By Aurora Cowen 2014 is right around the corner and one of the things I look forward to most is the new music we will be flooded with and hopefully a plethora of new artists for us to fall in love with. This year, we at KTC found a handful of bands that inspired us [...]

by Matthew Downes We love new music here at ktc, but we’re also fans of both popular music and legacy artists.  Los Angeles is a hub for live concerts and the 2014 calendar is warming up to be one of the best.  Besides the resident(ed) festivals Coachella and Hard, we’re gonna show you some dates [...]

By Aurora Cowen Childish Gambino “The Worst Guys” Donald Glover and his boy Chance the Rapper have a little gathering on the beach with a few friends, smoking blunts while catching some waves, and enjoy a sunny California day. It’s underproduced, the realness of the video is inviting and creates a sense of wanting to [...]

By Sam Boloorchi These days, music truly lives online, with an infinite number of websites dedicated to hosting tunes for the laptop-wielding masses. Some of the newest and most exciting artists can be sought out via SoundCloud, the online platform that allows musicians to promote and distribute their music to fans and friends across the [...]

by Charissa Lock Everyone has an artist that they have been following since childhood and at the moment they hear the vocals or unique instrumentation melody, you’re swept back to that happy place where you first felt the connection to them.  Typically, if they have been creating music since your childhood, their quality of music [...]

by Matthew Downes While ktc prepares its end of year best of lists, we’re starting to see some of the bigger online music publications start to post their lists. Here are a few of them for you to peruse: Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202 Spin: http://www.spin.com/articles/best-albums-2013/ Paste: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/12/the-50-best-albums-of-the-year.html Mojo: http://www.mojo4music.com/9409/mojo-242-january-2014/ Q Magazine: http://news.qthemusic.com/2013/11/qs_50_albums_of_year_-_the_key.html The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/13960-albums-of-the-year-2013 Decibel Magazine: Brought to you by Brooklyn [...]

by Matthew Downes Merge Records keeps bringing us great music, some of it you already love; Arcade Fire, She & Him and Neutral Milk Hotel (see more here).  Today we’re here to talk about Mikal Cronin because he’s Up Next. You may know him as a part of Ty Seagall‘s touring band, but he’s been around [...]

By Aurora Cowen  Sky Ferreira “Night Time, My Time” The title track for her ktc acclaimed new album would not have been my choice for the second single but it works after watching the heroin chic video directed by Grant Singer. Wearing colored wigs and next to nothing else (not complaining) Sky looks beautiful, the [...]

by Matthew Downes Record Store Day has become a fun day for both artists and fans.  Its a great way to release something tangible while imploring people to shop at their local record stores. A new(er) trend has been for Record Store Day to expand to the first day of holiday shopping madness (aka Black Friday).  This [...]

by Charissa Lock                        Mr. Bugg (Jake Bugg) has released his sophomore album that boasts a scoop more of maturity in themes and in composition, a trollop more of talent and a consistent spread of the unique sound and feelings expressed in his music.  Whether it’s the addition of Rick Rubin producing [...]

by Charissa Lock L.O.V.E. tidal waves over your body and into your bloodstream.  Being catapulted into self appreciation and peace among your brethren in the most positive non-sickening way possible. Normally artists mentioning the idea of me being nice to the annoying girl standing in front of me bobbing her head, results in the exact [...]