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The annual Los Angeles-based FYF Fest was humble in size, sweet and yet progressively cool -- like Coachella's little sister that borrowed its clothes. We got to spend the day hopping to shows, eating colored popsicles, and thanking the universe we'd worn proper shoes. All the while getting to hang with the bands that make the heat worth it. Between finding abandoned kitchen sinks with Toro y Mo

Fort Worth's own Leon Bridges stopped through LA's KCRW yesterday to perform some jams for Morning Becomes Eclectic. The set included just about all of the songs from Leon's debut full-length Coming Home, as well as one that probably should have been on the record ("Daisy Mae"), and a very nice shout to GvsB...

We're not typically into the concept of the "song teaser" as a general rule, but the masterfully executed "xamples" that Toronto pop star/enigma Allie X has been rolling out as a preview of her forthcoming debut record CollXtion are a decided, unequivocal exception...

California "kaleidoscopic pop" duo Bouquet follow up one of the most dreamily beautiful tracks of the year with their haunting debut EP, In A Dream. From the warm and gently woozy opening track, to the jaunty/slightly creepy longing of "Come To Your House", the gorgeous, bittersweet melancholy of "Over the Mountains", and the lilting, romantic dream pop perfection o

Here's a nice welcome change of pace from the stuff we've been posting around here lately: "After Dawn" is an achingly pretty folk gem from NY's Kayla Cohen, aka Itasca, taken from her warm and beautiful new LP of home recordings, Unmoored By The Wind... Read More ...

So many new SOPHIE jams in this set. Not sure we're ready for GvsB IV: THE ACTUAL SOPHIE DRESSED AS A SECURITY GAURD PULLING THESE THOTS OFFSTAGE FROM THE DJ BOOTH THIS IS TRULY PERFORMANCE ART — HOMELESS YOUTH (@BOYTWEETSWORLDX) August 23, 2014 Thank u @SOPHIEMSMSMSM and @DRINKQT for being the highlights of tonight. Will ...

An unlikely, and very lovely, lament for the Notorious B.I.G. from our man Coomers, aka Lace Curtains (the song's title, of course, references the the LA intersection where Biggie was killed), taken from his forthcoming LP. A Signed Piece of Paper is out October 28 via Coomers' own Female Fantasy, with a collab tape release coming on Burger Records...