Ears Wide Open: Warbly Jets
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New L.A. quartet helmed by NYC transplants Samuel Shea and Julien O’Neill are working on their debut EP at Shangri-La Studios. “Psychomanteum” is a psych-pop cocktail best stirred, not shaken.
Stream: Tame Impala, ‘’Cause I’m a Man’ (HAIM remix)
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Invited to remix the Aussie band’s big ballad, the L.A. sister trio decides “to put out our own spin on the song,” Danielle says.
Stream: The Icarus Line, ‘Ride or Die’
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The Los Angeles rockers will release their double-LP, “All Things Under Heaven,” on Oct. 2. It’s their third album in three years. Prepare to be scorched.
Stream: The Mynabirds, ‘Wildfire’ and ‘Semantics’
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“Lovers Know, the third album from the Laura Burhenn-fronted Mynabirds, is a sonically ambitious and deeply moving collection of confessionals. It’s out Friday.
Stream: Warren G, ‘My House’ and ‘Keep On Hustlin”
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It’s the G Funk Era, Pt. II — Warren G’s new EP is a sequel to the classic 1994 album and features contributions from E-40, Too $hort, Bun B and Young Jeezy.
Ears Wide Open: Deronda
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Songwriter-guitarist Gabe Hernandez overcame “years of writer’s block” to go on the creative spurt that yielded his batch of new music.
Stream: EL VY, ‘Return to the Moon’
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The new collaboration pairs Matt Berninger of the National and Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls. Their album “Return to the Moon” is out Oct. 30 and they play the Troubadour Nov. 7.
Stream: The Chills, ‘America Says Hello’
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The seminal New Zealand band announce “Silver Bullets,” their first full-length studio album in nearly two decades.
Stream: Trouble Knows Me, ‘Trouble Knows Me’
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Collaboration features Sam Herring of Future Islands and prolific L.A. producer/rapper Madlib. A 12-inch EP is due in September.
Ears Wide Open: Hudson Stone
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The first song from singer-songwriter Michael Andrew Walker, former drummer of Echo Park indie-rockers NO, explores the finery of Americana and features a mystery collaborator.
