Stream: Early Winters, ‘Amends’
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All-star quartet Early Winters will release their third album, “I Want to Break Your Heart,” on Aug. 11. It will be their final release, with a farewell show Aug. 24 at the Satellite.
The Afghan Whigs plot benefits for cancer-stricken guitarist Dave Rosser
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The Afghan Whigs will perform their album “Black Love” in its entirety on Dec. 14, with proceeds going to the medical fund for guitarist Dave Rosser, who has been diagnosed with colon cancer.
Tonight in L.A.: Azealia Banks, Saint Motel, Moby, Nitin Sawhney, Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, Carina Round, My Best Fiend, Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Indoors and outdoors, your Saturday: ‣ Buzzing 21-year-old rapper Azealia Banks brings her “Mermaid Ball” to the Fonda Theatre. ‣ L.A. quartet Saint Motel celebrates the release of its debut full-length “Voyeur” at the El Rey Theatre, supported by Princeton and Chasing Kings. ‣ Moby does an acoustic set and then DJs in the outdoor […]
Tonight in L.A.: Metronomy, BRAD/Everest, PAPA, James Morrison, Tennis System, James Murphy, Amen Dunes, Say Anything, Carina Round
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Top picks on a monster Thursday night: ‣ In between dates opening for Coldplay, U.K. electro quartet Metronomy plays the El Rey Theatre, with Ben Browning (of Cut Copy) supporting. That’s Metronomy’s stylish video for “The Bay,” above. ‣ BRAD, the long-running project featuring Stone Gossard, Regan Hagar, Keith Lowe and Shawn Smith, headline the […]
Download: Carina Round, ‘Girl and the Ghost’
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Carina Round is a woman of many voices, full of vigor and empowerment one moment, tender and vulnerable the next, and a bit art-damaged at others. All speak in varying tones on “Tigermending,” the U.K.-bred, Los Angeles.-based songstress’s first album in five years. Compared to PJ Harvey in her early days on Interscope, Round has […]
Stream: Carina Round, ‘The Last Time’
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When we last heard from U.K.-bred, L.A.-based songstress Carina Round, she was releasing an EP as part of the Early Winters. She’s been busy; Round has a full-length in the works for next spring – collaborators include Billy Corgan, Dave Stewart and Brian Eno – and she’s guesting with Maynard James Kennan’s Puscifer, with whom […]
Tonight in L.A.: Big Black Delta, Death Kit, Dan Deacon/Future Islands, Kissing Cousins/Writer
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Labor Day shows you can catch if you’re not seeing the Beach Boys at the L.A. County Fair: ‣ Jonathan Bates brings the devastating electro of his new project Big Black Delta to the Satellite, kicking off a monthlong residency celebrating the release of its first album “BBDLP1.” Kate Crash and Tennis System open. [If […]
Sunset Junction fallout: Gigs for Art Brut, Butthole Surfers, Clap Your Hands, Charles Bradley, Peaches, more; plus, lineup for Dangerbird day party
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Bands who were all dressed up for Sunset Junction and now have nowhere to go scrambled to find other gigs this week in the wake of the festival’s cancellation. Talent buyers with holes in their weekend schedules suddenly have myriad options. Here’s what’s on our radar (Thursday morning updates in red, Thursday afternoon updates in […]
Tonight in L.A.: Teenage Fanclub, Radar Bros., Fran Healy, Jessie Baylin, Radars to the Sky
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Top 1 show for a special occasion if were in charge of the special occasion: ‣ Teenage Fanclub and this blogger go way back. Not quite to when I was teenage, but I got “Bandwagonesque” early and never hopped off. Tonight, the Scottish quintet visits the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Shadows,” supported […]
Tonight in L.A.: Carina Round, Everest, Rumspringa, Proximal Records party, Steve Barton, the Janks
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[Note from Buzz Bands HQ: I will be at Lollapalooza and perhaps dropping a few missives from Chicago, then taking a breather for a few days, so I’d like to thank Ali MacLean for minding the store the next week or so:] Top 5 ways to spend your Thursday: ‣ If you really believe in […]
