Stream: Ioanna Gika, ‘Roseate’
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Ioanna Gika (of Io Echo) releases the riveting “Roseate,” the first single from a solo album arriving in 2019 from Sargent House.
Video: Io Echo, ‘Harm’
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Unveiling the haunting video for the new single “Harm,” L.A. duo Io Echo announce that they have signed with Sargent House.
Buzz Bands LA 8-year anniversary show … and Kevin Bronson’s Birthday Bash!
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Celebrating the anniversary of Buzz Bands LA and Kevin Bronson’s 60th birthday on Oct. 11th at the Hi Hat with a FREE show.
Stream: IO Echo (and Tokimonsta), ‘Heartbreaker’
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More than five years passed between the first time we saw IO Echo – shout-out to the long-ago Indie 103.1 series at the Viper Room and the late photographer Andrew Youssef, who documented the night on his Amateur Chemist blog – and the release of their debut full-length “Ministry of Love” last year. The wait […]
Popular With Her: Seraphina L’s Favorite 25 Albums of 2013
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Although Buzz Bands LA spends a lot of energy following local artists, my year-end album list is a general one. (EPs are a different story.) In comparison to last year’s list, 2013’s lineup seems to be dominated by artists from across the pond – with a handful of L.A.-based artists making the cut. Check out my […]
Popular With Me 2013: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year
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Preface: More than 200 Los Angeles-sired albums landed on Buzz Bands LA’s doorstep this year, and they came in all sounds and styles. There is something to recommend in a startling number of them. But to avert writing the same introduction I did last year, I will simply say, in dispensing with the notion of […]
Gallery: Sunday at Treasure Island Music Festival
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It was fitting on Sunday at the Treasure Island Music Festival that U.K. quartet Palma Violets opened their set with a cover of “California Sun,” the song the Rivieras made a hit in 1964. There was sun at the festival, but it wasn’t very warm. The entire crowd had learned Saturday that there was a […]
Haim gets (and gives) some local love at the Fonda
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In case you didn’t know where Haim was from, wisecracking bassist Este Haim told the crowd at the sold-out Fonda Theatre when she gave a shout-out to Valley Village, suggesting Wednesday night’s party could continue there, or at one of her favorite Echo Park haunts, the Taco Zone truck. In case you didn’t know who […]
Coachella 2013: IO Echo, dark princess in daylight
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Who: IO Echo in the Gobi tent. In 3 or Fewer Words: Gobi of love. Memorable Because: After rushing through security checkpoints to make the early sets, the BBLA staff hit the Gobi Tent just as one of our favorite local bands took the stage. And Ioanna Gika’s sparkling, white kimono-inspired wardrobe alone was worth all the […]
SXSW 2013: Are you sure this is Tuesday?
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[One red-eye trek from L.A. to Dallas to Austin, two spins around the Convention Center and downtown posting flyers for today’s Buzz Bands LA show and a slew of trips to coffee shops later … File under Wingin’ It at SXSW:] @KRBronson on Tuesday at SXSW … The explosion of music, marketing and culture that […]
