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.”
Video: Mt. Si, ‘Oh’
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Mt. Si traveled to Israel to film Sarah Chernoff’s existential crisis on a gorgeous ancient mountain.
Premiere: Minnow, ‘Vacation Forever’
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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?
Stream: Youth Code, ‘Transitions’
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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.
Stream: Gallant, ‘Bourbon’
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Rising soul singer Gallant releases a shot of “Bourbon” ahead of his full-length debut, “Ology,” due April 6.
Stream: Crown Plaza, ‘Staring at the Wall’
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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.
Stream: Moving Units, ‘Opposite of Rhyming’
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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.”
Ears Wide Open: Partybaby
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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.
Premiere: Bür Gür, ‘If I Was a Child’
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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?”
Premiere: Ned and the Dirt, ‘Wild Pack’ EP
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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.
