Run to the light, they’re going to eat us! No, run away from the light, they’re going to eat us there too! And there you have the video for “Cannibal,” the new single from Silversun Pickups. Except, of course, for the part where the L.A. quartet is stationed on a concrete slab jamming the song, […]
Folk-pop duo DA & the Jones cultivates the she-and-him intimacy of conversations that could take place long-distance on the telephone or across the pillow. Their full-length debut “Sirens” (out March 4) was produced by Mocky (Feist, Jamie Lidell) is the work of collaborators Daniel Ahearn and Mindy Jones, familiar for as solo artists and, recently, […]
Anyone up for a road trip? There’s something about a drive out to the desert shot in sepia tones that will always make a trip seem enticing no matter how rooted you are in the city. The Carey Quinton Haider-directed clip for Jesus Sons‘ track “All These Furs” follows the L.A. quintet out to Salvation Mountain, […]
You may have had enough of Avicii’s smash hit “Wake Me Up,” which Aloe Blacc co-wrote and performed vocals on, but you can always go back to Blacc’s own hits like “I Need a Dollar” if you want to get away from mainstream radio. The soul singer has been making music with his own and […]
The indie-rock of Moke Hill is the stuff of starry skies and wide-open spaces, the product of two Detroit natives having realized some semblance of a California dream. The pair, Ben Berry and Drew Phillips, named their project after the California gold country enclave and recorded their EP in Laurel Canyon with Dash Hutton (Haim’s […]
James Supercave appeared on the landscape in 2012, the band briefly known as Masxs unveiling some rough-hewn demos and playing exhilarating live shows that immediately put their music in a league of its own. Not so fast with the next-big-thing accolades, though: The quintet of singer-guitarist Joaquin Pastor, abetted by Patrick Logothetti, Andrés Villalobos, Jaysun […]
After releasing their debut “CRMNL HYGNE” in 2013, the boisterous L.A. trio Criminal Hygiene have been splitting their time between playful shenanigans and working hard on a new EP. Despite losing original bassist James Watson since, Michael Fiore and Sean Erickson have chugged along and grabbed new member Michael Hiller on the way. Yielding new […]
L.A.-by-way-of-Utah trio the Moth & the Flame packed a lot of sophistication into its 2013 EP, titled “&” and produced by Joey Waronker. The magnetic bass line of the initial single “Sorry” sucked listeners in to the band’s musical web of intrigue. “Winsome,” with its tricky time signature, gets a dream-sequence-like video treatment from director […]
L.A. trio Run Things may look and sound familiar. At least the vocals will bring you back if you were a fan of L.A. bands Anglos and Risers. Yes, Josh Thorpe and a couple of his old bandmates have risen from the ashes and have not only formed a new band, but they’ve taken their new […]
Young singer-guitarist Raj Jain, who makes music under the name RÃJ, debuted last fall with the cinematic song “Ghost,” and the 20-year-old from Newbury Park ladles on even more intimacy in his follow-up, “Let Me Love You.” Like a lot of emerging electro crooners, RÃJ is more about soundscape than song, and here his simple […]
