Stream: Young The Giant, ‘Amerika’
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Young the Giant have announced a follow up to 2014’s “Mind Over Matter” with the new single “Amerika.” Their third album, “Home of the Strange” is out Aug. 12.
Stream: Kim And The Created, ‘Can’t Be’ and ‘Get What I Want’
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Kim House gets real mad on her new tunes, produced by Randy Randall of No Age. Feeling feisty, need to throw a tantrum, take two doses of Kim and the Created with a warm glass of spiked milk.
Stream: Zig Zags, ‘They Came For Us’
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Heroes of thrash metal, Zig Zags have a new album on Castle Face Records coming May 20. “Running Out Of Red” is your soundtrack for springtime apocalypse.
Ears Wide Open: Brightener
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Your “day brightener:” The new single from Will Sturgeon, aka Brightener — and the news that the Palm Desert native has been added to the Coachella lineup on Saturday.
Ears Wide Open: GRIT
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“LA Don’t Love You,” declares GRIT frontwoman Kat Meoz on the garage-rock trio’s first single. Bummer, because we had this long-standing crush.
Stream: Irene Diaz, ‘This Cannot Be’
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Singer-songwriter Irene Diaz pours out some sadness with her pretty voice in a song for broken hearts. This weekend, she’s screening her new video and performing at Civic Center Studios.
Ears Wide Open: Oyster Kids
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Unraveling the mystery of Oyster Kids, the L.A. duo who have captured the fancy of the blogosphere with two singles. They could be your oyster too.
Stream: Shark Toys, ‘Something Something Else’
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Purveyors of weirdo punk, Shark Toys last week released their first album in three years, “Outsider Sect.” Check out this slice of high-energy existential confusion.
Ears Wide Open: Secret Garden
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Secret Garden’s dreamy new single “Tiger Meat” marks the production debut of Theresa Wayman of Warpaint.
Ears Wide Open: Nyxe
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Pam Shaffer reveals a new incarnation as Nyxe, a nocturnal-inspired moniker for songs she wrote on sleepless nights with outer space witchery in mind.
