NEON GOLD PRESENTS: ST. LUCIA

Our knight in shining armor, St. Lucia, will be in LA this week after wrapping up his west coast run with Two Door Cinema Club (remember to come out to the official afterparty for their Palladium show with us TOMORROW), which is obviously headline news. Warming up the stage before St. L are two of our favorite new Cali bands, the worldly mystery-pop of Night Terrors of 1927 and the upbeat ruggedness of Beat Club. It's all happening this Friday at The Satellite, with doors at 8pm and $10 advance tickets available HERE. Make moves, bring your fall looks, and let's do this up big, autumn style.

STREAM: "September" - St. Lucia

STREAM: "Watch The World Go Dark" - Night Terrors of 1927

STREAM: "Something Better" - Beat Club

POPSHOP WEST 002: ST. LUCIA

If you made it out to the blue velvet rope-cutting of our inaugural Popshop West, you'll remember how stacked and star-studded that cast was, as everyone from Ryan Adams to Natasha Bedingfield hit the stage for special guest appearances and sent our wild west launch party down as one for the ages. And so now the time has come for us to return to the golden coast for another round of Popshop magic at The Echo, and this time with our very own boy wonder St. Lucia in tow as he makes his west coast debut next week.

Then supporting St. L we've got recent LA transplant and esteemed Neon Gold alumnus Mr. Little Jeans, as well as fast-rising hometown heroes Beat Club kicking off the festivities early on. It's all going down July 24th, with doors at 8pm sharp and $10 advance tickets going f-a-s-t and available HERE. This one's already close to selling out without us even starting the push on our end, so get involved before it's too late.

STREAM: "Before the Dive" - St. Lucia

STREAM: "Runaway" - Mr. Little Jeans

STREAM: "Something Better" - Beat Club

THOUGHT YOU KNEW BETTER.

We're hardly halfway through it, but this year has already been a golden one for the fairer coast, and Beat Club are the latest hopefuls looking to make a name for themselves in the flourishing LA music scene. Touting ex-members of Low vs Diamond and Julian Casablancas's touring band, the trio's debut single "Something Better" is just a wrecking ball of rugged indie pop. Unfolding with a funky and syncopated intro like the Fresh Prince theme song in skinny jeans and hipster glasses, it's not long before serrated guitar lines shred through the disguise and hook into you with razor sharp talons. Then without warning, that soaring, ebullient chorus let's loose and the rest is history. Like Foster The People covering Tokyo Police Club under a massive beach umbrella, it's pretty much it's own unique strain of massively contagious pop, so just sit back and let it take you over.

MP3: "Something Better" - Beat Club [exclusive]