Stream: Ida Maria, ‘Sick of You’
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It’s the perfect kiss-off track for the year 2020 (among other things) — stream Norwegian rocker Ida Maria’s retooled single “Sick of You.”
Video: Ida Maria, ’69’
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Norwegian rocker Ida Maria, who arrived with a bang in 2008 with her debut “Fortress Round My Heart,” has spent the past year-plus regrouping, some of that time in Los Angeles. Her second album, 2010’s “Katla,” went all-in for a big, polished rock sound and didn’t connect, and then the singer-songwriter battled addiction problems, she […]
Tonight in L.A.: Camera Obscura, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Ida Maria, Pitbull, Coby Brown
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Tuesday’s show lineup: ‣ Scottish indie-pop sextet Camera Obscura visits the Wiltern behind its new album “Desire Lines.” ‣ The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger, who second solo album “Personal Record” came out earlier this month, plays the Echo, supported by TEEN and Ice Water. ‣ Norwegian rocker Ida Maria does a show at Los Globos, […]
The Week Ahead: June 17-23
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Incoming: Camera Obscura, John Grant, Alice Smith, 3OH!3, Peter Tork, Pitbull, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Kinks’ Tribute, Ida Maria, Kisses, Warships, Joseph Arthur, Vans Warped Tour, Steve Miller Band, Holy Folk, the Dig, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, La Santa Cecilia, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Jonathan Wilson, Bleu, the Game, Iris DeMent, […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Silent Comedy/Taylor Locke/Races, Ida Maria, Chairlift, Sounds Major, Jeffertitti’s Nile, the New Limb, Touché
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Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
Tonight in L.A.: Ida Maria, Johnny O’Donnell, Spindrift, J Roddy Walston and the Business
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[Birthday shout-out today to Tommy Keene – now, for tonight …] Top stops on a Thursday: ‣ Seems like forever ago that Ida Maria built a “Fortress Round My Heart.” It was back in 2008 when the Norwegian rocker dented playlists with “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” and “Oh My God,” […]
Tonight in L.A.: Parson Red Heads, Peter Murphy, Sondre Lerche, Big Black Delta, Sarabeth Tucek
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Your mighty good midweek show options: ‣ Last month we updated you on the exploits of the Parson Red Heads, the Oregon-bred folkies who were beloved locally for the five years they spent in L.A. and last year relocated to Portland. Their new album “Yearling” – their best work yet – is coming Aug. 16 […]
Tonight in L.A.: Band of Skulls, Glasvegas, more
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[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 […]
Coachella: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Bob Mould
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Saturday afternoon bloomed hotter than Friday at Coachella (and today temperatures promise to reach triple-digits), but the heat hardly discouraged early arrivers to the tents, where Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and the Bob Mould Band had the most promising early sets. Stickers touting Ida Maria’s chorus “I Like You Better When You’re Naked” […]
News bits: Stone Roses, NIN, Ida Maria, Dawes
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It’s been 20 years since the release of their self-titled album, and now the Stone Roses, lured by the prospects of big paydays, are apparently patching things up and reuniting for gigs this summer, the Mirror reports. I see that the language in the stories about the Roses is couched very carefully, so you never […]
