#ThursDeath this week is this absolute BANGER of a sophomore record Whittier, California deathgrind freaks CASKET MUSH just put out, 'Evocation of Paranoia'. This fucker grinds and churns and smashes at your skull in the best ways. HUGE contender for me this year. Gonna be listening to this one a lot.

https://casketmush.bandcamp.com/album/evocation-of-paranoia

#metal #DeathMetal #DeathGrind #California #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #CasketMush #2026Albums #2026Records #Whittier #CaliforniaMetal #CaliforniaGrind @HailsandAles @wendigo @swampgas @rtw @guffo @c0m4 @AlfeeDee @Kitty @umrk @flockofnazguls @nnenov

New video for the single 'Pustulent Tombs' from L.A.'s death metal outfit MALIGNANT, from their debut LP coming out next year from Iron Fortress. Cool song and actually wild video, too (some grossness and gore): https://youtu.be/Db_lEg7N3W0

It's so great when bands figure out how to do music videos that aren't JUST them playing the song and actually show some cool stuff and have a story, etc.

#metal #DeathMetal #LosAngeles #LAMetal #California #CaliforniaMetal #CaliBands #CaliMetal #2026Albums #2026Records #IronFortress

#GrindayFriday for this week is Los Angeles powerviolence outfit APARTMENT 213 and their new EP from September, 'Glamour': https://apartment213.bandcamp.com/album/glamour

I love some good powerviolence, and this is probably some of the better I've heard. Among those classic barks and shouts of the vocals are some really great riffs and dynamics. Been playing a lot of this one recently.

#powerviolence #grind #grindcore #LosAngeles #LABands #California #CaliBands #LAGrind #Apartment213 @vanessawynn @brian @HailsandAles @guffo @c0m4

Hot Ocean just put out another single, after 'Lavanderia' earlier this year. This one is 'Whole Lotta Fuck', and it's great, because of course it is- it's Hot Ocean.

https://hotocean.bandcamp.com/track/whole-lotta-fuck

#indie #punk #LosAngeles #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #LosAngelesBands #LABands

This week's #GrindayFriday is new EP 'Finitude of Existence' by California's THIEVES. This is only about ten minutes long total and has a great mix of grind, sludge, and death. Love stuff like this. Brutal, weird, vocals a mix of growls and screams. Fantastic EP.

https://thieves420.bandcamp.com/album/finitude-of-existence

#grind #grindcore #CaliforniaGrind #CaliforniaBands #CaliGrind #CaliBands #metal #sludge #DeathMetal @vanessawynn @brian @HailsandAles @guffo @flockofnazguls

#GrindayFriday this week is California's 'blackened grind' (?) outfit SCALP's sick, BRUTAL new LP 'Not Worthy of Human Compassion'. Great anti-capitalist lyrics, riffy/killer dynamic spots everywhere. Awesome start/stops. Intense!

Because *FUCK* ICE 🖕🏽

https://scalpoc.bandcamp.com/album/not-worthy-of-human-compassion

Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/not-worthy-of-human-compassion-scalp/iximfxi3dinga

#grind #grindcore #CaliforniaGrindcore #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #CaliGrind #2025Albums #2025Records #FuckICE @vanessawynn @HailsandAles @rtw @guffo
@wendigo @flockofnazguls

#NowPlaying - epic Friday morning wake up music, new EP 'Seen Enough' by California rippers SPY that just came out today. And of course it's 🔥

https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enough

#punk #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #CaliforniaPunk #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #CaliPunk @Defiance @tangleofwires @irafcummings

This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is Los Angeles' CRYOGEYSER. Psyched to hear the rest of their self-titled record that comes out February 14-- here's 'Stargirl' from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF3nXlx4kkM

This is some REALLY great fuzzy, dreamy shoegazey indie pop rock. Dig Shawn Marom's vocals, the wild guitar stuff, the dynamics, all of it. Check the heavier guitar & yelled vocals around the 2:30 mark-- wait for it!

#shoegaze #FuzzPop #IndiePop #indie #IndieMusic #IndieRock #Cryogeyser #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #LosAngeles #LosAngelesBands @skullvalanche @buffyleigh @starshaped

Got a great one for the first #MusicWomenWednesday of 2025. Wrote last year about finding bands via other bands- happened again. Been listening to coldwave/darkwave lately. After following (recent favorite) Soft Vein on Instagram, I saw he's playing a show with a band called Milliken Chamber. WOW. Milliken Chamber is a duo from Los Angeles. Catchy, dreamy subtle melodies, pulsing beats & synths. EP from 2017, LP from 2019:

https://millikenchamber.bandcamp.com/album/lily-of-the-valley

https://millikenchamber.bandcamp.com/album/absence

#ColdWave #DarkWave #synth #SynthPop #synths #LosAngeles #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #MillikenChamber #indie #IndieMusic

Amazingly, here's another one I almost missed this year-- another that might've made my favorite 20 albums of 2024 if I'd caught it earlier. This is a KILLER synthpop record along the lines of Ladytron, etc.

GLASS SPELLS are a duo from California and singer Tania Costello even almost has a Stevie Nicks or 80s kind of vibe to her vocals sometimes. Love this new LP 'Crystals' of theirs from earlier this year, and it's perfect for the final #MusicWomenWednesday of 2024.

https://glassspells.bandcamp.com/album/crystals

#synth #SynthPop #GlassSpells #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #2024Albums #2024Records #synths @buffyleigh @starshaped