Jillinda Palmer’s debut EP Lazy Sun has been a long time coming. Like a musical sponge, Jillinda has been soaking up all the best bits and pieces of the creative process through her years of collaboration with some of the best bands and musicians in Los Angeles. Jillinda (a native of Nacogdoches, TX) has played piano, organ, accordion, and provided back-up vocals for a staggering number of LA outfits including, The Damselles & The TC4, the breakups, Hi Ho Silver Oh, The Henry Clay People, The Monolators, SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas, Dan Bern, Sara Radle, Tenlons Fort, Judson, Common Rotation, Daniel Ahearn, Correatown, Le Switch, i make this sound, and The Andy Paley Orchestra. She credits all of these talented musicians as mentors who have helped her develop the singular, sun-dappled sound that defines her EP Lazy Sun.



With Lazy Sun, Jillinda gives us a glimpse into her musical world. From the chaotic and frenzied arrangement of the opening track, “Song For Kermit” to the stripped-down and soulful closer, “Jimmy”, Jillinda shows off her chops like the seasoned pro that she is. Each song on the EP is a distinct musical vignette touching on a multitude of genres including folk (“New London Set Me Free”), country (“Black El Camino”), jazz (Lazy Sun), and the Lennon-esque bluesy rock of “True Blue”. The glue that holds it all together is Jillinda’s voice. Haunting, intimate and honest, her vocal delivery draws you in and leaves you wanting more.



Lazy Sun features collaborations with Tommy Santee Klaws, Aaron Kyle, and Dave (Mustang) Lang along with many other great session players including James King on sax (Fitz and the Tantrums, M83 & Eleni Mandell) and Mike Bolger (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jewel & Jimmy Cliff) on trumpet and accordion. The record was recorded and mixed by Joe Napolitano (Saint Motel, Hi Ho Silver Oh, & Le Switch) and mastered by Kevin Bartley at Capitol Studios.

The southern-stained Americana project from journeyman Aaron Kyle, Geronimo Getty is a starkly honest and personal voyage inward for the former Le Switch frontman, as well as a vessel for exploring the autumnal twirl and guitar-twanged magic of what Greil Marcus labeled “the Old, Weird America.”

Sounding like a slice of wax sharing space in a milkcrate with such LPs as Dylan’s New Morning, Waylon Jennings’ Ladies Love Outlaws, and the country-driven chicken shack records of early ‘70s Link Wray, GG’s debut disc is Darkness Hides, an insular collection of simmering barstool blues and rowdy folk ‘n country that’s as easy on the ears as it is gritty and confidential. Darkness Hides is all those things and more, a love letter sent directly to Buck Owens’ Bakersfield sound, unsure of what the response will be, and maybe not caring all that much, either.

Though it may be his most assured work, it’s certainly not Kyle’s first rodeo—as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Le Switch, Kyle and Co. quickly rose to prominence over the past several years within the L.A. ranks as one of the town’s finest indie bands. A barroom brawl of nicotine’d vocals and boozy county-rock guided by moody popcraft by turns smirking and smoldering. And when Le Switch danced its last waltz in 2011, Kyle quickly set his sights on something a bit more quietly intense and personal: Geronimo Getty. A means by which to the explore the Venn Diagram of roots genres—country, Americana, and folk—that have always spun in the periphery of his music, GG finds Kyle’s musical background and history coming into full bloom over a warm and whiskey-soaked loam of distinctly American music.

Darkness Hides is the first salvo of this new project. Mostly recorded within the confines of Kyle’s basement with Le Switch bandmate and guitarist Chris Harrison (with a few touches from the home studios of Radar Bros.’ Jim Putnam and Le Switch’s Joe Napolitano), along with Seb Baily (Division Day; Imaad Wasif) on bass and Brian Soika (Les Blanks) on drums, the disc was mixed by Jeff Halbert (Nick Cave, St. Vincent, The Californian) and produced by Kyle and Harrison.

Set to hit the world, and your ears, on May 8th, Darkness Hides will be supported by a west coast tour throughout May, followed by a national tour through the states in July and August.

Darkness may be hiding, but Geronimo Getty isn’t. And come this summer, you’ll hear why.

Desert soul music from Los Angeles, CA

Walter’s from LA, but his music would be more comfortable in the Appalachian Mountains, or Baton Rouge, or Austin. He plays an odd mix of americana, bluegrass, honky tonk and hippy folk. If this wasn’t recorded in a shack up in the mountains, it certainly should have been.