The Melbourne, Australia-based singer/songwriter Helen Croome writes, records and performs under the moniker of Gossling. Bloggers, industry folks, and others across the States have been buzzing since the release of her latest single “Never Expire” […]
Tag: Los Angeles CA
Artists frequently incorporate elements of their lives, thoughts and observations of their lives, with the lives, thoughts and observations of others they may come across in their lives, often with the idea that they’d get […]
A Q&A with ZZ Ward
Currently based in Los Angeles, CA, singer/songwriter ZZ Ward got her start as a professional musician by playing alongside her father in dive bars across Oregon when she was 12 – a highly unusual education, […]
Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner is the latest in a long run of funky bass playing virtuosos, and earlier this year, he released his latest effort, Apocalypse, which was produced by Flying Lotus to critical praise as it offers […]
In the three plus years i’ve run this site, I’ve become quite a fan of the Los Angeles-based label, Stones Throw Records – not only have they consistently put out the work of forward-thinking and […]
StaG was founded by the duo of Matt McGwire and Will Walden back in the summer of 2008. The pair relocated from their home in Los Angeles, CA to Boulder, CO for college. While in […]
After a two week vacation in the Dominican Republic with his family, Twin Shadow decided to move his home studio to a cemetery – not just any cemetery but the extra creepy Hollywood Forever Cemetery […]
Album Review: Soft Metals’ Lenses
Photo Credit: Suzy Poling Soft Metals Lenses Captured Tracks Records Release Date: July 16, 2013 Track Listing 1. Lenses 2. Tell Me 3. When I Look Into Your Eyes 4. No Turning Back […]
Originally hailing from California, Francis Hseuh has been a musician almost all of his entire life, and he plays the guitar, flute, and piano. When he moved to New York he was pursuing a predictable […]
Born in North Carolina and now located in Los Angeles, Jonathan Wilson has been credited for having a pivotal role in reviving Laurel Canyon’s once prominent music scene. As a sought after producer, he’s worked […]
The British-based trio of London Grammar, which consists of Hannah Reid, Dot Major, and Dan Rothman, will have their much anticipated debut effort, If You Wait released through Sony/Columbia Records on September 10th. The material on the […]
Lenses, the sophomore effort from the now Los Angeles, CA-based duo Soft Metals was released last month by Brooklyn-based Captured Tracks Records. And with the release of the official video for album title track, “Lenses,” […]
Australian singer/songwriter Nicholas Murphy has performed and recorded under the moniker Chet Faker, a crafted pseudonym which is an ode to the singing style of Chet Baker, while incorporating the time he spent producing house […]
Claiming the likes of Ornette Coleman and Merle Haggard as his influences, raised in Atlanta, GA and now based in Los Angeles, CA, singer/songwriter Charlie Greene has a rather interesting story — he’s the son of a touring singer/songwriter, the grandson of a big […]
Ages, the debut full-length from the Auckland, New Zealand-based quartet Ghost Wave will see an August 27th release through Flying Nun Records. Coincidentally, Ghost Wave’s debut effort will also serve as the first release from […]