Los Angeles based duo Dream System 8 release the second single ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Music from The Dream System’ (Feb. 9th, Minty Fresh). Dream System 8 is a newly-formed, synth-based pop...
Dream System 8: Losi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Dream System 8 is a newly-formed, synth-based pop duo out of Los Angeles that combines the talents of veteran musicians Erica Elektra and David Klotz. Recording with synths from the early 1980’s, Dream System 8’s debut...
The Morning Yells: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Venice Beach, CA based band THE MORNING YELLS evolved from the brother-sister duo Phil and Lu (Phil and Laura Stancil), and released their debut album “Mood Rock” in late 2016. The siblings, who have been playing...
Winter: Dreaming
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Dreaming‘ is the Oct 2016 single from one of our favorite Los Angeles shoegaze bands, WINTER. The track was actually written during Samira Winter’s 30-day songwriting challenge that was held in 2013. ...
Tree Machines: Fade ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Relocated from Lawrence, Kansas, Tree Machines built a safe room in Los Angeles. Not for security of the conventional kind, but for a place to unleash, and make the kind of music that is at once vulnerable and strong,...
Sleeplust: Flood Gat...
posted by Stuart Morrison
SLEEPLUST is a Los Angeles electronic indie rock band, and they have just released their new single Flood Gates. SLEEPLUST is the creative collaboration of twin brothers, guitarist Michael Pepe and bassist Joseph Pepe,...
Tree Machines: Waiti...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tree Machines launches summer tour dates and announces release date of Sept. 1st release. for their upcoming “Up For Air” debut LP. The bug that drew the Lawrence, Kansas-bred band Tree Machines – vocalist and...
Gonzalla: T.M.V.
posted by Stuart Morrison
Fresh from acclaimed performances at SXSW this year, LA’s Gonzalla drops his latest alt.pop gem ‘T.M.V.’ Cody Randall (AKA Gonzalla) wrote the song soon after moving back to the US from London, where he had spent a...
Strangely Attractive...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Do You Really is one of two new singles released recently by the Los Angeles based band Strangely Attractive. The other is Extraordinary which can be heard at the SoundCloud link below. “Wanting is the overall theme...
The Black Watch: Sat...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Black Watch, the Los Angeles based band fronted by Songwriter, author, painter, tennis & ping-pong player, John Andrew Fredrick, just released their 15th full-length in 30 years. The Gospel According To John...
The Sorted: Summer M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Martyn Zub is the talented force behind THE SORTED, an electro-pop musician via Los Angeles who released his debut three-track “Summer High EP” this past October [2016]. “Summer Makes Us High” is the...
Jupiter Deluxe Tube:...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Jupiter Deluxe Tube is a dream pop project through the lens of Orange County’s Darwinn Sato. Debut album PRODUCT OF INSOMNIA out 2nd June. Darwinn Sato, the voice and vision behind Jupiter Deluxe Tube, cites several...
Bird Concerns: Is Th...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Bird Concerns is a band of four friends (Travis Meador, Marcus Buser, Cooper Wolken, Jake Sucher) who make eclectic pop music. After meeting in college, while studying jazz and classical music together, the quartet...
California Celts: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Yucca Valley (CA), the California Celts music draws from the worldwide catalog of Celtic, Nautical and Island music with subtle tones of Reggae, Bluegrass, Mexicano and Rock. The group pays homage to the Scotch-Irish...
The Black Watch: Whe...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Black Watch, led by John Andrew Fredrick, are releasing a new album ‘The Gospel According To John’. Arriving April 21st, 2017, it is the band’s 15th in 30 years of music-making (leaving out EPs, singles,...
Adrianna Krikl: Keep
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Adrianna Krikl is a female producer based out of Los Angeles who blends analogue synths, digital software, beats and loops for a filmic sound. She has scored music for a wide range of projects including films, TV, and art...
Auditorium: Mt. Mori...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The new Auditorium album is called THE FIRST MUSIC, and it was released at the end of January. Today’s Dose (which is a repost from May 2016) is the first single from it, and it is accompanied by a video, embedded...
The Ferdy Mayne: Def...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The story of Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is one of journeys – physical, spiritual, and a combination of the two. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this...
The Ferdy Mayne: Pea...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The story of Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is one of journeys – physical, spiritual, and a combination of the two. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this...
Skin & Bones: Wa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Skin & Bones is a folk duo comprised of Taylor Borsuk and Peter Blackwelder who met at an ill-fitting house show after Peter had moved to California from North Carolina. The americana influenced group started their...
Polyphonics: Somethi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Polyphonics is a project by composer and musician Art Denisson where he comes up with a unique merger of electronics, electroacoustics and acoustics. “Secret Silence“, the release from where today’s...
Mitch Bradford: Now,...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Born in Brownsville, TX, Mitch Bradford is an Ann Arbor based singer-songwriter. His music is a mix of garage rock and new folk – old American rhythms made new. Today’s outstanding feature comes from his Kansas...
IAN SWEET: #23
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“I have a way of loving too many things to take on just one shape,” Jilian Medford sings over and over again on the title track of the Brooklyn-based band IAN SWEET’s excellent debut album, Shapeshifter,...
Peach Kelli Pop: Dre...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Dreamphone comes from Los Angeles rock band Peach Kelli Pop’s second self-titled LP via Burger Records released a few short years back. The band also has a newer three track 7″ released a few months ago in April...
Matt Bennett: Hook (...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Matt Bennett turns pain of his parent’s divorce into debut album where each song is based on the Robin Williams films he loved growing up. Just-released “Terminal Cases” includes “Fisher King,” “Jumanji,”...
50FOOTWAVE: St. Chri...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles’ 50FOOTWAVE is back with the new release of their excellent ‘Bath White‘ EP via HHBTM Records, the sixth mini-album since forming in 2004. This very solid EP was produced by Los Angeles producer...
Auditorium: Mt. Mori...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The new Auditorium album is called THE FIRST MUSIC, and it will be released this summer. Today’s Dose is the first single from it, and it is accompanied by a video, embedded below. We’ve featured Auditorium...
Matt Bennett : Fishe...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Matt Bennett is best-known as a comedic actor who co-starred on the Nickelodeon series “Victorious,” which aired on the network for four years and continues in re-runs. Bennett is also a musician and songwriter whose...
Leitbur: Solid Groun...
posted by Stuart Morrison
L.A. duo Leitbur have released the second single release from their upcoming LP, Antique Travelers, out May 6th, and it is today’s Dose. Leitbur is an unsigned synthpop boy/girl duo Jaron Widman and Samantha...
Massage: Breaking Up
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles indie rock band MASSAGE released their promising four song debut via the “Lydia EP” this past February 16th. Today’s feature “Breaking Up” is the lead-off track, an exceptional song...
Juvicsa: Waiting
posted by Stuart Morrison
Juvicsa is a Peruvian-Swedish singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, and sometimes in Reykjavik, Iceland. She recently released her debut single “Waiting” and is currently working on her debut EP which...
Dia: Tiny Ocean
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dia is the project of composer and performer, Danielle Birrittella. Her debut EP, Tiny Ocean, will be released Spring 2016 and features songs produced by producer/drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, REM, Atoms for Peace), Tim...