The heat was on, but there was a lot of cool at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena. We asked a teenage writer from Los Angeles what she made of Cruel World’s new wave reveries and goth-stalgia. Here are her highs and lows.
Jenny O. returns with the dreamy new single “Prism,” which reveals her love for slow jams and her affection for, well, affection.
Osees’ new single “A Funeral Solution” jerks you back in punk history and into the mosh pit. Their new album “A Foul Form” is out in August.
There’s no bar brawl in the video for Ian Sweet’s new single “Fight” — but there is karaoke and, eventually crowd-surfing. The song is her second release since last year’s full-length, “Show Me How You Disappear.”
The Lassie Foundation, who have been busy getting their back catalog remastered and reissued, today released the “Cave Sessions” EP — four tracks, re-imagined. We caught up with Wayne Everett about getting the band back together after 20 years.
“Skyscraper” is the third single from Automatic’s sophomore album, “Excess,” out June 24. Recommended if you like cool takedowns of empty suits.
Songs from Starcrawler, Meg Myers, John Errol, Remi Wolf, Fime, Near Beer, Jesse Jo Stark, HUNNY, Alicia Blue, Day Wave, Fashion Club, VEERS, Arroyo Low and a bunch more on Buzz Bands LA’s new playlist.
Wayne Kramer brought a reconstituted MC5 lineup to the Roxy for a Saturday night of “Heavy Lifting.” There’s a new album in the works — MC5’s first in 50 years.
Singer-songwriter Maeve Steele reminds herself to stay in the moment on her new single, “Slow Down,” the third from the purveyor of pop-noir since her 2020 EP.
New and out today, and here to get you through some moods: Singles from Jamie Drake, Remi Wolf and Alicia Blue.