The video for Cliff Beach’s “Save My Soul” highlights a larger entity that needs attention — the soul of a city. It’s an earnest message from the singer-songwriter’s album “The Gospel According to Cliff Beach.”
Who’s watching your every move? What judgments are they making? That’s the mystery behind the dark video for Saro’s latest single, “Please.”
Filmed in Super 8 and styled from the super ’60s, the video for “Calling You the Same” finds Susy Sun pining for a lover who has already moved on.
Turtles on Speed’s mischievous, guitar-driven bliss is the brainchild of drummer Dash Hutton (HAIM, among others). The video for “High With You” celebrates all the things you can do while playing hooky. Just don’t get caught.
Along with that coffee, awaken your consciousness with African cultural/musical ambassador Rocky Dawuni’s title track for his upcoming album, “Beats of Zion.”
Transplanted to L.A. from Nashville, William Tyler last week released his new album of acoustic Americana, “Goes West.” The video for “Fail Safe” takes him to Bakersfield, which feels a lot like home.
Jacob Loeb and Ben Schwab of Golden Daze gently come down to earth in their new single, “Took a Fall,” turning dream-folk to 11 ahead of their album release (“Simpatico”) on Feb 15.
“Placeholder,” singer-songwriter Meg Duffy’s second album as Hand Habits, will be out March 1 via Saddle Creek Records.
FIDLAR’s third album, “Almost Free” (out Friday), finds the L.A. quartet edging away from the skate-punk of their early days. “Basically,” frontman Zac Carper says, “we got bored.”
Alex Lilly’s new album “2% Milk” is 100% enchanting — and a musical coming-out party for a singer-songwriter who has collaborated with a slew of other artists over the years. How many? That’s the point of “One Degree of Alex Lilly,” her playlist for Buzz Bands LA.
