On his debut album “New Radar” released late last year, Calvin Love proved adept at achieving the “nu-retro” vibe, emerging from behind his bedroom walls with 13 Wall of Sound-like pop numbers that would have felt like a forced production exercise if they weren’t so darned catchy. The native of Edmonton, who relocated to L.A. […]
Feeling heavy this morning? You’re not the only one. If you’d like to indulge in your emotions, Pr0files‘ debut single “Call Yourself a Lover” provides the perfectly moody soundtrack to your drama. Comprised of members Danny Sternbaum and long-time friend Lauren Pardini, the electronic duo’s got one hell of a hand on atmospherics. It’s not […]
Since the release of their “Be Free” album, neo-soul trio Moonchild has been on a roll. They’ve been the hottest commodity for any bill of soul music – they recently opened for Jose James and Alice Russell – and there’s little to doubt that they won’t be selling out headlining shows on their own soon. […]
Jonathan, meet Jonathan. And Jonathan, meet Jonathan. Two Los Angeles favorites collide on “Only Love,” a song from the mind and studio of Jonathan Haskell, whose Seven Saturdays took a big leap from its roots in ambient music in May, releasing an evocative self-titled album packed with guest vocalists and dreamy, haunting effects. Rain Phoenix […]
It was a strange confluence of events: On Tuesday, L.A. quartet PAPA released its ballyhooed debut album “Tender Madness” to some (well-deserved) fanfare. That same day – via the same label, Loma Vista – brought the release of the debut EP by the singer-songwriter who playfully modeled for the cover of PAPA’s first release, “A […]
The songs on Radar Brothers’ latest album, “Eight,” are sprawling and beautiful, and on their latest single, “Reflections,” Jim Putnam’s vocals can even seem hypnotizing at times. In fact, there is a driving percussion that propels the melodies into one of the most razor-sharp tune on the album. Its Be Hussey-directed clip goes along with […]
Night Terrors of 1927 immediately went to the head of the electro-pop class last fall, when the then-mysterious band released an achingly sweet little number “Watch the World Go Dark” and then watched while the world went crazy. Turned out the band was the songwriting collaboration of two fellows with long resumés – Jarrod Gorbel […]
Director Jonathan Turner’s video for the song “Design” could hardly have been more exemplary of “Interiors,” the second album Cameron Mesirow has made as Glasser. “Interiors,” out this week via True Panther, is all clean lines and smooth surfaces; even with Mesirow’s airy voice flitting atop the playful electronics she co-created with producer Von Rivers […]
With its vein-popping choruses and Spaghetti Western-fueled arrangements, the Lonely Wild’s debut album “The Sun As It Comes” is equal parts blood and dust. Those qualities come to life, or maybe death, in the quintet’s new video for their grandiose, 5 1/2-minute track “Buried in the Murder.” Out in the dusty landscape the Lonely Wild […]
Almost three years after the release of their debut EP, L.A. four-piece State to State is back, reaching for sky. The quartet’s expansive sound owes to a handful of bands you saw in stadiums 10 or 15 years ago, and on the tensive new song “Comprehension Headache” frontman Shea Stratton sings as if he’s pleading […]
