New Music From Pluralone
For the better part of the past two-plus years, Josh Klinghoffer has been creating. He released his first solo album, To Be One With You, under the Pluralone moniker in late 2019 to plaudits and landed an opening slot on the first leg of Pearl Jam’s Gigaton world tour. Then the pandemic struck. Instead of wondering and wallowing about missed opportunities, […]
Tone Deaf Explores The Dinosaur Jr. Connection In Particle Kid’s New Video
Tone Deaf explores the new single from Particle Kid – “Someone Else’s Dream,” which features J Mascis, Sunny War, and Paul Bushnell – in a recent post. “There are plenty of Dinosaur Jr.-inspired flourishes in ‘Someone Else’s Dream,’” honing in on the Mascis connection. “The psychedelic rock rhythm is inflected with wheezing harmonica and flashes of dirty shoegaze. The experimental fuzz […]
Music & Riots Gives Combo Chimbita A Nod
Combo Chimbita goes for NACC chart adds next week with IRÉ, their new LP out tomorrow via ANTI- Records, and the quartet is set to go on tour with Lido Pimienta soon. Music & Riots has the video for a song that will likely be a highlight of the upcoming tour: “Yo Me Lo Merezco.“ The site notes that the video “features Black […]
Vancouver Sun Posts Interview With L.A. Witch, Who Are On Tour Now But No Longer Playing Vancouver
L.A. Witch’s upcoming January 29 performance in Vancouver has been canceled over COVID concerns, but the Vancouver Sun still has a Q&A with the garage rockers that it posted in advance of the star-crossed show. Visit the site here to learn about the making of Play With Fire and their “Ghost On The Highway” single, the band’s love of classic LA band The […]
Expectador Shares Yael Meyer’s “Huracán” Video
Chilean website Expectador has Yael Meyer‘s video for “Huracán,” which the site describes as “an epic of emotions.” According to Google Translate, they say: “Sailing on a sea of sensibilities, this new composition unites [Meyer’s] unmistakable authorship, along with new sound perspectives, wrapping her singing with a sophisticated production work, to which is added the emotional display of […]
New Music From Combo Chimbita
Combo Chimbita is a visionary quartet that draws from ancestral mythologies and musical enlightenment. Comprised of Carolina Oliveros’ mesmeric contralto, illuminating storytelling and fierce guacharaca rhythms, Prince of Queens’ hypnotic synth stabs and grooving bass lines, Niño Lento’s imaginative guitar licks, and Dilemastronauta’s powerful drumming, the lure and lore of Combo Chimbita is intense and undeniable. Their cathartic new album IRÉ continues […]
Under The Radar Shares the bird and the bee’s New Video
See the new video for the bird and the bee‘s “Lifetimes” – a new single going for NACC chart adds next week – via Under The Radar mag. The duo’s singer, Inara George, tells the magazine “Since the beginning of The Bird and the Bee, Greg Kurstin and I have always had a very easy and fun time […]
Eat This Music Shares The “Fun and Gritty” Gus Englehorn
Eat This Music calls the new single from Gus Englehorn “a fun and gritty song about uninvited recurring irrational thoughts and fears… Whilst there are a lot of highlights of the song, the underlying instrumentals, and slow-building of its consistent, recurring structure works well to emphasise the song’s very own title.” The site quotes Englehorn, who says “Tarantula” […]
New Music From the bird and the bee
Acclaimed duo the bird and the bee – singer Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin – has released a new song, “Lifetimes,” in celebration of the 15th anniversary of their 2007 self-titled debut album for Blue Note, accompanied by an animated music video directed by Simona Mehandzhieva & Norbert Garab. The duo were able to record the track together in the same room at Greg’s No Expectations Studios in Hollywood, after […]
OPB Includes Combo Chimbita On Its Monday Mix
OPB included Combo Chimbita in its Monday Mix this week. “Babalowo,” the site writes, “creeps in with an ominous sounding intro before letting loose with boundless energy and borderless musical interpretation. It’s all perfectly paced by the enchanting talents of lead vocalist Carolina Oliveras.” Enjoy the song here and get ready for the album drop this week!
