Beach Slang have honed in on some of their most grimy, razor-sharp rock-and-roll to date on their new album The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City, combining their love of brash noisiness with intensely melodic anthems. Lead-singer and guitarist James Alex is at his most potent on the new record, finding a careful balance between homage […]

Lola Marsh, the Tel Aviv duo of vocalist Yael Shoshana Cohen and multi-instrumentalist & producer Gil Landau, have shared the final single “Hold On” from their upcoming album Someday Tomorrow Maybe. A lush crescendo of lilting string melodies, which alternate between light caresses and passionate cascades as they envelop Cohen’s piercing vocals, the song is […]

Paul Bergmann never rests. Last winter, he put out an EP with his full band project, The Fair Moans, and the winter before that he delivered a concise, quiet release under his solo moniker. Even more records have come prior to that, and each has in some way contributed to Bergmann’s experimentation on the guitar, […]

L.A.-based future soul-R&B duo In Velvet has shared a slick new single to kick off the new decade in the form of “Come Thru.” Elegant and polished rhythms of old-school R&B mingle with a touch of modernity on the duo’s latest release, steeped in a lush pool of overlayed vocal work that is at once […]

2019 was a fantastic year of music. From hip hop to indie pop and all forms of rock and electronic — our ears (and eyes) were glued to all genres. Check out Grimy Goods’ favorite songs of the year featuring a variety of acts. We don’t discriminate and neither should you. Exceptionally good music comes […]

Electronic dance queen BIIANCO teamed up with the wild songstress, Cassandra Violet, for a ‘Carol of The Bells’ that should have been our winter theme song all along. Every December musicians try their hand at a Christmas or holiday covers, and every year, the best ones land on our winter playlists. The ladies fronting this […]

LA starlet DYLLAN has just released her highly anticipated, debut EP not your goddess. The collection consists of four songs that wonderfully illustrate the eclectic songwriter’s ethos, essence, and mastery. Listen below. To celebrate the drop, DYLLAN performed at Hollywood’s magic den, Madame Siam. She drew the crowd in closer with each dreamy, tantalizing melody. […]

As the next election draws nearer, we cannot forget why we fight, or rather, who we fight for. Ruination Records surely hasn’t; the independent label is gearing up to release a compilation album called So Many Singing, Volume 2, where all proceeds will be donated to immigrant and refugee non-profit organizations. Among the 50 contributors […]

Thundering drums usher in energetic vocals in Joshua and the Holy Rollers new single, ‘What You Need.’ The song comes as a teaser off of their upcoming EP ‘Patience,’ due December 6th. Be sure to catch the magnetic boy band on tour next month – dates below. ‘What You Need’ serves electric blues rock on […]

Credit: Tammie Valer With an arresting vibrato and silky tone, Nicole Kiki Jaffe shares her intimate new single, ‘Holdout.’ Catch the LA songbird live at the Standard’s weekly series, Desert Nights, on December 11th. Nicol Kiki Jaffe transmits pain into beauty and strength. She makes the terrible beautiful and the weak feel powerful. Through her emotive, transparent […]