Starting Today, the 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program Sponsored by the Kia Soul Will Offer 10 Consecutive Weeks of Never-Before-Released Tracks as Free Downloads. Adult Swim is at it again. The top-rated television network is adding to its already impressive music repertoire with the launch of the 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program. Sponsored by the [...]
Via FILTER Magazine: Describing themselves as “bedroom pop,” the group has already released an EP titled Love Songs For When You Leave Me, which was recorded with Chris Chu of The Morning Benders. Now the trio is ready to release their new “Inner City/ Best Friends” 7″ on a limited edition, 70-gram, colored vinyl on Seven Inch [...]
Via Aquarium Drunkard: The reward of sticking with your favorite local acts as they find their voice is both thrilling and challenging. Being so, I’m happy to say Los Angeles’s So Many Wizards have continued to craft their sound, perfecting their enigmatic blend of pop, rock, ballads and zany nuggets into a cohesive whole. While the [...]
As a gesture to fans in their new hometown of Los Angeles, Alberta Cross will perform four Tuesdays in May at an intimate residency at Silver Lake’s The Satellite. In anticipation of the late summer release of their new record, the band will debut new songs, as well as perform songs from their critically-acclaimed album Broken Side [...]
When Summer Camp’s Young EP came out last September, it was the perfect musical setting for the end of the summer. It was lighthearted and an appropriate listening choice for driving with the windows rolled down. Their new track, “I Want You“, strays a bit from their original formula in the sense that it’s both [...]
February 23, 2011 – 1:52 pm
Upon the first listen, it’s clear that Salt Lake City’s The Devil Whale possess a genuine small-town aesthetic that most indie-folk bands only strive to capture. Anyone who has heard the music of Brinton Jones will agree that his songs are literature of the heart. Like a book bound by melody, harmony, and honesty, they unfold [...]
February 14, 2011 – 4:12 pm
Moving Units release their highly anticipated Tension War EP, the band’s first release since 2007’s Hexes for Exes, which followed 2004’s acclaimed debut LP, Dangerous Dreams. The EP features four songs and two remixes of “Until She Says” by French electronic artist, We Are Enfant Terrible, and Spirituals. Tension War references the existential personal struggles we experience when we attempt [...]
February 9, 2011 – 4:26 pm
LA’s KISSES were one of our favorite discoveries last year. Their debut LP, The Heart of the Nightlife, was released in November and the fact that we’re still consistently listening says a lot. Perhaps it’s the lighthearted fusion of disco and 80′s synth-pop that caused this particular ear worm to bury its way through our brains and [...]
December 2, 2010 – 2:10 pm
With a sound of vintage eighties synth-pop matched with a glam, androgynous aesthetic and an over-expressive live show, its hard to look away from Toronto’s Diamond Rings. Project of 24-year-old (Bowie-esque) John O’Regan, Diamond Rings was first conceived in a hospital bed while O’Regan battled an onset of Crohn’s disease. He then released a series of singles [...]
November 12, 2010 – 9:02 am
The spacey, electronic sonic bliss that is Glasser has been on repeat in our office this past month. Her full-length Ring has hints of African influences, but without sounding trite like many bands out there aspiring to attain that African inspired electronic sound. This album gets two gold stars solely based upon the amazing opening [...]
