With their third album “Hot Content” still getting some heat, relentless and relentlessly catchy L.A. duo Mating Ritual return with a new single, “King of the Doves.” They headline the Teragram Ballroom on Nov. 16.
Wish You Were Here — the solo project of Jesse Barnett of hardcore punk-rockers Stick to Your Guns — has released its debut album, “I’m Afraid of Everything.” File under: finely woven, atmospheric folk music for all the heavy things you’re going through.
Also on Thursday: Dear Boy, Alex Benjamin, Morcheeba, W.I.T.C.H., Figs Vision, Reik, Snow Tha Product, Christina Castle, Drahla, Misty Mtn, Bellsaint, Spookey Ruben, Fiona Grey, Aldous Harding, the Japanese House, Espresso
L.A. quartet Livingmore return with “Dead Fruit,” an outsized rock song and the mystical companion to the single they released earlier this year, “Sleepy Boy.” With the songs due for release on a 7-inch, Livingmore is at work on a new album.
L.A. psych-pop trio Goldensuns unveil their beautifully hazy new single “Easy Love,” a song about letting go.
Brainstory stoke the fires of the jazz, psychedelia, funk and soul on their album “Buck,” coming Nov. 15. And something else is blazing in their video for “Beautyful Beauti.” Catch them live at The Get Together in downtown L.A. on Nov. 16.
Also on Wednesday: Son Volt, Mallrat, Crumb, Angels & Airwaves, Too Many Zooz, Trapdoor Social, Boy & Bear, Joshua Radin, Neon Indian, Bad Religion, Pete Yorn, SHE NOVA, Creating Monsters, Egg Drop Soup
Lush, cinematic and rich with lyrical imagery, L.A. duo Derde Verde’s debut album “Slow Light” is out on Friday. Catch them live Monday at Gold-Diggers.
Also on Tuesday: Dropkick Murphys, Grandson, Twin XL, the Band Camino, Daniel Norgren, GoGo Penguin, KOKOKO!, Sun Blood Stories, Georgia, Fascinator, Nocona, John Early, Riah, the Passengers, Crumb, Angels & Airwaves
Ruby Friedman’s new single “Teardrop Trailer” evokes all the possibilities of the open road — and the highway’s inevitable end. Friedman plays the Hotel Café on Oct. 22.