Music contributor to KXFM 104.7 in #LagunaBeach #California kxfmradio.org and host of the Indie/Alt Rock/Pop #NEWMUSIC RELEASE show 'What You Might Have Missed' #WYMHM airing Tuesdays 4-5pm #Indie #Pop #Alternative #Radio

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Cover photo: Interview with Lostboycrow. Oct 20, 2017.
Taken by: Tessa Keel.
Vancouver. 26. They/them pronouns.

Embedded within LaCore’s alt-rock output are influences that traverse the last three decades. It’s difficult to pinpoint specific sources, although most prominent are the sounds that emerged from New York in the early aughts, an imprint that Jeff Thompson, producer, songwriter and vocalist for LaCore, wears on his sleeve in bold colors.

Touring the world as a front of house engineer before the pandemic, Thompson is now submitting his years of collaborative efforts that trail the American West Coast, transitioning to front man and garnering his friends along the way.

In return, we get one sonic bust after another, deconstructed, reconfigured and dressed up for the occasion on a hard-hitting debut EP. "I'm confined from 9 to 5, I think of fireflies." Thompson ponders across a guitar heavy soundscape in a declaration against the responsibilities of adultness. “In your superstition, you drown inside the well that granted you your only wish. Come on get out of my head!” repeated over clangs and shreds, unveiling the egotistical battles that can drive two people apart.

Rounding out the lineup in this California based four-piece are Mihailo Lukic (guitar), Dan Kashuck (drums), and Michael Carlito (guitar). The bands debut EP, Popularity Wins, is available on the major streaming platforms May 13, 2021.

Here you will find the latest releases of Maxwell Smart and friends. That's right "friends", why? Cause we are fans of all music and we love to share with the world. 

So go write great music and share! 



Cheap is a contemporary experimental music duo comprised of multi-disciplinary musician Kosta Galanopoulos and singer/songwriter Jeff Thompson. The two of them comb together jaunty, new wave influenced music with visceral, romance oriented lyrics. Cheap occupies two musical dimensions, one of pulse amplifying life soundtracks, the other, heavily confessional reflections on the peaks and banalities of everyday existence. The heart-paced rhythm found in stripped down drumbeats and bass tracks laced with a synthesizer seduces the ear as easily as a track off of Heartbreak City. The musical backdrop of Cheap remains simple and stripped down, yet the underlying essence of the tracks are in jazz.  This tamped down sporadic energy cooks their lyrics into a hot-tailed romance that provides “a new brain for another new dame.” Pushing new boundaries without sacrificing its accessibility, Cheap rockets their listeners to forgotten sounds and new sentiments.

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