Deafheaven – “The Gnashing” “The Gnashing” is a great example of Deafheaven’s journey to make the best shoegaze album for this year. The beautiful hazing mix of instrumentation with the vocals floating into the atmosphere makes this song exciting and … Continue Reading
Cape Weather – “Alice” Cape Weather, from LA, is a collaboration between Natalie Smith and Eric Jackowitz that just has this beauty to it. The fuzzy guitar and elegant, simple piano lift Smith’s voice to this point of no return. … Continue Reading
DOROTHY – “What’s Coming To Me” DOROTHY is a hard rock/goth band from LA consisting of vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Jason Ganberg, guitarists Devon Pangle and Eli Wulfmeier, and bassist Eliot Lorango. Martin has this great voice that reminds me … Continue Reading
Odessa “Thunder” All Things This is the sound that celestial beings make when they fall in love with the wrong person over and over again. Odessa has this innocence in her voice that is both sad and beautiful as she … Continue Reading
In.Drip “CVS” Coming from LA, In.Drip is a DJ that’s awashed in mystery. He sings of common activities like: Driving in the rain. Cigarettes under flickering street lamps. Smoke-filled parties on cold winter nights. Snapshots of his life on display … Continue Reading
Troi Irons “Hold On To Your Heart” What a powerful, breathless voice Troi Irons has. She just pours this emotion out, and the vocals sound like they are coming from a broken heart, but a heart that is not going … Continue Reading
The Wrecks “Freaking Out” Coming from LA, The Wrecks are an amazingly diverse band. “Freaking Out” has this hip hop/punk vitality with a huge dash of psychedelia, which so fits for the whole “I feel fine/I’m freaking” lyrics. I love … Continue Reading
Mirrorball “This Time” Singer/songwriter Alexandra Johnstone and guitarist Scott Watson, mainstays of LA’s underground scene, have come together to produce this beautiful musical poem that brings to mind the sound of Ace of Base with the look Nico, very chanteuse … Continue Reading
Beauty In Chaos “20th Century Boy ft Al Jourgensen” Beauty In Chaos Beauty in Chaos is an amazing LA-based band whose basic core is Tish Ciravolo – vocals; Michael Ciravolo – guitars; and Michael Rozon – live drums and bass guitar. On … Continue Reading
The New Pacific “Yesterday” Heavy Towards The Light “Yesterday” by The New Pacific starts off sounding like a song by Blur or another Brit Band, then that primal scream and you know you’re in a completely different territory. The New … Continue Reading
Distant Cousins “Lights On” Next Of Kin What a great, funky sound. This reminds me of bands like Rare Earth and Ides of March. I love the sound so much. Coming from LA, Distant Cousins is comprised of Dov Rosenblatt, Duvid … Continue Reading
Crimson Apple “Can’t Get Out Of Bed” Amazingly poppy song, which, if you listen closely, is actually a dark indictment of a culture that thinks that pills and diet can help depression without reaching to the core of the problems. … Continue Reading
Holy Wars “Born Dark” The best indictment of our society’s way of forcing gender behavior on our society since Hole, Holy Wars turns the whole beauty world on its head by forcing us to consider that some of us don’t … Continue Reading
Holy Golden “Lost Island” Sleepwalkers In The Milky Way Holy Golden is the brainchild of Leslie Schott and Andrew Valenti, and listening to the beauty of this whole EP is like taking a trip to some faraway, kinder universe. The low-fi, … Continue Reading
Billie Eilish “When The Party’s Over” I am not exaggerating how wonder Billie Eilish is. Her voice has this range that divas would kill for. She has such passion, such intensity, and she is only 16. She reminds me of … Continue Reading
Rebel Rampage “Immigration Man” Divided We Fall Wow, this album drops at the time when we really need to be reminded that, divided we fall, and it seems America’s politics is doing its best to divide. One of the many … Continue Reading
Silent Planet “In Absence” When The End Began The only thing silent about Silent Planet’s new single is the first two small breaks. This is a loud, beautifully loud single filled with guitar riffs, drum rolls, and bass lines galore. … Continue Reading
Spain Maya In The Summer Mandala Brush One of the most beautiful albums you will ever hear. The music is fantastic, very ethereal, definitely more unusual, with these clear vocals that are as much a musical instrument as the backing … Continue Reading
Papercuts “Laughing Man” Parallel Universe Blues There is something mysterious going on in this gorgeous pop song. Nothing is as it seems, and no real activity is occurring, just fragments of dreams encased in beautiful 90s sounding pop with vocals … Continue Reading
neek something new something blue (feat. Saro) words i shouldn’t have There is something extremely sad about neek’s new song. Her voice and the production of it make the song sound even sadder, as if you are delving into reek’s … Continue Reading