When Ryan Fuller picks a guitar up and starts to sing, what you get is the truth. As Fort King, his no-frills Laurel Canyon country and its touches of psychedelic folk speak to decades of the troubadour tradition, as songs such as the poignant “Woe to the Man” reveal. Since the release of his album […]
The neurotic feel of Chelsea Wolfe’s 2011 album “Apokalypsis” was deeply rooted in its production, and its layers of instrumental and vocal effects. But the L.A.-based songstress adds by subtraction on this first song from the follow-up, “Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs” (due Oct. 16 on Sargent House). To great effect, Wolfe’s virtually […]
Greg Bertens and Nyles Lannon have taken off in a new direction, and they didn’t even start in the same room. Mates in the shoegazing rock outfit Film School, Bertens and Lannon are now collaborating on electronic music as Sacred Caves. They weren’t even in the same city when they wrote their debut EP “Sanctuarium,” […]
For L.A. show-goers, Liv Marsico is a familiar face, even if she’s behind a drum kit most of the time. Her resumé is stacked; it boasts her percussion duties for several local bands, including Stone Darling, and, most recently, drumming in Gothic Tropic and providing additional vocals for Tapioca & the Flea. As Liphemra, she […]
The faintly tropical flavors in the early work of Lord Huron recede to the background in the debut album from the L.A. indie-rock band that began as the solo venture of Michigan native Ben Schneider. Still steeped in reverb and boasting sophisticated rhythmic underpinnings, “Lonesome Dreams” (due Oct. 9 on IAMSOUND Records) is every bit […]
How to describe the flavor of the bright young quintet Hindu Pirates? Well, take a pinch of surfy sensibilities of the Allah-Las, add a dash of FIDLAR’s garage-punk and stir some of fellow O.C. natives Voxhaul Broadcast’s anthemic blues-rock, and you an idea of where Hindu Pirates may move you. All between the ages of […]
Giving ADD a good name (and sound), Conveyor‘s avant-pop bounces from Afro-pop to electronica to acoustic folk before the Brooklyn quartet even finish singing one phrase. While their lyrics and melodies are accessible, their textured sound boasts dramatic mood changes as much as it likes to tamper with tempo. Animal Collective comparisons aren’t a stretch, […]
Western Scene emerged in May as the latest vehicle for ex-Dynamite Walls singer-guitarist Tom Pritchard, who teamed up with Jason Burkhart and a handful of resumé-toting players (including Jonathan Hischke, who played with Broken Bells, and all-star drummer/producer Joey Waronker) to fashion a more polished take on indie rock. Their work in the studio with […]