American Songwriter Says To Watch Sunny War This Year
American Songwriter has Sunny War atop its list of artists to watch in 2022. “We wouldn’t be surprised if the Los Angeles-based folk artist Sunny War had a Grammy nomination or two by this time next year,” the site writes, on the way to comparing her to the likes of Brandi Carlile and Valerie June. “She’s that skilled at both writing and performing. […]
PAM Shares Combo Chimbita’s Video For “Yo Me Lo Merezco”
Pan African Magazine recently shared the newest video from their upcoming LP IRÉ, available at the end of the week from ANTI- Records. As the site notes, the clip “features Teresa Karolina seeking abundance from Yemaya, orisha of nourishing waters, while the video follows her emerging from her everyday routine and into a dreamy dimension.” See the engaging visuals here, and get […]
New Music From Gus Engelhorn
Before Montréal-based singer-songwriter Gus Englehorn was signed to Secret City Records, he lived in a cabin in the woods and wrote the upcoming LP Dungeon Master, which may be the cutest, heaviest, and strangest rock n roll record you’ll hear this year. Before he moved to the cabin he fell in love — in Salt Lake City, Utah – with a drummer, Estée Preda, who plays like Moe Tucker on salvia. Before meeting […]
Particle Kid Talks J Mascis With FLOOD
Micah Nelson, aka Particle Kid, told FLOOD about how he came to meet J Mascis. “I met J Mascis in Amsterdam when I played there at the Ziggodome with Neil Young + Promise of the Real,” Nelson recalls. “We have been occasional pen pals ever since, and he was nice enough to play some electric guitar on [my new album], which […]
Buzzbands Shoots L.A. Witch
Buzzbands has photos from the first L.A. Witch show in the trio’s hometown of Los Angeles since the pandemic began. Go here to see the fantastic shots, with psychedelic lighting courtesy of Mad Alchemist, from the Lodge Room performance last Friday. The tour continues this week and then winds its way back down to Southern California in early February. Support L.A. […]
The May Magazine says Alison Clancy is Mesmerizing
According to The May Magazine, Alison Clancy‘s debut single is mesmerizing. “‘Mutant Gifts ‘introduces us to the interdisciplinary creative as the centrepiece of a minimal tableau, backed by an altar and religious artwork. Performing in a clean-lined black gown, the angularity of the scene is softened by the glow of gentle lighting, creating an eerily ethereal atmosphere […]
New Music From Combo Chimbita
Combo Chimbita is a visionary quartet that draws from ancestral mythologies and musical enlightenment. Comprised of Carolina Oliveros’ mesmeric contralto, illuminating storytelling and fierce guacharaca rhythms, Prince of Queens’ hypnotic synth stabs and grooving bass lines, Niño Lento’s imaginative guitar licks, and Dilemastronauta’s powerful drumming, the lure and lore of Combo Chimbita is intense and undeniable. Continuing their mystical saga, […]
Lido Pimienta and Combo Chimbita Arrange Spring Dates
Combo Chimbita is a fierce live act, which is one of the reasons why they made SPIN magazine’s “50 Best Rock Bands Right Now” list last year. This year, they’ll not only be releasing an album but they’ll be hitting the road with labelmate Lido Pimienta, whose excellent LP Miss Colombia we promoted to radio in 2020. Both artists are award-winning […]
OC Art Blog Reviews Sunny War, Who Plays Chicago on January 23
OC Art Blog‘s Meg Linton caught a Sunny War performance towards the end of last year and wrote, “War is a seasoned performer known for her self-deprecating chatter, her mischievous smile, and her mesmerizing fingerstyle and clawhammer technique. Her long, flexible digits walk along the guitar with confidence and speed and only stumble when she wants to offer a […]
New Music From Particle Kid f/ J. Mascis, Sunny War, and Peter Bushnell
On his latest project, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Particle Kid (J. Micah Nelson) pulls listeners down the rabbit hole to experience the music he’s been making over the past five years. Described by Rolling Stone as a “trippy troubadour” and a “musical polymath who combines an indie DIY aesthetic with a questing hippie spirit and a relentless work ethic,“ […]
