The music of singer-guitarist Lisandro “Pato” Aloi is getting a new life in another hemisphere. The native of Argentina, who formerly played in Siga la flecha and the Panvisual Orientation System, embarked on his new project Bonson Berner a couple of years ago, recording an album in Argentina and at New Monkey Studios in Los […]
If this were 1998, we might call young Costa Mesa rockers Future Fix a “modern rock” band. And they’d be the next Killers and be destined for arenas. But the album in the works from Evan Ambrose, Aaron Andersen, Arie Tidwell, Dale Dimapindan is only a little bit Brandon Flowers – Future Fix dives into […]
Do not try this at home, folks. Superhumanoids’ vivid, maudlin for their song “Bad Weather” is not for the faint of stomach. Directed by Taylor Cohen and featuring Shane Coffey and Nicole Aprea, it reveals the utter despair that can only come from deep wounds of the heart. The song is already pretty cinematic itself, […]
I arrive on your digital doorstep once again to sing the praises of the Spires, whose slack, jangling guitar pop continues to seduce the same way the great U.K. indie bands of the ’80s and ’90s did. Singer-guitarist Jason Bays and gang (bassist Catie Kindred, guitar Bryan Russell, drummer Brook Dalton) have been plugging away […]
L.A. native Banks continues to take off. She announced today that her “London” EP would be out Sept. 10 via Harvest Records and debuted a deep, dark video for the single “Waiting Game.” It’s directing by Emmy-nominated Francesco Carrozzini in appropriately deep, dark fashion. The EP features collaborations with producers SOHN, TEED, Jamie Woon, Tim […]
Art-pop agitators Ryder Bach and Alina Cutrono – dba Body Parts – are calling their forthcoming album “Fire Dream,” but it could just as well be titled “We Make Neuroses Fun.” The inspiration for record, says Bach, is a nightmare in which he witnessed the murder of his parents by a close friend. Now that […]
As many of you know, there’s more to college than just, well, college. So L.A. quintet the Ten Thousand made the most of its time at UCLA. The band – Kevin Moultrie, Dylan Robin, Garrett Harney, Satoru Yamamoto and Nathan Kersey-Wilson – is kicking up dust by making high-energy rock that’s somewhere between what you heard on […]
Bella Darling may be a new name over on this side of the pond, but she’s already played festivals like Primavera Sound with only an EP titled “Man In Sea” under her belt. Now she is making some noise in her new base of L.A. Although originally from Barcelona, Spain, Darling recorded her debut with […]
Electro-pop trio Sir Sly crept onto the radar in late 2012 in the slipstream of several other bands spinning R&B cotton candy. While the Neighbourhood’s hip-hop lite has substantial meat on its bones, others have sounded very much like late-comers, struggling to find a distinct voice or anything beyond vaguely articulated romanticism couched in treacly […]
The output from L.A. producer Kauf has been sparse – two almost-perfect tracks, “When You’re Out” in 2012 and then “Relocate,” as well as a memorable remix of “Heart in the Pipes” back in 2011. They managed to sear four letters into the minds of many with huge drums, evil synths and a shared demeanor that […]
