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Spending her childhood on a Hawaiian farm but long since relocated to the US mainland, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Jess Penner continues to carve out her own niche. On the heels of her 2010 solo debut, Love Love Love, we’re now super-excited for her follow-up LP, Growing In The Cold, which Penner self-produced at home. Trading >> Full Story

You may know Dent May as that ukulele-playing guy from Mississippi. However, with the release of his upcoming album, Do Things, it’s likely you’ll end up knowing him as that guy who also glides from genre to genre as gracefully as a gazelle glides across the African savanna. On the sprawling Do Things, May largely >> Full Story

If you’re like us, you spent a lot of time listening to Twin Shadow’s debut album Forget back when it came out in 2010. We pretty much wore that one out, because it was amazing. After a motorcycle crash one winter night, George Lewis Jr was struck with inspiration and contemplation. He’s back with a >> Full Story

One moment he’s channeling the loose spirit of Paul McCartney’s tuneful early 1970s albums; the next, he’s shredding his vocal cords while bashing through riff-stomping rock. Indeed, it’s tough to pigeonhole Young Hines…and yes, that’s his given name. The Georgia native began playing music as a pre-teen; many years later, a chance encounter with singer-songwriter >> Full Story

Pepper Rabbit is the rare sort of band that you can’t help but like. Even though they don’t call Louisiana home, it’s no secret that the Los Angeles duo takes most of its inspiration from New Orleans, the city where they recorded their strikingly fun debut LP, Beauregard. And while multi-instrumentalist frontman Xander Singh and >> Full Story

A founding member of prolific San Francisco garage rockers the Fresh & Onlys, Tim Cohen has always found time for various collaborations and solo projects. After putting out several albums and EPs under his own name and his nom de guerre Feller Quentin, Cohen is set to release the second record under his latest alias, >> Full Story

Just as Sugar & Gold have been compared to the likes of MGMT, Hot Chip, and Ssion, the light electro-pop duo has created a form of danceable pop uniquely their own. Their catalog to date includes two LPs and two EPs, none of which have left our speakers for very long lately. After all, they >> Full Story

Although he considered quitting music outright after his ouster from the Shins a few years back, Marty Crandall decided to keep at it by forming a new band with his brother Maury and a few old friends from their hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Naming the outfit Sad Baby Wolf, the Crandall brothers and their >> Full Story

Every once in a while you have a stop-the-presses moment when you hear a new song and just have to write about it. That’s absolutely the case with the new single from England’s Kindness, which just landed in our laps. Riding on a bed of soft synth pads, piano and drums the drift along like >> Full Story

Inspiration strikes in the strangest places. Deep Time used to be called YellowFever, releasing a totally likeable record and touring around the states (mostly their native Texas). Turns out they weren’t the first band to use that name, so, avoiding legal hot water, they changed their name to Deep Time. Seems like they rethought more >> Full Story