Now known as international stars and critical darlings, indie electro pop/indie rock act Cut Copy started out from humble beginnings – as the solo creative project of Melbourne, Australia-based DJ and graphic designer Dan Whitford in 2001. By […]
Tag: Los Angeles
I caught the Brooklyn-based trio Sharkmuffin during a hot summer night at Fort Useless, and was impressive by their energy – at one point, their lead vocalist was standing on her amplifier and wandering around […]
Produced, recorded and conceived by Nicole Turley, the CEO of Neurotic Yell Records, best known for her work in bands such as Swahili Blonde, VAGENDA, and Weave!, Kimono Kult is a Los Angeles-based All-Star band […]
Lenses, the latest album by the Los Angeles-based (by way of Portland, OR) duo of Soft Metals sonically owes a great debt to the legendary godfather of contemporary electronic music, Giorgio Moroder and to late […]
“Who I Am” is the second and latest single off the Los Angeles-based indie soul trio Memoir’s forthcoming full-length debut Fire in Me. Much like the album’s first single, “Los Angeles,” the track is extremely percussive; however, […]
“Inamorata” is the first single off the Los Angeles, CA-based (via Detroit) band the Singles’ forthcoming effort Look How Fast A Heart Can Break, slated for an April 1st release. And although the band has quickly […]
“Los Angeles” is the first single off the Los Angeles-based indie soul trio Memoir’s full-length debut, Fire In Me, slated for a spring release. The extremely percussive track has angular guitar, throbbing bass, and swirling electronics in […]
Glow and Behold, the London-based Yuck’s sophomore album was critically well-received. And while playing sold out venues across the US and in their native London, the band stopped in the studio to record an EP […]
Originally founded in Denton, TX, the members of Horse Thief moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma. Upon their graduation, the band wound up signing […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=2799135397/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ Jesus Sons got their start when the creative backbone of the band, Brandon Wurtz and Shannon Dean formed the band in a motorcycle garage in San Francisco back in 2001. The duo of Wurtz […]
http://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=264894944&mediaId=264895919 When Zach Gray’s (vocals and guitar) and Tom Dobrzanski’s (piano and vocals) previous project, Lotus Child ended, the duo continued onward as the Zolas, and with their latest project, the duo of Gray and Dobrzanski have continued a […]
Early last year, Preston Lovinggood released his solo debut Sun Songs. Produced by Taylor Hollingsworth, who has worked with the likes of Dead Fingers, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and others, the album was a […]
The Los Angeles, CA-based artist and renowned cat owner Dustin Krapes performs as a synthesizer/sample-based musical project by the name of Habits that includes a rotating cast of live and recording collaborators such as professional […]
Some time ago, a fellow blogger did some research based around several references within Ice Cube’s It Was A Good Day,“ and he determined that the particular day Ice Cube was referring to had to […]
Captured Tracks Records released Lenses, the critically praised sophomore effort from the Los Angeles, CA-based duo Soft Metals. Sonically, the material on Lenses owes a great debt to both the legendary godfather of electronic dance music, Giorgio Moroder and to […]