New Track: Nicholas Krgovich – “Along the PCH on Oscar Night”
Sometimes song titles seem completely abstract from their content. Other times, as in the case of Nicholas Krgovich’s pop gem “Along the PCH on Oscar Night,” reading the song title and then hearing…
Hear A Lo-Fi Country Ballad from Austin Leonard Jones
Los Angeles-based songwriter Austin Leonard Jones hails from Texas, and his music serves as evidence that his heart never really left. The songs recall mellow Byrds material as they drift by like some…
Bouquet Shares Video for “Falling”
With every post we write about Bouquet, we have to say from the start that we’re superfans plain and simple. We first saw the band under the most perfect conditions imaginable, splayed out…
What Made Milwaukee Famous Live at Hotel Cafe in LA
Often you will hear that a band is better in live performance than on their studio-produced album, but it can be a hard thing to believe until you experience it for yourself. The…
Pageants Live at Origami Vinyl in L.A.
Featuring Rebecca Coleman, a former member of Avi Buffalo, the Long Beach trio Pageants impressed me even before they took the stage to perform their engaging variety of beachy, garage-house indie rock Friday…
Bouquet Live at the Smell in LA
The Smell is a venue that looks like it sounds—a grimy, back alleyway hole-in-wall place in the middle of Downtown Los Angeles, not too far off from the infamous Skid Row. With its…
New Track: “Jolene” – White Blush
Los Angeles resident Carol Rhyu creates music under the moniker White Blush. Rhyu has just self-released her eponymous debut EP this month. The six song EP is balanced on Rhyu’s breathy vocals and…
Outstanding New Pop from Pageants – “Musings of the Tide”
I fell in love with this song at once. That guitar tone is just about perfect, crunchy enough to rock but avoid sludge as it’s played with upbeat stop-start strums. Rebecca Coleman, formerly…
New Track: “200 Words” – Fol Chen
Asthmatic Kitty seems to do everything from the bluesy folk of Shannon Stephens to the off kilter dance of Helado Negro. The new track from Fol Chen aligns more closely with the latter;…
