Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM to Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Gold—Diggers, Los Angeles
Ruby Sparks debut album, Iris, out on 11/5 produced by Low Hum's Collin Desha, mixed by Phil Joly (The Strokes, Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey), & mastered by Dave Cooley (Tame Impala, Spoon, Paramore, M83). Ruby Sparks is the Indie Rock project of Los Angeles by way of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania native, Jake Sternberg. For fans of Tame Impala's 'The Slow Rush' & John Mayer's 'Sob Rock,' the band's debut LP pairs the lush harmonies of '70s LA Radio Rock with fresh riffs, & textures of modern indie rock, alternative-folk, & synth-pop." **Laila Smith** — former jazz prodigy heard on stages like the Kennedy Center and Blue Note, Harvard grad, and NYT-recognized experimentalist — now turns that pedigree toward radical, art-forward pop. Smith is a conceptual artist, releasing companion physical or digital works alongside each song. Her debut The Most Important Thing sparked early industry attention with a co-sign from King Isis (FLOOD) and launched with a pop-up exhibit. Her second single Diorama — paired with a playable video game of its album art — vaulted forward with a Ones to Watch premiere, 60,000+ first-week streams, tastemaker playlists from Grrrl Music and Fashionably Early, and editorial support from Spotify and Apple Music. Her third single I Don’t Think of You stepped fully into public space with the Denial Payphone — a citywide network of billboards and a restored yellow payphone inviting anonymous confessions — profiled by Sam Murphy.