From Moses Sumney’s tour de force, to appearances by David Lynch (Flying Lotus) and Danny Trejo (Nick Waterhouse), to engrossing narratives by the likes of TRISHES, Rainstorm Brother, Butch Bastard and TV Heads, here are Buzz Bands LA’s favorite videos of the year. Come for the artistry, stay for the puppet orgasm.
Also on Wednesday: Cypress Hill, Y La Bamba, Active Child, Shovels & Rope, Halloween shows (galore), Kim Petras, Last Dinosaurs, Kim Petras, Lil Tecca, Spooky Mansion, Polartropica, Justin Townes Earl, Annie Hardy, Skizzy Mars, Big Thief, Reel Big Fish, Lily Waters
Incoming: The Growlers, Substance Music Festival, Thom Yorke, HARD Day of the Dead, ComplexCon, Frank Turner, Ra Ra Riot, Lucinda Williams, Steve Lacy, Cypress Hill, Last Dinosaurs, Shovels & Rope, Active Child, Y La Bamba, Justin Townes Earle, Big Thief, Cold War Kids, Oh Sees, Kero Kero Bonito, Gramatik, Twenty One Pilots, TR/ST, Bishop Briggs, Café Tacvba, OK Go, Sara Bareilles, Dinosaur Jr., Electric Guest, Fu Manchu, Marilyn Manson, Bauhaus, Mykki Blanco
With the release of “All Eyes on You,” Active Child announces he has signed to Sony Records Masterworks. He’s headlining the Teragram Ballroom on Oct. 30.
Review and photos by Kelsey Heng Nearly four years have passed since Active Child’s last genre-bending full-length, and while Pat Grossi bridged the gap with an EP in 2013, it wasn’t until his new album “Mercy” landed in June that fans got another full narrative from the tenor. When he last played Los Angeles in […]
Big Friday night of free shows and fantastic shows: ► Active Child [pictured] performs at the Cathedral Sanctuary at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church behind his new album “Mercy.” Below, watch the video for Active Child’s new song “1999.” ► X continue their four-show run at the Observatory, tonight featuring their 1981 album “Wild Gift.” ► […]
Incoming: Sonny Boy Thorn, Beach Party, Soak, Motopony, Sleep State, Calexico, Indigo Girls, Lianne La Havas, Astronauts Etc., Muna, Two Sheds, Spurs, Russell Howard, the Mowgli’s, Landlady, Max and the Moon, Lukas Rossi, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Son Lux, Jurassic 5, Dopapod, Morris Day, Breakestra, Verite, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Frontier Ruckus, Berner, X, […]
Pat Grossi comes from music; his father holds copies of multiple platinum hip-hop records and his childhood is lined with global choir tours. Now that all the bragging is out of the way, the L.A.-based songwriter who makes music as Active Child began his performance at the El Rey Theater on Saturday night by hugging […]
Saturday things: ‣ Pearl Jam [pictured], who recently released their latest album “Lightning Bolt,” takes on the Los Angeles Sports Arena. ‣ The Black Crowes rock the Wiltern. ‣ Kate Nash headlines the Fonda Theatre in support of her recent release “Girl Talk.” Emmy the Great, the Aquadolls and Skating Polly support. ‣ It’s a special night at the […]
Incoming: Chvrches, Body Parts, SOHN, Against Me!, Ben Harper, Beth Orton, Deptford Goth, Jessie Ware, Neil Finn, Graham Nash, Alice Glass, Albert Hammond Jr., Polica, the Happy Hollows, Moonface, Norma Jean, Autolux, Drake, John Vanderslice, Prima Donna, Screaming Females, Obits, Over the Rhine, Cayucas, Anthony Green, the Black Crowes, Thomas Dolby, the Handsome Family, EOTO, […]
