Music from Christian Lee Hutson, Gardens & Villa, Julie, Current Joys, Illuminati Hotties, Claude Fontaine, Magdalena Bay, Maudlin Strangers, Jerry Paper, JOBA, Emma Cole, Sharif Dumani, Alex Lilly, Remi Wolf, Chris Cohen, Sego, Pearl & the Oysters and more on Buzz Bands LA’s jam-packed new mix.
L.A. locals Jr. Juggernaut, Phoebe Bridgers, Blake Hazard, Steady Holiday, Velvet Starlings, Wavves and Tangerine join the likes of John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Aloe Blacc and Sia on our annual playlist of new, mostly original holiday songs.
Also on Monday: Watch for Horses, AOE, Eugene Chadbourne, Velvet, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Jr. Juggernaut
Also on Friday: La Luz, the Orwells, the Motet, Big Sean, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Shabbaaaaa, JD Samson, Jr. Juggernaut
Incoming: The Internet, Andy Shauf, the Kills, Lake Street Dive, Dungen, Cameron Avery, Agnes Obel, Kate Tempest, Sonny & the Sunsets, MØ, Jain, La Luz, Allison Crutchfield, the Airborne Toxic Event, Wu-Tang Clan, Nikki Lane, the Motet, Jeremy Enigk, the Orwells, Eric Clapton, Tuxedo, Thee Oh Sees, Biffy Clyro, Save Ferris
A huge Grammy weekend Saturday night: ‣ Might he cover Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour?” Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. does a show at the Roxy they’re calling “A Late Night With Gary Clark Jr.” – it starts at 11:59 p.m. ‣ The legendary Dr. John visits the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Grammy-nominated Ed Sheeran holds […]
When the ’90s do return, Jr. Juggernaut stands at the ready. The blue-collar trio of Mike Williamson, Wal Rashidi, Mario Framingheddu crunches like Dinosaur Jr. and Buffalo Tom, and even another notable three-piece of the era, Nirvana. There’s plenty of cathartic roar on the L.A. trio’s sophomore album “Wake,” which was recently picked up by […]
[Happy birthday, Paul Weller. What I wouldn’t give for a little Jam this morning:] Top 5 ways to make merry musically in Los Angeles tonight: ‣ Watch enchanting Australian brother-and-sister folkies Angus & Julia Stone – their new album “Down the Way” is awfully sweet – on the first of their two sold-out nights at […]
[Salutations to birthday guy Carlos Santana today. Here’s what’s up tonight:] NYC shoegaze/jangle-pop quartet the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured], who played great shows at SXSW and at Spaceland earlier this year, return to L.A. – fresh from the Pitchfork Music Festival – for an engagement at the Echo. … If you like […]
Some great reasons to get out of the house tonight: The big shows have the Decemberists (supported by very talented Oklahomans Other Lives) at the Palladium, and a lot of people my age heading to see the brother acts – the Allmans and the Doobies – at the Greek Theatre. … Ex-rapper Hesta Prynn (Northern […]
