Wednesday’s show offerings: ‣ British punk-rockers Buzzcocks, with Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle buzzing toward their fifth decade as a band and with a new album “The Way” en route in November, headline the Fonda Theatre, supported by the Images. You want to hear a new Buzzcocks songs? Of course you want to hear a […]
Incoming: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Jane’s Addiction, Failure, Cold War Kids, Empire of the Sun, Mayer Hawthorne, Tarfest, Hunter Hunted, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mosco Rosco, Fenech-Soler, Soft Swells, Rise Against, Andrew Belle, Daedelus, Karen O, Buzzbocks, Coldplay, Train, De Lux, Magic Mirror, Vulpeck, Augustines, Chuck Ragan, Cheap Trick, Diana Ross, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fatboy Slim, […]
Your magnificent Monday: ‣ SoCal quartet Augustana, celebrating the release of its fourth album “Life Imitating Life,” does the first of two nights at the Troubadour, supported by Twin Forks and the Tragic Thrills. That’s Augustana’s new video for “Ash and Ember,” above. ‣ DWNTWN had a new EP out tomorrow, and the trio of […]
Your midweek show menu: ‣ It’s a special night with John Legend at the Walt Disney Concert Hall – “The All of Me Tour: Intimate, Acoustic and Stripped Down” offers a rare night with the singer-songwriter, backed by a string quartet, who recently released his fourth album “Love in the Future.” ‣ Speaking of intimate, […]
Quick notes about some important upcoming benefit shows: ‣ Sasha Vallely is well-known in L.A. music circles as a promoter and singer/multi-instrumentalist (with such bands as the Silver Chords, Spindrift and the Warlocks). Last March, Vallely was in an accident that required neck and spinal surgery, the aftermath of which has left her unable to […]
Thursday, oh Thursday: ‣ Indie originals Lilys (they released one of the first LPs on Slumberland Records) don’t seem to get out much these days, so tongiht’s Chickfactor Magazine 20th anniversary show at the Bootleg figures to be a special occasion. Also playing: Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian, the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group and […]
Here are your Thursday things: ‣ Indie hip-hop standout El-P visits Check Yo Ponytail at the Echoplex behind his first solo album in five years, “Cancer for Cure,” joined by Killer Mike and more. ‣ U.K. funk-soul outfit the Heavy, with its third album “The Glorious Dead” coming in August [here’s a sample], plays the […]
[Some Internet demons are confounding us at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, so this post is a bit late-arriving. Please remind me to update my 2006 technology.] Lots and lots to consume tonight. Be voracious, my friends: ‣ Friendly Fires, their new album “Pala” just out on XL Recordings, play to a sold-out Music Box. […]
[Can’t remember a busier weekend for good stuff. Really. So wish Stefani Joanne Angelina Germotta – that’s Lady Gaga to you – a happy birthday, and I’ll see you at a show:] Tonight: Metric, who played a surprise set Thursday night at a charity gig at the Roxy, headline the Palladium. Codeine Velvet Club and […]
[Here we are, Sunset Junction hangover and all, starting another great week of shows:] One of the most memorable sets last April at Coachella was Friendly Fires’ early-afternoon assault in 100-degree (give or take) heat in the Gobi Tent. In fact, I’ll venture to say it was almost superhuman – both on the part of […]
