What's a nice boy like Jeff Klein doing on the Lower East Side, doling out bruised rock anthems instead of
taking up a nice, steady dental practice? Instead of being corrupted by cigarettes and whiskey, and
transforming himself into one of the most accomplished purveyors of urban Americana, Klein could have
maybe put down the guitar and pursued the rabbinical study. But after years of going it alone with critically
acclaimed solo albums and working with fellow tarnished souls, Klein is finally making up for whatever heartbreak
he's caused his family by revisiting the Holy Land of My Jerusalem—though as the possessive
indicates, it's still on his own terms. Hey, it could have been worse. He could have been Philip Roth, and
spent 40 years writing about his penis.

Instead here's Klein, another nighthawk at the diner, dispensing sobering observations in his smoke-curled
voice, and backed by a choir of similarly ragged angels. Bassist Ashley Dzerigian and multi-instrumentalist
Jon Merz help provide a counterpoint to these Raymond Carver-in-miniature stories.

After calling multiple cities their home, My Jerusalem have finally planted (almost) all of their roots in Austin,
TX. My Jerusalem spent the better part of 2011 internationally touring and supporting their self-produced,
debut album Gone For Good, an album whose worldview was a relatable message of hope in hard times
that's underscored music from the earliest blues to Bruce Springsteen, from Stax soul to Bob Seger if he
wasn't so hung up on high school. It's why both the album and the band caught the attention of both NPR and
the BBC, and received glowing reviews from the likes of musicOMH ("a sensational opus") and This Is Fake
DIY ("a head-turning debut"), won praise such as Daytrotters Best of 2011, and even charted a #1 radio
single on Austrian National Radio Station FM4. They may not have wandered the desert to get there, but My
Jerusalem offers its own sort of recognizable salvation.

This time around, My Jerusalem enlisted the help of Spoon dummer/record producer Jim Eno to create a
more natural, cohesive album that properly represented their live chemistry. Tracked and mixed in under 3
weeks at Eno's Public Hi-Fi studio the resulting album, Preachers, is a self-described "Post-Modern Gothic
Soul album" that finds the band in a more playful and less overtly confessional mood. Equal parts sweet,
morbid, strange, and sincere, Preachers is an experience that could convert the most steadfast of
non-believers.

The Cold & Lovely are Meghan Toohey, Nicole Fiorentino, Patty Schemel with Nicki Nevlin and Melineh Kurdian .
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Our debut record is now available on iTunes.​​​

Sometimes all it takes is one great pop hook to reel in some attention, and Echo Park-based the Dead Ships have certainly perked our ears up. Their self-titled EP offers no-nonsense garage rock featuring pop choruses that soar and stick long after listening. For a fairly new duo, Devlin McCluskey and Christopher Spindelilus have refreshingly accomplished a sound that has the accessibility of Best Coast and minimalistic flair of the Black Keys. However, McCluskey's' Eddie Vedder-esque vocals go nowhere near abuse with his usage of "Ooohs," and his cheeky guitar lines are perfectly propelled by Spindelilus' clean drumming, giving the pop just enough grit for a balanced lo-fi rock song.
-Buzzbands