Your Tuesday things: ‣ O.S. indie-pop band the Colourist head up a big night for SoCal bands at the Troubadour, joined by Night Terrors of 1927 and Max & the Moon. ‣ Fuel [pictured] is back – the quartet’s fifth album and first since 2007, “Puppet Strings,” is out today, and the band headlines the […]
We have no idea whether Glasvegas’ erratic career arc speaks to the short shelf life of nu-gazers (see also: The Big Pink) or the perils of changing geography. The Scottish outfit helmed by singer-songwriter-producer James Allan arrived in 2008 with a Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut and a couple emotionally devastating singles, “Geraldine” and “Daddy’s Gone.” […]
The first of many Mega Mondays in March: ‣ Valley-based folk sextet Run River North celebrates the release of its self-titled debut (just out on Nettwerk) with a show at the Troubadour, supported by the Prowling Kind. ‣ Scottish quartet Glasvegas, returning to L.A. behind its third album “Later …Â When the TV Turns to […]
Incoming: Glasvegas, Howler, Run River North, Lucinda Williams, Moses Sumney, James Supercave, DA & the Jones, the Colourist, Fuel, Social Studies, Nacosta, Tosca, Leslie & the Lys, PAPA, the Wild Feathers, Skinny Puppy, 311, the Ataris, Gary Numan, Wild Beasts, Typhoon, the Casket Girls, San Fermin, Four Tet, JD Samson & Men, Nick Waterhouse, HIM, […]
Where to go, who to see, what to hear: ‣ It’s a night to celebrate sonic shifts and new songs at the Satellite, where Correatown marks the release of its “Etch the Line” EP [which we previewed last month]. White Sea and Square on Square support, and your humble Buzz Bands LA blogger will be […]
I’ve scheduled an extra appointment so my therapist can figure out why I’m not as crazy about The xx as everybody else seems to be, or as everybody who knows me thinks I should be. Maybe it’s a predisposition against bands that thumb their noses at the laws of capitalization, but it’s probably more a […]
We’re coming up on the end of a very robust year of album releases – wonder if anybody will remember Glasvegas’ self-titled disc from way back in January when compiling those year-end lists? Maybe that’s why the Glaswegian quartet is hitting us with a video for “It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry.” […]
[Apologies for the radio silence yesterday; I think Buzz Bands’ server problems have been fixed. Here are some delectable options for tonight:] That band with Jack White in it is getting all the attention, but there are several other newsbies filling my ears with hot-licked blues-rock. Band of Skulls, playing L.A. for the umpteenth time […]
The nominees for the U.K.’s Mercury Music Prize were announced this week, and if about half the shortlisted artists aren’t already familiar to Los Angeles audiences, more will be soon. In fact, the latest (and greatest, if you believe NME’s breathless accounts) synth-pop sensation, La Roux, play to a sold-out Troubadour tonight, with four other […]
Glasvegas arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday night with Morrissey’s hair, U2’s jackets, the Jesus & Mary Chain’s fuzz pedals and, it seems, enough emotional heft to connect with almost everybody in the sold-out room at the Troubadour … even Rick Rubin, who bobbed his head as he watched the proceedings from the balcony. Live, […]
