Luna Aura’s transformation to rebel rocker earned an exclamation point with her new single “Honey.” In today’s QUARANTUNES, check out three songs from her upcoming EP, find out why she’s feeling grateful and rock her “Girls Nite In” playlist.
Dan Croll’s move from the U.K. to L.A. inspires his poignant new album “Grand Plan.” On the eve of its release, the songwriter talks about cabin fever, Reddit rabbit holes and his “Guide to L.A.” in today’s edition of QUARANTUNES.
Bicoastal duo Foreign Air announced this week that their debut album “Good Morning Stranger” will be out in October, and with the news came the feel-good anthem “I Believe.” In today’s QUARANTUNES, Jacob Michael talks about striving for what’s fresh, staying sane in his studio and their playlist of risk-takers.
Jasper Bones has been working on new music and taking long, head-clearing “drives to nowhere” during the COVID-19 lockdown. In today’s QUARANTUNES, he shares a playlist for those drives, as well as an appreciation for “when the sun sets, the moon comes out and quiet is in session.”
With the new release “Sweet Side” on the way, L.A. native Raquel Rodriguez has stayed busy during the lockdown. You’ll shed no tears over her soulful single “Crybaby,” and in today’s QUARANTUNES, she talks about making merch and hosting studio sessions and shares a playlist of her inspirations.
“We’re happiest creating instead of consuming,” Alex Hwang says of how Run River North is handling the coronavirus lockdown. In today’s QUARANTUNES, the L.A. trio, who just released the new single “Pretty Lies,” share a playlist that’s helping two-thirds of the band quarantine in South Korea. On RRN’s horizon: A new album.
The new album from Winter arrives Friday, in the middle of summer (and a pandemic). Sample “Endless Space (Between You & I)” in today’s QUARANTUNES as dream-pop weaver Samira Winter shares her lockdown routine and a playlist that will dash your doldrums.
The two singles released by L.A. alt-rockers Weathers this year capture the whole arc of 2020 — “Feel Good” in January, “C’est La Vie” last month. In today’s QUARANTUNES, frontman Cameron Boyer talks post-pandemic plans and shares his “daily drive” playlist full of hits.
Songwriter-journalist-promoter Daiana Feuer, dispenser of the innocently sung, subversive ukulele jams in Bloody Death Skull, admits 2020 is putting her through the ringer. In today’s QUARANTUNES, she shares the freshly penned “Give a Shit,” along with a rundown of her roller-coaster lockdown and a most eclectic playlist.
Magic Giant’s relentlessly upbeat nature has been tested mightily by the COVID-19 crisis. But the L.A. folk-pop trio haven’t blinked — in today’s QUARANTUNES, they talk about continuing to write, their plans for 2021 and their “haphazard” (but what isn’t these days?) playlist.
