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BEGINNERS
There is a deep sexy vibe to the everything this trio puts out. You can taste the Silverlake… in the best possible way. Check out singles “My Style” and “Let That Money Talk.” In addition to solid singles out this year, they’re already blowing up on commercials and, I hear, they even play free shows every so often.
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MILO GREENE
The latest from this LA workhorse quartet is their album Adult Contemporary, a mesmerizingly selfaware collection of alternatingly soothing and heartbreaking stand out tracks. I hope this is the album that breaks this crew into the stratosphere of popular music. They are ready.
CILLIE BARNES
Dreamy, driving and layered, the new album from this self-described collective of LA nightcrawlers, Cobra Lily, is lyrically provocative underneath a thick and comforting glaze of pure masterful musicianship. The five-piece is just off a monthlong residency at the Bootleg in Historic Filipinotown; catch them live when you can.
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MORGXN
If you don’t know this Silverlake magician by now, do yourself a favor. Singles have started to break onto the national scene and it seems like he is constantly on tour, but I get the feeling the best is still yet to come in a major way for this up and comer. You won’t regret a moment of his album, Vital (out earlier this year), and you haven’t lived until you’ve experienced his laws-of-physics-defying vocals on his cover of “Boys Don’t Cry” live. Goosebumps. Now there’s a chill in the air.