Ears Wide Open: Lone Kodiak
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Portland ex-pats Daineal Parker and Daniel Alden now work under the fitting name Lone Kodiak. An EP is en route this summer, but they’ve unveiled a grand new song “Disaster.”
Stream: GØGGS (Ty Segall, et al), ‘Glendale Junkyard’
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GØGGS (Ty Segall, Chris Shaw and Charles Moothart) will release an album on July 1 and play In the Red Records’ 25th-anniversary festival July 14-16 at the Echo/Echoplex.
Stream: DâM-FunK, ‘Believer’
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DâM-FunK’s new mix series, out May 27, will feature a collab with Nite Jewel, billed as Nite-Funk. Until then, become a “Believer” in the funk man’s instrumental jam.
Stream: Rudy De Anda, ‘Hunger Cloud’
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On his latest tune, Rudy de Anda suggests being happy and loving life. We know, that’s tough. But here’s a song with a skip in its step. A new album arrives June 24.
Ears Wide Open: Charming Liars
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L.A.-based rockers Charming Liars have released a video for the anthemic single, “Soul,” off their forthcoming album “12:31AM” (out May 27).
Stream: Wildcat! Wildcat!, ‘Relentless’ (feat. Wynne)
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Wildcat! Wildcat! returns with the massive electronic track “Relentless,” which features teenager Wynne’s rapid-fire rapping. This is not the Wildcat! Wildcat! of 2014.
Ears Wide Open: Sure Sure
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L.A. indie quartet Sure Sure used to be called Jr., but … well, it’s a long story. Enjoy the single “New Biome” from the band with a new name.
Stream: Jenny O., ‘Be Here Now’
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Three years since her full-length “Automechanic” was released, Jenny O. unveils a new single, along with the news that an EP and a full-length are on the horizon.
Stream: Rooney, ‘My Heart Beats 4 U’
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On “Washed Away,” out May 6, songwriter Robert Schwartzman re-boots the Rooney brand after five years of other projects and legal disputes with former bandmates.
Stream: Local Natives, ‘Past Lives’
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Are we inextricably tied to our “Past Lives?” Not in Local Natives’ new cinematic slice of indie-rock. It’s the quintet’s first new music in three years.
