Ringgo Ancheta has quite an unusual experience in comparison to the average hip-hop producer. Ancheta’s parents were members of the Philippine arm of the Aum Supreme Truth Cult, and raised in the forests – until […]
Tag: Los Angeles
Before the 2013 release of their debut effort, Midcity, the Los Angeles, CA-based hip-hop trio of clipping, which consists of Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson never expected to find much of an audience for their […]
Appropriately named after their lead vocalist, Dorothy, is Los Angeles, CA-based quartet, which consists of Dorothy (vocals), Mark Jackson (guitar), Greg (bass). and Zac Morris (drums). And in a relatively short time, they’ve received quite a bit of attention […]
The Los Angeles, CA-based duo of Holiday J (bass) and Nicole Turley (drums) formed Amoureux after bonding over their pasts as dancers; and in some way, their pasts as dancers suggests that they have an […]
When the Los Angeles, CA-based singer/songwriter Moses Sumney was growing up, he avidly wrote songs but he was so painfully shy that he would hide them inside his mattress. Sumney moved out of his parents’ […]
For over a decade singer/songwriter Nicholas Krgovich (pronged KER-ga-ViTCH) has developed a reputation for an idiosyncratic and creatively restless spirit as he’s written and performed in projects such as No Kids, Gigi and P:ANO and for his collaborations with Mount Eerie, Nite Jewel and Dirty Projectors’s […]
Released last fall, Pain Is Beauty is the Los Angeles, CA -based singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe’s third, full-length studio album, and sonically the album is a decided change in direction as the material employs the subtle […]
Released last September, Tales of Us may arguably be Goldfrapp’s most hauntingly gorgeous and atmospheric work to date, as many of the album’s compositions are comprised of piano, lush string arrangements, classically played guitar and Allison Goldfrapp’s arresting vocals […]
One of the great things about running this site is the fact that on a daily basis I’m introduced to a variety of music and artists on a daily basis. Yesterday, I received an email […]
The Los Angeles-based quartet, The Lonely Wild’s debut EP, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list and managed to win quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere, which made their full-length debut, The Sun As […]
For over a decade singer/songwriter Nicholas Krgovich (pronged KER-ga-ViTCH) has developed a reputation for an idiosyncratic and creatively restless spirit as he’s written and performed in projects such as No Kids, Gigi and P:ANO and […]
Consisting of the Texas-born Paige McClain Wood and the Silver Lake, CA-born Steven Trezevant Dies, the Peach Kings have publicly claimed that their influences include Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Led Zeppelin and the Cramps. And the first single, “Hold On” off the duo’s […]
Jake Hays is a Los Angeles, CA-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, who writes and records under the moniker Maudlin Strangers. And interestingly. Hays also managed to engineer, track and produce his forthcoming effort Overdose from his bedroom – […]
The Los Angeles-based vocals Evan Mellows grew up in a home in which his folks listened to the work of the legendary Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross and others; however, as he got older, […]
Named after their lead vocalist, Dorothy, the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet, which consists of Dorothy, Mark Jackson (guitar), Eliot Lorango (bass). and Zac Morris (drums) has a sound that employs elements of riff-heavy 60s and […]