San Fran trio Grass Widow have a new album coming out May 22 on HLR called Internal Logic. The first song from it, “Goldilocks Zone,” sports the casual girl cool of The Breeders with a bit more post-punk angularity and noise-rock sound effects. Definitely excited to hear the full-length!
Dante vs Zombies – “Natural Disaster”
L.A.’s Dante vs. Zombies are set to release their first full-length April 10 from Neurotic Yell, called BUH. This is a band I wasn’t sure I’d like from reading about them, seeming kinda kitschy. Listening to “Natural Disaster,” I hear exquisitely polished, noir-ish indie rock with style to spare, reminding me a bit of another L.A. band, Fool’s Gold, and also recent Yeasayer. Plus singer Dante White-Aliano has killer pipes. Love the speed-up at the end. (Download via RCRDLBL.com)
Races – Full Album Stream
Races are a band I’ve written about a couple of times here as their sweeping orchestral pop showed major promise. Now their first full-length, Year of the Witch, is imminent, and they’ve put the whole thing up for streaming via SoundCloud. Sounds awesome!
Shows this weekend:
Friday: Strange Boys/The Coathangers/White Mystery/Wounded Lion @Los Globos (FREE)
Saturday: Off!, Wavves, The Strange Boys, White Fence @The Observatory (Santa Ana)
Sunday: LA Pysch Fest (Entrance Band, Allah Las, Lumerians and more) @Bootleg Theater
