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Spelles face down the sea on their spectacularly haunting new single “Ghost Ship”

Spelles (aka Kathryn Baar and Luc Laurent) have shared another stunning video for one of their songs, this time for their spellbinding and colossal new song “Ghost Ship.” A soaring, hauntingly sonorous medley of thunderous percussion and Baar’s own affecting wails, “Ghost Ship” is a powerful affirmation of what the singer identifies as a necessitation […]

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Elle PF Release New Single / Video “Ultimatum” the First Off Their Upcoming Sophomore Album

The shimmery DIY indie-rock project, Elle PF are on the heels of releasing their sophomore album, I Woke Up Today Laughing, recording tracks all throughout the pandemic. Today, they share the first single, “Ultimatum,” off their new album. The first release since their 2018 debut, “Ultimatum” is a mesmerizing montage of thought and emotion as […]

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Kills Birds Release Electrifying New Single “Cough Up Cherries”

Electrifying L.A. based rock band Kills Birds have dropped their heavy hitting new single “Cough Up Cherries,” the third release off their upcoming album, Married. “Cough Up Cherries” is a multi-faceted song that pulls from a barrage of emotions and themes while instrumentals amp up the intense lyrics. The result of which is a stirring, […]

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Geographer
Geographer share euphoric video/single for synth-pop anthem “Peripheral Vision”

Geographer has shared a video for their new song “Peripheral Vision,” a stirring anthem with all the shimmer of an 80’s synth-pop track. On it, frontman Michael Deni howls away alongside a rush of pulsing drums and scattered synthesizers, reveling in the ways in which we exist just at the edges of each other’s often […]

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The Red Pears Drop New Single and Album Filled with a Biting Grunge Laced Indie Rock Sound

Los Angeles garage rockers The Red Pears have dropped a new single and album; a double feature that packs a wild punch. “House of Mirrors,” a steady and existential exploration of the self, was released just days before the band released their 3rd studio album, You Thought We Left Because The Door Was Open But […]

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Max Green Releases Deeply Emotional New Single and Video “Love Addict”

Echo Park musician Max Green drops his latest single, “Love Addict,” the second single off his upcoming 4-song, EP Take Care, out Dec. 4. Taking a deep dive into break ups and the emotional weight they carry, Green finds a melancholy acceptance not just of heartache, but all the moments and personality traits that lead […]

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LACES
LACES reaffirms a love she discovered in her youth on new single “Girlfriend”

Los Angeles artist LACES has shared a new single with the release of “Girlfriend,” a shimmering-vibrant pop roller and affirmation of self-acceptance. Between the lush pulse of the song’s dual piano and drum-beat-driven medley, LACES lets her riveting croon retell all the love and passion she discovered that she had to give in her teens. […]

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UPSAHL Outshines the Haters and Drops Debut Album ‘Lady Jesus’

After years of writing music, releasing singles on her own and garnering the attention of music labels and critics alike, blooming artist UPSAHL has dropped her debut album Lady Jesus, via Arista Records. An alt-pop explosion of attitude, style and grit, the album is full of high voltage energy and insatiable rowdiness. Lady Jesus is […]

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boylife scores a flawless debut on his visceral self-portrait “gelato”

With the release of his debut album gelato, avant-R&B crooner boylife (aka Ryan Yoo) has seen the culmination of over four years of work come to fruition into a dually earnest and honest self-portrait. And like the album’s cover — a photo series showing Yoo bloody and bruised after a boxing match — its songs […]

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Talker
Talker limps through depression habits on new single/video “Sad Chick”

L.A. singer/multi-instrumentalist Talker, aka Celeste Tauchar, has shared a new single and video with the release of “Sad Chick.” An anthemic confessional, “Sad Chick” explodes as Tauchar’s confessional for what she calls her “depression habits,” those little routines that both maintain and help foster her helplessness. Cataloging all the ways in which she sees herself […]

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Magdalena Bay Release Psychedelic New Single “Hysterical Us” Before the Drop of Their Debut Album

