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Sunshine Factory: Lower Away

Sunshine Factory are a band from Palmdale, taking their name from a preschool in the town, in California just outside of Los Angeles. They comprise Tony Hammons, Jordan Judge, John Karwoski and Corey Judge. “Sunshine Factory creates ethereal yet playful…

Lord Huron: Mighty

In the spring of 2010 Ben S. traveled easterly from Los Angeles to Northern Michigan. He spent a week at the site of his childhood retreats: the shores of Lake Huron. It was there he set to work developing a…

The Smiles: Cala Cola

Los Angeles beach rock group The Smiles released their newest offering called the Hermosa EP in May of 2010. The title of this 6-song EP, crowd-funded for $2,000 off KickStarter, originates from the Southern California city where it was recorded:…

Ballerina Black: Leaves

Cattle Arithmetic, the debut album from Los Angeles based Ballerina Black released globally on January 1st, 2010 and features the excellent lead-off track ‘Leaves’ that we are bringing you today. Aside from two of the members being constantly mistaken for…