Chris Farren’s new album “Doom Singer” is full of hooks and humor; the videos for “First Place” and “Bluish” are good points of entry as the L.A.-based singer-songwriter tours across the U.S. en route to a Monday show at El Cid.
Geographer’s fifth album, “A Mirror Brightly,” arrives in February. “You Never Know,” along with the other singles that songwriter Mike Deni has released this year, seems to give wings to existential weight. And the series of videos for those songs lends a keen gravitas to Geographer’s soaring pop.
“The Ship That I Sail” and “The Tall Grass” are the first two singles from space-rock explorers Hooveriii’s new album “Pointe,” their third full-length in three years and arriving in October.
Songwriter Jason Blynn (aka J. Blynn) has released his first album under the moniker Dandelion Head. “Blue Dream” blooms with infectious grooves and aw-shucks wisdom.
“Turning Point” is one of the highlights of Velvet Starlings’ third album “Pacific Standard Time,” out this week.
“Parallel Universe,” the fourth single Katelyn Tarver has released this year, deals with life’s “what-ifs.” The singer-songwriter, who headlines the Echo on Oct. 6, will released her sophomore album early next year.
“Data Doom,” the seventh album from Frankie and the Witch Fingers, is out in September. Buckle up for the album opener, “Empire” — all 7 minutes 29 seconds of it. The band headlines the Troubadour on Oct. 28.
Ian Sweet introduces her new album with a cheeky video for the single “Your Spit,” a song about making out. Pucker up: her new album “Sucker” is out Nov. 3 via Polyvinyl.
“Eclipse” is the feel-good first single from Sugarspell, the new duo of Alexis Jordanne and Zoe Lika whose brand of alt-R&B feels like an intoxicant.
Amindi will release her new mixtape, “Take What You Want,” in September. She’s having some good fun with the latest single, “Diddy Crop.”
