Stream: Sam Sparro, ‘Everything’
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Sam Sparro returns with a new album, “Boombox Eternal,” in February. Both the music and his release strategy hark to the singer-songwriter-producer’s youth.
Ears Wide Open: SJae, ‘First’ EP
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Producer/songwriter SJae shares her debut EP, “First,” which includes Sam Sparro, Hilaire and Raphael Saadiq. Songs featuring her own voice are the ones that inspire awe, however. More please.
Ten years after: Ten things I remember about 2008 (and a flashback playlist)
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Ten years later, 2008 sounds pretty good. The memories, though, are a mixed bag. Here’s Buzz Bands LA’s annual flashback.
KAABOO Del Mar 2017: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, Muse and more
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This year’s edition of KAABOO Del Mar will bring Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Muse, Pink, Jane’s Addiction, Ice Cube and more to San Diego County.
Tonight in L.A.: L7, Real Estate, Sam Sparro, Fuzz, Chappo/Yukon Blonde, the Deslondes, Light Asylum, Roosevelt, Xu Xu Fang, Sweet Bump It
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An extra-large Thursday night for you: ► Reunited L7, who warmed up with a roaring show at the Echo back in May, returns to L.A. to do the first two nights at the Fonda Theatre, with Lou Man Group opening. ► Real Estate and Hippo Campus team up to do Week 2 of the free […]
The Week Ahead: July 13-19
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Incoming: Viva! Pomona, Steely Dan, Elvis Costello, Ryn Weaver, XXL Freshmen, Built to Spill, Hunter Hunted, Young Rising Sons, Phantoms, Beach Party, Sonny Boy Thorn, Sleep State, Shellac, Jonny Rock, Fetty Wap, Van Halen, Two Sheds, Tanlines, John Fogerty, Keb’ Mo’, Little Boots, the Helio Sequence, Cayucas, L7, Real Estate, Sam Sparro, Roosevelt, Light Asylum, […]
Summer of Soul series brings Breakestra, Sam Sparro, Dam-Funk and Jungle Fire to Hammer Museum for free shows in July
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Music returns to the Hammer Museum courtyard in July as Breakestra, Sam Sparro, Dam-Funk and Jungle Fire head up four Thursday nights of free, all-ages shows titled “Summer of Soul,” part of the KCRW Summer Nights series. Long-running L.A. funk outfit Breakestra, the eight-piece headed up by Miles “Music Man” Tackett, kicks the series off […]
Tonight in L.A.: Punch Brothers, World Party, Sam Sparro, Bad Brains, Taylor Swift, Trixie Whitley
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Show choices for the 1st of December: ‣ Punch Brothers bring their memorable bluegrass music to the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A.. The Milk Carton Kids – the L.A. duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, recently signed to Anti- Records – open. ‣ Karl Wallinger [pictured] and World Party return to […]
Tonight in L.A.: Garbage, Rubblebucket, Hanni El Khatib/Tijuana Panthers, Bear in Heaven, Sam Sparro, Soft Swells, the Nervous Wreckords, JJAMZ
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A very happy Friday: ‣ Garbage has a pair of sold-out shows on the horizon at the El Rey Theatre, but the resurgent quartet, with their comeback album “Not Your Kind of People” due May 15, do something of a warm-up show at 10 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater. Then, in the adjacent Bootleg Bar, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Glen Campbell, Culture Collide (Liam Finn, Ximina Sariñana and more), the Happy Hollows, Sam Sparro, Evidence, the Rapture
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Thursday’s throng: ‣ Glen Campbell’s final tour brings him to Club Nokia. The 75-year-old songsmith recently released an acclaimed new album, “Ghost on the Canvas,” and opening tonight will be the band featuring two of his kids, Instant People. ‣ Filter’s Culture Collide festival kicks off in Echo Park with five shows [full schedule/set times, […]
