Tag Archive | music

Listen Up: 2:54’s “Scarlet”

There’s just something about this spellbinding, lethargic track from London’s 2:54.  Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow unknowingly foretell its impact with their moody lyrics, ‘Love, she said. It’s all I hear in my head’–because this song haunts you long after your first listen.  Find it and other heady melodies on their full-length self-titled debut, which […]

Listen Up: Willis Earl Beal’s “Monotony”

I can’t get enough of this simple, yet hypnotically-beautiful song from Willis Earl Beal.  If you like his music, you can see him perform live at the Gene Autry Museum in L.A. on May 2.

Listen Up: Prinzhorn Dance School

This beguiling, evocative song is from Prinzhorn Dance School‘s five-song EP, available at iTunes on April 10, 2012.  Listen to it once, and it’ll get stuck in your head.  In a good way.

The Metal Epithet

The Whisky A Go-Go is currently looking for metal bands to book. Granted, this is probably a “pay -to-play” sort of deal–which is unfortunate for the band.  But this nugget of information made me think of how awesome it would it be to come up with a name for a metal band.  Imagine…Satan’s Minions, Hate-Fuck, […]

Listen Up: Les Savy Fav

From Tim Harrington’s sandpaper voice and spandex-clad stage-humping to songs that reach out and clench you in the balls, (well, not my balls, because I don’t have them) Les Savy Fav just does it for me. Sometimes, they’re cynical [‘these kids will kill you just because they can; their teeth are bleached and their tits […]