There’s a bounty of riches on this fantastic Friday: ‣ Prince is back for another thrill ride at the Forum. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event completes its string of album-release week shows with a gig at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre featuring teaturing the Calder Quartet. ‣ Tennessee rockers Royal Bangs [see our posts from […]
Les Blanks’ Americana-infused indie-rock is the stuff of hard riffing and even harder drinking. Their 2008 album “Shoot the Horse” earned a lot of favor in Silver Lake circles, but it’s taken three years for Josh Caldwell, Parker Todd Brooks and Brian Soika (now joined by Keith Waggoner and Jonathan Hylander) to make a follow-up. […]
[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 […]
Nico Vega play a free show at noon at Cal State Fullerton’s Becker Amphitheatre. … Recently opening for the Pogues, East L.A. native sons Ollin perform the Irish rockers’ 1985 LP, “Rum Sodomy & the Lash,” in honor of St. Paddy’s Day at the Echo. … Les Blanks [pictured] are as captivating as the eponymous […]
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs [pictured] celebrate the release of “Under the Covers Vol. 2” (out today on Shout! Factory) by appearing at the Grammy Museum as part of a series called “The Drop,” during which artists perform and discuss their work. The album from the power-pop ace and Bangles vocalist uses 1970s gems as […]
[Blogging may be light the next couple of days as your faithful scribe embarks on a little road trip. I’m pretty distraught over missing tonight’s battery of shows too, especially on such a special day – the birthday, as it is, shared by Jack White, Courtney Love and John Tesh.] The “Also I Like to […]
Deastro, the nom de tune of synth-wielding 22-year-old Randoph Chabot [pictured] of Detroit, released his debut album, “Moondagger,” this week, and fans of the likes of M83 and New Order will want to have a listen. [Download, via Pitchfork: “Vermillion Plaza.”] Deastro visits Spaceland tonight, supported by Telephone Jim Jesus. … Wilco ends its L.A. […]
[Birthday shouts to Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Tim Burgess of the Charlatans …] Today: Where to start this evening’s bulging schedule except with Animal Collective? Having hit the Troubadour and the Music Box @ Fonda earlier in the year, the critical darlings now sell out the Wiltern. … The buzziest shows of the night […]
[Birthday cheers go out Sunday to Donovan, and I hope this abbreviated rundown isn’t too late to inform your weekend plans:] Tonight, updated: Here’s where it gets loud – Spectrum, who will be joined by members MGMT, plays Club Underground at the Echo tonight, along with the Entrance Band and Abe Vigoda. … Grand Duchy, […]
[A birthday toast to Robyn Hitchcock, now on with our shows …] Brighton’s Fujiya & Miyagi are back with another album of icy-cool electro, “Lightbulbs” – that’s their video for “Sore Thumb” above – and they play the Echo. … Pop trio Lido Beach, joined by Two Guns, rocks the Troubadour. … Laura Gibson and […]
