As always, some ground rules: Milk Talk – “The Bay” Mya: Fun opening. Glitzy. Devolves into a washing machine swirl filled with glitter. Li-Wei: There’s a heat wave happening in Los Angeles as I’m listening to this, and “The Bay” brings enough city pop vibes to make me accept the fast heat death of the […]
As always, some ground rules: Ruru – “memries that stay” Justin: Garage gargled indie rock equal parts off-kilter riffs and bright melodies with a splash of shoegaze. The intro is so grubby and cool sounding. FFO Jay Som, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail. Mya: Would kill to hear this live. I like the plinking notes that […]
Name some dream venues to perform at. There’s no shortage of prestigious stages, large and small in Los Angeles, but maybe none as quirky or one-of-a-kind as the North American Mammal Hall with embalmed buffalo, moose, and sea lions. And very few artists are as appropriately attuned to this environment as Thao Nguyen. On March […]
Have a great Lunar New Year? Make it greater with these tunes… As always, some ground rules: Omega Sapien – “Krapow” Justin: Suuuuuuuuuu. My mans Omega Sapien is throwing out krapow and Thai lyrics. Third eye opening, enlightened bars full of movement and falsetto. But honestly the biggest highlight is all the references to Kung […]
We’re back with the first Weekly Bullet Review column of the new year! Hope you’re looking for some new tunes… As always, some ground rules: Mitski – “Where’s My Phone?” Mya: Genuinely unsettling. Can I set this as my Find My Phone ringtone? Justin: This is probably the funniest Mitski song to me since “Nobody”. […]