Garage-rockers Audacity has been busy releasing a number of singles in anticipation of their forthcoming album “Butter Knife,” and their latest tune actually leans a bit more toward pop-punk as the persistent percussion and vocals both take the spotlight. “Couldn’t Hold a Candle,” however, still caters to their strengths in spirited songwriting, and if anyone’s […]
Josiah Mazzaschi could hardly have picked a more appropriate name for Light FM’s fifth full-length. “Voices in My Head,” self-released this week, is another entry in the singer-guitarist-producer’s catalog nodding to the likes of Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun Pickups, Weezer and most of the noisy Britpop greats of the ’80s and ’90s. Sometimes it’s as if […]
Cassorla has graduated to music videos that aren’t made entirely in Microsoft Paint, but the songs remain stellar and clever. Those signature guitar effects have stayed in tact for Cassorla’s new single “I Am,” but he’s also recruited Christopher “Crash” Richard (ex-the deadly Syndrome and now of of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) for […]
Donnie & Joe Emerson’s “Baby” has been covered more times than we count, but Los Angeles-via-Tempe electronic duo Dead Times spins it with a dark groove. Comprised of members Calvin Markus and Travis Bunn, the duo dips all their melodies in R&B falsetto and coats their beats in heavy bass. Calling all DJs who like […]
The debut album from indie-pop duo The Donnies The Amys – released in early 2012 – was a regrettably overlooked little gem built around the evocative singing and songwriting of Donnie Stemp and the peripatetic rhythms of drummer Amy Wood. The twosome has released the new song “Stay the Same” via VanNessa Manlunas’ video featuring […]
It hasn’t been uncommon to spot Holland Greco playing guitar, ukulele, keyboards, banjo or accordion in her various musical exploits over the past decade, but her best instrument remains her singing voice, an agile and evocative instrument that can range from torch singer to playful pop songstress. In the early 2000s, it was featured at […]
Duos never seem to go out of style, and there’s no need for them to stop producing music especially when members are comprised of Wendy Wang and Evan Slamka. The two long-time friends have recently released music together under the moniker Fire At Sea, and it’s nothing less than stunningly swoon-worthy. Of course, fans of […]
On his debut album “New Radar” released late last year, Calvin Love proved adept at achieving the “nu-retro” vibe, emerging from behind his bedroom walls with 13 Wall of Sound-like pop numbers that would have felt like a forced production exercise if they weren’t so darned catchy. The native of Edmonton, who relocated to L.A. […]
R&B isn’t just a man’s world anymore. Sure, the ladies will still swoon over Miguel and the Weeknd, but with artists like Solange, Jessie Ware, Banks and more, strong innovative females are taking the genre in their own hands. Enter SZAÂ (rhymes with GZA), whose real name is Solana Rowe. She’s the first female signed to […]
Classic rock’s re-infiltration of the (demographically young) mainstream has been a pretty painful thing to witness, many of the purveyors relying on irony or schtick, or simply aping old videos, in the name of rock ’n’ roll. All in good fun, we suppose; far be it from us to insist there’s more gas in that […]
