Singer-guitarist Marlon Rabenreither’s work in the Sister Ruby Band is the stuff that outlasts trends, psychedelic Americana that’s rich in texture and songcraft. So it’s no surprise that, stripped-down, Rabenreither’s songs seem more than the sum of their parts. Under the name Gold Star, the former art-schooler is releasing a five-song EP of lightly orchestrated […]
The ghost of Patsy Cline [Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of her tragic death, by the way] is either smiling or rolling her eyes at this one, we can’t figure which. This version of the Willie Nelson-penned “Crazy,” which Cline made a hit, comes courtesy of new arrived Sami, the nom de tune of Samantha […]
No sooner had we swooned over Hanni El Khatib’s new single “Family” than the video for the song was released. The work of photographer/videographer Nick Walker, who has extensively documented El Khatib’s young career (as well as the Railroad Revival Tour), the video is a conceptually bonkers romp that Walker files under “Wild Asian Motorcycle […]
Kassia Conway was singer, bassist and one of two instigators (along with drummer Amy Wood, currently instigating in The Donnies the Amys) in the underrated L.A. outfit All Wrong and the Plans Change. Now Conway has set off on her own, using just her surname and surfeit of things to say. The single “Big Talk” […]
The most telling moment in the video for the Bleached single “Next Stop” arrives at the close, when all the fun and frolicking is sealed with a wink. Certain viewers might regard that as harmlessly flirtatious; here, we read into it a subtle acknowledgement of the past. Sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin have stepped back […]
If Hanni El Khatib fans were happy to hear a preview of new track “Can’t Win ‘Em All” during the Super Bowl, they’re most likely deliriously giddy about the first official single off of “Head in the Dirt.” Picking right up from his California skate rat days, Khatib – who proved the guns did, indeed, […]
Before your jaw drops over the Bronx’s new video, remember this: They are hardcore punk-rockers who lead double lives as a mariachi band. So almost nothing is out of bounds. That said, here is your beefcake matinee, the band’s new, possibly R-rated video for “Wasted Youth.” It premiered, of all places, on Playgirl.com, was directed […]
The lean and mean riff that announces “Thanks for Nothing,” the opening song on Great White Buffalo’s new self-titled EP, could be the answer to that question Black Rebel Motorcycle Club posed way back when. Part first-album Kings of Leon, a little bit Surfer Blood and recalling Canadian indie-rockers the Stills, Great White Buffalo follows […]
No group in Los Angeles has left a bigger musical footprint the past decade than the members of Rilo Kiley. Besides four albums starting with 2001’s “Take Offs and Landings,” the quartet has bred solo careers, side projects and other collaborations. Siren Jenny Lewis made two solo albums (one with the Watson Twins) and paired […]
If you weren’t around for Summer of Love or the Human Be-In – and we somehow suspect that most of you weren’t – find the photo gallery of your choice and listen to “Coast to Coast,” the new single from the Blank Tapes. (Heightening your experience in any other way is strictly optional, mind you.) […]
