City of Angels, city of musicians: Here, we place the spotlight squarely on L.A.’s music scene,
with a little help from the creative music management team at The Artists Organization — Rishi Shah, Sam Berger and T.J. Petracca. They put together a set of playlists for us that features both homegrown bands and the songs the city’s inspired.
Listen to both on Spotify now — here and here.
For more features from our L.A. Issue, click here.
Scene & Heard: L.A. Bands
1. Falling – Haim
2. High School Lover – Cayucas
3. Get Gone – White Arrows
4. Ghost – Sir Sly
5. Geri – Superhumanoids
6. I Am the Lion King – Papa
7. Penny – Hanni El Khatib
8. Oh Sailor feat. The Silverlake Conservatory – Mr. Little Jeans
9. I Slept With All Your Mothers – Harriet
10. My Type – Saint Motel
11. Dreaming – Smallpools
12. Boyfriend – Best Coast
13. Time to Run – Lord Huron
14. Lord Knows – Dum Dum Girls
15. Baby – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
16. From A Window Seat – Dawes
17. Mr. Quiche – Wildcat! Wildcat!
18. Ykwyr – HOTT MT
19. Huggin & Kissin – Big Black Delta
20. Stood Me Up – Dwntwn
21. Lies – Deap Vally
22. Dead in Your Head – Bleached
Download the full playlist on iTunes.
All About L.A.
1. 101 – Albert Hammond Jr.
2. Why You’d Want to Live Here – Death Cab for Cutie
3. Wannabe in L.A. – Eagles of Death Metal
4. Walking in L.A. – Missing Persons
5. Train – Goldfrapp
6. To Die in L.A. – West Indian Girl
7. Time Spent in Los Angeles – Dawes
8. This Hollywood Life – The London Suede
9. The Recipe (feat. Dr. Dre) – Kendrick Lamar
10. Spectacular Views – Rilo Kiley
11. Route 101 – Herb Alpert
12. Out on the Weekend – Neil Young
13. Radio – Lana Del Rey
14. Old Hollywood – Julian Casablancas
15. Ode to L.A. – The Raveonettes
16. Midnight City – M83
17. La Cienega Just Smiled – Ryan Adams
18. Land of La La – Stevie Wonder
19. Hollywood Freaks – Beck
20. Hollywood – Marina and The Diamonds
21. Dogs of L.A. – Liz Phair
Download the full playlist on iTunes.