Deastro, the nom de tune of synth-wielding 22-year-old Randoph Chabot [pictured] of Detroit, released his debut album, “Moondagger,” this week, and fans of the likes of M83 and New Order will want to have a listen. [Download, via Pitchfork: “Vermillion Plaza.”] Deastro visits Spaceland tonight, supported by Telephone Jim Jesus. … Wilco ends its L.A. […]
The beats go on — and gets better — for L.A. dance-pop collective Fool’s Gold. The 12-member ensemble, who rendered audiences fairly giddy during their April residency at the Echo, has signed with L.A.-based indie IAMSOUND Records, home to such artists as Little Boots, Telepathe and Suckers. Fool’s Gold’s self-titled debut will be released Sept. […]
Pete Yorn [pictured] has a new album, “Back and Forth,” recorded in Omaha, Neb., with Bright Eyes producer Mike Mogis, and a new band behind him. He’s celebrating with a show at the Roxy that’s a warm-up for his big summer tour (which ends Aug. 27-28 at the Music Box @ Fonda). …” It’s the […]
[A couple of noteworthy L.A. releases … with more on the way:] Foreign Born, “Person to Person” (Secretly Canadian) – About the 10th time through the L.A. quartet’s sophomore album – a grower if there ever was one – I had a vision that Foreign Born’s were the fingers plugging the dike that holds back […]
[Buzz Bands today welcomes new contributor Ashton Lunceford, who will be sending along track reviews and perhaps some other musical missives:] Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch keeps it sweet with his female-fronted solo outing “God Help the Little Girl” – a soundtrack, he says, to a film that has not yet been made. (Murdoch tells […]
[Birthday greetings today for nice-guy troubadour Jason Mraz. Here’s a snapshot of tonight’s offerings:] After what seems like an interminable wait, Foreign Born’s sophomore album “Person to Person” is out today on Secretly Canadian. The L.A. quartet is eschewing a club show to celebrate the release, instead opting to play a 6 p.m. in-store at […]
Add another name to the lineup for the Sunset Junction Street Fair – breakout San Diego folk-rockers Delta Spirit [pictured]. The quintet, who supported the Shins on their recent tour and also played Bonnaroo, is still making hay with its twice-released (once by themselves, then last year by Rounder) debut “Ode to Sunshine.” They join […]
London troubadour Ed Harcourt gets a lot of mileage out of his piano-based compositions, sonically and emotionally. The onetime Mercury Prize nominee, whose last album of new material, “The Beautiful Lie,” finally came out in the U.S. a year ago (delayed two years by the label limbo he was in after being dropped by Astralwerks), […]
The long North American tour recently announced by breakout rockers the Airborne Toxic Event will be an all-Los Angeles affair. Red Cortez, the local quartet [Harley Prechtel-Cortez, pictured] whose soulful blues-rock stamped them as one of SoCal’s most promising up-and-comers when the band emerged under the name the Weather Underground, will join the Henry Clay […]
[Happy birthday to Cyndi Lauper – here’s how to start your week …] Incubus has announced a surprise show tonight at the Echoplex – a $20 ticket, no lineups before 7 p.m – celebrating the the release of “Monuments and Melodies” retrospective; physical copies of the album come with a download code for 500-plus rare […]
