Premiere: Torches, ‘Tongues’
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L.A. indie-rockers Torches return with their first new music since 2014 — an EP is planned for this spring or summer, but the dreamy “Tongues” won’t be on it.
Stream: AMTHST, ‘Thug Passion’
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AMTHST is the collaboration between L.A.’s Nite Jewel and Bay Area rapper/beatmaker Droop-E. An EP in the way Feb. 17.
Stream: Hot As Sun, ‘Little Friend’ EP
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Hot As Sun’s dreamy new EP, “Little Friend,” is out today, the band’s first release since its 2013 full-length.
Stream: Dunes, ‘Runner’
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L.A. dream-pop quartet Dunes will release their album “Bitter Charm” on March 12. It’s the band’s first full-length since 2012.
Stream: Conway, ‘Sudden Dawn’
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Conway’s new self-released EP features three older songs and the new pop banger “Sudden Dawn,” which she says was inspired by a letter from a fan.
Stream: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ‘No Love Like Yours’
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R.I.P. Edward Sharpe? Then long live the Magnetic Zeros. The New Orleans-via-L.A. folk collective’s fourth album will be out April 15.
Stream: Spectacular Spectacular, ‘Her Story’
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L.A./San Francisco trio Spectacular Spectacular’s new single “Her Story” was written for a web series of that name.
Stream: T.O.L.D., ‘Return Forever’
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The L.A.-based Englishman reveals the sweeping first single from his debut LP, due later this year on IAMSOUND Records.
Stream: Sego, ‘Obscene Dream’
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The L.A. duo’s latest single is indeed provocative — but not in the way the title suggests. Their album “Once Was Lost Now Just Hanging Around” is out March 4.
Ears Wide Open: Some Gifts
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Some Gifts are an L.A. three-piece flying the flag of the indie-rock ’90s, and on their new single “All Washed Up,” it’s not only proud but loud.
