When we last spotted Skyler Stonestreet, the Santa Barbara native had matriculated from a solo career to a collaboration with Jeremy Silver in the electro-pop duo One Two. While continuing to work as a songwriter (her latest single “Here We Go Again” came out in February) and seed her material to various TV shows, Stonestreet […]
Los Angeles MC and producer Paris Jones has been a roll. After putting out the mixtape “You’re Invited to the Assassination of Patrick Campbell by Paris Jones†in the fall – sampling Active Child, Ellie Goulding and James Blake – he has set out to release an EP each month this year, so far offering […]
It’s been a long, slow climb for Caught a Ghost, and if you’ve followed along since the band debuted in the summer of 2011, the chorus of the single “Time Go” takes on a whole new meaning. “Where does the time go?” asks singer-guitarist Jesse Nolan, as if you know the answer: While building and […]
Since we witnessed Moses Sumney‘s first proper L.A. show back in June 2013, the singer-songwriter’s buzz exponentially grew and led the way for opening slots for artist such Beck, Thundercat and PAPA this year. He’s also already been globetrotting, playing shows in Europe (he ended up playing with Solange in London). There wasn’t a single […]
“The struggle you are up against makes you what you are,” Grizfolk frontman Adam Roth sings in the quintet’s monster single “The Struggle,” and ain’t that the truth. In Roth and bandmates Sebastian Fritze, Fredrik Eriksson, Brendan Willing James and Bill Delia, Grizfolk represents an assemblage of musicians from disparate backgrounds and far-flung origins, all […]
Dust off the black jacket (that is, if you’ve actually put it away) and meet the Rozzes. The Bakersfield-bred band of cousins – singer-guitarist Isaiah Navarro, guitarist Chan Shears, bassist Jacob Gonzalez and drummer Kyle Moreno – is garage-rocking it like it’s 2001, with an EP on the way of tightly wound rockers that are […]
We’ve yet to hear something we haven’t liked from Incan Abraham, and there is doubt that it will happen when the L.A. psych-pop quartet releases their long-awaited debut “Tolerance” April 8 via White Iris. Pulsating, riveting and soaring, Incan Abraham’s latest single “All You Want” is yet another pop gem that radiates the freedom, happiness and […]
The lines between folk and pop seemed to become more blurred each day, but if it’s because of songs like Zella Day‘s breakout single “Sweet Ophelia,” then we can’t be too upset about it. With a seductive soundscape that echos both danger and ethereal glamour, the single features Day’s powerful vocals in a sticker-than-honey hook. […]
If you’ve been wondering where the Reflections – the duo of L.A.’s Darian Zahedi and Jon Safley – have been lately, you weren’t alone. Since the release of 2013’s excellent debut “Limerence,” the Reflections played only a short span of dates (including the Buzz Bands LA-curated Echo Park Rising stage) in support of the full-length. It […]
Here’s one for real indie kids, the cult of Sarah Records and anybody who made it all the way to the end of “Twee As F*ck” on Pitchfork a few years back. The Luxembourg Signal is a transcontinental collective whose members trace their roots to that beloved Sarah catalog – singer Beth Arzy, guitarist Johnny […]
