Back in January 2012, we introduced Miracle Days, the indie-pop collaboration between Edson Choi and Dre Babinski, both whom played in the now-defunct Dusty Rhodes & the River Band. They had made some recordings the previous fall in Dr. Dog’s Philadelphia studio and an album release seemed imminent. But the recordings needed tweaking and possible […]
The dynamic duo of modern-funk ambassador Dâm-Funk and G-funk godfather Snoopzilla, née Snoop Dogg, have teamed for a new project entitled 7 Days of Funk, with a self-titled EP out on Dec. 10 via Stones Throw Records. Snoop’s newest moniker, following his reggae turn as Snoop Lion, is drawn in reverence to Parliament-Funkadelic’s bass player […]
Shy Girls isn’t a group of demure damsels; it’s the moniker under which Portland producer and vocalist Dan Vidmar records his smooth yet crisp R&B jams. He’s been doing it for a while, and so far, color critics impressed. The emergency room-worker-by-day but suave songwriter-by-night released the underrated “Sex In the City” EP in 2011, which […]
In July, we reported that L.A. shoegazers Tennis System had a new album in the works. But then this happened: Frontman Matty Taylor teamed up with DJ/club promoter Michael Stock of Part Time Punks for a new EP. Stock, as any local devotee of shoegaze/post-punk/darkwave/twee-pop (and assorted flavors) should know, is a KXLU radio host […]
Mansions on the Moon’s electro-pop is so sleek you can almost see your reflection in it. But in no way should that imply that MOTM’s new EP “Full Moon” is as predictable, or as predictably vacuous, as much of the indie-pop elbowing for room in the marketplace. The five songs from the quartet of Ted […]
Pop starlet Sky Ferreira has been working on her debut album for quite some time, and the release of “Night Time, My Time” finally arrives Oct. 29 via Capitol Records. As a follow-up to her 2012 hit “Everything Is Embarrassing,” Ferreira fans have gotten the Ariel Rechtshaid-produced “You’re Not the One,” an ’80s-leaning breakup anthem. So […]
“There are Cosby sweaters in it,” says lead vocalist Davin Givhan of the L.A.-based quartet Detangler. True as that may be of the new Mark Thornton-directed clip for “We’re Defeated,” Detangler wears its psych-rock influences and just as well. The band’s noisy, buzzing guitars and reverb-laden vocals can be heard further in songs such as […]
Singer-songwriter Holly Conlan is in most ways exemplary of the Hotel Café scene (although 10 years on now, maybe we should be calling it a “legacy”). She writes bright pop songs that are as smart lyrically as they are nimble melodically – the latter quality, like many of her peers, helping her tunes find their […]
When the Open Feel hit our eardrums with their self-titled EP in 2011, it was a tidal wave of ’90s nostalgia thanks to their combination of shoegaze and roaring rock. However, Katie Harris and Tom Brayton don’t just flash back or wear their influences, they’ve revitalized it with dream-pop in the cleanest manner. The duo […]
Gap Dream could very well end up being the best subplot of the growing Burger Records legend. The man behind the name, Gabriel Fulvimar, moved to southern California from Cleveland last December – something about the weather, he says – and took up residence at the label’s headquarters in Fullerton. There, Fulvimar began living the dream – […]
