Ears Wide Open: THRILLERS
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L.A.-based brother duo Gregory and Jeremy Pearson just released their EP of infectious electro R&B. They have a full-length in the works.
Stream: Mating Ritual, ‘I Wear Glasses’
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The latest uber-sticky single from Ryan Marshall Lawhon recalls the pop of the 1960s. Come for handclaps, stay for the chorus.
Stream: !!! (Chk Chk Chk): ‘Freedom! ’15’
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The veteran dance-punk band’s fifth album, “As If,” is due in October, starring cover model Crystal the monkey. “We’re just really good friends,” Nic Offer says.
Stream: El Ten Eleven, ‘Peter and Jack’
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The sixth album from instrumental rockers Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty has a strong thread of family and home. And a nod to the six-string bass.
Stream: Teen Daze, ‘Along’
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The Canadian songwriter-producer Jamison recorded his new album with John Vanderslice. Upcoming: a Sept. 23 show at the Roxy.
Ears Wide Open: The Big Gone
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The L.A. indie-rock quartet bundle a lot of influences into one package, as their jagged new single “Sunset Graveyard” attests.
Stream: Kyle Krone, ‘Afterglow’
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Former Shys frontman Kyle Krone preps his sophomore album, recorded with producer Jon O’Brien. The first single is the appropriately titled “Afterglow.”
Premiere: Castro, ‘Peppermint Days’
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The L.A. quartet’s new single, a follow-up to their 2014 EP, embraces the dark romanticism of the post-punk and new wave movements of the 1980s.
Premiere: BETS, ‘Free Tonight’
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The bicoastal singer-songwriter’s new single isn’t about date night. Her debut album “Day Hours Nights,” produced by Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza, comes out July 31.
Ears Wide Open: Snakearm, ‘This Is It’
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Snakearm, fka Restavrant, unveil their new country-punk single “This Is It,” and Troy Murray explains the heart-rending story behind the new band name.
