Thee Sinseers Make the Past Feel Present on ‘Love Stories’
LOS ANGELES, CA- I don’t write about full albums very often. Part of that is simply bandwidth. There is an endless amount of new music arriving every week, and giving an entire album the attention it deserves requires something I don’t always have enough…
Party Dozen “Euro Stomper”: Feeling Beyond Lyrics
LOS ANGELES, CA- I was instantly hooked on the sonics of Party Dozen’s “Euro Stomper.” But then I read something in the press release that made the experience of listening to it even more interesting: there aren’t actually any lyrics on 21 Bum Salute….
Lucy Dacus Reimagines Her Music With the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are artists whose music I admire more than I necessarily love. For a long time, Lucy Dacus occupied something close to that space for me. I have always appreciated her songwriting, particularly her penchant for crafting intensely personal lyrics that…
Mac Miller Morning Grooves
This session looks back at the raw, soulful energy of his early years. A laid-back selection of warm samples, soulful hip hop, jazzy textures and smooth flows, built around the sound that made so many of us fall in love with Mac’s music…
Mollie Elizabeth Turns Frustration Into Theatrical Pop on “Petty Crimes”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s something immediately charming about Mollie Elizabeth’s musical style, or at least there is on her new single, “Petty Crimes.” It’s the kind of song that initially caught my attention because of how it sounds before I really started paying attention…
K.Flay Turns Power, Complicity and Chaos Into a Banger With “Ants”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Call it a major coincidence, or whatever you want to call it, but over the past week I have been waging a very literal war against ants at my residence. There’s been a fairly sizable outbreak, which has meant strategically placing…
Ethan French Turns a Daily Idea Into “reckless and arranged”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I follow a handful of musicians on social media who have committed themselves to the whole “one idea a day” exercise. There’s one guy I’ve been following on TikTok for a while who does more musical theater-type stuff, whose name unfortunately…
Luna Shadows Spills Her Guts on Catchy New Single “gutspill”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s something undeniably cute about Luna Shadows’ new single, “gutspill.” It’s a bright, catchy piece of pop-rock that feels particularly well suited for these final weeks of summer, when you’re not necessarily looking for something overly complicated. Sometimes you just want…
Tom Siletto Explores Love, Distance and “american pride”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I was initially drawn into Tom Siletto’s “american pride” by his voice. There’s a delicateness to his tenor that immediately suited the sparse, folk-leaning nature of the song, an intimacy that made me want to lean into the recording rather than…
Ecce Shnak Find Liberation in the Dissonance of “Anna O”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are band names that tell you exactly what you’re getting, and then there’s Ecce Shnak. Even the name feels like an invitation to step into something a little strange. Derived in part from the Latin “ecce,” meaning “behold” or “consider,”…
