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Sam Amidon has announced a US Spring Tour with special guests. The tour will feature performances by Beth Orton, Bridget St John, Laura Viers, and more. Don't miss out on this exciting lineup of talented musicians.

Earlier this month Hasegawa released a rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime” originally made famous by Paul McCartney, and available exclusively on Apple Music and featured in their Carols Covered 2023 playlist. Limited edition vinyl for Somoku Hodo comes in translucent green with illustrations by Momoka Aiso and designs by Takeaki Emori.

From her upcoming album, Genevieve Artadi shares a new video, “To Tell How I Adore You,” the latest from Forever Forever. In January, she released the lead single, “Visionary” followed by “I Know” in February. This month, she’ll also perform a release show at the Echo, followed by a string of tour dates with her longtime musical partner Louis Cole.

With an accompanying tongue-in-cheek video that goes hard in an ‘80s hair metal style, “Visionary” climaxes with suitably epic solos from Pedro Martins (guitar), Chiquita Magic (synth bass), Christopher Fishman (piano), and Louis Cole and Daniel Sunshine doubling up on the drums. Watch the new music video now!

Quality Over Opinion was written, performed, and produced by Louis in his home studio with contributions from a handful of close friends, namely Genevieve Artadi (“my no.1 music collaborator”); saxophonist Sam Gendel – Cole’s friend for 17 years; pianist Chris Fishman; Nate Wood from the band Kneebody; Marlon Mackey; and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel.

To celebrate the news of the upcoming album, he shares a new single, “I’m Tight.” The new single arrives hot on the heels of “Let it Happen” — “a timeless modern power ballad classic” — released earlier this month. In contrast, “I’m Tight” is a sleek, laser-focused Funk rocket, based on an utterly irresistible bassline.

Continuing his mission to create deep feelings through music, Louis is the figurehead of an LA jazz-adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Pedro Martins and more. Watch the new music video now!

During 2021 alone, multi-instrumentalist Sam Gendel collaborated with Vampire Weekend, Maggie Rogers, Moses Sumney, Laurie Anderson, and Mach Hommy, as well as released Notes With Attachments with Blake Mills & legendary bassist Pino Palladino. Psychic Hotline release Sam and Antonia’s latest single Something Real today.

Last month, Lionel Boy shared an intimate live performance of “Tide” via FLOOD Magazine’s ‘Neighborhoods’ session.

Native to Hawaii and now living in Long Beach, Lionel Boy mixes spacey synthesizers, impromptu breakbeats, trap hi-hats, contemporary rap & bedroom pop into one cohesive statement of an album.

Spiritual Sleaze sees the Tel Aviv-based producer and Raw Tapes founder drawing on his spiritual practice. Inspirations for the album include: Sun Ra, Aphex Twin; Steve Reich, Dabrye, Alchemist, Arvo Pärt, Eric Satie and Wu Tang Clan. The result is an album dense with lush textures, laid-back beats and complex instrumentation.

Indie-shoegaze quintet out of Los Angeles Draag shared a mesmerizing single & video for “Trauma Kit” today off their Clara Luz EP with Atwood Magazine. Co-produced by Jon Nuñez of Torche, the project will be released on February 21, following 2018's Nontoxic Process EP praised by the likes of Noisey for its 'murky grunge-gaze compositions and gut-twisting songwriting.' The band previously shared the dreamy “Ghost Leak” and will be celebrating their release with a February residency every Monday night at The Echo and Echoplex in Los Angeles.

Rejoicer has announced a new album, Spiritual Sleaze, out February 14th on Stones Throw Records. Today Rejoicer shares the second single from the album, “Pre Memory Circle”, which comes with distinctive artwork from long-time visual collaborator Jengo whose artwork for the album was made to resemble alien rocks, coal from a different planet, or lucky stones — items of obscure natural origin that, much like Rejoicer's music, leave meaning wide open to interpretation.

LA singer-songwriter Lou Roy explores contemporary folk with traces of jazz and pop, inspired by the likes of Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, and The Beach Boys. She will release her debut EP, Your Friend, on November 15 via Sony Masterworks and today shares the personal exploration of acceptance in 'Ari Knew Before Me', out now on all DSPs.

On April 5th, multi-instrumentalist, singer and Thundercat-collaborator Louis Cole will release a new EP Live Sesh and Xtra Songs, a collection of six unreleased songs and three live session tracks recorded in a house with a huge big band (heavy on the brass and wind sections) including Nate Wood and Ben Wendel from Kneebody, Jacob Mann, Sam Wilkes and Genevieve Artadi to name but a few.

2Cents Theatre Group's popular 3-day festival of female playwrights is back for year four! We are once again gathering around 100 artists for this exciting event, from playwrights to directors to actors and street artists, to celebrate the FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT and ART! The Fest will take place March 17-19 at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, right in the heart of Theatre Row and the Los Angeles 99-seat community.

Stray Cat Theatre presents HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, with book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe; based on the film written by Daniel Waters, running tonight, December 4 - Sunday, December 20, 2015.

Stray Cat Theatre presents HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, with book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe; based on the film written by Daniel Waters, running Friday, December 4 - Sunday, December 20, 2015.

The Arizona premiere of FOLLIES opened on the Gyder Stage at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts on February 20, 2015. The music and lyrics of the dazzling FOLLIES score are by Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim. The book is by Academy Award winner James Goldman, also known for The Lion in Winter. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Theater Works announces the cast for the Arizona premiere of FOLLIES, the legendary musical The New York Times calls 'one of the greatest musicals ever written'. FOLLIES will open on the Gyder Stage at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts on February 20, 2015.