Gavin Turek‘s energy and moves on stage frequently transform the singer/dancer/actress into one big blur, but the melodies and beats are always in focus. As shown in her latest video for “Suffah,” Turek’s got the fancy feet, the hair, the face and the voice, all qualities that make her a disco contender. She has dedicated […]
It’s easy to imagine the brilliant new Gap Dream album as a Jackson Pollock – an obsessive Gabriel Fulvimar splashing brightly colored synths here and chug-a-lug beats there, until, voilà , it all makes sense, or you can read sense into it. Students of history (or those old enough to remember the Carter Administration) might hear […]
There’s an awful lot of the familiar in scruffy pop-punk of L.A.-based trio Upset, from the scratchy guitar chords to the rough-edged production to the teenaged angst. “She’s Gone” (just out on Don Giovanni Records) didn’t come from DIY corner of the 1990s, though; the band features three veterans with mileage on their indie-rock odometers […]
Los Angeles producer/rapper/songwriter Jonezen, neé Chris Jones, just released the music video for “Dedications,” the first single from his forthcoming album “Beautiful Disaster.” It was directed by Raul Perez, and follows his win at the Los Angeles Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Artist. Following an arrest, doctors told Jonezen that his excessive drinking may kill […]
Gardens & Villa may have disappeared shortly after the success of 2011’s self-titled debut but the Santa Barbra quintet returns with sophomore effort “Dunes” Feb. 4 via Secretly Canadian. Once again fusing the organic with the electronic, Gardens & Villa boasts those high-flying falsettos in the midst of flutes and synths but digs a deeper […]
Twenty long months ago, we posted an item on Jacob Dillan Summers, the former Marine who had drummed in several local acts, had fronted a band called the Rhone Occupation and, it turned out, had been recording a batch of new music with producer Raymond Richards under the guise Lauralaura. Since then, much has happened: […]
Jackson Phillips and Kevin Friedman – aka L.A.-based electro-pop duo Carousel – burst onto the sunny SoCal scene with tunes off their debut “Palms” EP this past summer, and they’re continuing to churn out these feel-good tunes to prove that the seasons never really change in California. With a residency and tour under their belt […]
As frontman of the Deadly Syndrome, Christopher Richard laid bare his emotions in a plaintive yowl, affecting and at times beautifully naive. The past couple of years he has been contributing his talents to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros as a singer/multi-instrumentalist, and now, doing business under his nickname Crash, he’s taking his solo […]
It’s been a heck of a year for El Ten Eleven. The L.A. instrumental rock duo of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty bounced back after the theft of their gear last spring to tour the world the world behind behind their late-2012 album “Transitions” and its remix version, continuing to marvel crowds with their you-gotta-see-it-to-believe […]
Spencer Krug’s resume is quite lengthy considering he’s been a member of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes and Fifths of Seven. However, it’s his solo material as Moonface that is the most stunning, and his third full-length under the moniker is the most moving yet. On “Julia With Blue Jeans On,” there […]
