New Music: Nosaj Thing
For this year’s Coachella Music Festival – a holiday of sorts for Los-Angelenos in the music industry – I chose to forgo the long lines,… Read More »New Music: Nosaj Thing
For this year’s Coachella Music Festival – a holiday of sorts for Los-Angelenos in the music industry – I chose to forgo the long lines,… Read More »New Music: Nosaj Thing
Lush soul music from an artist who is the real deal. Lee Fields recorded and released on his own independent label in the 70’s and… Read More »New Music: Lee Fields & The Expressions
When I first heard Marc Ronson play these guys last week on the Authentic Sh’t radio show I figured it was Frankie Valley and the… Read More »New Music: Fitz and the Tantrums
Ok-ok, so these guys really ARE from the UK (see previous post). The song Hear it in the Cans first grabbed me on a Daily Swarm mixtape… Read More »New Music: We Have Band
I first heard these gals a few years ago and automatically assumed from the name that they’re from the UK. Alas, they’re local –… Read More »New Music: Hearts of Palm UK
“I get inspired when I take a severe look at the things going on in our world today; especially in my country. How people live,… Read More »new music: NNEKA
iTunes is featuring the beautifully-produced new video for Oren Lavie’s Her Morning Elegance as a free download this week. The video makes great use of… Read More »Free Video Download: Oren Lavie “Her Morning Elegance”
I love this band so much. Their energy level is infectious and they’re all great musicians with a really tight sound. Admittedly we were short-staffed… Read More »Ida Maria on KCRW
To celebrate the upcoming presidential inauguration, Los Angeles-based indie label vosotros asked some of their favorite artists to record covers of patriotic songs. The entire project is… Read More »New Music: vosotros presents ¡ YES WE PUEDE !
These guys are awesome. Their music is very dreamy and psychedelic in a totally unassuming way. The complexity of their compositions paired with amazing production… Read More »New Music: Sin Fang Bous
Rather than creating a Top 10 or Top 100 Records of 2008, I figured that I’d do something different this year by putting together a… Read More »Choice Music Podcasts of 2008
This album makes my list of one of the best hip-hop records of 2008. MC and hip hop producer Black Milk has worked with Slum… Read More »Black Milk – ‘Tronic’
Hajen is a brilliant young singer-songwriter from Sweden. Her impassioned singing style is timelessly earthy and warm and I can’t stop listening to her on… Read More »new music: Hajen
If you did a Google search for Swedish singer-songwriter Fredrik a month ago, all you’d find is a lone blog post on The Music Slut… Read More »He’s a guy, from Sweden
I was never a huge fan of TV on the Radio. In fact, I recall seeing them perform at Avalon a few years ago and… Read More »TV on the Radio on the Internet