Ears Wide Open: KONG
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Working under the name KONG., Justin Joyce released the EP “Jungle Rock” last month — on which he fantasizes about offing a certain celebrity by stabbing “her in the heart with a dagger called fame.”
Working under the name KONG., Justin Joyce released the EP “Jungle Rock” last month — on which he fantasizes about offing a certain celebrity by stabbing “her in the heart with a dagger called fame.”
Mt. Si traveled to Israel to film Sarah Chernoff’s existential crisis on a gorgeous ancient mountain.
Minnow’s new single — part of a digital split with Oakland’s Unconditional Arms — comes with a notebook, pen and bag of coffee. What’s not to like?
L.A. industrial duo Youth Code’s new album “Commitment to Complications” is en route in April, and they visit the Regent Theater on April 10.
Rising soul singer Gallant releases a shot of “Bourbon” ahead of his full-length debut, “Ology,” due April 6.
The latest single from Nima Kazerouni’s Crown Plaza, “Staring at the Wall,” is coming out later this month as a 7-inch. A full album is in the works.
Dance-punk trio Moving Units return April 8 with their fourth album, “Damage With Care” and lead with the rapturously abrasive single “Opposite of Rhyming.”
Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman come together for lo-fi California punk in Partybaby. The video for “Your Old Man” is like those skate videos you used to watch in junior high.
L.A. duo Bür Gür have unveiled the trippy new single “If I Was a Child” from their forthcoming sophomore full-length, “Have You Lost Your Faith in God?”
Ned and the Dirt’s new release “Wild Pack: Haunt These Woods” is a concept EP that finds South Carolina-bred songwriter Ned Durrett wrestling with his lives old and new.