It’s been a while since we heard from Young the Giant, and oh boy, their new direction might surprise you if you were were a fan of their pop-rock hits such as “Apartment,” “Cough Syrup” and “My Body” off their self-titled debut. On their new single, “It’s About Time,” their beachy, laid-back pop vibe has […]
Michael Milosh has always been talented at balancing the delicate with the powerful in his music, any fan of Rhye‘s debut “Woman” would agree. But Rhye’s lead vocalist returns to his solo work with the forthcoming album “Jetlag,” an album he’s written out of love, happiness and excitement for the new chapter of his life […]
There certainly isn’t a shortage of boy-girl electro-pop duos in music right now, but if it happens to be your favorite genre Venice’s Scavenger Hunt may be your new favorite band. Comprised of composer Dan Mufson, who’s done his share of writing music for television, and jazz performer Jill Lamoureux, who is also one-half of […]
In sports parlance – not totally inappropriate here, since LA Font’s first EP was titled “The American Leagues” – the Los Angeles quartet’s full-length debut “Diving Man” is like a long touchdown followed by a vicious spike of the football in the end zone. Like a lot of the best 1990s indie-rock that informs it, […]
Here’s another one for you Sarah Records fans. Mirror Days, the new solo project of Graham Harrington, has just the right jangle, just the right amount of melancholy in his vocals and just enough reverb in his dreamy compositions. After his move from Detroit, Harrington quickly became involved in Los Angeles bands Rainbow Blanket, Sceneries […]
Feel as if you’re trapped in a place as large and sprawling and multi-faceted as Los Angeles? Local quartet Spirit Vine’s new album “Ascender” – finally out this week via Manimal Vinyl – articulates your neurosis on its single “City Daze.” “L.A. haunts you / L.A. haunts you,” singer Jaquelinne Cingolani wails over sheaths of […]
Just when you think soul revivalists have squeezed all the juice out of that orange – or turned it to water by simply adding effects – you run across somebody like Hiatus Kaiyote. They have a quirky name, a singer with an even quirkier one (Nai Palm, yeah we get it) and pages that describe […]
Recent Sunset Strip honoree Joan Jett has returns with “Unvarnished,” her 14th album and first in seven years with the Blackhearts. And as her first music video for the song “Any Weather” suggests, she’s not going anywhere just yet. She may already have a lifetime of achievements, but Jett moves forward with one of her […]
It’s been a minute, Warpaint. Never ones to work quickly, the L.A. quartet of singer-guitarists Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman, bassist-singer Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa were around several years before their first EP (2008) and finally released their widely praised full-length “The Fool” three years ago this month. Today Warpaint announced that […]
Structurally, a lot of Mirror Talk’s EP sounds like somebody moved into a mansion once owned by Depeche Mode and, rather than just rearrange the furniture, gave the place a facelift. The L.A. quartet of Court Alexander, Steven Lopez, Sean Krell and Dave Lewis, dispenses big swatches of New Wave that recall the best of […]
