Stefan Pruett (aka The Guidance) dies at age 35
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Stefan Pruett, the dance-music artist who worked under the name The Guidance, has died at age 35. He had a history of heart problems.
Video: MXMS, ‘Death Row’
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MXMS (My and My Shadow) release a macabre video pushing the limits of addicted love into the territory of horror. It’s just in time for Halloween.
Tonight in L.A.: Shiny Toy Guns, Murs, Harley Cortez
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Also on Thursday: Laura Jean Anderson, Young Thug, Xiu Xiu, Dead Sara, Xenia Rubinos, Olympic, Zodiac Death Valley, Moullinex, Julieta Venegas, the Bouncing Souls
This Week’s Shows: March 13-19
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Incoming: Starry Nites Festival, Musink, Fucked Up, Aquilo, Hurray for the Riff Raff, the Menzingers, Black Atlass, Dua Lipa, Meat Puppets, Shiny Toy Guns, Van Morrison, Teenage Fanclub, Flogging Molly, Yellowcard, Wu-Tang Clan, Steve Aoki, Rickie Lee Jones
Photos: Shiny Toy Guns and Kitten at the Regent Theater
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Shiny Toy Guns revisited their Grammy-nominated album “We Are Pilots,” just past its 10th anniversary, with a sold-out show at the Regent Theater. A return date is set for March 16.
Ten Years Ago: Our 2006
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Buzzbands.LA revisits 2006 through a playlist, a good year for local flavor.
Ears Wide Open: MXMS
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As part of Grammy-winning Shiny Toy Guns, Jeremy Dawson was at the vanguard of advancing the sleek, synth-fueled sounds of the 1980s into the new millenium, negotiating the turbulent waters of band drama to make three albums of goth-inspired, hyper-emotional electro-rock. The keyboardist’s newest venture with singer Ariel Levitan is MXMS (“me and my shadow”), […]
The Week Ahead: Jan. 19-25
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Incoming: Riots, Archer Black, the Zodiac Party, Ivory Deville, Freddy Jones Band, Hudson, IAN, Andrew Bird, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Blasters, Guster, Casro, Royal Tongues, Nacosta, Sympathetic Frequencies, Eric McFadden, Styx, Twin Shadow, WATERS, the Donkeys, Tinashe, Moon Hooch, Boots Electric, White Arrows, FIDLAR, Night Terrors of 1927, the Wombats, Jimmy Gnecco, […]
The Week Ahead: Sept. 1-7
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Incoming:Â Long Beach Funk Fest (George Clinton, Karl Denson), Jesse McCartney, KChung Fest, Bear in Heaven, Whirr, James David, Glen Martin, Stiff Little Fingers, David Gray, Leslie Stevens, Strand of Oaks, Zachariah & the Lobos Riders, Shiny Toy Guns, OK Go, City & Colour, Neon Trees, WAZ, Mother Falcon, Kins, Brian Wright, Senses Fail, Dwight Yoakam, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Ben Folds Five, Shiny Toy Guns, Muse, Ken Stringfellow, Gilby Clarke, Kyle Gass Band, the Blasters, Social Distortion, Owls
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Saturday at the Park, and elsewhere: ‣ Ben Folds Five – you remember how they rattled the Fraggles last fall, right? – visit the Wiltern behind their comeback album “The Sound of the Life of the Mind.” ‣ It looks as if the weather has cleared off in time for a special day at Santa […]
