L.A. stalwarts, Corners, just released their new LP Maxed Out On Distractions and hopefully you were lucky enough to catch the record release show last week with the great (and also L.A. residents) Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Froth, and Wyatt Blair. This LP branches out quite a bit from their earlier garage sounding releases in exchange for some fantastic 80's sounding post-punk and new wave.
Dirt Dress are another great burgeoning L.A. band that released the LP, Donde La Vide No Vale Nada (aka D.L.V.N.V.N), in late 2012 from Recess Records on vinyl (buy) and Burger Records on cassette (buy) to follow a few released from Papermade Records. The three-piece showcase a number of different influences on the most recent LP ranging from surf jangle and western twang to straight up,
Adult Books are a three-piece LA/OC outfit that has successfully (and not surprisingly) completely sold out of their debut 6-track self-titled cassette release. At this point, if you didn't get a copy of one you will have to settle for mp3s of this old school, new-wavish style of punk pop that will take every ounce of your energy to get out of your head long after you've
Drinking Flowers are a 5-piece psych rock outfit out of Los Angeles that have recently been terrorizing and melting my ears with their reverb soaked, psychedelia, fuzz, and all out blasts of guitars that sludge along effortlessly. The band's self-titled debut EP came out last year and they are finishing the follow-up EP to be released on the local label Lolipop
Foxygen are a psych duo of L.A. transplants (Olympia and NY) that manage to wield together some of the best retro guitar rock with modern electro synth effects to create quite the visceral experience for the listener. Their form takes a bit from Ariel Pink in that it's not outwardly conventional, but it's still highly melodic and addicting to a point of exuberance with
Snow Wite are out of L.A. and are a glitzy, glam affair that are sure to interest the ears of any fan of Ariel Pink. It's a groovy, spacey set of tunes that will overload you and pull you in like a child with some sweet, sugary electronics and ample guitar hooks sprinkled throughout to really make sure you don't go anywhere. A few singles were released on
Local favorites, Allah-Las, posted a new video on YouTube Wednesday for 'Busman's Holiday,' which is a new song that we can only presume will be on their imminent debut, self-titled LP release on September 18th from Innovative Leisure. You hear the same wonderfully laid-back psychedelic sound that we've grown accustomed to from these guys and
Lars Finberg is the brainchild behind The Intelligence and he's just released the band's 7th LP, Everyone's Got It Easy But Me, on June 19 from In The Red Records (buy). On the new release, Lars and company continue the higher production quality that they first delved into with their previous, and quite
Black Elephant is yet another promising band out of L.A. that has returned as a full four-piece after a brief hiatus back in 2011. The band is recording and playing shows again and two of their newest demos, which include the swirly and dreamy 'Happy Birthday' above, are available for stream/download over at their Bandcamp. Their only previous release up to this point is a cassette release last year entitled Four
This past March, the gloomy L.A. four-piece, Cold Showers, visited Room 205 for a haunting performance of 'BC,' which is a track that has yet to be released physically. It's another dark, moodier affair that immediately grabs you after the first few notes. They have a new Decay 7" coming out this year
I've been meaning to post about L.A. rockers Pangea's new EP, Killer Dreams, since reading about it over at fellow L.A. blog Heard Instinct a couple months ago. Pangea is widely known as one of the best bands in L.A. and they deliver an intense, rollicking, twangy edition of straightforward garage rock. With the Killer Dreams EP the sound is a little more focused than last year's Living Dummy LP and it results in
We got some great news yesterday of a new track of the upcoming seventh LP from The Intelligence out on June 19 from In The Red Records. The album is titled Everybody's Got It Easy But Me, and the new single '(They Found Me In The Back of) The Galaxy' is not only included on the album, but is also part of a split 7" with the Bay Area's multi-instrumentalist rocker Kelley Stoltz. It's so nice to have some new material to look forward to from the whimsical rocker Lars Finberg who also plays drums for Thee Oh Sees and relocated
L.A's FIDLAR have been pretty busy lately touring in support of the xxx from last year's DIYDUI 7" (buy), their recently released No Waves/No Ass 7" (buy), and the Don't Try EP just recently digitally released from Mom + Pop Records (buy). Get an overdose of slacker lyrics and power punk from two tunes off the EP above. FIDLAR will be playing again locally at the music, comedy, and literature festival, The
Corners are a four-piece right here out of Los Angeles that are as of yet still unsigned, but it's still early on for them and from listening to their Beyond WayEP it shouldn't last too long. The songs 'Sometimes' and 'The Greatest' have made their way around the internet for a few months now and have been getting regular rotation in our radio stream during that time, but the whole EP is up at their Bandcamp now, which includes an