In Saint Motel‘s new music video for “My Type,” love triangles spin out of control. No matter whether the characters in the retro-themed video have a hidden agenda, the glamorous cuts prove yet again that lead vocalist AJ Jackson and the crew know how to flaunt their film and theater past when it comes to […]
Twenty years ago today, O.J. Simpson led police on a slow-speed chase through southern California, before the Hall of Fame running back was arrested on charges that he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. It was a spectacle that was not lost on the very young Harlan Silverman, who would […]
Corsica Arts Club sees its indie-rock through the same hazy, sun-baked filters as severely underrated West Coasters Blonde Summer – urgent and fuzzy instrumentation coupled with slacker, reverb-soaked vocals. “California I Follow” is the work of Brendan Thompson and Arash Parsee, L.A. natives and friends since childhood, self-recording in a garage converted into a home studio. […]
Joshua Crampton may look familiar if you’ve been a fan of his work in other L.A. bands Luna Is Honey and Batwings Catwings. Considering the fact that those two acts are still hard at work (Batwings Catwings is currently in the studio working on a new record and Luna Is Honey is doing the same […]
“We have Daddy issues,” Babes say in introducing the video for the unreleased song “Dad.” Indeed, the Silver Lake quintet with a wry and playfully ribald take on retro-pop strikes a poignant note in in director Elise Holowicki’s video, at least for those with patriarchal quandaries. (And who might they be? Check your Facebook feed, […]
The Black Tibetans are doing their level best to put the power back in power trio. The band’s taut, straight-ahead rock is the work of Dean Micetich, aka Dinst (ex-the Tough MFs), along with Tammy Raye and Ryan Harrison. After releasing an EP last year that was produced by Dave Catching (Queens of the Stone […]
On their EP “1994,” Ray & Remora – aka Dan Crane and Amanda Walker – cover a half-dozen songs from that year, bringing a bright, wry electro sensibility to tracks by artists such as Weezer, Superchunk and Pavement. The video for Pavement’s “Gold Soundz” features the duo working the streets like religious evangelicals. And and […]
Matt Kivel says that his second solo album “Days of Being Wild” (out July 8 on Woodsist) was inspired by bouts of listening to classic rock, so the directness and simplicity in his bare-bones meditations come as no surprise. The album, the follow-up to last fall’s “Double Exposure,” was recorded during some whiskey- and beer-addled […]
It’s been six years since Jenny Lewis‘ last studio solo album “Acid Tongue,” but with warm-up shows under her belt she’s now preparing for the release of the forthcoming album “The Voyager.” Her first single “Just One of the Guys” is a nice blend of her solo work and her later work with Rilo Kiley. […]
When Tijuana Panthers first broke out of Long Beach, the trio proved they had the chops for surf-rock on their 2010’s “Max Baker” and last year’s successful “Semi-Sweet.” They’re just as rambunctious on their latest album “Wayne Interest,” but they’ve gone beyond their easy-breezy, sunny California soundscape this time. Laying down the punk heavier than […]
