It’s taken a minute for the Peach Kings to release their “Mojo Thunder” EP – they unveiled the title track last June – but the duo of native Texan Paige McClain Wood and Silver Laker Steven Trezevant Dies finally have it finished. It’s another chapter in the duo’s bluesy lounge noir; their spare arrangements place the focus […]
If this new video from Carlos Santana doesn’t bring a smile to your face, maybe your mouth is broken. Santana is 66 now; last December he became a Kennedy Center honoree. His new album “Corazón,” the first Spanish-language record of his illustrious career, is out next week and includes guest turns from Gloria Estefan, R&B […]
We’re not too sure if the girl is missing her long lost love or if the skeleton is actually missing his lover, but the semi-creepy and self-directed video for Early Morning Rebel‘s “Shallow Breath” is hauntingly sad. The fashion-forward L.A. duo are out to pull on heart strings again with another pop noir ballad that […]
That’s some glorious fuzz A Million Billion Dying Suns unleashes in its song “Hey Man.” And that’s some as-close-as-you-can-get-to-a-real-acid-trip misadventures our hapless hero (played by Andrew Riddell) has in the video for the song. First, the video: It’s the work of director Andrew Juncker and San Francisco-based French Press Films, and it includes, in no […]
What do you get when you mix 50% of Cold War Kids, one-third of We Barbarians and the writings of a Trappist monk? You get French Style Furs, the new trio featuring singer Nathan Willett, bassist Matt Maust and drummer Nathan Warkentin. This week, FSF revealed the first three songs from its full-length, “Is Exotic […]
Some San Diego locals may recognize the frontman of L.A. quartet Wistappear. His name is still Ian Lipson, but he’s got a new project now that he’s in the City of Angels. Recruiting Evan Jiroudek, Marcus Hogsta and Isaac Tamburino, Lipson’s work as Wistappear is an interesting fusion of psychedelia, wonky rock n’ roll and folk-pop. […]
If there’s one L.A. band who has been shamelessly putting out dance music within the last couple of years, it’s MTG – formerly known as Mind the Gap. The Venice Beach quartet, whose sound is part pop-rock, part funk and part electro, has been relentless with their live shows and their songs translate the energy. […]
Ever since they roared out of the North Hollywood School of Rock with a sense of purpose far beyond their years, music has been more than kids’ stuff for Lydia Night and Marlhy Murphy. Night is 13 and Murphy 11, and together they are Pretty Little Demons, a garage-rock duo with a batch of original […]
Nikki Lane is not to be trifled with. The Nashville-based singer [one of our highlights this past March at SXSW] is one of the most compelling emerging talents in country music right now – a seductress one minute and an objector with a conscience the next, equally capable of a turning a phrase or wilting […]
Considering all the frilly runs she sang for “American Idol” back in 2012, Jen Hirsh’s vocals recorded under the moniker Monogem reveal a new refreshing, alluring side to the Los Angeles singer-songwriter. Hirsh’s melodies here are sung with sophisticated control in songs like the slinky disco-pop gem “The Glow” and she’s even riding a little […]
