There is a simmering tenderness that radiates from Joel Jerome‘s newest album Super Flower Blood Moon, his first since 2017’s Cosmic Bear Jamboree. The very first recordings of which blossomed out of songs he recorded on his phone using a four-track app over a period of two-weeks. “They just wanted to hear the bare soul […]

Allow us to introduce you to your new favorite artist: Los Angeles crooner and sardonic songwriter Buster Baer. With his latest jubilant single to be released, “JubJub” is a driving rollicker he calls “a Ramones-style synopsis of ‘Simulacra and Simulation’ by Jean Baudrillard.” Between heady pounding drums, grinding riffs, and dulcet shouts, the track delivers […]

Los Angeles rockers FIME are back — not just with a stellar single/video — but also with an announcement for their debut album Sweeter Memory which will arrive this July. The new single, “White Collar Gold,” brings all the band’s standout talents together into a slow-burning but emphatic rager. There are sufficiently fuzzy riffs and […]

Together Pangea have dropped their second single of 2022 with the release of “Grass,” their clamorously jubilant answer to fleeting mortality. With a tour underway, Together Pange has a local Los Angeles show date scheduled for June 3 at The Regent, as well as an Orange County date at the Observatory on June 2. Once […]

Unabashed in their anger, and with no remorse, L.A. local band Starcrawler hits fans with a sidewinding, visceral new single ”Roadkill.” Amped up with punk rock electricity and lyrics that don’t hold back in detail, ”Roadkill” comes at you with incredible speed and velocity. The new single also marks the band’s first release after signing […]

If 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 […]

Los 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 […]

Los 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” […]

Rambunctious punk newcomers Head Cut have staged an explosive introduction with the debut of their blistering single “Insect Secret.” Imbued with all manner of delirious-danceable rock, from the breathless blitz of dueling guitars to thunderously collapsing percussion, the track is just a first taste of the band’s intense sonic palette. A full course is on […]

Chicago bred, now L.A. based, songwriter, musician and producer Jennie Lawless drops a new, visually captivating and thematically stacked music video for her 2021 single ”Notice of Visit.” Off her most recent EP, I Am Here To Make Friends (released last summer), ”Notice of Visit” is a slow, rhythmic drawl of electronic echoes and crunchy […]

Guyville has shared a new single with the anti-Valentine’s Day anthem “Should Have Never Dated.” A pummeling affirmation of blitzing guitars and romantic mistakes — not to mention a foreboding warning about mixing work with pleasure. But as sodden with regret as Guyville’s lyricism might be the track turns that potent emotion into something kinetic […]

Illuminati Hotties are back with a new single “Sandwich Sharer,” the first of 2022 that comes just in time for the kick-off of her tour. A driving jammer that pummels away to the tune of grumbling guitars and enraptured drums, the new track is a standalone release that follows last year’s earnestly anxious Let Me […]

Rambunctious and angsty, L.A.-based indie punk band Mr. Max, crash through your speakers (or headphones) with impressive force. Akin to the out-of-place but owning it style exemplified in the past by great bands such as the Beastie Boys, Green Day, Green Jelly and many more, Mr. Max are penning tunes with a reinvigorated gusto, layering […]

Fawns of Love have released another single from their upcoming EP Unrequited Love Songs with the otherworldly track “Miranda” (Glass Version). Like the previous single “Girls,” the new song is a rework of music previously shared via the duo’s first album Who Cares About Tomorrow. Bathed in Joseph Andreotti’s resounding sonics and Jenny Andreotti’s gloaming […]

Wailing and clamorous, if the debut EP of Los Angeles’ Fast Color is a sign of things to come, then their inevitable debut album is poised to be one of the best rock albums of the year. Fueled by a love for no-frills, analog rock that’s drawn inspiration from The Kinks to Crazy Horse-era Neil […]

Sound the alarms because Warpaint is ending its six-year hiatus with a new album. And the very first taste of Radiate Like This comes in the form of “Champion,” a driving slow-burner charged with the Los Angeles band’s love of enchanting rock rhythms. Amidst a flurry of sonorous drums and the quartet’s shared, haunting vocalizations […]

Los Angeles four-piece Livingmore have shared the latest in a slew of singles for their upcoming third album with “Kick It.” The new track from Look is a spacey rollicker, one that blisters gleefully with the band’s signature riffs and sublimely droning melody. And it’s carried by the gleaming vocals and guitar work of Alex […]

It’s high time Los Angeles grit-pop duo ill Peach was on your radar. Comprised of the talents of Jess Corazza and Pat Morrissey, the project came together after the two met in the aftermath of major moments for the two artists. For Corazza, they realized they wouldn’t be able to support herself as a cowgirl, […]

Night Talks have shared a new video for their single “On and On,” and once again the Los Angeles rock trio have outdone themselves. Sporting their ever-earnest blends of pummeling percussion and shimmering riffs, the song is another powerful entry in the band’s growing catalog. Led by the magnetizing and sonorous vocals of Soraya Sebghati […]

Singer/songwriter, musician, and designer Austin Sands has shared a video for his single “Cruise” a vibrant new pop anthem that takes inspiration from California’s iconic coastline. With its addictive guitar hooks and driving melody, the song captures Sands’s signature as a “synth-heavy” singer/songwriter with its swings of effervescent electronica. Finding himself inspired after a drive […]