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23 posts filed under “los angeles”.

Reviews tagged “los angeles”

OCT 26 2026
INDIE ROCK
Mattiel — “Heartbreak Heatwave”A good song with a real grudge in it.3.5
OCT 22 2026
ART POP
Dummy — “do you love the color of the sky?”Brighter, cleaner, and a shade less strange.3.5
OCT 5 2026
R&B
Megiapa — “Intentions”A debut with its own sound, thin in two places.4
SEP 27 2026
POP
Jae Stephens — “AUDACITY”A confident debut that sometimes mistakes volume for argument.3.5
SEP 26 2026
INDIE ROCK
Blondshell — “Violins”Heavier, less literal, and her best record yet.4.5
SEP 18 2026
INDIE ROCK
Beck — “Ride Lonesome”Twelve songs of heartache, delivered gently, and not one wasted.4.5
SEP 12 2026
JAZZ
Anna Butterss — “Mighty Vertebrate”A bassist's band record, and the outtake proves it.4
SEP 11 2026
R&B
Jhené Aiko — “Westside Whimsy”A steady homecoming, no foot on the gas.3.5
AUG 27 2026
POST-ROCK
Bondo — “Bondo”Slowcore that earns its patience, undercut by its own jokes.3.5
AUG 21 2026
ART POP
Julia Holter — “Materia”A companion record with its own reasons to exist.4
AUG 14 2026
FOLK
Phoebe Bridgers — “Lost Weekend”Her heaviest record, and the one that earns it.4.5
AUG 14 2026
HIP-HOP
Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal — “DOOMED!”Segal's beats carry a breakup that refuses to close.3.5
JUL 31 2026
EXPERIMENTAL
Patrick Belaga — “Solar Calf”A map with no final boss, and no reason to leave.4

News tagged “los angeles”

RELEASE

Giant Drag release "Song For My Funeral" weeks after Hardy faked her death

Annie Hardy's new single is a spare acoustic song written years ago, after a stalker's message. Joe Cardamone produced the video and the forthcoming record.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 22 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Dev Lemons announces second album, hunting what we already killed

The L.A. artist and comedian made it with producer Emmett Kai. Lead single "Eat The Pavement" is out against an October 20 arrival.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 20 2026 · 1 min read
SHOWS

Chappell Roan expands Super Graphic Spectacular lineup

Two nights at the Shrine, Caroline Polachek and MUNA on the bill, plus a $15 daytime block party outside.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 9 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Peel Dream Magazine expand Taurus with four new tracks and a first vinyl pressing

The Los Angeles drone-pop project adds four previously unavailable songs to its 2025 mini album, out 11 November on Topshelf Records.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 5 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

The Koreatown Oddity drops fourth album 'Purdy' via Stones Throw

Dominique Purdy returns four years after 'ISTHISFORREAL?' with 15 tracks, including a song about beefing sauce brands.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 2 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith drops jungle turn Ruin: It's Not Just Music

The Los Angeles electronic artist leaves the lush vocals of 2025's GUSH behind for breaks past 170 BPM.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 1 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Dexter Story announces T'som, his second album for Soundway

The L.A. bandleader and ethnomusicologist returns to Soundway on October 30, following 2015's Wondem.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 21 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

untitled (halo) share 'easy rider,' the last song on their debut

The LA band close their self-titled record with a guitar jam and a shared vocal, out November 6 on Dirty Hit.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 16 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Nate Mercereau's Fantastic Thoughts is Bandcamp Daily's Album of the Day

The L.A. post-jazz multi-instrumentalist gets the daily nod on September 10, with an assist-heavy record built mostly from his own hands.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 11 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Automatic's 'Is It Now?' surfaces on Bandcamp

The L.A. trio's third album, produced by Loren Humphrey, is now streamable in full.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 9 2026 · 1 min read

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