Los Angeles
PREMIERE: Strawberry Fuzz kick off 2023 with ‘Dropout’, releasing new album Strongs Dr. tomorrow
Well, that’s one way to start the year. If you’ve been keeping an eye on Los Angeles band Strawberry Fuzz, you’re about to have a very good week. In November, they released the Wasting My Time EP, a sampler from their forthcoming second album. Or rather, imminent second album, because it’s done – and it’s …
PREMIERE: Paper Idol releases title track from eagerly-awaited debut album The Playground
We’ve been looking forward to this one for a hot minute. Reintroducing Matan KG – last year he released the Mania Days EP as Paper Idol, and threw out a couple of loosies at the start of 2022, but if you haven’t been keeping up, he’s spent the rest of the year in album mode. …
PREMIERE: JORDI UP LATE wants ‘TO BE YOUR FRIEND’, plans EP and debut album
Meet JORDI UP LATE. All caps. She’s been carving out a nice electronic/R&B niche for herself, and is gearing up for an extremely busy 2023 that makes this year look like a warm-up in comparison. Since making her debut in 2020, she’s released a steady stream of singles, but nothing longer form. That’s about to …
Premiere: The luminous Lunar Twin unveil sublime video for the visceral and exciting track ‘Beyond The Sun’, ahead of new album release.
We are very pleased to be able to premiere the new video for the song ‘Beyond The Sun’ from the US electro-goth outfit Lunar Twin. It’s been an eventful two years since we reviewed the duo’s magnificent album ‘Ghost Moon Ritual‘ back in April 2020: a point in time when we were oblivious to the …
Album Review: Maral – Ground Groove : global big beats with vision.
The fine art of sampling is less about cut and paste or stitching together, it’s much more than finding that funky line or hipster phrase and building from there. The best sampling becomes part of the overall story, not an add-on or slot-in but entrenched in the overall soundscape, a part of the music’s roots. …
Track/Video: ‘Go-to’ instrumentalist Amir Yaghmai slips into the solo spotlight with ‘White Turtleneck’ from soon come debut ‘Go Bozo’.
Don’t you just love labels that do things differently? LA’s Colorfield Records are on a mission driven by the search for spontaneity, coaxing consummate musicians from session and backing bands to step out of the shadows themselves and record their own music. Plus to add more energy to the proceedings, the debutants are encouraged to …
Album Review: Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Perform the compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann: weird and wonderful nu-jazz connections.
You know the crusty old adage ‘it’s a small world’, well tired as it might be it still has resonance for musicians. Take L.A. underground experimenters Sam Wilkes and Jacob Mann, they go back a long way. Meeting as students at USC music school, bass playing, multi-instrumentalist Wilkes and keyboard-centric Mann have been crossing musical …
PREMIERE: New Originals are in their feelings on emotive new single ‘So Sad’
They announced themselves last month with ‘Wasteland’ and a stellar supporting cast, but New Originals are hitting the ground running. The project of Dave Brandwein and Rob O’Block, the pair are joined here by Daru Jones and Danke on what serves as the second single from their forthcoming debut album. As the title implies, it’s …
PREMIERE: Cosmo Gold invite you to the world of Krong with brilliant album taster ‘Wildflowers’
If you’re new to Los Angeles trio Cosmo Gold, then now is the perfect time to get on board with their diverse sound, because not only have the band shared a new single from their debut album (which we’re premiering below, no less), but they’ve also revealed all the juicy details about said debut album …
New Track/Video: Maral announces new album ‘Ground Groove’ with ‘Feedback Jam’ – dark wave dub with a punch.
LA based producer/DJ Maral is a sound collaborator, collector and connector. From her ‘Mahur Club’ album in 2019 through to 2020’s ‘Push’ she has continued to rove the global beat-making terrain and discover her own dance-floor destinations. On the way she’s pulled strands from her Iranian heritage, whether classical, folk or pop, from her dub …