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Lianne La Havas first began to make music at the age of 7. Rather than being pushed into lessons by over-zealous parents, Lianne was given her first keyboard by her father and was allowed the pleasure of being left to her own devices. She began to sing not long after, but under less happy circumstances. Still just seven years old, Lianne, like most children, wanted to be part of the popular clique at school. Unlike m

Nacional Records recording artist, Monica Lionheart has a unique style that is the result of a lifetime of musical influence. Growing up in a musical environment, Monica has always been surrounded by an array of expressive forms, all of which influenced her development in becoming such an eclectic musician where playing the piano, guitar, drums & flute are just the beginning. Holding a deep appreciation for all m

CHAPPO have been cause célèbre for lovers of fuzzy rock since answering a Craigslist ad landed their song “Come Home” in an iPod commercial. They’re riding the momentum from the release of their latest EP Plastique Universe II: Pisces Princess, this past fall, and are releasing their debut full-length early this year! “an excellently overstuffed garage-psych sound” – Pitchfork R

Hundred Waters was woven together under the spell of a viscous Floridian summer, from a home on its own in the woods amidst a city. The music sets sail into ancient seas, subtly shifting through worlds of howling silence, borealic tales, and briarpatched exotica, ultimately arriving into the arms of a caring embrace. Nicole Miglis narrates the journey alongside Trayer Tryon, Paul Giese, Zach Tetreault, and Sam Moss,

It’s not everyday you can watch ladies arm wrestle in the name of art. Of course, today is not everyday. Head out to the Bootleg Theater for a one-night-only fundraising extravaganza with the Los Angeles based LA LAW (part of the national non-profit Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers or CLAW). It is One part Theater. One part Wrestling. One part Anything Can Happen. And all the money raised is donated back to our

On Summer Darling’s self-titled album, released one year ago this week, the L.A. quartet wound prickly guitars and passionate lyrics into powder-keg indie-rock that seemed loosed from the ’90s. If flashbacks to the darned-near-mathematical precision of bands such as Cursive and Braid weren’t reward enough, Summer Darling exuded a working-class, no-frills aesthetic that ran counter to today’s gimmick-a-minute indie sc

Telephone, that wonderful youthful game we all played (at least once). I’m sure you remember it well. So do the eight artists working performing in the Athena Theatre andBootleg Theater presentation of Synesthesia: Artistic Telephone Across the Genrescreated by Electric Pear Productions and directed by Cate Caplin. Now in its fifth season, “Synesthesia” is a live, annual event which unites a select

“Singer-guitarist Johnny Ruby was reared in Los Angeles and educated in London, and his music as the Sister Ruby Band straddles both worlds — oozing the gauzy snarl of British shoegazers and the stoned mysticism of the West Coast psych-rock elite. Last spring, the 22-year-old made some noise with an EP titled “A Shot in the Dark,” and in between finishing up his studies in the visual arts at Goldsmith’s Univers

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“There’s no denying the palatability of Santa Barbara’s Tommy & the High Pilots. Since forming in 2008, lead singer Tommy Cantillon and his ‘mates have carried their pop flag loudly and proudly, drawing comparisons to everyone from Paul Simon to Lifehouse. On their latest EP, American Riviera, the foursome seems dead set on pushing the limits of fans’ expectations and comes away with