A handful of months back, Los Angeles based trio Sonder Saloon took to the mountains at Fish Lake, Utah and recorded the acoustic indie-folk sounds found in their debut EP, Mackinaw. This excellent six track release dropped...
c.o.o.p. In My Stoma...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Los Angeles based band c.o.o.p. have released their Everything Is Stolen EP, today’s Dose is from that. They say of the EP: “We set out to make a punk rock record that we would’ve listened to as...
Chainflower: Lewd Bl...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Chainflower is a fiery alt-rock unit featuring guitarist/producer Kelly Wheeler (Jane’s Addiction/PsiCom, SexTapes, Ultraject) and singer Erika Renee (A.H.M.A.D.). Chainflower’s sound echoes the...
Tree Machines: To Be...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“This is an exciting time for us as people and as artists,” explains Douglas Wooldridge of Tree Machines referring to the duo’s decision to relocate from its hometown of Lawrence, Kansas to Los Angeles this past...
Tree Machines: Summe...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tree Machines relocates from Lawrence, Kansas to Los Angeles, Releases poppy “Summer Night,” its first of three new singles. In addition to “Summer Night,” look out for the new Tree Machines singles “To Be...
State Shirt: Portaso...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We were very excited to receive the news this past week that LA artist State Shirt has returned with a new album entitled, Lost Hills. Lured back to the memories of singer Ethan Tuft’s 1980s youth, Lost Hills is a...
The Vast Alps: Vanit...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Los Angeles area band The Vast Alps have followed up their debut EP Auto Pilot with The 1/1 Project (One By One) for which they are releasing one new track every week for a year. Beginning with the release of Fiction, The...
Dankrupt: Relax
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dankrupt are from Los Angeles, and earlier this year released their debut “Moonlight EP”. “Dankrupt combines elemental sounds of psychedelic rock, pop, and upbeat feel good music to make you dance and get lost...
Kotomi: Bright Side
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kotomi is the music project of Lauren Hillman, an electro-pop indie artist based out of the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. You may recognize the name as she has released several excellent songs of her own including a few...
Pete-RG: Still Here
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formerly the voice of LA based indie-pop/Americana heroes, Last December—who rose to prominence in the late ’90s—Peter Argyropoulos collected numerous accolades for his songwriting and producing. Their music was (and...
A House for Lions: P...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Daniel Norman, singer/songwriter of Los Angeles band, A House for Lions, was a music lover who never intended to become a musician. But while hitchhiking through Germany, a melody and a few words popped into his head and...
Glowbug: All In (fea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Glowbug is Daniel Anderson, an electronic influenced pop artist out of Los Angeles. In January he released the eleven track LP, ‘Headhunters’ that was presented to the world free of charge, this track being the...
Ancient Lasers: You ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA musician Daniel Finfer’s inspiration for blending accelerating technologies with music may sound familiar to many of you. Five years ago, he was struck by how few pop songs really had a meaningful...
Learning Music: Elec...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Learning Music Monthly was a subscription based album-a-month series with today’s featured single coming from a compilation of songs from LMM 2.1 – LMM 2.6 (originally released from March – August 2009). ...
Winter: Crazy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA dreampop band Winter just last week had the opportunity to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin and are also making quite a splash when they very recently released their first full length record...
The Mighty Regis: Pa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA irish punk-rock and celtic band, The Mighty Regis honed their high energy live act at local famed watering hole, Molly Malone’s, slowly growing along the way and releasing today’s featured track ‘Paddy...
[debut]: More Than T...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“2015 sees the release of the first full, song based [debut] album. Postcards From Berlin was fan-funded through Kickstarter (with over $10,000 raised). Recorded in the famous Hansa Meistersaal (U2, Bowie, Depeche...
Auditorium: Ten Ton ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Auditorium is the musical project of Los Angeles based Spencer Berger, and today’s Dose is his new single. Spencer says “When I was a kid, I performed onstage from the ages of 9-12 with a variety of large,...
Taylor Locke: Time S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA based indie singer-songwriter Taylor Locke is about to release his debut solo album “Time Stands Still” this winter. You may not know that he co-founded the LA rock band Rooney in 1999, and was signed to...
Auditorium: My Grand...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Auditorium is the musical project of Los Angeles based Spencer Berger, and today’s Dose is his new single. Spencer says “When I was a kid, I performed onstage from the ages of 9-12 with a variety of large,...
Sympathetic Frequenc...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Sympathetic Frequencies are a Los Angeles based indie rock band who released their new single and video Wasteland in December. It is the first tune from their next EP which will be coming out in the first half of...
Cafeine: Love Diseas...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Montreal artist Xavier Cafeine is preparing to release his next album New Love on February 17th and has just put out the first excellent holiday flavored single, “Love Disease (Christmas in New York).” While the...
Brill: O Song
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Brill is “O” so happy to announce the release of their first single O Song. Brill is the current collaboration between singer/songwriters Brooke Trout and Dave Strauss. This acoustic harmonizing duo is in the...
The Active Set: Actu...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Today’s Dose is from Lights, the upcoming EP from Los Angeles based The Active Set, due for release early 2015. They are: Matthew Stolarz – sing/guitar, Francis Ramsden – guitar/keys, Gabriel Grinta –...
Colleen Green: Pay A...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Pay Attention is the first single from LA based artist Colleen Green’s 2015 album I Want to Grow Up, out 2/24/15 on Hardly Art records. The album title seems to be a bonus nod to Manhattan & Hermosa Beach punks...
Dr Velvet and the So...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dr Velvet and the Social Drinkers are a punk band from LA, today’s Dose is from their latest EP, Old Habits, which is available on a ‘Name Your Price’ basis from BandCamp (as is all their back catalog, see...
Anabot: Candy-Eyed
posted by Stuart Morrison
Anabot is Analise Nelson. Resulting from a combination of “analog” and “robot”, Anabot is the product of a dualism, of sorts. Crafted by Nelson, she calls her experiment a “pop time machine with a rock engine”....
Dive Index: A Person...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lost In The Pressure is the latest album from Dive Index, an electro-acoustic collaborative project spearheaded by producer Will Thomas. Written and recorded in New York City and Los Angeles, the album features vocals by...
Devereaux: Rendezvou...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Devereaux is set to release Pineapple Flex, the full-length follow up to his 2012 album Cacti Pace, next week. Devereaux is the project of Heyward Sims. Currently based in New York and Los Angeles, his Facebook page has his...
Paris Carney: Your W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
LA-based indie electropop artist Paris Carney just released a cover of White Town’s 1997 hit, “Your Woman”. In contrast to the original, Paris took a more cinematic and raw approach. White Town has heard...
Los Angeles Police D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Artist Ryan Pollie makes music under the moniker Los Angeles Police Department and is on the verge of releasing his 11-track self-titled debut album, in which he wrote and recorded a song each day. This allowed for small...
Mirror Talk: 1997
posted by Stuart Morrison
Mirror Talk, a 4-piece synthesizer ensemble from LA who perform New Wave and R&B influenced pop music have just released a new single 1997. They tell us that they’ve just released the vinyl for their 1st EP via...