Your Wednesday show picks: ► Portugal. The Man , which recently wrapped up another big tour behind last year's album "In the Mountains In the Clouds," visit UCLA's Royce Hall for a concert also featuring Haim and The Ten Thousand. ► Rocco DeLuca headlines the Satellite behind his haunting new album "Drugs 'N Hymns." ► Xander Smith celebrates the release of his solo debut "Hey San Pedro" with an intimate set at Stories bookstore in Echo Park. ► The Henry Clay People continue their SoCal tour [...]
This uke is for rock music.
On Leftover Cuties' Places to Go , the band plays jazz-pop that could be described facilely under the umbrella descriptor of "old timey," the kind of music that frequently features a ukulele and/or a muted trumpet, squeezebox and brushed drums, occasionally borrowing some melodic flourishes from gypsy folk. The website name checks Billie Holliday, the closest antecedent to lead singer Shirli McAllen's vocal style. But while the instrumentation on Places to Go may hearken to an earlier age, the production and songwriting is unmistakably contemporary. The closest modern musical comparison might be Inara George's recent collaboration with [...]
LEFTOVER CUTIES - Places to Go // Loving the breezy, mellow tunes from their debut album. Now if only I had that portal that could get me to an isolated white sand beach with a lounge chair, lots of palm trees and a margarita and I would be a happy girl. Latest tracks by LeftoverCuties Music to your ears - from mine - with love. <3 L.Sizzle
Perfect for the Lindy Hop or a fun day at the beach, Places To Go delivers a smile-friendly, toe-tapping atmosphere.
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Afuche, CHEER-ACCIDENT, Flogging Molly, Leftover Cuties, Soema Montenegro, My Morning Jacket and Richard Pinhas & Merzbow. Also, vote for your favorite of today's new releases.

Position 18:45 GMT 34 degrees, 12.822N 121 degrees, 06.922W Course: 335 degrees Total Cruise Distance: 245 nautical miles Present Air Temperature: 55F Present Air Pressure: 1017hPa Present Air Humidity: 66% Speed: 13Kts Current playlist, click here . MP3: Lost In The Sea by Leftover Cuties MP3: Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin MP3: The Ocean by Led Zeppelin MP3: [...]

If I was a music consultant who just traveled the globe only to customize the luxury hotel playlist, Leftover Cuties would be on it. I'm not sure if I'm on the beach around a bonfire with a ukelele, or if I'm listening to a vintage recording from a 602s Hollywood lounge. What I do know is that the sultry vocals of Shirli McAllen easily compliment any instrument be it brushed drums, a jazzy upright bass or along the keys of a squeezebox. We are thrilled to [...]
With a debut album set to release on 31st May, the Leftover Cuties offer a different twist to the 'retro' theme that's very strong at the moment. It's Pop, but there's a distinct 402s feel. I'm thinking 'prohibition', 'speakeasy', 'G-Men', 'Elliott Ness'. But somehow it works....and works well. Listen to their Album Title track 'Places To Go' Watch the video for the track 'Game Called Life' [...]

Leftover Cuties doll up vintage jazz-pop for the speakeasies of 2011, and in their hands it's easy to hear why this sound never grows old. With her sultry pipes and precise phrasing, singer Shirli McAllen recalls plenty of lounge singers who got too big to play lounges (and also brings to mind Suzanne Santos of L.A. duo HoneyHoney), and abetted by Austin Nicholsen's ukulele, Ryan Feves' upright bass, Stuart Johnson on drums and the keys/horn/accordion from Mike Bolger, the results are coy, sexy and smart. The title track to their album "Places to Go" (produced by Tony Berg [...]
The Leftover Cuties fittingly describes their sound as "noir pop." Whatever it is, debut LP, Places to Go , spins up super sexy swank full of vintage '40s and '50s pop sounds, with shades of Rachel Goodrich and Gin Wigmore. Facebook: Facebook [...]

It's so hard to turn your life over Step out of your comfort zone It's so hard to choose one direction When your future is unknown Is this some kind of a joke? Will someone wake me up soon? And tell me this was just a game we play Called life Yup, that's a ukelele you see there in the hands of Shirli [...]
This Week's News Look to your right. First off, notice the link to our new Twitter page . Follow us there to keep up to date on the blog and get exclusive songs and videos that will only be shared there. Not cast your eyes below the Twitter pic and see our current Cover Commissions poll for the phenomenal Peculiar Gentlemen. Head here to listen to the band and the choices, then get voting! Hey, remember that singer Michael Jackson? Well the fine [...]