parking lot.
Ears Wide Open: Bird Concerns
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Bird Concerns’ full-length debut “’Til Morning Comes” comes out next week. Come for the horn, stay for the L.A. band’s subtle intricacies.
Ears Wide Open: Freddy Spacer
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With Y LUV on hiatus, frontman Freddy Janney has unveiled his solo electro-pop project, Freddy Spacer. “Give Me the Night” will come with dancers and a light show too.
Ears Wide Open: The Velopheliacs
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On their new EP “The Sun Through Mars,” L.A. “post-folk” duo the Velopheliacs write about celestial themes, with cinematic results.
Stream: Frankel, ‘Dust Cloud’
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Frankel, the nom de tune of shy-but-not-retiring songwriter Michael Orendy, has a new EP. You should hear all 18 minutes of it. We mean it.
Stream: The Fashion Focus, ‘Ghosts’
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After releasing a full-length last August, the Fashion Focus returns with a wallop — the dark new single “Ghosts.”
Premiere: Midnight Faces, ‘Heavenly Bodies’
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Midnight Faces’ soaring “Heavenly Bodies” is the title track to their third album, due in August. The L.A. trio does the Monday night residency in June at the Bootleg Theater.
Stream: The Ruby Friedman Orchestra, ‘I’m Not Your Friend’
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The long-awaited album from the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, “Gem,” arrives June 24, and she squeezes every ounce of drama out of the murder ballad “I’m Not Your Friend.”
Stream: Raw Fabrics, ‘Get Me the Hell Out of Here’
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Raw Fabrics returns as the solo project of frontman Jack B.Franco, who has emerged from treatment for drug and alcohol addiction firing on all cylinders.
Stream: The Big Gone, ‘Hope Machine’
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The Big Gone’s new single is titled “Hope Machine,” and they hope yours never stops running. The L.A. trio has a new EP on the way.
