Can we get a hallelujah? A from-way-down-deep “whoa-oh?” At least a blast of harmonica? There, that’s better. The Record Company’s new “Feels So Good” EP is out today – five more soulful missives from the L.A. trio whose revivalesque shows have been bringing smiles to the faces of everybody, including, probably, the ghost of John […]
Gliss made a strong comeback with this year’s gorgeous “Langsom Dans,” and even after several singles, the L.A. band keeps it going by releasing a deluxe edition of the record. The latest release offers two bonus tracks, including the C-Berg remix of “Hunting” and new tune “Drool.” The latter will bring Gliss fans back to […]
French-American songwriter Sydney Wayser grew up in Los Angeles, summered in Paris and, until early this year, was stationed in New York, where she wrestled with a bleak winter and which direction her music would take after releasing solo albums in 2007 and ’09. Her late-2012 dispatch, “Bell Choir Coast,” addressed the latter dilemma. As […]
Scottish trio PAWS would feel right at home in Los Angeles’ garage-pop scene – their debut full-length “Cokefloat!” (which came out last fall on the Brighton/Brooklyn label FatCat Records) is full of fizzy, catchy guitar missiles that seem the perfect soundtrack to skating or moshing or both, all of which make them the perfect companion for […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Warm Weather, but Ryan Pollie, who makes up one-third of the indie-pop band, has been making music on his own. Recorded in Pollie’s West Hollywood house, he releases this solo material under the moniker Los Angeles Police Department. Yes, it’s tough to Google, but it’s safe to […]
Not to get too redundant here, because we just touted the title track barely two weeks ago, but we’re treating next week’s release of LA Font’s “Diving Man” as a moral imperative transported from most of what we embraced in the 1990s. The full album is streaming over at Noisey, but we twisted an arm […]
No matter whether Little Galaxies are into interstellar themes, the Venice-based band does write dream-pop that shimmers like the stars. In fact, the quartet comprised of Jeanna Fournier, Amir Eshraghi, Brian Sumwalt and Adam Yasmin sounds like they sat on the beach for several nights underneath the twinkling sky and studied constellations with guitars in […]
The notion that the Everly Brothers – going on six decades they pioneered the use of vocal harmonies in rock ’n’ roll – would be getting an explicit salute from A-list pop stars is about as outlandish as the idea of Billie Joe Armstrong singing country songs. But heavens to Singing Cowboys, here’s the Green […]
SOHN’s sounds seem entirely appropriate as darkness arrives sooner and the weather gets cold and potentially dreary. Heartbreak, loneliness and isolation seem merely the painful precursors to a creative outpouring for the Vienna-based Englishman, probably resulting in something like “Bloodflows,” his three-song debut for 4AD. That release, in May, saw the accomplished producer and remixer […]
The best thing about Wake Up Lucid is that the L.A. trio doesn’t clean up well. Oh, don’t take that literally; besides, the trio of cousins – Ryan, Ian and Jamie Baca – generally play their loud, sweaty sets on stages so dark you couldn’t tell if they were wearing peacock feathers. No, it’s more […]
