Race The Tide, the latest project from LA singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Jesse Macht has released the video for his suspenseful track “The Enemy.” With a soft 80s synth sound, “The Enemy” plays on your emotions with its moody tones, while still remaining catchy AF! With the song being about Macht’s “angst and insecurities” about following […]

The new single from local audiovisual artist Aaron Silverstein, who goes by Heavenalive, is a cry for help. The number of deaths from opioid overdoses has led many, including our president, to call it a nationwide epidemic, though with virtually no federal aid to curb the over-prescription of painkillers, there is no sign that this […]

If you’re having doubts about your success or lack thereof, Doug DeLuca’s new music video for “Hit Your Mark” will cheer you up. It tells the story of a door-to-door vacuum salesman trying to score a sale from a married woman who is more interested in scoring…other things. The track’s punctuated guitar work and echoing […]

Moby has announced a Los Angeles headline date at The Echo for Wednesday, March 14. This intimate performance will celebrate Moby’s forthcoming album Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt. The album will be released on March 2, 2018 via Mute.  Check out Moby’s new single and video for “Like a Motherless Child,” off his forthcoming album Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt. The song features LA-based […]

I was first introduced to Bob Villain by chance when I showed up early to see Paul Bergmann last September at the Bootleg. Everything about him was a shock, from his menacing costumed aesthetic to his doom-filled Lana Del Rey cover to his general gothic rock style; I found myself in fascinated awe of him. […]

As part of their first live shows ever, Pussy Riot has announced a a second headline Los Angeles show date. Pussy Riot will perform at LA’s newest venue The Lodge Room in Highland Park on Tuesday, Dec. 12 Pussy Riot have sold-out their first LA show date at the Bootleg Theater scheduled for Wednesday December […]

Like most of Ziemba’s body of work, her new video for “El Paso” is dense and significant. The track comes from her 2016 record, Hope Is Never, which she spoke with me extensively about last year. She explained how the city impacted her life as a borderlander, or more specifically as a “child of NAFTA,” […]

Fulfilling her promise to direct and curate videos for every song on her sixth studio album Rub, electropunk artist Peaches has released the final video with “Dumb Fuck.” Filmed in the California desert with the help of filmmaker/editor and brother Craig Nisker, the video sees Peaches wandering the bleached-tan landscape with two vulva-masked companions. Quietly evocative […]

Los Angeles duo Tree Machines have released the video for their upbeat synth pop jam “Up For Air.” The video features a young female walking the streets of Downtown LA as she struggles with that horrid 9-5 life. In the end, a heavy anchor is lifted as the subject takes a bold leap and follows her […]

LA’s own Chicano Batman has been making waves ever since the release of their third studio album Freedom is Free, not only for its success in breaking out the band’s funky mix of rock, psychedelic soul, and tropicalia to a wider audience but also its decidedly poignant political undertones. As a band that swells with the […]