[Folky flavors for your Tuesday …] The music of Trevor Beld-Jimenez – the guy behind Tall Tales and the Silver Lining – somehow sounds as if it comes from “up the coast.” The Ventura=based singer-songwriter in June released “The Understanding” on Beehouse Records (home of the Spires), and the album showcases Beld-Jimenez’s affection for breezy […]
Billy Corgan has been holed up in L.A. in recent months, writing new Smashing Pumpkins material, and at the Sky Saxon Tribute on Friday night at the Echoplex, he sprung one on the audience. Fronting a one-night-only band called Spirits in the Sky, which featured members of Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Electric Prunes (as […]
[Apologies for the radio silence yesterday; I think Buzz Bands’ server problems have been fixed. Here are some delectable options for tonight:] That band with Jack White in it is getting all the attention, but there are several other newsbies filling my ears with hot-licked blues-rock. Band of Skulls, playing L.A. for the umpteenth time […]
[Happy birthday, Juliana Hatfield, and thanks for songs.] July goes out with a bang this week, starting with some enticing shows tonight: Jarvis Cocker headlines the Wiltern behind his recent release “Further Complications,” an album that, owing to the strength of its storytelling, keeps on giving. [Cocker is giving away a remix of “You’re in […]
By Mara Schwartz Anyone who still thinks ’70s-vibed indie collective Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are a relatively unknown local band – not unreasonable, considering they were a few months ago – might have casually sauntered over to Thursday’s free Hammer Museum show a bit after doors opened. What would have greeted them wasn’t […]
By Sam Wolf Over the past few years the Noisettes have made a few trips to the U.S. from their native London while touring alongside U.K. buzz bands like Bloc Party, opening for TV on the Radio and playing at Coachella in 2007. Way back in ’07 while performing songs from their debut album, the […]
The nominees for the U.K.’s Mercury Music Prize were announced this week, and if about half the shortlisted artists aren’t already familiar to Los Angeles audiences, more will be soon. In fact, the latest (and greatest, if you believe NME’s breathless accounts) synth-pop sensation, La Roux, play to a sold-out Troubadour tonight, with four other […]
Thanks to those who IM’d me during the Buzz Bands show this morning on Little Radio. Talk to you next week. After the jump, the playlist from this morning’s show:
[Why, it’s Thurston Moore’s birthday Saturday. That’s reason to celebrate, right?] Today: It figures to be a touching night at the Echoplex, where artists and admirers gather to honor the late Sky Saxon of the Seeds. The Sky Saxon Tribute will feature, among others, Billy Corgan [pictured] of the Smashing Pumpkins and Mark Tulin of […]
Who knows when the Henry Clay People are going to have time to record a follow-up to “For Cheap or For Free” – besides upcoming tour dates with the Airborne Toxic Event and a date Aug. 7 at Lollapalooza, their name is on a list of local bands slated to play the Lobsterfest on Sept. […]
