Tijuana Panthers, the Long Beach trio whose exhilarating blend of surf-garage-punk has inspired mosh pits all over SoCal, will be joining the growing roster of artists on the L.A.-based imprint Innovative Leisure Records. No word on the band’s release plans yet, but they have an album completed and since releasing their album “Max Baker” in […]
Don’t let the name fool you. Asian She’s members don’t consist of any females nor does the band consist of anyone with Asian ancestry. And before you jump the gun, there’s also no kabuki imagery going on here. However, Noah and Lebenzon and Thomas Froggatt do create a refreshing sound with ominous twists and turns […]
In the new single from Nacosta – the first in a planned series of monthly releases – the L.A. quartet marries ’60s jangle and ’90s noise-pop to great effect. Bands such as Ride come to mind, but songwriter-guitarist Brandon Graham takes a less obvious compositional tack than a lot of the contemporary popgazers Ride inspired. Graham, […]
Oren Lyons, the soon-to-break out orchestral rock band from Los Angeles, is changing its name after hearing complaints from representatives of the real Oren Lyons, an 82-year-old Native American leader. The Silver Lake-based septet has decided to call itself Kan Wakan, which is Lakota for “sundance.” The name comes a mutual interest in Native American […]
OK, we get it. Haim has game. Exactly how much became apparent today, when the band of sisters – Danielle, Este and Alana – announced they have signed to Columbia Records. The L.A. quartet, which also includes drummer Dash Hutton, already had a label deal in the U.K., where they’ve become NME darlings. Expect a […]
It’s not surprising to hear that members of pop quartet Montë Mar have been busy on tour with other bands (Bill Zimmerman played keys with America and Kyle Crane has been drumming with Everest). But even with their hectic schedules as in-demand musicians, the band has been working together to release songs, one at a […]
The online introduction to Jeffertitti’s Nile describes his role on the planet as “cosmic interpreter,” which is as good a place as any to start diving into the psychedelic explorations of the enigmatic Jeffertitti Moon (aka Jeff Ramuno). Let’s start in the now: Jeffertitti’s Nile’s new single “Upside,” with a guitar that snakes then swirls […]
Sitting on the cusp of mainstream pop is Jhameel, a multi-instrumentalist who has not only released his second album, “The Human Condition,” but also steadily gained popularity on YouTube and the Hype Machine from his two series “Waves” and “Are You Free,” in which he released a new single every week (with “drunk” covers included). […]
Too early to start marking your concert calendars for 2013. We think not. One of the city’s favorite live music series – the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays – returns just in time for you to sip away your New Year’s Eve hangover. Rising L.A. stars Lord Huron, whose debut album “Lonesome Dreams” came out […]
The softening power of time can age the offensive into something agreeable and, after several decades, much of punk rock has more or less lost its bite – note the number of West Coast bands now working in forms of lo-fi, surf or stoner rock. Ostensibly aiming for something more aggressive, San Diego based “glitch-punk-rock-dubstep” […]