With their debut album out later this week, Los Angeles duo Magdalena Bay share one more teaser, “Hysterical Us,” a psychedelic single that muses on the anxieties and questions spurned from existential thinking. With an inventive and colorful music video, the electric indie duo takes sleepless nights and drapes the darkness with out of the […]

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Joel Jerome
Behind-the-scenes indie-hero Joel Jerome shares heartaching new single “When You Land”

Joel Jerome, the behind-the-scenes mentor, producer, and engineer of many a burgeoning indie band, has finally announced his next project with the release of his new single “When You Land.” The song is a lilting, acoustic-led ballad, one that tumbles between strums, plucks, and Jerome’s own delicate musings about the colossal undertaking loving someone can […]

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Death Valley Girls Drop Inspiring New Single “It’s All Really Kind of Amazing” Musing on the Beauty of Being Alive

Usually electrifying fans with intensity fueled rock anthems, Death Valley Girls strum a slightly less raw tone in their new single “It’s All Really Kind of Amazing.” The new single explores the interconnected nature of humans and reminds us that positivity is just a mindset away, and we really do have a lot to be […]

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Dolly Daggers
Dolly Dagger shares debut single/video for instantly classic grunge piece “Break and Bend”

L.A. indie-rocker (by way of Australia), Dolly Dagger has shared her debut single with the release of her odd-ball new video for “Break and Bend.” A proper grungy track that reverberates with Dolly Dagger and and Jesse McInturff’s singed guitars and power-punk rushes, the new song follows Dolly’s sluggish but hopeful movements through the malaise […]

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Serenaded by the Oaxaquena State of Mind, Las Cafeteras Release New Single Celebrating the Culture and History of Oaxaca

With an insatiable energy and impeccable style, L.A.’s Las Cafeteras pen the catchy new single, “Oaxaca Love Song No2,” a personal love letter to the indigenous culture, food and spirit of Oaxaca, Mexico. Steeped in a rich mix of vintage vibes and modern flair, the single croons with cultural delight as the band playfully shares […]

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Nick Pagan
Latinx singer/songwriter Nick Pagan basks us in his woozy romantics on new-wop “There Is A Fool For You”

Just announced! Nick Pagan will perform two nights at Moroccan Lounge opening for Nick Waterhouse! Hailing from the Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, singer/songwriter Nick Pagan has a special place in his heart for guitar-driven ditties that sound like the dusted-off echos of a bygone age, especially on his new single “There Is A […]

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Snow Tha Product
Snow Tha Product takes a joy-ride in a party bus with Jon Z on “Que Le Gusta El Flow”

Snow Tha Product has teamed up with fellow rapper Jon Z on her new track “Que Le Gusta El Flow” an explosive, Spanish spit-fire anthem. The new song also comes with a video directed by Futuro Clasico, which sees Snow and Jon going wild on a party bus as it drives through the streets somewhere […]

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Suicide Records Pair L.A. Witch with The Coathangers for a Classic Punk Mash Up

As part of an ongoing 7” vinyl split series, Suicide Records dropped One Way or the High Way, a collaboration featuring Atlanta’s The Coathangers and Los Angeles’ very own, L.A. Witch. For their contributions, both bands cover classic punk rock songs from bands that hair from each’s respective coasts. For L.A. Witch, that means a rambunctious […]

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MUNA
Muna share shimmering, first-gay-kiss anthem “Silk Chiffon” (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)

L.A. trio MUNA has taken the internet by storm with the release of their newest single/music video for “Silk Chiffon,” a shimmering, first-gay-kiss pop anthem that sees the band join forces with Phoebe Bridgers. Between swooning acoustic and gilded guitar riffs Katie Gavin lets loose her crystalline trill, singing about the kind of giddy and […]

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illuminati hotties’ Release Mesmeric Single “Threatening Each Other Re: Capitalism” Ahead of Tour Supporting Death Cab For Cutie

As we near the release date for their new album, Let Me Do One More, illuminati hotties deliver a new slow-burning single. The local tenderpunk band, helmed by Sarah Tudzin, recently announced a tour accompanying Death Cab For Cutie, as well as a local show at Zebulon to celebrate the new record. The unhurried new […]

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