By: Fiona Hannigan This weekend marks the 13th FYF (“Fuck Yeah Fest”) Fest, and it’s third year in LA’s Exposition Park. It didn’t seem like they could top last year’s lineup (even with a disappointing Frank Ocean cancellation, Kanye stepped up the game and set the bar high)–but 2016 is nothing to laugh about. This […]
Banks is set to return with her sophomore album The Altar next month. The follow-up to 2014’s Goddess drops on EMI Virgin on September 30th. Banks also shared the new album’s opener “Gemini Feed”. The new track follows Banks’ lineage of brooding, dark R&B with a synth lead, pop aspects and a bursting chorus. Stream Banks “Gemini Feed” and see The Altar […]
LA’s Warpaint will drop their first new album since their 2014 self-titled effort. On September 23, Heads Up will arrive on Rough Trade. The album news accompanies the its lead single. Warpaint “New Song” finds the quartet moving in a more upbeat, danceable direction (apparently stemming from their mutual love of dancing). While that might alienate some […]
This time of year, “summer” can become a lazy, ubiquitous descriptor for new music (guilty as charged). That being said, if you’re band’s name is “Poolside”, your album was titled Pacific Standard Time and half your band holds the last name “Paradise”, the term might fit. For these dog days of July, the Los Angeles based […]
At the beginning of May, we shared the second track released by Sixth & College. As we mentioned, the duo consists of longtime collaborators Will Proulx (production) and Jeremy Porcha (vocals). May’s “I Can Love You” followed their original release, “Bounce Off”. As “I Can Love You” caught some wind and piled up spins, Sixth & […]