Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s “Pang Pang Pang” Is a Hypnotic Rave
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are music videos that tell stories, music videos that complement songs, and then there are music videos that leave you wondering what on earth you just watched. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s latest single, “Pang Pang Pang,” falls squarely into that third…
Leyla Ebrahimi Dreams of Stardom on New Alt-Rock Single “star”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I have to admit, there’s something about Leyla Ebrahimi’s new single, “star,” that I really dig. Maybe it’s the gritty guitars, the way the drums kick in, or just the overall alt/indie rock feel of the song. Whatever it is, it…
Mark Ambor’s “Born for You” Builds Anticipation for East Houston Tapes
LOS ANGELES, CA- The more I listen to Mark Ambor, the more I find myself liking what he does. I had a similar reaction to “New York Confident,” another of the songs that will appear on his forthcoming East Houston Tapes. I really liked…
Stephen Wilson Jr. Bridges Country and Grunge With Two New Singles
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s been a few weeks since Ohana Festival, and I have to admit that there are still a handful of performances from that weekend that I can’t stop thinking about. One of them belongs to Stephen Wilson Jr. I’ve found myself…
Glom Finds Strange Comfort in a World Burning Through “Dollars”
LOS ANGELES, CA– There are certain artists whose music seems to find you again at precisely the right moment. For me, Glom has become one of them. I first encountered Sean Dunnevant, the Brooklyn-based musician behind Glom, at SXSW in 2025. There was something…
Death From Above 1979 Reclaim Their “Private Lives” on Ferocious New Single
LOS ANGELES, CA- Death From Above 1979 have never needed much more than bass, drums and an unreasonable amount of electricity to make their point. Twenty-five years into their career, Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler are turning that force toward something increasingly difficult…
Always You Chase the Past on Dreamy New Single “1994”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is something wonderfully deceptive about nostalgia. The further away we get from a moment, the easier it becomes to convince ourselves that life really was better back then. On “1994,” Los Angeles twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim, who record as…
A Perfect Circle Confront Our Algorithmic Despair on “To Whom It May Concern”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I have always been a huge Maynard James Keenan fan, though perhaps not in the order most people would expect. For many devotees, Tool sits unquestionably at the top of the hierarchy. For me, it has always been A Perfect Circle…
smush Find Beauty in Childhood Anxiety on “milkweed butterfly”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is something almost cruel about the way childhood teaches us to believe we can outrun things we do not yet have the words to understand. On “milkweed butterfly,” Brooklyn-based smush capture that feeling in miniature: a child, a butterfly, bare…
Remi Wolf Reveals a Powerful New Side on “I Won’t Cry”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Now this is what I’m talking about when I talk about the evolution and development of an artist. “I Won’t Cry” is not the Remi Wolf I expected to hear. Wolf’s music has so often arrived bursting with energy, color and…
