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Ears Wide Open: Correatown, Death to Anders

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‘Bout time. Correatown – the musical hometown of Angela Correa –will release “Spark. Burn. Fade” in July (digitally, it’s out May 26). It’s basically the same album she originally titled “Echoes” (I got a promo copy sometime in 2008, and I was excited about the music then), chock full of her great storytelling and languid […]

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Podcast: L.A. sounds on the Buzzsicle 3

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||| Download: “Buzzsicle 3” I originally created Buzzsicle 3 for a special promotion, and … well, it’s a long story, but I never posted it until now. It’s an hour’s worth of music featuring 15 songs by L.A. artists Red Cortez, Spider Problem, the Yelling, Greyboy, the Gray Kid, Keenhouse, NightWaves, Shiloe, Robotanists, His Orchestra, […]

Album review: Dawes, ‘North Hills’

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Dawes, “North Hills” (self-released) – The first album from the new quartet featuring three-quarters of Simon Dawes sneaks up on you like a moment of deja vu. Twenty-three-year-old Taylor Goldsmith crafts elegant folk-pop gems that reveal a remarkably centered songwriter who feels the currents surrounding him but won’t get swept away by any of them. […]

Ears Wide Open: The Warlocks, the Valley Arena

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After four very hit-or-miss albums, the Warlocks are returning with the Rod Cervera-produced “The Mirror Explodes” (Tee Pee Records) on May 19. On the leadoff track, Bobby Hecksher and crew paint dark pictures with wide swaths of guitar and distortion. For fans of droney shoegaze. ||| Download (via RCRDLBL): “Red Camera” These tracks off the […]

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Downloads: Kenan Bell, the Cool Kids offer mix tapes

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L.A. rapper Kenan Bell is currently rocking New York City – big gig on Tuesday at the Mercury Lounge – one week after releasing his first mix tape. Bell’s effort features eight songs, all remixes, originally offered by various blogs around the country, plus his take on XTC’s “Dear God.” Other artists he re-worked? Pink […]

Gangi stretches out with its sample-heavy electro-folk

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Matt Gangi and Lyle Nesse – the men behind the machines in the L.A. duo Gangi – imagine their music as cinema, in hi-def on a widescreen. “We were talking to a producer and Matt told him, ‘I really want it to sound like an industrial silo in the middle of an open field,’” Nesse […]

Buzzsicle 5, or ‘I’ve got one last punch left in me’

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So much music, so little time. I’ve fallen woefully behind when it comes to acknowledging non-album releases (EPs and singles) from L.A. bands, so this edition of the Buzzsicle will make a dent in that. Buzzsicle 5 is an hour’s worth of music – 16 songs that have caught my ear in the past few […]

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Ears Wide Open: Xu Xu Fang, Snow & Voices

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On its new EP “Seven Days Now,” L.A. septet Xu Xu Fang continues its explorations in ambient shoegaze, the kind of contemplative psychedelia made for shadows, smoke machines and patient listeners. Included: “Your Way,” which was used on “Gossip Girl” this week, and a stoner cover of the Cure’s “Fascination Street.” Not to mention the […]

Album review: Art Brut, ‘Art Brut vs. Satan’

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Art Brut, “Art Brut vs. Satan” (Downtown, April 21) – Thank the stars Eddie Argos is so self-absorbed, then thank them again that he seems to be such a miserable schmuck. Without those qualities, the repartee on the British quintet’s third album wouldn’t be so hilariously biting. Argos’ shout-sung conversations with himself (which remind me […]

New bits: Wolfmother rumors, Kidrockers, new label

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One album, three or so delirious years and a lot of patter about being the next Led Zeppelin later, Australia’s Wolfmother disintegrated in 2008 in a cloud of “irreconcilable personal and musical differences.” Frontman Andrew Stockdale has now replaced original members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett with a new lineup and is finishing up a […]

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