Coachella 2012: Abe Vigoda, start your engines
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Who: Abe Vigoda in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Work in progress.
Mp3-pack: Hands, Princeton, Modern Time Machines
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[A few new tunes from L.A. bands we had recently written about…] Hands, “Come to Know” – Although their name has only gotten slightly easier to Google, Hands finally released their long-awaited “Massive Context” EP this week, via Small Plates. Based on their live shows (like this one), the six genre-melding and multi-textured songs are […]
Video: Stew & the Negro Problem, ‘Speed’
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Videographer Jeff Hermanson, the trumpeter in Stew & the Negro Problem, uses simple filters to good effect in the video for “Speed,” off the Silver Lake-bred, NYC-based band’s brilliant January release “Making It.” Maybe this couplet is all you need to know: “Things are moving faster now / but I miss speed.” ||| Previously: “Curse” […]
Ears Wide Open: Max and the Moon
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“The Way I See” – the second EP from Max and the Moon – positions the Chino Hills trio in some fashionably melodic territory. Signer-guitarist John Velasquez, joined by brothers Matt and Dillon Couchois, heaps on harmonies, hooks and melodies that recall a more mainstream-sounding Local Natives (the title track, especially) or a less folky […]
Stream: The Henry Clay People, ‘Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives’
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What I’ve always liked most about the Henry Clay People is that they are one of the least delusional bands out there. Brothers Joey and Andy Siara probably had a good sense of themselves when they were teenagers, and now that they’re roaring through their 20s, making music (of all the endeavors they could possibly […]
Download: Jim Hanft, ‘Kerosene’
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The deceivingly genteel folk-pop songs on Jim Hanft’s new album “Weddings or Funerals” (out today) are, in a sense, a lot about getting somewhere, either physically (“Alternate Route”) or romantically (“Lazy Love”). Then again, geography has always figured prominently in he L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s music. His 2008 debut “Backyard Waltz” revolved around his move from the […]
Video: JJAMZ, ‘Never Enough’
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Things have been going pretty well for L.A. indie-pop group JJAMZ (pronounced “juh-Jamz”) comprised of Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes), James Valentine (Maroon 5), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), Michael Runion (solo), and Z Berg (The Like). They’ve recently been signed to Dangerbird Records, and their debut “Suicide Pact” is slated for a July 10 […]
Mp3-pack: Coco Morier, Lover Lover, Ghost Loft
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[Here’s a few electro-pop tunes we’ve come across that may help jump start your week…] Coco Morier, “Explosions” – We’ve introduced you to her catchy tunes “Journey to the Center of the World” and “Ambulance,” but since Nicole Morier was one-half of Electrocute and a co-author of tunes for Britney Spears and Junkie XL in […]
Download: Low Flying Owls, ‘Lovevolve’
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Low Flying Owls swooped in out of Sacramento eight years ago, guitars buzzing and a very good album of psych-rock, “Elixir Vitae” in hand. They’ve been an on and off proposition ever since, in and out of other projects. Now Jared Southard, Andy Wagner, Mike Bruce, Robby Dean and Thomas Benjamin Alexander have reconvened to […]
Ears Wide Open: KO KO
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The swooning songs of indie-pop’s latest contenders KO KO are constructed from the most basic of building blocks: falsetto vocals, lithe melodies, shuffling percussion and a bit of whistling. What brothers Ryan and Taylor Lawhon exhibit on their debut EP “Float” is admirable restraint; their first three songs do indeed have a buoyant quality that, […]
