We're happy to premiere Kermit Obert's first single “Take It Out,” the acoustic bedroom tune that reflects on bitter people and their inability to put their pent-up rage into something healthy so they “take it out on whoever’s around.”
Alexis Taylor just released his 3rd solo album, Beautiful Thing, a dreamy, electronic record with harsh, cutting instrumentals keeping listeners on their toes.
The way songwriter and vocalist, Julia Jacklin comfortably embraced the stage at the El Rey, she could’ve been playing for her closest friends at a bar.
Alex Lahey nailed each and every song during her set in LA, and while I want to spare you from music journalism cliches, I won’t; she’s just better live.
Scenario: you’re on tour with your band and some gear gets stolen. Ok, you recover, it’s not the end of the world. You wake up a few days later to discover that this time almost all of your gear was stolen.
If there is at least one thing to take away about any of the members of Pond, besides their ever-evolving, densely packed, psychedelic, synth-tinged sound, is that there is no stopping them.
Her/their forthcoming debut album, secret princess, is the upshot of ten-plus years of personal growth, trials, errors and successes. In collaboration with Community Records and her/their own intuition and, NOVA ONE, whose hair is a muted peach bob against Raskin’s azalea-pink do, sings about love and loss in oscillating 60s-pop tones: hazy, dream-like and calmative.
Bishop Briggs has been busy selling out shows across the US and dazzling audiences with her extraordinary voice recently; her stop in Los Angeles at the Fonda last week, was no exception
Half Waif has a way of capturing the sensations that become hard to put words to in the face of loss. And you can tell when she sings she’s reliving it, the mark of a true artist.
