Have a safe Fourth of July: ‣ Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell do a third night at the Hollywood Bowl, capped by the venue’s signature fireworks display. ‣Â Semi Precious Weapons plays the pre-fireworks set (8:15 p.m.) at radio station 98.7’s ALTimate Block Party, the free concert going off at Grand […]
News from far and wide … ‣ OK Go has been added to the lineup for the free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier; the poptastic video wizards will play Sept. 4, along with Allah-Las. Find the full lineup here. ‣ Mini Mansions are now signed to Capitol Records and in Dallas recording […]
SXSW 2014 was busier than ever and the Buzz Bands LA staff was once again running around covering as many bands as we could – as usual, leaving the A-list party-crashers to outlets in favor of the spirit of discovery we think the festival is all about. With the help of guest blogger Trina Green, […]
[Our guest blogger shares some of what she saw Wednesday at SXSW:] Trina Green (@dharma69) on Wednesday at SXSW: It’s a bit refreshing to find a little musical fabulous here in Texas. John Flanagan? Think Mika with a brighter smile, a penchant for dramatic eyes and a killer falsetto that knows its way around a […]
A superb Saturday ahead: ‣ The Rolling Stones are back for another night of their “50 and Counting Tour” at the Honda Center. ‣ The annual KROQ Weenie Roast goes off at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, featuring the Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, Of Monsters and Men, Jimmy Eat World, Silversun Pickups, […]
OvertureCon, an event combining panel discussions, fans-and-bands meet-and-greets and live performances, makes it debut this weekend at the Mint, highlighted by headlining performances by rockers Semi Precious Weapons on Saturday and Honor Society on Sunday. The brainchild of self-professed “überfans” Sabrina Greenwood-Briggs and Stacey Lawson, OvertureCon offers panel discussions on fashion, women in rock and […]
For all the juice the supposedly revitalized, social media-fueled Sunset Strip is enjoying these days, it remains on many nights a living museum for rock clichés. Tired metal, un-ironic Spinal Tapestry, decadence-celebrating party rock and rap – often, the welcome mat is out, and the audiences here, straining to hear echoes of the days the […]
[We now return to our regularly scheduled programming:] Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur has been doing a residency at the Stronghold in Venice, and playing some tunes from a new album due out this year, but tonight he heads for the other side of town for a show at the Bootleg Theater. L.A. quintet Line and Circle […]
Tonight is the first of two nights to catch Those Darlins [download] in town when they play the Silverlake Lounge with The Grates and Leslie and the Badgers. … You know Brakesbrakesbrakes has got it goin’ on when their singer quits British Sea Power (Eamon Hamilton moonlighted as keyboardist in the fellow Brighton band) to […]
[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 […]
