Morrissey – already playing two sold-out Southern California shows in the next week – had added a third date. He will perform Wednesday at the Music Box, with tickets available only at the venue’s box office beginning at noon Tuesday. Here are the details from today’s press release: The show is all ages and there […]
Welcome to Flannel Fest 2011. Thrift-store plaid, you’re over here in Line 1. Everybody in the long-sleeved Henleys, weathered denim and Urban Outfitters ruffles, you’re there in Line 2. You in your dad’s vintage C.P.O., you’re up front with me. Oh, and are those a few Old Navy flannel hoodies I spot? You must be […]
For an unsigned, independent artist, singer-guitarist Axel Steuerwald has always been able to coax a big, radio-ready sound out of his bands’ recordings, first with Mere Mortals and now with the new quartet United Ghosts. So it goes with the new single “Holes Into the Night,” a dreamy, driving slice of neo-shoegaze rock made in […]
‣ Bob Mould, whose three decades in rock includes seminal bands such as Hüsker Dü and Sugar and an estimable catalog of solo work, is feted in the program “See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould” at Disney Hall. The program, hosted by veteran DJ Matt Pinfield, features […]
Neither rain nor cold nor nauseating TV awards shows will keep the L.A. Buzz Bands Show from its appointed rounds – join me at midnight tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for this week’s batch of ear-tickling SoCal music. Tonight I will have new material Just An Animal, Coco Morier, the Sister Ruby […]
Your Sunday variety: ‣ Robotanists and Shadow Shadow Shade headline a worthy lineup at the Airliner including acts such as Death to Anders, Two Guns, and more to kick off a new weekly series called Traffic Ctrl. This just in (3:30 p.m.): Robotanists, Shadow Shadow Shade and Two Guns will not be performing. A note […]
Your Saturday touts: ‣ Milo Greene finally return to their hometown as their North American tour with alternative folk duo Civil Wars lands them at the Wiltern tonight. [Check out those harmonies in Civil Wars’ video for “Barton Hollow” above.] ‣ Philadelphia’s folk rockers Good Old War (consisting of members from former prog-rock band Days […]
The final tabulations aren’t in, but Hanni El Khatib’s sizzling slab of bluesy garage-rock “Will the Guns Come Out” will end up somewhere high on Buzz Bands LA’s list of top local albums of 2011. He may also win an award for one of the most interesting road trips of the summer – he was […]
[Updates on three bands we’ve previously covered:] Heywood, “Spectacular Violence” – In August we reported that Summer Darling frontman Ben Heywood had completed a solo album, “Skills for the Long Emergency,” a concept record about the societal chaos that ensues after the West depletes its natural resources. The album has been picked up by SoCal-based […]
The scheduled appearance by Blood Orange tonight at Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel has been postponed until Monday. The gig, one of IAMSOUND’s Mondrian Sessions, has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. Monday. Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange, aka Lightspeed Champion) apparently experience transportation problems getting to Los Angeles in time for the performance. Photo via […]
