Los Angeles producer/rapper/songwriter Jonezen, neé Chris Jones, just released the music video for “Dedications,” the first single from his forthcoming album “Beautiful Disaster.” It was directed by Raul Perez, and follows his win at the Los Angeles Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Artist. Following an arrest, doctors told Jonezen that his excessive drinking may kill […]
Gardens & Villa may have disappeared shortly after the success of 2011’s self-titled debut but the Santa Barbra quintet returns with sophomore effort “Dunes” Feb. 4 via Secretly Canadian. Once again fusing the organic with the electronic, Gardens & Villa boasts those high-flying falsettos in the midst of flutes and synths but digs a deeper […]
Twenty long months ago, we posted an item on Jacob Dillan Summers, the former Marine who had drummed in several local acts, had fronted a band called the Rhone Occupation and, it turned out, had been recording a batch of new music with producer Raymond Richards under the guise Lauralaura. Since then, much has happened: […]
Jackson Phillips and Kevin Friedman – aka L.A.-based electro-pop duo Carousel – burst onto the sunny SoCal scene with tunes off their debut “Palms” EP this past summer, and they’re continuing to churn out these feel-good tunes to prove that the seasons never really change in California. With a residency and tour under their belt […]
As frontman of the Deadly Syndrome, Christopher Richard laid bare his emotions in a plaintive yowl, affecting and at times beautifully naive. The past couple of years he has been contributing his talents to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros as a singer/multi-instrumentalist, and now, doing business under his nickname Crash, he’s taking his solo […]
It’s been a heck of a year for El Ten Eleven. The L.A. instrumental rock duo of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty bounced back after the theft of their gear last spring to tour the world the world behind behind their late-2012 album “Transitions” and its remix version, continuing to marvel crowds with their you-gotta-see-it-to-believe […]
Can we get a hallelujah? A from-way-down-deep “whoa-oh?” At least a blast of harmonica? There, that’s better. The Record Company’s new “Feels So Good” EP is out today – five more soulful missives from the L.A. trio whose revivalesque shows have been bringing smiles to the faces of everybody, including, probably, the ghost of John […]
Gliss made a strong comeback with this year’s gorgeous “Langsom Dans,” and even after several singles, the L.A. band keeps it going by releasing a deluxe edition of the record. The latest release offers two bonus tracks, including the C-Berg remix of “Hunting” and new tune “Drool.” The latter will bring Gliss fans back to […]
French-American songwriter Sydney Wayser grew up in Los Angeles, summered in Paris and, until early this year, was stationed in New York, where she wrestled with a bleak winter and which direction her music would take after releasing solo albums in 2007 and ’09. Her late-2012 dispatch, “Bell Choir Coast,” addressed the latter dilemma. As […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Warm Weather, but Ryan Pollie, who makes up one-third of the indie-pop band, has been making music on his own. Recorded in Pollie’s West Hollywood house, he releases this solo material under the moniker Los Angeles Police Department. Yes, it’s tough to Google, but it’s safe to […]
