At the age of 22, prolific Los Angeles-based artist Hal Williams has been concocting beats and crafting rhymes for over half his life. Growing up in Atlanta, he started the hip-hop collective NRK (Nobody Really Knows) in high school, and later hooked up with Odd Future’s Matt Martians to form the production outfit Jet Age […]
Cameron Mesirow, aka Glasser, has never settled for simplicity. While her melodies may be pure, Mesirow’s rhythms have always had a life of their own. Teetering between serene and animalistic, Mesirow’s sound for Glasser has wonderfully evolved since the lovely “Home” off 2010’s debut “Ring.” Her latest album “Interiors” conceptually twists and turns and the […]
Singer-songwriter Bart Davenport has spent more than a decade gaining notice in his Bay Area home base and beyond for dalliances in old-school R&B (with his ’90s band the Loved Ones), new-school R&B (with the Quannum Projects outfit Honeycut) and, on five solo albums, classic rock, psych-pop and folk. He recently changed geography, moving to […]
Last month, Melbourne, Australia-based beatmaker Dizz1 signed to the U.K.-based Tru Thoughts label, and on Feb. 17, it will release his new “Everyday Grind†EP. The title track stutters forward with a heavily-distorted rhythm, off-kilter drum beats, and sinister synth wobble that sounds like a NES bad guy laughing at you, in the vein of […]
We remain just as disinterested in hearing every silly remix that lands on Soundcloud as we are in hearing the Eagles’ “Hotel California” for the zillionth time. That said, electro mad scientist Baron von Luxxury – aka Blake Robin – has, well, a way with things. For lack of a better description. He up to the […]
Now that they’ve thoroughly pumped up everybody’s kicks, Foster the People are moving on to Act 2. The L.A. electro-pop breakouts announced today that their sophomore album “Supermodel” would be out on March 18 (via Columbia), or about four years, a bazillion (give or take) in album sales for “Torches” and three Grammy nominations since […]
More than two years after Riverside quintet the New Division made a splash with their ’80s-inspired album “Shadows” – one of those records that rockists and electro-pop fans alike could embrace – the band is returning March 18 with a new album “Together We Shine.” Their extended absence didn’t owe to long touring or a […]
Even as “Vegas†continues to age beautifully after 15-plus years, the contributions of the Crystal Method as electro liaisons remain grossly under-appreciated, perhaps evidenced by the need to reintroduce with a self-titled album. We last heard from Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan in 2009. The Grammy Award-nominated “Divided by Night†showcased their unique gift for […]
Something gorgeous this way comes … thanks to Jesse Glick, aka Guardian Ghost. This L.A.-based composer has dabbled in a bit of everything, from spoken word to electro to rock (he was in Lo Mass Republic with Jason DeCorse, formerly of the Icarus Line), and now he’s trying his hand – and succeeding – at […]
In the first single from their forthcoming full-length debut, Echo Park sextet NO takes a very aw-shucks approach that that which they are doing: “We come together / we fall apart / we make some noise inside a room / and call it art,” Bradley Hanan Carter sings. Of course, in the right hands and […]
