Jamie XX
Going Solo with In Colour Jamie xx is notoriously quiet. Not shy or impolite or moody, as people who meet him are quick to clarify, but slightly awkward. The 26-year-old Jamie Smith, who has been given...
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The band California Wives may hail from Chicago, but there is no doubt that a golden state-of-mind exists within their music. Art History, their 2012 debut album, brims with new wave vibes of buoyant...
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Playing with Garbage Before he launched Garbage, drummer Butch Vig was already the well-known producer of Nirvana’s Nevermind and The Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish. Smart Studios, the recording complex in...
View ArticleElohim
Hailing from Los Angeles, Elohim, Hebrew for God, sings with god-like control and confidence. Although her latest singles “She Talks Too Much” and “Xanax” have been released by B3SCI Records for two...
View ArticleMiya Folick
If Fiona Apple and Cat Power had a music love child, Miya Folick would be the result. Raised in Santa Ana, CA, Miya grew up in a Buddhist family. She picked up the guitar, taking occasional lessons,...
View ArticleWes Period
Wes Period. Even the name itself is punctuated and pronounced, much like Wes’ stage presence. Wes has an exuberant energy that radiates on and off the stage. Growing up in La Habra, CA, a county that...
View ArticleMr. Little Jeans
Adapting the name from the quirky character in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore, Mr. Little Jeans is a unique talent. The Norwegian-born singer/songwriter can easily be likened to a combination of Lykke Li,...
View ArticleEmmanuel Jal
From Child Soldier to Peacemaker “The AK-47 is my father and my mother.” These were the lyrics that seven-year-old Emmanuel Jal sang when he was training to become a child soldier. For the majority of...
View ArticleMiguel
War & Leisure It’s a sold-out house as the sun goes down at the Berkeley Greek Theatre and dozens of couples stand in embrace amongst droves of squealing women all swaying in excitement. They wait...
View ArticleKimbra
Fighting the Good War What is the natural state of the human heart? Why does it take over like an exorcism and become the driving force of our innermost desires? How can those desires work toward our...
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