Blog: Buzz Bands

[One in a series highlighting new music from SoCal artists ...] Eric Maroldo explains that his music moniker the One and the Other refers to the duality between love and fear. The former Viper Room DJ overcame a lot of latter when he recorded "Montreal MM:01103 with friends in that Canadian city. His electro-sprinkled indie pop isn't nearly as neurotic as that might sound — in fact, it's the catchy stuff of head-bobbing and foot-tapping. Maroldo has assembled an L.A. lineup to play behind [...]

• The Traditionist - A Sleep Be Told
• The Traditionist - I Know My Ocean