Jessie Payo loses her skin in Hollywood in the video for Pom Poms’ new single, “Galaxy.” Pom Poms also contributed a track to the album “The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull,” which is out Friday.
Charles Moothart, the longtime Ty Segall accomplice who previously released his solo music as CFM, will unveil the new album “Black Holes Don’t Choke” in March. There’s some warp-speed imagery in the video for his equally speedy single “Roll.”
The Federal Bar — and its upstairs music venue the Knitting Factory NoHo — are closing, victims of the pandemic and its aftereffects, as well as problems that have left its neighborhood “in major decline.”
“Brutal Joy,” the new EP from Lapel (aka songwriter Debbie Neigher), is an alluring collection of intimate, ’80s-tinged pop. It’s easy to get lost in the opening track “I Lose Myself.”
Duran Duran, Interpol, Blondie, Simple Minds, Placebo, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Soft Cell and Adam Ant are among the acts scheduled to play the third Cruel World Festival, set for Saturday, May 11, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl.
Mondo Cozmo and SWIMM made it a special night on Thursday at the Lodge Room.
Music from Talker, Molly Horses, Raised on TV, Livingmore, Annabel Lee, Provoker, Hazel English, Lapel, Rustbelt, Campus Christy, Michael Isaak, SPELLES and more on tonight’s local music program on 88.5 FM.
Nailah Hunter’s sophomore album, “Lovegaze,” is out in early January, and singles “Strange Delights” and “Finding Mirrors” speak to her compositions’ healing power. Hunter’s album-release show is Jan. 12 at Zebulon.
Campus Christy, the new collaboration featuring Stones Throw Records founder Chris Manak and multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis, debuts with the single “Very Complex.” Featuring vocals by Say She She’s Piya Malik, it’s a remake of an obscure song from 1978.
Jonathan Rado salutes two late friends, including Richard Swift, on his new album “For Who the Bell Tolls For,” out Friday. It’s reverent, done irreverently — a ride as wild as its grammatically challenged title.
