On stage, the soul of Y La Bamba’s music is clearly carried by the whole of the band, but the lyrical prowess of their music stems from Luz Elena Mendoza, the mind and main vocals behind Y La Bamba.

Amber Renee and Graham Marsh, the best-friend duo behind alt-pop act CLAVVS have shared the title track from their upcoming debut EP No Saviors and it’s the midnight stereo-burner we deserve. In the vein of other dark synth-pop meditators like Banks and Phantogram, CLAVVS build their electronic ballad on a take-no-prisoners sentiment as Renee gives voice to vengeful empowerment. “No […]

Bridie Monds-Watson, the cutting singer/songwriter behind SOAK, has shared the video for her single “Knock Me Off My Feet” off her upcoming sophomore album Grim Town. The 22-year-old  tackles all manner of small-town mania on the album, mingling a suffocating nostalgia for adolescence with the disorienting modernity of her early adulthood, and the new single is […]

American Football have shared a new song titled “Uncomfortably Numb,” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore. The lush song is taken from American Football’s third self-titled album, out March 22 on Polyvinyl Record Co. The 8-track LP is rich in captivating song-writing, something American Football has always been known for. The band’s new single “Uncomfortably Numb” arrives as a video […]

Nordic pop singer, ASTRID S is brining her lucious show to Los Angeles with a performance scheduled for February 25 at the Moroccan Lounge. The Norwegian songbird released her debut, self-titled EP in 2016 which included the hit single ‘Hurts So Good.’ The single alone has almost 200 millions plays on Spotify! This past December, […]

Following the sonic boom that was their debut self-titled LP, Flat Worms are planning on hammering through your living room walls with their latest EP Into The Iris via via Drag City imprint, GOD? Records. Yesterday, Flat Worms share their hyperbolic single “Shouting at the Wall”. Listen to it below. Comprised of Will Ivy, Tim Hellman, […]

BIG WILD is grooving his way into your disco-soul with the release of his delicious new single “City of Sound.” Just one play and this funky track will you have throwing up some hand-claps and shimmying across that kitchen floor. BIG WILD is the stage name of rising producer, composer and now-turned vocalist, Jackson Stell. […]

Beck is playing a very intimate Los Angeles performance at McCabe’s guitar shop in Santa Monica on Friday, Jan. 11. This performance will celebrate 60 years of McCabe’s in Santa Monica and 50 years of McCabe’s concerts. Tickets are not cheap though! Tickets to Beck at McCabe’s guitar shop in Santa Monica are priced at […]

Halfway through the week listeners gathered at LA’s own Wiltern theater for a relative night of music. The sold–out show was for emo-indie rock goddess, Mitski. Stopping along her hefty U.S. tour in support of her fifth record, Be The Cowboy, Mitski proved her belonging once again. Along for support on tour was electronic duo, […]

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 […]

Coming off the release of the intensely personal opus that was Brick Body Kids Still Daydream released last year, Los Angeles-based rapper and comedian Open Mike Eagle has revealed a new track, “Relatable (peak OME),” in anticipation of a soon to arrive new project What Happens When I Try to Relax. A dense layering of biting social […]

NAO and Xavier Omär have announced a headline gig at The Novo in Downtown, Los Angeles on Friday, January 18. NAO is headed on tour in support of her forthcoming album, Saturn, out October 26 via RCA, Little Tokyo Recordings. Pre-order the album here to gain pre-sale access to her tour. Xavier Omär is a name you need […]

Death From Above will headline a Los Angeles show at the Teragram Ballroom on Sunday, Nov. 4 with support from CRX. The Canadian dance-punk duo are touring in support of their 2002 debut EP, Heads Up. In addition to Death From Above’s Los Angeles concert date at the Troubadour, the band also has a slew of U.S. dates […]