L.A.-based power-popper Adam Bones and his all-female supporting cast of Rikki Styxx, Tracy Lambertucci and Breanna Fields recall the days rock ’n’ roll lived and smiled by the power chord. Bones’ new EPÂ “Rock It Up,” his first outing since 2009’s “Feel For Tomorrow,” is an old-school spine-stiffener that’s equal parts riffage, rhythms and audacity – […]
The Sounds aren’t the only Swedes coming through L.A. this week. The Stockholm-based trio NONONO makes their L.A. debut in support of their “Pumpin Blood” EP, and any music lover who revels in pop tunes has certainly already been counting down the days for their arrival. Boasting a whistle that hasn’t been this catchy this […]
Swedish New Wave band the Sounds acquired their breakthrough with the album “Living in America,” but songs like “Tony and the Beat” and “Queen of Apology” off their sophomore album “Dying to Say This to You” were what brought them to hungry fans over in the States. Flash forward 11 years later, and  Maya Ivarsson and […]
Don’t worry. Bear Attack‘s music sounds nowhere near as vicious as their name. The quintet, comprised of Mia Minichiello, Eric Radloff, Brandon Bae, Nick Campbell and Logan Shrewsbury, seem sweet enough, with their boy-girl folk-pop melodies. Formed during their time together at USC, Bear Attack’s sound can be as cheerful as the title track of their new EP “Broke.” […]
Sometimes neighbors can be loud but still lovable, and Seattle-based garage-pop quartet Neighbors has that exact charm when it comes to their tunes. Sure, they may favor PBR over your Pinot Noir, but they’ll lay down a mean guitar riff and spit out lyrics with that Stephen Malkmus-like snarl. Their latest collection of songs, “Power […]
Technology marches on, and in its slipstream songwriters’ sometimes-quixotic quest to marry traditional instrumentation with synthetic sounds. The debut EP from Savio Savio (available as a free download here) takes that challenge into heady territory. Savio Savio is the brainchild of Ray Suen, the classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist who is one of the most […]
Following up 2010’s “Come What Will,” Patrick Park has finally returned this week with the EP, “We Fall Out of Touch,” via RSRCH + DVLP. That’s the newly-launched label by Dave Trumfio (Wilco, MMJ, Grandaddy, Earlimart), the producer who collaborated with Park on the previous album and 2007’s “Everyone’s In Everyone.” Stripped down and but still rich […]
Daniel Brummel knows hooky guitar rock. He has spent more than a decade as bassist-singer in Ozma, played in L.A.-based bands Spain and the Elected and even filled in with Weezer for a time. His work as bandleader of the L.A. sextet Sanglorians is another beast – a maniacal collision of power-pop and prog-rock that […]
By now you might know the backstory of Run River North, the folk-pop sextet formed in the Valley and first known as Monsters Calling Home. The members’ common bond was that they were all progeny of families who had moved from Asia to southern California and attended the same church. And they sang some pretty […]
Mindy Jones has proven a versatile vocalist, whether plying her trade with Moby on his latest album “Innocents” or teaming with Daniel Ahearn in both the folk and pop incarnations of Daniel Ahearn & the Jones. She steps out on her own, as The Jones, on a forthcoming EP, which is anchored by the single […]
