Milo Greene was actually born several years back at UC Irvine, where Robbie Arnett, Andrew Heringer and Marlana Sheetz were students. “He was a fictional character who used to send out promotional e-mails on our behalf,” Arnett says with a laugh. Later, when a new musical project gelled between the trio, along with Curtis Marrero […]
[Tip of the cap to Jason Mraz on his birthday …] Top 5 reasons to delay angsting over that “Twilight” premiere: ‣ Did I mention Tuesday how much I liked Stars’ new album “The Five Ghosts?” There’s not a flavor-of-the-moment whiff to the Canadian indie-poppers’ fifth album – just exuberant, well-executed boy-girl pop that has […]
The new music from SoCal quintet Mississippi Man pulls the heartstrings into the penumbra between giddy folk/blues and vintage pop, and that is A-OK. Actually, “A-OK” is the title of the debut album singer-guitarists Luke Messimer and David Knight and their bandmates plan to release this summer. They’ve been recording since earlier this spring in […]
[A slight change in our programming. Beginning today, my daily show picks will appear on the LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound blog. I will also highlight a show here, and link to the more-comprehensive West Coast Sound post. Thanks for following.] The glammy electro of Tennessee-bred trio Actress, the brainchild of brothers Aaron and Josh […]
It’s taken some of the shine off Friday’s Coachella lineup. The first North American show in 18 years by Public Image Ltd. was to have been at the big festival in the desert, but I guess there was money to be made – PiL plays tonight at downtown’s Club Nokia. I do like John Lydon […]
It’s the second night of Paul McCartney’s stand at the Hollywood Bowl. … Megadeth plays to a sold-out Palladium. … Bad Religion continues its 12-show run at the House of Blues venues – the next three nights the veteran punk-rockers are in Anaheim. … Mini Mansions [pictured], whose name I heard on a couple tongues […]
[Happy 30th birthday today to Sara Bareilles. Here’s how to get your week started …] The headliners at month’s free residencies should be familiar faces to Buzz Bands readers. Here’s a refresher course: Mere Mortals, freshly returned from a successful tour of Japan, bring their gritty Britpop to at Spaceland, where I hear that the […]
[Apologies for the late-arriving daily post. Something about being out late last night …] Andy Clockwise closes out a year of winning over L.A. crowds by headlining Spaceland; Marvelous Toy and Globes on Remote support. … It’s the Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band [pictured] at the Echo, with Spirit Vine among the openers. … Big […]
[Birthday cheers to Fran Healy of Travis. And speaking of cheers, it’s hard to go wrong if you go out tonight:] The free “Also I Like to Rock” series winds up its run at the Hammer Museum with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros playing from their recently released album of ’60s-styled anthems, “Up From […]
[Happy birthday to Lee Majors – the Six Million Dollar Man turns 70 today, and if you think there’s no musical connection you’ve obvously never heard his 1981 tune “The Unknown Stuntman.”] In an earlier version of this post, I had Edward Sharpe playing at the Regent Theater. I was wrong, wrong, wrong. that residency […]
