If you like the spin Mayer Hawthorne put on soul music but still need a coating of funk and pop-rock, Harlan may be just what you need. Known as the “Alex” in the folk duo Alex & Sam – as well as one-half of Little Brutes and the guitarist who has played with Mayer Hawthorne […]
It’s easier to make sense of what Delta Spirit’s third album is all about – tried-and-true themes of love and longing – than it is to figure how director Abteen Bagheri’s video exactly correlates to the single “California.” The protagonist’s secret-to-her-parents life probably rings familiar to the disenfranchised, but how that ties in to a […]
If you saw the video for their single “Big Broom,” you figured there might be balloons at Races’ album-release party. The L.A. sextet did not disappoint Friday night at the Echo. To mark last week’s release of their debut album “Year of the Witch” on Frenchkiss Records, the collective of Wade Ryff, Garth Herberg, Devon […]
L.A. quartet C-horse just finished up a residency at Casey’s, and in fine fashion. The quartet of singer-guitarist Cecilia Enriquez, bassist Lindsay Mancha, keyboardist Mack Marquard and drummer Courtney Olsen debuted this video for “Tongues,” which was directed, actually, by one of our favorite drummers, Sean Johnson. It’s a straight-ahead portrayal of the harmony-soaked pop […]
Dallas Don Burnet was a buzz band while you were still rocking to Barney’s “I Love You. The singer-songwriter has played bass for Thelonious Monster, drummed for Beck and fronted a band the L.A. Times described this way: “[They] write a bunch of catchy, nearly perfect pop songs, then mess them up with a lot […]
At first you wonder what an angry, frustrated old man is doing in a video for Vanaprasta‘s feel-good pop-rock tune “Self-Indulgent Feeling,” but when 1:11 mark hits (nice timing considering this band’s obsession with numbers) the dour protagonist takes a jolly turn – certainly not the last mood change in the story. Directors Scott Beck […]
So much to draw from, and, seemingly, so little time. The music of L.A. four-piece Luna Is Honey is like a filter that’s retained bits and pieces of everything that’s been poured through it – ’80s New Wave, R&B, shoegaze and ’90s alt-rock, to name a few. The latter two figure influences prominently on the […]
No, Justice didn’t decide to triple their signature sign. ” ” ” (pronounced Crosses) is the new side project of Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, formerly of Far. With the help of Chuck Doom (Scott Chuck), the trio only started playing live shows in February, but they’ve released two digital EPs. The first EP simply titled […]
Last year’s “Only In Dreams” from Dum Dum Girls was a mature departure from their 2010 debut, and “Coming Down” was the first taste of richer songwriting the second time around from frontwoman Kristen Gundred (aka Dee Dee). The heavy ballad finally has a visual companion, but it almost contrasts with the majestic choruses and […]
The Newbury Park quintet the Neighbourhood launched its stealth campaign a couple months ago in the U.K. when the irresistible single “Female Robbery” hit Zane Lowe’s show on Radio One. The band didn’t release any biographical information but teased that more music would be on the way. This past weekend, the equally swoon-worthy “Sweater Weather” […]
