Novelty Daughter

Novelty Daughter = Faith Harding = Wow. The twists and turns of the experimental production on Novelty Daughter’s debut album are a refreshing and welcome addition to a soulful voice. I am clueless as to what will happen from one second to the next, and that, my friends, is thrilling. Some real fun […]

Miner

Hey hey! See that small bridge far off to your right? I used to do flips off it into the water with my buddies back in ’98. The glorious days of cigarettes and far-too-much alcohol. Come, take my hand, I’ll show you. Maybe we’ll make a day out of it.

Miner – “Hey […]

[MP3] Warm Weather: “A Promise”

I love that Warm Weather is releasing an EP (Looking Through) in January. Last time we spoke about the trio was in June, so it’s good to know the LA fellas have a little sympathy for what we’re going through in the colder places of the world.

Check out the promo track for […]

Races

You know what I like about CMJ? It lets me talk about bands I’ve missed and should have written about in the past. One of those bands is LA’s Races, whom I saw the final night of CMJ before Hands (who rocked, by the way). Races had charisma and chemistry on stage, and […]

[MP3] Hands: “Warm Night Home”

Are you serious, Lee? Another Hands tune is available for download?? Mere days before several CMJ shows (one with our good blogging friends over at I Guess I’m Floating)???

I could keep going, but that would require way more question marks than I’m comfortable with, so I won’t. But Geoff Halliday and co. […]

[MP3s] Vanish Valley: “Races” & “The Bottom”

Vanish Valley, a four man squad from LA,  today released their second album, Get Good. Led by Andrew McAllister and his raspy vocals, Vanish Valley produces catchy indie rock with bits of folk and ol’ country livin’. Check out two tracks below, and give Get Good a listen. It’ll make you feel nice.

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Warm Weather

There’s something coming down the stream. We’ll lock hands and set up as we make a net to grab it. I’ve got the little ones, you grab mom. Okay…here it comes….tears…no, laughter! He’s  moving with the current, and Dad’s right next to him! Just as we planned. Oh man, the smiles. Swoop him […]

[MP3] Letting Up Despite Great Faults: “Teenage Tide”

Having become a staple on Knox Road and one of our good friends from our few years of blogging, electronic pop masterminds Letting Up Despite Great Faults will continue to get play here as long they keep making music we love.

They recently released a new track off their forthcoming EP, Paper Crush, […]

[MP3] Hands: “Brave Motion”

“Brave Motion”, coming to you live, hot off the press!

It’s only fitting that the day after our second birthday comes a new MP3 from an artist that has been a staple of our existence. Like Balmorhea, I’ve exhausted many a word on our LA buds Hands, and they’re not really the type of band […]

[MP3] Hands: “Onward Upward”

Oh man. It’s that time again. The Hands crew has dropped another bomb on us, this time with new song “Onward Upward”. They’re hard at work on a new album and the track is a taste of an even fuller, complex Hands sound. The song has the typical elements of Hands music, with […]