If the acid child should begin to believe, it is because the dose is larger than expected. In fact, it may very well have other chemical properties unbeknownst to the purchaser. It is typical to expect lightness in the surrounding, and brightness in the lightness within your vicinity; but none of that has happened yet. […]

Thomas Mullarney and Jacob Gosset are on tour again with Beacon. On the release of their newest EP L1 the duo have been trying new things and designing new live arrangements to take on the road. When I speak to them over the phone on Friday, they are gearing up for their show in Seattle and […]

Beacon is a Greenpoint, New York based duo that came to blog attention in 2011 with their R&B styled debut No Body. Since then they released their similarly R&B leaning debut The Ways We Separate (2013), decided they weren’t into R&B anymore, and released a handful of remixes in 2014 which included, Tycho’s “See”, Thomas […]

In the future, published work deconstructing the indie years by whatever contemporary author most appropriately embodies Chuck Klosterman (Working title: Festivals, Molly and Polka Dots,) there will be a chapter entitled “What Mumford & Sons Hath Wrought.” That chapter will, among other things, try to pinpoint when Mumford was excitingly relevant (Tiny Desk Concert, Little […]

King Callis is the most notable member of North Carolina’s small Black Peace artist collective. On his lush debut mixtape Brunch (Food For Thought) he establishes the crew as a serious musical force, one with a keen ear for production and a palpable hunger for success. Throughout the tape, Callis’ beats are front and center; […]

Upon entering the Regent a voice on the PA is chanting, “Only men fall in love. Only men fall in love…” This obscure piece of new wave seemed fitting for a pre-Pink playlist; an esoteric Home Services track off of a 1981 single complete with phallical imagery and a strange, hypnotic, male-centric refrain that skirts […]

Can we get Adult Swim to make a Run The Jewels cartoon series? If RTJ can crowdfund a Meow The Jewels remix album, then surely the Internet can petition for a mini-series of the duo. We are living in a time where a spacecraft can land on Kim K’s comet and you are telling me the […]

The 3rd annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival took over the LA Coliseum Saturday, and I wish it had lasted more than one day. Packed with carnival rides, a skate park, artisanal (and not so artisanal) foods and designed-to-lose carnival games (with real-life swindling carnies!), you couldn’t hit everything if you tried, to say nothing about […]

Courtney Barnett played the El Rey for the 4th night of Red Bull’s Sound Select #30DaysInLA series. After getting loads of Red Bull swag, munching on empanadas, and getting strung out on vodka Red Bulls (THERE WAS SO MUCH RED BULL) I bumped into fellow Grimy Goods contributor Mark Ortega. Below we discuss the shows […]

Pond The line for the Echo on Friday night has nearly crossed over the bridge. Below us a similar line is snaking down Glendale in anticipation for Big KRIT. But, upstairs everyone is stoked to see Aussie psych-rock masters POND. Everyone I speak to cannot think of a better way to spend Halloween night. Even […]

Album Review by  Ziv Biton Thirty seconds into Joshua Worden’s newest release, Into Fog, it is clear that this is a far more electronic affair than his previous output. A sped up hi-hat clips at Trap speed and bursts of synths sprinkle the mix like auditory fireworks. It sounds like a starry night sky blinking a […]

Cherry Glazerr were just a few kids writing songs about grilled cheese and cats. That is, until they caught the attention of St. Laurent designer (and Kanye Rant topic) Hedi Slimane at Burgerama 2013. Which just goes to show that you never know who’s watching. Since then their guitar-smashing anthem (and Slimane commissioned) “Had Ten […]

You wouldn’t be able to tell that POND considers their band a tongue-in-cheek affair if you just listened to their music. Throughout their six-year run they have made some of the hardest hitting psych-rock to come out of Australia. Touching on influences as far reaching as AC/DC and Outkast (with some Bowie sprinkled in for […]

Courtney Barnett has been on tour for the better part of the last two years. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that when I get in touch with her over Skype she sounds relieved to be back home in Australia. “It’s so good to be back and seeing everyone.” she tells me, “it’s been awhile.” […]

Photo by Ben Montero Sketchbook Psychedelic fuzz-rock noise swordfish band, POND have released a new video for a new song titled “Elvis’ Flaming Star”. The new jam is due to appear on the Aussie’s upcoming new album Man, It Feels Like Space Again. Check out the video below, but before doing so … The band posted the […]

Operators played a triumphant show at the The Echo on Thursday night. Coming off of a stint opening for Future Islands, The Echo was the first Los Angeles headlining show of Dan Boeckner’s newest creative outlet. PARIS opened the show with a strong set. The band is still finding it’s voice musically, but they performed […]

Photo by Shervin Lainez / Interview Feature by Ziv Biton Dan Boeckner has had a prolific career to say the least. In the last 14 years he has released 13 albums from five different bands. His work with Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and Divine Fits has taken him all over the festival circuit twice over. […]

If you were in high school anywhere from 2000 to 2008 you may have found Conor Oberst’s music to be of a kindred spirit. The angst ridden ballads of “lovers tied together” or the crushing too-close-for-comfort of “It’s Cool We Can Still Be Friends” may have tore out your heart strings. (Seriously, the latter is […]

Bob Mould The Sunset Strip has long been a strange relic to me. Enormously influential in its heyday, religiously mythologized in its present, yet seemingly unrelated to any scene in the last 20 years. Each storied block is filled with legend of Buffalo Springfield clashing with police and Jim Morrison spewing Morrison all over the […]

Radiohead at Fonda Theatre Benefit for Haiti — Photo by Lindsey Best Early this week Thom Yorke teased what appeared to be a new album in the works. Today, he has released Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. The album is available exclusively via file-sharing platform BitTorrent. Check out the video for “A Brain In A Bottle” below. The album is […]