Kristine Leschper is an interdisciplinary artist working in sound, text, image, and performance. Her work positions itself around the spectacle of the human condition, deeply interested in questions of meaning-making, womanhood, socio-ecological systems, and the wielding of power. Her personal philosophies around music-making approach the...

Teethe is a new project put together by members of intimate lo-fi bedroom project Dead Sullivan and avant-indie pop band Crisman. With the release of their self-titled debut album, Teethe has achieved something rare— a fragment of equivocality and authenticity. The songs on the record...

Hiss Golden Messenger's fusion of classic rock, folk-pop, and sparse blues is a vehicle for singer/songwriter Michael Taylor and multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer Scott Hirsch. In various guises has seen Taylor compared to the likes of lo-fi legends Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bill Callahan. While one of Taylor's first statements as Hiss...

The young Connecticut band Anxious comes from the hardcore scene, but the band’s music isn’t really hardcore. Instead, Anxious specializes in a sort of revved-up melodic emo that sometimes comes out as full-on pop-punk with Title Fight are a clear influence, for example. At the...

Off With Their Heads formed in 2002 borrowing members from Minneapolis punk and hardcore institutions like Dillinger Four, Dear Landlord, Banner Pilot, and the Fake Boys, among others. Based around the depraved and hard-living themes of vocalist Ryan Young's songs, the band existed mostly in...

Jonathan Richman has been playing music, recording, and touring for most of his life. Jonathan and his drummer Tommy Larkins win fans wherever they play. In the early 1970s, Jonathan formed the noted band The Modern Lovers. Tommy Larkins was in the groups Naked Prey,...

Ages of consecutive, bucket-list-worthy support gigs - including two U.S. tours alongside The Red Pears - have made Moreno Valley's not-so-best-kept secret Archer Oh near-impossible to ignore. Est. 2015 by Arturo "Archer" Medrano, the four perform with vehement passion, yet are infectiously silly & kind....

Having toured nationally and on multiple southwest and west coast tours, Tropa Magica has supported established acts such as Bomba Estereo, Molotov, and comedian Felipe Esparza. The band has boldly and successfully taken on larger LA stages at venues such as The Microsoft Theater, El...

Los Angeles indie band Together Pangea have continually challenged themselves with each subsequent offering. Jelly Jam  poured the gasoline, Living Dummy  struck the match, and Badillac lit the fire with its revved-up nineties rock-inspired flames. Along the way, fan favorites like “Sick Shit,” “Badillac,” and “Offer” would rack...

FFO Post Punk An observational lyricism and muscular sense of tension and release lie at the centre of Protomartyr's music. The environmental and economic conditions of their hometown of Detroit are a frequent source of inspiration for vocalist Joe Casey – themes that are expanded...

Dumbo Gets Mad is a psychedelic pop project based Italy. It has been founded at the beginning of 2011 in Los Angeles by Luca Bergomi, with the release of his debut album Elephants at the Door. The record showed a fresh approach towards a mixture...