After a couple of years of mostly DIY releases and entirely fun live shows, Tapioca & the Flea are no more. But principals Samuel Jacob-Lopez and Ronnie Watson have rebooted as Little Wolves, and fans who hungered for more of TATF’s trippy synth-pop won’t be disappointed. The duo’s first single, “Home,” finds Jacob-Lopez back in […]
Afro-Western outfit The Very Best, comprised of London production duo Radioclit (Johan Hugo) and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya, have released a new music video highlighting Ethiopia Skate — a movement of young skaters from all backgrounds whose love for skating has created a community where they can connect beyond class and heritage. The video for […]
The debut single from Ofelia K is not going to blow you away, unless you’re likely to be toppled by a warm, gentle breeze. But in a world of pop belters, chirpy yelpers and digitally modulated histrionics, that’s what makes “White T-Shirt” so engaging, with the L.A.-based artist’s vocals measured and earnest as she beckons […]
As anybody who’s witnessed one of Robert DeLong’s live performances can testify, it’s as much about how he does it as what he does. A multi-tasker extraordinaire, the L.A.-based singer-songwriter-drummer-producer-tornado plays Gamer Gone Giddy in re-creating his EDM in a live setting. And in the video for his new dance-floor jam “Don’t Wait Up,” DeLong […]
Formed just two years ago, London indie-pop quintet The Mispers hit their native U.K. like a sugar rush — they were selling out shows after a year on the scene. A “misper” is police slang describing a missing person, but with the band’s approachable sound full of driving rhythms and feel-good melodies, they are likely […]
Shannon and the Clams today dropped the first single from their new album, “Gone By The Dawn,” due Sept. 11 on Hardly Art. The track, “Corvette,” sets the tone for a collection of songs that’s a bit more emotional than anything the San Francisco trio released before. Written while two-thirds of the band were in […]
Ben Cassorla is known primarily as a guitarsmith, his talents having been utilized by the likes of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Slick Rick and Washed Out, among others. He’s found time to make three solo Cassorla EPs, although the last one, “Amigos,” was not-so-solo since it featured collaborations with amigos like Christopher Richard […]
Danish-American dream-pop duo Gliss are returning June 26 with their fifth album, “Pale Reflections,” and they are sounding (and looking) as icy-cool as ever. Having last month celebrated a decade as a band with the re-release of their 2005 debut “Kick in Your Heart,” the twosome of Victoria Cecilia and Martin Klingman split time between […]
Love it when side projects turn out like this. The debut EP from Teenage Wrist roars with the dense tenacity of ’90s shoegazers and their safer-for-radio alt-rock brethren. “Dazed,” which came out May 19, is the work of Colorado transplants Marshall Gallagher (Swing Hero, Solar Bear) and Kamtin Mohager (Chain Gang Of 1974), along with […]
Aspiring pop siren Molly Moore earns an “A” in both production value and self-delusion for her new single “Don’t Believe It,” which she introduces by saying “the best world to live in is the one that you create for yourself.” There’s some merit to that, of course; where the song goes off the rails is […]
