Photos: Nada Surf and Apex Manor at the Troubadour
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Nada Surf and Apex Manor crafted a night of romanticized musical mastery at the sold-out Troubadour on Sunday.
Popular With Us 2019: Buzz Bands LA’s Albums of the Year
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Presenting “Popular With Us 2019: Buzz Bands LA’s Albums of the Year” — it’s one of those long lists that sums up our strong feeling that it was one hell of a year.
Tonight in L.A.: Apex Manor, Palaye Royale, the Twilight Sad
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Also on Thursday: Xiu Xiu, WYO, the Undertones, Princess, Mogli, Luke Sweeney, Kauf, Hey Violet, Skegss, Prima Donna, Adeline, the Sugar Cuts
This Week’s Shows: May 27-June 2
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Incoming: JazzReggae Festival, Lyerr, the Hives, the Specials, Pink Sweat$, the Marías, DeBaby, the Stranglers, Earth, Palaye Royale, Twilight Sad, Apex Manor, the Undertones, Sego, Wavves, Odonis Odonis, iHeartRadio Wango Tango, Strange 80’s, Harriet Brown, The Specials, Azimüth, Rumbankete, Sam Weber, Fencer, Harry Katz & the Pistachios, CAPYAC, Veers, Liv Slinglerland, Miranda Lee Richards, Princess, Xiu Xiu, Mogli, WYO, Dynasty Handbag and more
Apex Manor: Ross Flournoy, on pimento cheese, CNN and his first album in 8 years, ‘Heartbreak City’
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Singer-songwriter Ross Flournoy’s first Apex Manor album in eight years, “Heartbreak City,” is out May 31. In the Buzz Bands LA interview, he talks about getting scared sober, the merits of pimento cheese, his favorite CNN show and cutting loose with producer Rob Barbato.
Stream: Apex Manor, ‘Asked & Answered’
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With main man Ross Flournoy diving back into music with a passion, Apex Manor returns in May with “Heartbreak City,” their first album in eight years. “Asked & Answered” is the gloriously noisy intro to the new album.
News bits: Marty's on Newport/ La Santa, State to State, the Jacks and more
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New briefs on: The venues Marty’s on Newport/ La Santa, State to State, the Jacks, Sextile, South Pasadena Eclectic, Playhouse Block Party, TEST/Jagged Baptist Club, Velvet/Cosmo Gold, Apex Manor.
Popular With Her 2011: Seraphina L’s favorite albums of the year
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[It’s Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina L’s turn to share a year-end list …] By Seraphina Lotkhamnga Choosing one’s favorite albums of the year is always a daunting task, and it’s even worse when you have to whittle your list down to 25. Here are my thoughts on 2011 albums (local and non-local), and […]
Popular With Me 2011: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year (Nos. 1 through 20, with a foreword and some special mentions)
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An abundance of excellent music came my way from the SoCal community in 2011. My favorite 20 albums follow, with some special mentions/recommendations beyond that. It was an especially rich year for folk-rock and singer-songwriter albums, not so much for hard rock. Most of the nouveau electro and experimental releases left me cold. I didn’t […]
Popular With Me 2011: Buzz Band LA’s favorite local albums of the year (Nos. 10 through 6)
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Here comes the third installment in my countdown of my favorite 20 local albums of the year. Did you miss the first two? Here they are: Nos. 20-16; Nos. 15-11.
