Songs
Los Angeles native Ellie D. has always written songs straight from the heart. Unafraid to reveal her vulnerability, her music is often a reflection of life and the experiences, good or bad, that shape us. With her latest single, “New Scars,” she opens up about a bad breakup. Within the melancholy pop tune, she finds […]
MoreIf you haven’t yet given a listen to Joker’s Hand and their debut album All-American Rage here’s a friendly reminder you’re missing out on a touchstone of pop-punk, hip-hop bombast. Straight out of Torrance, CA duo Kevin Kawano and Matthew Lau boast an untouchably incendiary sound that they use to take aim at economic inequities […]
MoreDropping his debut single, “Glass,” L.A. based musician Riley Sieverts, using the moniker Rilo Wye for his new indie project, touches on a very specific brand of disconnected loneliness — the kind drummed up by the incessant gnawing of longing further exasperated by time spent in solitude. Although the lyrics are conventionally melancholy, there is […]
MoreAroe Phoenix has dropped a new single with the release of “Space+Space,” a glowing attempt at introspection that’s warmly lit by the Los Angeles artist’s warm vocal bathings. Over simmering beats and buoyantly spacious soundscapes filled with scattered cries and lush tones, Aroe Phoenix cuts through a thicket of personal epiphanies. “Leaving dreams just to play […]
MoreArqestry’s newest single, ”Little Pleasures” is a reminder to all that despite the repetitive, daily grind of life, there are still small moments and experiences that make everything worth it. Bringing forth the artistic nature within us all, it’s a track that pulls you out of the doldrums, reconnects us to each other and reminds […]
MoreLos Angeles four-piece Agender is back with another taste of their upcoming sophomore album No Nostalgia with the release of the exquisitely sensual, queer disco track “Top Bottom Top.” Against the dizzying clamor of insatiable cowbells, riveting synths, and pulsating bass the new single takes the band’s punk sentiments into a delightful new direction. Leading […]
MoreEarlier this year, Death Valley Girls released ”When I’m Free” as part of a two-sided, 7-inch vinyl mash up with Le Butcherettes. Now, they’ve come back to their single, expanding on its theme of liberation and self-identity by placing it in the crafty and boundary pushing hands of multi-disciplinary artist Peaches, who has turned the […]
MoreLos Angeles artist DeathbyRomy is back with a new single in “Lovesick,” which also comes with an exceptionally twisted music video along with it. Calling it an “anthem for the cripplingly shy, hopeless romantics” the song is anything but timid. Between its thunderous sonics and mind-melting mix of gritty rock-pop, “Lovesick” is a reminder of […]
MoreLos Angeles local Taleen Kali has shared her newest single with “Flower of Life,” as well as announced her solo album of the same name which fans can support via Kickstarter. Mixing all the deliciously grimy sides of punk, shoegaze, psych, and riot grrrl styled grunge — Kali’s latest endeavor is a reminder of the […]
MoreL.A. based musician Adrian Carmine’s newest single “You Can’t Tell the Heart” is a lovelorn tale of a broken marriage. Featuring catastrophically beautiful vocals from Trish Toledo, the single tears at your heartstrings as the sad duet unfurls. Carmine’s new single depicts a shattered union where one person is desperate to leave while the other […]
MoreWith a psychedelic minimalism and 60s-inspired sound, L.A. based musician Joy Downer’s newest single, ”Chain Reaction” featuring Beck, harbors a deceptively despondent tone contradicted by an upbeat stride (not unlike the paradoxical nature of Joy Downer’s name). The first new piece of music released by Downer since her 2020 self-produced debut album, Paper Moon, “Chain […]
MoreTessa Kaye has shared a brand new single for 2022 with the release of the buoyantly kinetic, alt-pop piece “Sunshine & Rainbows.” Continuing to bring her own insightful introspections to the forefront of her cathartic songwriting, the new single traces Kaye’s encounters with what she calls “toxic positivity.” Between vibrantly concussive beats and jaunty rhythms, […]
MoreWith a fierce, ravenous energy and glamorous delivery, Brazilian activist, singer-songwriter, world-renowned drag queen and cross-cultural icon Pabllo Vittar’s new single ”Follow Me,” featuring British-Japanese pop artist Rina Sawayama, is a layered, texture-rich anthem for feeling empowered and having fun while doing so. Dancing your troubles away has long since been a recurring theme in music […]
MoreChanneling the experience of pain, both physically and mentally, Queen Kwong’s new single ”I Know Who You Are” is an exorcism of everything toxic and all that has gone wrong to make way for something new. Industrial sounding with potent lyrics and etherial vocals, ”I Know Who You Are” melts into your brain like a […]
MoreLos Angeles-based JMSEY is back with another hook-laden, summer jammer with the release of his new single “Lil’ While.” Created during the lockdown and under cramped conditions at home, the new song is the preeminent quarantine love song. “Just a little space, just a little time just to get a lil wiser / Puppy love […]
MoreAbby Sage continues to build her elusively affecting sound with the release of her latest single “Force of Habit,” which also comes with a breathtaking video to match. At the center of the new single is an image of being spread too thin, one tenderly delivered in via its enveloping soundscapes. As with many of […]
MoreLos Angeles based duo Loud Forest have dropped their latest single, ”Easy To Love,” and like the track title, it is potentially your new favorite love song. Their second single off their upcoming album, Family Tree, “Easy to Love” is an indie-folk delight. Soft, lyrical and with a folksy, cosmic country twist, ”Easy To Love” […]
MoreLos Angeles-based rockers Young Winona have debuted their first track of 2022 with the face-blistering “Red Dress.” Led as always by the electrifying wails of Cassie Gaffaney, the song is a combustible clamor of guitar fury and manic drumming. Like their previous singles, “Red Dress” hammers incessantly at the band’s love of 90s alternative giants […]
MoreLykke Li has announced tour dates with a Los Angeles headline performance at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Sept. 30. Touring in support of her forthcoming album EYEYE, Lykke Li has shared a haunting new single “No Hotel.” Recorded from within her Los Angeles bedroom, the new single introduces the darkly minimalist production that’s […]
MoreSinger/songwriter Valerie June takes the basis of an all encompassing love and distills its purity and lucidity into her newest single, ”Use Me.” Knowing that love is sometimes as uncomplicated as a melody stuck in your head or a flutter in your stomach when that special person is around, Valerie June keeps her lyrics simple […]
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