Stream: Branson Anderson, ‘Don’t Go to the City’
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Utah-based Branson Anderson has a deft touch for outside-the-box Americana. He’s released two singles from his forthcoming album and plays L.A. tonight and Monday.
Stream: Yeasayer, ‘Ecstatic Baby’
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Yeasayer return this week with their fifth album, “Erotic Reruns,” out Friday. The Brooklyn trio visits the Teragram Ballroom on June 29.
Stream: Sleater-Kinney, ‘Hurry on Home’
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Sleater-Kinney unveils the Annie Clark-produced single “Hurry on Home” and announces a fall tour that includes dates at the Observatory and Palladium.
Stream: JR JR, ‘Dumb Myself Down’
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JR JR try their best to simplify things on their latest single “Dumb Myself Down.” Did it work? The duo’s new album “Invocations/Conversations” comes out May 31.
Stream: Hot Chip, ‘Hungry Child’
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Hot Chip announce that their new album “A Bath Full of Esctasy” will be out June 21 (with a September date at the Shrine to follow). But will the single “Hungry Child” save the embattled young couple portrayed in the new video?
Stream: MESSIMER, ‘I’m Not a Fool’ and ‘Loose’
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MESSIMER is the new band launched by singer-songwriter Luke Messimer, the ex-Southern California resident who is now stationed in Boise, Idaho. They pay the Wayfarer and the Hotel Café this weekend.
Stream: John Vanderslice, ‘Spectral Dawn’
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The silent partner to some of indie-rock’s finest, John Vanderslice is set to release “The Cedars,” his first new album in six years, on April 5.
Video: Westerman, ‘Albatross’
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With his “Ark” EP out late last year and an full-length in the works for 2019, London pop phenom Westerman visits the Echo tonight.
Stream: Karen O and Danger Mouse, ‘Turn The Light’
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Indie impresarios Karen O and Danger Mouse release latest offering “Turn The Light,” off of their much-awaited collaboration “Lux Prima,” out this Friday.
Stream: J.S. Ondara, ‘Tales of America’
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J.S. Ondara, the native Kenyan whose debut “Tales of America” came out in February, visits Los Angeles in April. It’s a truly moving album.
