Can we get a “whoa-oh-oh” chorus in celebration of weirdness? The new video for the Night Terrors of 1927 single “Dust and Bones” is either sheer genius or non sequitur nonsense, depending on your interpretation of the hodgepodge of household madness that transpires in just under four minutes. (And is that a quizzical look the […]
The Submarines might be on the rocks, but there’s still music flowing from the duo of Blake Hazard (who released a solo album last year) and John Dragonetti. The latter is prepping an EP, due March 11, under the name … take a deep breath here … Hong Hong Kong Kong. Hey, at least it […]
The L.A. duo DWNTWN immediately earned officer’s stripes in the synth-pop army with the single “See My Eyes” which was featured on the French label Kitsuné’s compilation of American bands almost two years ago. The team of Jamie Leffler and Robert Cepeda solidified that rank with last year’s “The Red Room” EP. With Chris Sanchez’s […]
We have no idea what to make of all the debate about “authenticity” in roots music these days, but it isn’t going out on a limb to venture that L.A. quintet the Far West is doing right. They are five guys who paid their dues in myriad other bands and who joke that their music […]
Illustrated is the “EDM†project of Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Sean Layton. The use of quotes on “EDM†is because his style is hard to nail down, often genre-hopping through a plethora of textures within a single track. This is evident in his remix of Dr. Dre’s “Forgot About Dre,†reminiscent of the Castlevania […]
The last time Portland psych-rock group Aan caught our attention, it involved a story about the Grim Reaper and roller coasters soundtracked by a rambunctious rollicking fun tune. Since then, they’ve released their full-length “Amor Ad Nauseum,” which has highlighted the quintet’s ability to also write beautifully rich songs such as “Daylight” and “Bubble Bath […]
The adrenaline-charged new single from L.A. pop quintet Y LUV is an homage to French explorer/author/scientist Jacques Cousteau – and it finds the band doing some exploring of its own. Over a dance-punk bass line that could have sprung from an early Bloc party album, “Jacques Cousteau” is “about letting your fear push you to […]
Hi-Five if you’re lonely! Despite the woeful tone with which loneliness saturates life, St. Louis singer/songwriter Angel Olson takes the “misery loves company” notion to a new level in her single, “Hi Five.” Her dramatic drawl is rife with alluring persuasion, carried by tremelo-style guitar and robust percussion. Toeing the lines of rock ’n’ roll, […]
Sorting out all the hillbilly high jinx on the new album from L.A.-based Charlie Greene is a bit like trying to remember where you parked the Caddy after a day-night bender. So here we will crib from an interview the self-professed “combustion scientist” gave to Elmore Magazine: “My new record has something for everybody. It’s […]
New Jersey duo Christian Peslak and Steve Marion have been playing music with each other even before Marion recruited Peslak as his guitarist for the wonky rock project Delicate Steve. In fact, they’ve been collaborating with each other since their high school days and their musical friendship comes though again as Saint Rich. This new […]
