By Ashley Galvan Music Journalist Since one of L.A.s youngest trios, Cherry Glazerr, dropped their first album, Haxel Princess, in 2014, they are now recognized by many different labels, including Secretly Canadian. The American independent record label has officially signed the female-fronted band with open arms. Not only did Cherry Glazerr immediately drop a new track, […]
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By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: The Frights Album: You Are Going To Hate This Release Date: February 12, 2016 Website: http://www.thefrights.com/home.html The Frights are a three-piece surf-punk, dirty doo-wop band from San Diego, California. The band was originally formed as a joke with the purpose of getting together and playing one 30-minute set and […]
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By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: Nico Yaryan Album: What A Tease Release Date: June 3, 2016 Website: http://nicoyaryan.com/ Nico Yaryan was born in northern California to two hippies. He experienced an upbringing that consisted of skateboarding and going to local record shops looking for cheap albums he could use to sample. Yaryan’s life took a […]
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By Ryan Lacerda Music Journalist Artist: Kapsize Album: Rationalize Label: Independently released Release Date: March 16, 2016 Website: https://www.facebook.com/kapsizereggae/ Kapsize was one of my most unexpected and exhilarating finds of the year. Their debut album Rationalize combines traditional reggae with ska, punk AND metal. That’s right, metal and reggae! It was only my second weekend living […]
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By Clayton Kelley Music Journalist Artist: Moonface and Siinai Album: My Best Human Face Label: Jagjaguwar Release Date: June 3, 2016 Website: http://jagjaguwar.com/artist/moonface/ Sometimes, the most complex situations in life have simple and natural solutions that have always been right in front of your face the entire time. More often than not, people tend to […]
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By Kristopher Tondre Music Journalist Artist: Cousin Stizz Album: MONDA Label: None Release Date: July 12, 2016 Website: http://cousinstizz.com/ Losing a friend is tough. It’s a difficult discussion you have with yourself as you wonder why that person, why now and, sometimes, why it wasn’t you. You might find yourself just going through the motions […]
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By Ché Salgado Music Reviewer Artist: Thomas Cohen Album: Bloom Forever Released: May 6, 2016 Label: Stolen Recordings Website: https://www.facebook.com/thomascohenoffical/ The 2010s for Thomas Cohen have been a decade of ups and downs. He rose to prominence along with his band, S.C.U.M., in 2010 and spent 2011 playing shows with the likes of Portishead while […]
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