People for the Ethical Treatment of Cupcakes are obviously hard at work. There’s a price to be paid for all the unconscionable experiments conducted on baked goods – at least, that seems to be theme of the Pity Party’s new video for the song, “Stop, Stand Up, Be Quiet, Be Still,” directed by Ariana Natale. […]
I posted the download for the White Rabbits’ “Percussion Gun” way back in May, but running across the video reminded me how much I like it. (Plus, they’re coming to town next week.) The song is on “It’s Frightening,” the Brooklyn-based quintet’s sophomore album and first for TBD Records. ||| Download: “Percussion Gun” ||| Live: […]
[Things I’ve been wondering, courtesy of our weekly installment of Stolen Lyric:] ||| Source: The Pixies, “Where Is My Mind” ||| Live: The Pixies perform next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Palladium.
[People apparently will be dressing up this weekend. I will not be one of them. Party safely. Here’s a very abbreviated list of my favorite shows this weekend. For a much more comprehensive list, check out LAist’s Week in Rock.] Today: Amy Millan has followed up 2006’s “Honey From the Tombs” with September’s new release […]
L.A. indie-rockers the Breakups – not to be confused with the Break-Ups or the Breakup – have been working on music to follow up 2008’s “Eat Your Heart Out” EP, which shone with songwriter Jake Gideon’s classic power-pop influences. Now Gideon is readying a new single, “Better Off Alone,” and for the B-side, he joined […]
Gil Kenan, who directed the film “Monster House,” did this great video for the propulsive title track off No Age’s “Losing Feeling” EP. Love the mouse’s-eye view – plus, now I know where Dean Spunt gets his super powers. ||| Live: No Age opens for the Pixies on Wednesday at the Palladium.
[Sorry this is a little late today – tech problems in Buzz Bands land …] Brooklyn three-piece the Antlers, riding a wave of critical love from Pitchfork (among others) for their album “Hospice,” are about to embark on a big tour supporting Minus the Bear (including a Tuesday date at the Glass House in Pomona). […]
The Happy Hollows [pictured at the Eagle Rock Music Festival] have signed to Los Angeles-based independent label Autumn Tone Records, which in November will give wider release to the trio’s self-birthed debut “Spells.” The highly regarded (in Buzz Bands land, anyway) album will be released both digitally and physically, under Autumn Tone’s new deal with […]
Here’s a little something in the Halloween spirit – it’s Leerone’s video for the song “Empty Houses.” The L.A. songstress collaborated with videographer/animator Hank Friedmann on the piece, which posits Leerone as the lone attendee at a woman’s funeral. ||| Live: Leerone performs Halloween night at the Dia De Los Vivos benefit at the 551 […]
Cold War Kids, sequestered somewhere in southern regions of L.A. County, are working on their next album, but they announced this week that a new EP, “Behave Yourself,” will be out on Jan. 19. The quartet is playing the Wiltern three days later, on Jan. 22. A promotional video they have on their website has […]
