Premiere: Velvet Starlings mingle 70s nostalgia with 21st century angst on new single “Sold Down the River”

Christian Gisborne, the 15-year-old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind indie outfit Velvet Starlings, hits the nail on the 70s stylized head with his single “Sold Down the River.” Billed as a Cage the Elephant meets Jim Morrison hybrid, Velvet Starlings lean heavily into the comparisons and a lot of it is perched on Gisborne’s sonorous wails. Hoarse, […]

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Premiere: Velvet Starlings mingle 70s nostalgia with 21st century angst on new single “Sold Down the River”
Courtney Barnett at Greek Theatre LA
Courtney Barnett polishes the mundane into the sublime at Greek Theatre

There’s a moment at the end of, “Avant Gardener,” a sleek monologue hitched to the back of a drowsily giddy guitar melody by Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett, that never fails to thumb its way under the skin and tweak the heartstrings. “I’m not that good at breathing in,” Barnett wails tiredly into your ear. The […]

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Courtney Barnett at Greek Theatre LA
Courtney Barnett polishes the mundane into the sublime at Greek Theatre
Premiere: L.A.-based songwriter Thayer Sarrano gives Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be Your Will” the haunting-choir treatment
Open Mike Eagle reveals dizzying new track “Relatable (peak OME)”
Paige Emery
Premiere: Paige Emery stimulates the senses with new single “Glass Window”
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NAO and Xavier Omär to headline The Novo in Downtown, Los angeles
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Death From Above to headline the Teragram Ballroom in Downtown, Los Angeles
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Premiere: illiterates make thrashin’ call for revolution with new single “My Enemy”
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Joey Dosik brings his delectable soul to the Troubadour for stunning record release show
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Nick Andre’s “LA’s On Fire” feat. Rob Sonic and Hanni El Khatib is the summer track you need right now
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Hot New Music: Stream James V’s new track “Television,” and grab yourself a tube while you’re at it
Young Fathers let their thermal ghosts rage in new video for “Holy Ghost”
Sego mingle melancholy with sublime intimacies in new single “Be Alone”
yOya offer-up a harmonic anthem in new single “I Don’t Wanna Fight”
SadGirl offer summer-ready soundtrack in new song “Breakfast For 2”
Pale Waves shake and cry until the walls bleed in new music video for “Kiss”