Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
It’s hard to set your expectations too high when it comes to Terra Lightfoot. Her sound can be easily compared to The Black Keys, with a mastery of guitars and pounding kick drums, and her new album delivers on all fronts. On New Mistakes, she reaches new milestones with her evocative songwriting, singing about heartache and emotional catharsis with an equal amount of her signature grit. … Continue reading Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
Nurses have just dropped a new record, Naughtland, ending a six-year hiatus. It’s a challenging pop collection, turning over dreamy synths in an anxiety-riddled mind. You can buy the album on Bandcamp, or watch a full-length surveillance-style video that makes the LP seem far more intrusive than one may have originally thought. Source: SoundCloud / NAUGHTLAND Continue reading
John Keek is new to LA but not to melancholy. The British producer recently unveiled his emotional piano pop ballad “If + When,” which will appear on his new EP, out next Friday on Big Dada. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
After getting a taste of Aplin’s vocals on “That Girl” from Salute, I am drawn to her new single, “Say Nothing.” It is more pop-centric, but she remains as uncompromising as ever as she takes quiet boys to task. Continue reading
Codependent weather patterns that represent toxic relationships. Source: SoundCloud / Blonde Maze Continue reading
TEST DEBUT NEW SINGLE “BLEACHED HANDS” ON GRIMY GOODS TEST prides itself on being a band, and not a ‘project.’ The trio makes unapologetic rock music, so it makes sense that they’d also keep a strict definition of exactly who they are. It all began in a warehouse in Vernon, living off of cheap noodles and the promise of creative catharsis. After a couple of … Continue reading
We may not be spared in the end, but happiness, however fleeting, made life worth it. Continue reading
Sing-song lyrics dance over a slow beat in “Ryuci,” off of Summer Like the Season’s new EP, Actual Life. Listen to it in full on Soundcloud. Source: SoundCloud / Summer Like The Season Continue reading
Helen Ganya Brown toured with Fear of Men last year, and now has a lo fi project of her own ready to debut this Friday. Using the moniker Dog in the Snow, she explores a series of juxtapositions, discussing her identity and other social anxieties in tracks like “Consume Me” and “Child” (below). Grab the LP, Consume Me, this Friday on Battle Worldwide. Continue reading
Flickering electropop lullaby. Source: SoundCloud / glances Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 