Joshua Crampton may look familiar if you’ve been a fan of his work in other L.A. bands Luna Is Honey and Batwings Catwings. Considering the fact that those two acts are still hard at work (Batwings Catwings is currently in the studio working on a new record and Luna Is Honey is doing the same […]
“We have Daddy issues,” Babes say in introducing the video for the unreleased song “Dad.” Indeed, the Silver Lake quintet with a wry and playfully ribald take on retro-pop strikes a poignant note in in director Elise Holowicki’s video, at least for those with patriarchal quandaries. (And who might they be? Check your Facebook feed, […]
The Black Tibetans are doing their level best to put the power back in power trio. The band’s taut, straight-ahead rock is the work of Dean Micetich, aka Dinst (ex-the Tough MFs), along with Tammy Raye and Ryan Harrison. After releasing an EP last year that was produced by Dave Catching (Queens of the Stone […]
On their EP “1994,” Ray & Remora – aka Dan Crane and Amanda Walker – cover a half-dozen songs from that year, bringing a bright, wry electro sensibility to tracks by artists such as Weezer, Superchunk and Pavement. The video for Pavement’s “Gold Soundz” features the duo working the streets like religious evangelicals. And and […]
Matt Kivel says that his second solo album “Days of Being Wild” (out July 8 on Woodsist) was inspired by bouts of listening to classic rock, so the directness and simplicity in his bare-bones meditations come as no surprise. The album, the follow-up to last fall’s “Double Exposure,” was recorded during some whiskey- and beer-addled […]
It’s been six years since Jenny Lewis‘ last studio solo album “Acid Tongue,” but with warm-up shows under her belt she’s now preparing for the release of the forthcoming album “The Voyager.” Her first single “Just One of the Guys” is a nice blend of her solo work and her later work with Rilo Kiley. […]
When Tijuana Panthers first broke out of Long Beach, the trio proved they had the chops for surf-rock on their 2010’s “Max Baker” and last year’s successful “Semi-Sweet.” They’re just as rambunctious on their latest album “Wayne Interest,” but they’ve gone beyond their easy-breezy, sunny California soundscape this time. Laying down the punk heavier than […]
Director Alicia J. Rose’s new video for Bob Mould’s “I Don’t Know You Anymore” is hilarious on a lot of levels – I, for one, am all about the Decemberists’ new app that is “gonna change the way thinking people think about thinking … about ordering faux-bacon kale-infused vegan donuts at 2 a.m.,” Colin Meloy tells […]
Scene regulars Seasons have largely been off the radar in the two years since they completed releasing their four-EP cycle “Spring”/”Summer”/”Winter”/”Autumn” between 2009 and ’12. There, the ensemble led by singer-guitarist Nik Garcia established themselves as sometimes-cinematic, sometimes-wonky psychedelic explorers. The septet is back this fall with the full-length “Everything Changes,” and if that title […]
Natalie Meadors almost returned to Arkansas after only one year in L.A., but she decided to stay after coming upon an acoustic jam session where she met guitarist David Donaldson. Six years later, Meadors and Donaldson, along with Neil Wogensen on bass and Gerry Doot on drums, have continued to collaborate and share their influences, […]
