Laura Peters was a builder of sets, an underground club venue, community and good karma. On Sunday night, the community celebrated the artist through her music and images of her life and work.
Moon Honey’s album-release show Friday at the Echo offered not only an explosive performance but a snapshot of the scene that has embraced them, and which they have in turn embraced.
Also on Friday: Harry Styles, Arms Akimbo, the Coathangers, the Melvins, Dorothy, Laureline, Yung Bae, I See Hawks in L.A., Taleen Kali, Massage, Snow Tha Product, JMSN
Though not quite in its original incarnation, L.A.’s Black Flamingo will release a new EP in June and play a reunion show in July. This week, they unveil the new single “Black Tide.”
The dark, dreamy music of Brass Box started with a collaboration between longtime friends Ammo Bankoff and Neil Popkin. Let “Waves” wash over you.
We moped quite a bit in 2012 when Black Flamingo went quietly into the night – the band’s dreamier-than-thou 2011 EP “Luau in the Graveyard” juggled the sunny-but-dark aesthetic many West Coast shoegazers have tried since. The band’s members have scattered, most working on projects that are well worth your attention. But it turns out […]
As part of the dreamier-than-thou L.A. outfit Black Flamingo, Kimi Recor conjured up angels and demons in hazy and sometimes-crazy pop songs laden with hooks and reverb. With Black Flamingo retooling due to some lineup changes (we might hear more from them by November), Recor embarked on a solo venture. And it turns out she […]
‣ Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band visit the Sports Arena behind the March release of the songwriter’s 17th studio album, “Wrecking Ball.” Also:
So what’s your flavor, South by Southwest? Because these southern California bands are doing battle to get their music on your plates. On Friday we posted a 44-song mixtape featuring SoCal bands performing at SXSW, and frankly that wasn’t enough. Buzz Bands LA, of course, has nine bands who tickle our fancy playing our “Dear […]
Nine SoCal bands are playing Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin: Love, L.A.” day party next Wednesday on the first day of the South by Southwest Music Festival. It seems like 999 SoCal bands are actually headed to Austin. When we started culling music from those artists, our uploader begged for for mercy. So we called […]
