Editor's note: Every week, our colleagues at Brand X’s L.A. Unheard column unearth one of L.A.’s best undiscovered acts.

The band: Kisses, a lovebird duo led by indie-pop act Princeton's Jesse Kivel and fashion blogger-turned-keyboardist Zinzi Edmundson.

The sound: The group's "The Heart of the Nightlife," a set of lo-fi electronica driven by Kivel's Jens Lekman-like baritone, offers of-the-moment disco influences mellow enough for after the after-party -- and romantic enough for a dinner date. Live, the group's surprisingly sample-free set proves the songs work equally well without a laptop.

The details: "The Heart of the Nightlife" arrived on label This Is Music earlier this month. The band won’t be joining Lekman, as was previously announced, for a DJ session at the Swede’s Mondrian SkyBar concert on Saturday, but keep an eye out for future dates.

The rest: Visit Brand X to download two tracks from the new album.

-- David Greenwald

Photo: Kisses far away from home in Manchester, England, moments after their debut U.K. performance at the In The City festival in October. Credit: David Greenwald

So Nite Jewel, Baths, and Memoryhouse are playing the Echoplex tonight. You don't need us to tell you that the bill features wonderful electronic projects worth any and every occasion to plan a night out for.

But you really should rouse yourself from your chillwave evening slumber and get there early, because you'll catch a hint (albeit a DJ set) of Kisses, a new project from Jesse Kivel of indie-poppers Princeton and his girlfriend Zinzi Edmundson.   

Kisses is more sample-heavy than Princeton and rooted in the smeared, tape-decayed disco that you kids all love today. But on their new single "People Can Do the Most Amazing Things," there's both a sad-eyed clarity to the melodies that sets up a great pop tune, and guitar frizz and junky drum samples in the margins that knock it into the experimental ether again. Arthur Russell is a primary influence, and they have clearly absorbed his love of snare reverb and train-tunnel tenor.

You can't quite dance to it, but on a drunk bus ride home I bet it sounds immaculate. IAMSOUND Records, which has been knocking it out of the park with this stuff lately, is putting it on a 7-inch Aug. 3. Is it one of those aforementioned amazing things people do? Maybe. A supremely pleasurable one? Absolutely.

-- August Brown

Photo: Kisses. Credit: Jessica Koslow