Following the EPs “Thuggin’” from 2011, and “Shame” from 2012, as well as this summer’s track “City” for the Adult Swim Singles Series, Gary, Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs and Los Angeles’ own Madlib are back with “Deeper,” the final EP to be released before their long-awaited joint album. Even gangsters get their hearts broken, as a […]
Together Pangea, known for years at L.A. backyards as Pangea, has not risen to the top of the garage-rock heap for nothing. In an era when sheer energy often passes for craft, the band built around the alliance of William Keegan, Danny Bengston and Erik Jimenez has proven masterful at shreddy guitar rock while only […]
By Karly Daquila An incredibly diverse crowd filled the the Greek Theater on Tuesday night for Grammy-winning pop trio Fun. and their opener, Tegan and Sara. However, it’s safe to say that Tegan and Sara drew almost as large of a crowd as the headliners. ||| Photos by Kelsey Heng Tegan and Sara Quin have […]
Happy heated Thursday: ‣ Hey, Eve is back. The Grammy-winning rapper/actress released “Lip Lock,” her first album in 11 years, in May and is currently on her first North American tour in a decade, which tonight stops at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Gardens & Villa have been away for a while too – maybe the […]
A year of occasional, consistently exhiliarating shows has done nothing to dampen enthusiasm for Nightmare & the Cat’s major-label debut. From seeing them live, you got the feeling that the L.A.-based quintet, built around the songs of brothers Sam and Django Stewart, could sound like anything they wanted – pop, rock, soul, folk, British, American […]
Frankie Rose has a knack for dream-pop with a new wave tint. Her previous record “Interstellar” was fuzzy nostalgia with stargazing vibes, and she returns Sept. 24 with the album “Herein Wild’ via Fat Possum. Picking up right where she left off with singles such as “Sorrow” and the latest single “Street of Dreams,” a […]
The first single from Imaginary Persons is a mesmerizing psych-pop entreaty that conjures up a man floating in space, in slow motion, just out of reach of whatever has been taken from him. Imaginary Persons is the nom de tune of Tommy Alexander, last spotted playing in Low Flying Owls. Alexander began recording his Imaginary […]
For several years, Tommy Dietrick of L.A. shoegaze stalwarts Sky Parade staged a weekend benefit at Pappy & Harriet’s called the Clean Air Clear Stars Festival. (Ah, good times.) This year the event has morphed into the Desert Stars Festival, and the news bulletin is that the two-night affair, going off this Friday and Saturday […]
Glasser‘s comeback single “Shape” isn’t as warm as her popular tune “Home,” but its textures and rhythms match the trippy press photo above. Glasser – aka – Cameron Mesirow – writes on her website, “I have been thinking a lot about space,” and she explores the continuum we live and breathe every day with lush […]
Three years after the self-release of his debut album “Earl” at the age of 16, Earl Sweatshirt is back with his major-label follow-up entitled “Doris.” It is a dark, moody and mellow affair featuring production from Tyler, The Creator, RZA, Christian Rich, and The Neptunes, as well as four tracks produced by Earl under the […]