Hometown heroes Best Coast are releasing their new album California Nights on Tuesday (via Harvest.) But, you can hear the album a few days early over at their tumblr. Check it out here. The stream comes on the heels of three releases: “Feeling Ok,” “Heaven Sent” and the album’s title track. You can listen to all three songs below. Best […]

Sleater-Kinney are streaming their new album, No Cities To Love, one week before its January 20th Sub Pop Records release date! As previously mentioned in our 16 Highly Anticipated Albums to be Excited for in 2015 feature, No Cities to Love is Sleater-Kinney’s first studio album in 10 years! The band has also announced a slew of […]

Parquet Courts, a band that prides themselves in not falling in the clutches of social media or major label ownership (although they do have a functioning Facebook page), have continued strong with their DIY tenor and have dropped their second record this year. The Brooklyn-based indie-post-punkers received much critical acclaim for their June 2014 release, […]

A couple months ago we ran a Hot Band Alert interview feature with Mary Timony and her new band, Ex Hex. Now the all-female power trio including Laura Harris and Betsy Wright are ready to release their highly anticipated debut full-length, Rips (out October 7th on Merge). Lucky for you, instead of waiting until Oct. 7 to give this album a […]

Something as powerful and emotionally taxing as Damien Rice’s first new material in eight years shouldn’t be something that you can access via Spotify. It just feels wrong. Don’t get me wrong, I love Spotify. It is one of the only unnecessary bills I pay monthly. But Rice’s single “I Don’t Want to Change You” […]

Toronto and L.A.-based synth duo, Electric Youth have created a stunning debut album titled Innerworld and it’s ready for the world to hear. The album set for release Sept. 30th via Secretly Canadian / Last Gang Records is now available for you to stream in all its entirety before its official release date. With soothing 80s […]

Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame is releasing her debut album, Crush Songs tomorrow. But, this is hardly a collection of new songs. Karen O has said that this album was written when she was 27, just months before Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their sophomore album Show Your Bones.  Contrary to the fame that would soon […]

Spoon’s forthcoming album, They Want My Soul is now streaming on iTunes radio. The highly anticipated record is officially out on August 5 via Loma Vista and features recently teased song “Rent I Pay,” “Do You” and “Inside out.” On Friday, Aug. 8, Spoon will return to Los Angeles for a sold-out performance at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Those who […]

Full of intense emotions, stunning vulnerability and pop tendencies that make you want to sing along — Copenhagen post-punk quartet, Lower have made their debut album available to stream. You can stream Lower’s new record, Seek Warmer Climes before its June 17 release date. The 10-track album is anthemic as it is complex. While the […]

Brooklyn based indie band, The Antlers have shared their entire new album, Familiars,  for fans to stream one week before its June 17 release date via Transgressive Records. While The Antlers’ 2011 studio album release, Burst Apart was an endearing follow up to their stunning Hospice (2009), this new album just might be taking the throne as […]

2013 is rolling out the door, but before we kiss it goodbye we want to share with you our selections for the best songs of 2013. From mainstream artists such as Queens of the Stone Age and Daft Punk, to underground bands such as Diane Coffee and together Pangea — we’ve come up with a […]

Last week Mazzy Star announced tour dates including a headlining show at the Wiltern on Nov. 7. in celebration of their first album in 17 years,  Seasons of Your Day — out September 24 via their own label, Rhymes of an Hour. Now the entire record is available for your to stream. We’ve already given the album […]

Mayer Hawthorne — Where Does This Door Go The panty-dropping continues with Mayer Hawthorne’s third studio album. The soulful white-boy from Michigan continues to lay down the sexy, nice and thick with his Motown-inspired jams. EXTRA: Guest spots by Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams. Release date: July 16, 2013 via Universal Records Click here to listen […]

We’re about a week away from the release of Lykke Li’s, new album Wounded Rhymes! The sophomore album to her critically acclaimed debut, Youth Novels, will be released March 1, 2011 via her won label, LL Recordings. Lykke Li also has three Los Angeles shows this March: a sold-out gig at the El Rey Theatre […]

Hell yeah! I heard they played an epic set at this year’s Austin City Limits, I can only imagine how rockin’ their show’s going to be at the Wiltern Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 17, the same day as the release of their self-titled debut album. Tickets go on sale to the public on Halloween, Saturday, […]

Although I’m not a huge “Twilight” fan, I did read the first book last year and totally dug it. I even dragged my boyfriend at the time to see the movie. As he fell asleep, I was pretty disappointed in the big feature film. It was in no way as intense of realistic as the […]

I’m usually not one for reggae. In fact, the closest I ever get to listening to it is some Clash when Strummer was fusing some of his punk tunes with reggae/dub beats. That shit was hot! But every now and then I come across a bit of the genre that tickles my fancy. “Rings” by […]

So much hype over The Dead Weather and their new album “Horehound.” After listening to the album in all its entirety (many times), they have definitely lived up to all the hype and speculation of being the shit! With eleven tracks of shear radness, “Horehound” is killer! Whoever does their mass marketing can take it […]

I’m usually not down for the “actor turned musician” thing, but in some cases it does tend to work (definitely not with Scarlett Johansson). Check this sweet new band out: The Honey Brothers features “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier on drums! Their new goods titled “Demonstration EP,” has a fun vibe to it with a ukulele […]

Yet another band with its third album underway, the good ole Scots from Glasgow, Franz Ferdinand are coming through with what sounds like an exceptionally hot album:“Tonight.” Set to titillate your ears until your body starts to move and groove, this new album is more dance inspired, than their old rocky predecessors. With their previous […]