Ears Wide Open: SweeTTooth
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SweeTTooth, the new collaboration between McCoy Kirgoo (ex-Talk in Tongues) and Mac Hill, have released their first single, “Let Go.”
Stream: Magic Wands, ‘Love Soldier’
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For “Jupiter,” their first album in almost four years, Magic Wands shelved the synths and made a straight-up shoegaze record. It’s out today.
Premiere: Fell Runner, ‘Dream Catching’
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In advance of their March residency at the Bootleg Theater, L.A. quartet Fell Runner unveil a nimble new single about keeping dreams alive in the face of day-job drudgery.
Stream: Feels, ‘Feels’ (full album)
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Feels’ self-titled debut, recorded in one session with Ty Segall, is raw, immediate and a little bit punishing in the best way possible. It’s out Friday.
Stream: Beach Party, ‘Ripper’
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L.A. surf-punk quartet Beach Party’s new EP is highlighted by the full-tilt rocker “Ripper,” an aptly titled ode to a bad-boy biker. Let it rip.
Ears Wide Open: Unloved
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Los Angeles trio Unloved combine the cheekiness of 1960s girl groups with trippy cinematic scores on “Guilty of Love,” out March 4.
Ears Wide Open: Groves
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L.A.-based trio Groves, named for their Texas hometown, are finishing up work on a full-length. Their single “Ender” was released via MDDN, the management company run by Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte.
Stream: Miner, ‘Lead Me to the Water’
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Named for a lost island in the South Pacific, Miner’s sophomore album “Tuanaki” is out Friday.
Stream: Coast Modern, ‘Animals’
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L.A. duo Coast Modern embrace the better parts of being an animal in their new single. Indeed, it’s better than being a vegetable.
Ears Wide Open: The Gromble
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Nearly 5 years after its initial conception, the Gromble have finally completed a proper debut album, “Jayus.”
