Baby Rose has finally unveiled their sophomore album with the release of Through and Through, arriving less than a month before her scheduled headlining tour dates begin. The Atlanta-based singer/songwriter does have a date at the Echoplex in Los Angeles on Jun. 16 that you won’t want to miss — a chance to catch her […]

Angel Olsen is back with a new collection of soul-enrapturing ballads with the release of her latest EP Forever Means. She will also be heading on tour this fall with a stop at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Aug. 10 which will no doubt be an out-of-this-world, hauntingly beautiful experience. The new collection […]

It might be surprising that after about six years of being in the spotlight, electronic singer and DJ / producer Yaeji finally released her debut album, With A Hammer, ahead of upcoming Coachella and US shows. To this day, tracks like “raingurl” and the Drake remix “Passionfruit” still garner attention for her. But they’re nowhere […]

Arkansas duo joan — the project of Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford — have finally unveiled their debut album with the release of superglue. The band will also be making its way through the U.S. with an early summer tour that will include stops at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Jun. 7 and the Constellation […]

When he was a teenager, Bangladeshi-American musician Nadu moved to the United States and recorded early music inside a renovated room underneath a staircase in a former mochi factory. As time passed, his reach as an artist grew farther than he dreamed of when he was 16. Years later, he’s honoring the hopes and dreams […]

Since they joined the Epidemic Sound roster, LA-based electronic artist Torii Wolf has been putting out music nonstop, releasing two albums in 2021 alone. Below the Mouth might be their most poised project to date, ensuring their output is still quality over quantity. More than any other album or EP, the tracks take trip-hop elements […]

On their fifth album to date, mystifying garage rock band Death Valley Girls continue their consistent workflow on their newest album, Islands in the Sky. More so than previous efforts, the female-led quartet (wrapped up by guitarist Larry Schemel, bassist/co-lead singer Sammy Westervelt, and drummer Rikki Styxx) offers more than an infectious indie rock sound, […]

If there were any qualifications to being a multi-hyphenate, producer/singer-songwriter DEBBY FRIDAY would fit the bill. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada, she began as a DJ in the Montreal club scene before shortly leaving in hopes of other endeavors. One of those endeavors was her own music, something she’s using to pave a […]

It started in 2021 when multi-instrumentalist Kamal. picked up the novel “Open Water” by Caleb Azumah Nelson. Although the Northwest London native had been releasing music online since 2019, he had yet to drop a complete project. But after being inspired by the novel, a semblance of an idea quickly formed as he submerged himself […]

Coming after a long line of singles and news of a US tour set for May, Ella Vos comes into her own on her third album, SUPERGLUE. Created alongside husband and producer Tommy English, her newest effort finds the singer-songwriter paving a path for herself in the electronic-pop landscape that’s gradually become the new norm […]

Meet Me @ The Altar has finally unveiled its explosive debut album with the release of Past // Present // Future, they’re also currently on tour with dates scheduled at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Mar. 22 and The Echo in Los Angeles on Mar. 23. Over the course of 11 spectacular tracks the […]

Across the sprawlingly verdant soundscapes of her newest album Lotus Glow, artist/producer Adi Oasis (f.k.a. Adeline) cultivates an ardent vision of herself. She has also announced new tour dates including a night at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles on Mar. 25. Her reinvention began with a change in moniker but has since assisted in […]

It wasn’t until recently when Norwegian-American singer-songwriter and actress Okay Kaya broke big when her song “Mother Nature’s Bitch” went viral on sites like TikTok. But three years after that song’s release, Kaya has an astounding five albums under her name, with the latest release, 2022’s SAP, widening her scope creatively and musically. And after […]

Blues music has a long, long history. A music genre over 100 years old, its roots go deep in American soil, and the formative artists all serve as a touchstone for multiple genres that would soon follow. For France-based singer and self-proclaimed Punk Vodou Queen Moonlight Benjamin has brought it to her home of Haiti […]

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jenny O. has returned with her fourth album Spectra, a lush indie-pop album dedicated to loving fully and unabashedly the world around you. She’s also announced a string of tour dates that include a stop at the Come What May Festival in Santa Inez Valley, CA on May 26-27. In a lot […]

We might only be two months into the new year but regardless Tianna Esperanza has released undoubtedly one of the top albums of 2023 with the release of their debut Terror. After teasing its release via a string of superb singles that revealed the resolute and stunning depths of her music, the full collection is […]

Although born and raised in the UK, Hong Kong British artist miu zyu is returning to her roots after years of denying her heritage. “I am Chinese and I am owning it,” she said, explaining the inspiration behind her new conceptual album, Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century. “Before, I would resent it. I tried […]

There is a palpable longevity to the songs that populate Steady Holiday’s new album Newfound Oxygen, one that’s owed in no small part to Dre Babinski’s attempt to kindle within (and outside) herself a sort of self-sustaining optimism. Arriving on the heels of Take the Corners Gently — her cautionary appeal for empathy and connection […]

Irish post-punk five-piece M(h)aol have finally released their debut album Attachment Styles, a long-simmering collection of songs fueled dually by the band’s virulent empathy and acerbic wit. Across ten songs led by vocalist Róisín Nic Ghearailt, the group wrangles all their biting woes against the suffocating cloud of patriarchal aggression into explosive and slow-burning anthems […]

Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Destructo gives the nostalgic past a futuristic spin on their new EP Future Funk. It’s the first new collection of music from the prolific collaborator and promotor of HARD festivals since their 2017 EP Renegade. Since the 90s he’s worked with a litany of iconic tastemakers from Basement Jaxx and […]