In September we shared the shreddilicious single “Snakedog” by Together Pangea, and if you scored that 7-inch you’ve already heard the equally meaty B-side “Offer.” But in case you didn’t, we post it here – along with the news that the track will be featured on the band’s major-label debut, “Badillac,” which will be out […]
Folk singer Julie Cain – aka Little Lonely – covers a lot of ground on her debut album, weaving homespun Americana, dark pop and even a little girl-group pizzazz into 11 evocative yarns that feel very much like Cain’s Middle America roots. Indeed, Cain’s bio tells us that her first gig was playing organ in a […]
Morgan Kibby may be mostly known for her major contributions to M83 songs “Kim & Jessie,” “Skin of the Night” and the everlasting “Midnight City,” but now that she’s no longer on tour with Anthony Gonzzlez, her solo project White Sea is taking off again. To follow up 2011’s “This Frontier” EP, Kibby’s released the […]
Despite their temporarily-inclined name, L.A.-based quartet the Visitors may not just be coming and going. The band, whose members are comprised of Jason Forman, Joe ZIzzo, Jeremy Arambulo and Cameron Kem, have an EP with songs that not only entertain but stick with you long after a listen. Theatrically rollicking, the Vistors’ songs such as […]
Jamie Jackson’s vocals have been all over our 2013 because of her work in Hot As Sun, whose debut album came out in the spring on Last Gang Records. Here she is moonlighting with the songwriting/production duo the Gifted – James Bairian and Louis Castle, who once upon a time made up the core of […]
Diane Coffee, the band fronted by Foxygen’s Shaun Fleming, has scotched its appearance tonight at It’s a School Night at Bardot. In a posting on Facebook, he said: “In response to a medical emergency, we must unfortunately cancel tonight’s ”˜School Night’ show. As L.A. is my hometown, we were obviously very excited to play for […]
There’s nothing wrong with making up stories, especially when they sound as pretty as the ones Nettie Rose sings. “I’m a girl from Santa Monica. There’s only so much I can talk to you about,” claims Rose. The 23-year-old, the daughter of longtime music publishing executive Lance Freed and the granddaughter of DJ Alan Freed […]
One thing becomes apparent when listening to the title track of Heaps n Heaps’ forthcoming EP “Dancing on the Moon” – intertwining vocals are hard to do. Give points to the upstart indie-folk quartet for trying something beyond the boy/girl harmonies so common in indie-folk quartets, though. The foursome has its roots in the collaboration […]
What makes a song a hit? This I wonder as I listen to Tommy Keene’s “Excitement at Your Feet,” which could have been titled “If I Hear One More Cover of ”˜Paint It Black,’ I’m Going to Shoot Myself.” “Excitement” is indeed a covers album, released in September two years after Keene’s ninth full-length “Behind […]
In between other musical activities, siblings Erica and Bruce Driscoll – dba Blondfire – have been working on a full-length to follow up their “Where the Kids Are” EP, which introduced the band’s catchy indie-pop with singles such as the title track and “Walking With Giants.” The duo co-wrote “Liar Liar” on Avicii’s new album […]
