The Delta Mirror, the latest incarnation of the decade-long music collaboration between Craig Gordon and David Bolt, makes electro-shoegaze with the disposition of a gathering storm. The languid, foreboding tracks on the band’s concept album, “Machines That Listen” (out March 16 on Lefse Records), are snapshots of scenes from a hospital; each song takes place […]
[Thanks to everyone who helped make Tuesday night’s Buzz Bands LA show at the Echo a smash hit. It felt like a whole weekend crammed into a couple of hours. Now, on with our week:] The Rescues, the L.A. quartet whose undeniable songs have been all over some of your favorite TV shows recently, headline […]
[Buzz Bands LA today welcomes a new contributor, freelance writer Richard Thomas, whose work you can find at Mining the Landfill. Rich’s occasional column here, Buzzbeats, will focus mainly on electro and dance music. Here, he catches up with pop sensation Dan Black – enjoy:] By Richard Thomas When Kanye West posts a link to […]
Buzz Bands LA is back on Indie1031.com this morning, but slightly later than last week. Tune in at 11 a.m. for two hours of mostly local, mostly fresh and hopefully delectable tunes. I’ll be giving away a couple tickets to tonight’s Glacier Hiking / Haim / Kitten /Go West Young Man show at the Echo. […]
[My first e-mail this morning came from a friend back home: “Twenty-five years ago today, Toto won a Grammy. Those were the days.” Happy Tuesday, there’s a big night ahead:] If you’re a regular here, you probably already know about this: Glacier Hiking headlines our Buzz Bands LA event at the Echo, which also features […]
The ink is hardly dry on the Von Bondies’ release for Majordomo Records last year, “Love, Hate and Then There’s You,” and now frontman Jason Stollsteimer is on his way to town with a new band, the Hounds Below. The quartet, which includes guitarist Ben Collins, bassist Molly Jean Schoen and and drummer Ben Luckett, […]
Could the long wait finally be over? I hear that L.A. art-rock trio Autolux is close to signing a deal and that the album “Transit Transit” will be released this summer. It would be the first album from Eugene Goreshter, Carla Azar and Greg Edwards since “Future Perfect” in 2004. ‣ Castledoor plays its final […]
The first recordings from L.A.’s Gamble House could wear their Grizzly Bear comparisons like a stain, but the architect of the music, Ben Becker, prefers to think of them as a beauty mark. “I can’t say I dislike it, because I have a huge admiration for what Grizzly Bear does,” Becker says. “But …” Gamble […]
February, you’re just too short. The month’s Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end in fine fashion tonight, with strong support all around: Hot Philadelphia quintet Free Energy [pictured], whose album “Stuck on Nothing” (DFA) comes out Tuesday, plays the Echo in support of Useless Keys. … Castledoor brings it on the final night of Princeton’s stand […]
“I think some of you are too familiar with some of these songs,” James Mercer said with a knowing smile, acknowledging the packed room at the Bootleg Theater on Friday night. Imagine that. In the day when music seems to be teleported straight from the studio mixing console to fans’ iPods, fans are singing along […]
