Wild Awake is the new band helmed by Brijesh Pandya, the drummer for funk/jazz/R&B revivalists Air Life, among other bands. The EP Pandya has made with mates Sherman Pascoe, Antonio Dangond and Blake Estrada couldn’t be farther from Air Life’s sleek ’80s stylings, and it belies Pandya’s background in jazz studies at Cal State Northridge. […]
When Avi Buffalo’s self-titled debut came out four long springs ago, Avi Zahner-Isenberg was hailed as a teen prodigy, which was probably true, although it turned out he wasn’t ready for all the hailing. In the time since, the singer-guitarist has gone through an experimental period, a difficult period, a growing-up period and a creative […]
Singer-guitarist Xander Smith has been busy. He’s been continent-hopping with his neo-shoegaze band Run Run Run and working on his second solo album, “Outside” – which includes contributions from New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham. The fan-funded “Ouside,” due July 15, features Smith in straight-ahead singer-songwriter form, recalling the troubadours of the […]
Folk-rock heavyweight Jonathan Wilson, neo-soul outfit the Internet and Latino alternative rockers Las Cafeteras highlight the summer’s Figat7th Downtown Festival – six consecutive Friday nights of free concerts in the plaza of the retail center located at Figueroa and 7th streets. The concerts kick off at 8 p.m. each Friday from July 18 to Aug. […]
In March we shared the demo for “Singing Bridges,” a work-in-progress by EFG, the talented triumvirate of Imaad Wasif, Josh Garza and Tom Biller. Having started as a duo under the name Electric Flower (eventually morphing to Electric Flower Group), Wasif and Garza released two EPs of tantalizing, next-level psych-rock before adding Grammy-winning producer Biller (who […]
Nine months after the release of their full-length debut “Exhibitionists,” L.A. electro-poppers Superhumanoids are exhibiting their icy cool again. The trio of Cameron Parkins, Sarah Chernoff and Max St. John, who churned out a B-sides/remixes collection this spring, unveiled a new single this week, “Come Say Hello.” It features Chernoff’s high-altitude vocals over a valley […]
Carson native and Black Hippy member Ab-Soul is set to release his third album “These Days…†on June 24 via Top Dawg Entertainment to follow-up 2012’s “Control System.†The first song to emerge from the project is “Stigmata.†It includes a hook from Nas’ 2002 track “The Cross,†and features Ab-Soul trading verses with Action Bronson and […]
Saturday night was a proud moment for L.A. producer Josh Legg. Fans of Goldroom piled into El Rey Theatre to embrace those feel-good summer vibes, and they weren’t disappointed as Legg and his live band threw themselves into the music. Touting Chela as the vocalist and on synths for the night (fans know her as […]
Originally hailing from Cardiff, England, the downtempo electro-R&B band Until the Ribbon Breaks recently relocated to Los Angeles to work on their forthcoming debut album. The trio of Pete Lawrie-Winfield (lead vocals, keys, percussion, and brass), Elliot Wall (drums), and James Wolujewicz (synth) also signed to Republic Records, who touts their sound as “bursting with […]
Elizabeth Le Fey, aka Globelamp, is preparing to release her record “Star Dust,” and if you haven’t heard it yet, her video for her new single “Breathing Ritual” will give you an idea of her spiritual soundscape. With a look that falls in somewhere in between Grimes and Stevie Nicks, the Leslie Andrew Ridings-directed clip brings […]
