Tonight in L.A.: Swans, PAPA, Ken Sharp, Wyatt Blair
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Also on Friday: John Williams, the Kills, Killswitch Engage, the Lovely Bad Things, Ghost Parade
This Week’s Shows: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
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Incoming: Knox Hamilton, Ozomatli, the Go-Go’s, Mild High Club, Jagwar Ma, the Game, Tortoise, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Swans, Bilal, the Kills, the Zombies, Buskerfest, Russian Circles, Sex Stains and more.
Coachella 2015: Recapping Weekend 1 — here are links to all of Buzz Bands LA’s mini-reviews
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Heading to Indio for Weekend 2 of Coachella? Buzz Bands LA covered 58 sets during the first weekend of the festival, and below are the links to all of them. We had three writers on the ground trying to cover as much as possible (and, yes, we still missed a lot). Our favorites? We picked […]
Tonight in L.A.: Interpol, the Replacements, the Cribs, Milky Chance, Toro Y Moi, Sylvan Esso, the Orwells, Jamie xx, Swans, Eskmo, In the Whale, Rod Melancon, Esko, Brian Buckley Band, Qui
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Thursday’s slate of shows: â–º The Replacements do the second L.A. night of their “Back by Unpopular Demand Tour” at the Hollywood Palladium. â–º Interpol and Perfume Genius team up at the Shrine Expo Hall — one of a handful of shows featuring Coachella artists sandwiching club shows in between festival weekend. The others: The […]
Coachella 2015: Swans, refusing to go quietly into the night
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Who: Swans in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Beyond words. Memorable Because: Camera drones searched the skies of Indio all night as festival goers raged on, waiting for beats to drop, but a different kind of drone altogether spooked a small delegation in the Gobi Tent as Saturday night wrote itself into […]
Tonight in L.A.: Brandon Flowers, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, Stromae, Jenny Lewis, Swans, Glass Animals, MØ, FKA Twigs, Ride, RAC, Cloud Nothings, Benjamin Booker, Alt-J, the Fontaines
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A very happy Tuesday to you: â–º Brandon Flowers, who has a new solo album titled “The Desired Effect” coming May 19, visits the Troubadour. Above, director Warren Fu’s new video for “Still Want You.” â–º Fleetwood Mac [see our review and photos from Friday’s show] return for another night at the Forum. â–º It’s […]
The Week Ahead: April 13-19
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Incoming: Coachella (Weekend 2), Brokechella, Stone Temple Pilots, Royal Blood, Father John Misty, Chet Faker, Luna, Odessa, Dorothy, Dreamers, Desaparecidos, Plain White T’s, Squarepusher, Stromae, Jenny Lewis, Swans, Glass Animals, FKA Twigs, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, Cloud Nothings, the Bad Romantics, MØ, Neil & Liam Finn, SomeKindaWonderful, Ride, Benjamin Booker, Alt-J, Florence + the Machine, […]
‘Localchella’ shows include dates from Ride, Swans, Interpol, the War on Drugs, Belle & Sebastian, Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis, FKA Twigs and more
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Ride, Interpol, Swans, Belle & Sebastian, Desaparecidos, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, FKA Twigs and Built to Spill are among the Coachella artists who will be playing club and theater gigs — which have become known as “Localchella” shows — on dates in close proximity to the two-weekend desert festival April 10-12 and 17-19. […]
Popular With Us 2014: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite albums of the year
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Last week, we shared our favorite Los Angeles albums of the year, so here is Buzz Bands LA’s overall list, as rendered by this site’s principal contributors, Seraphina Lotkhamnga, Andrew Veeder and myself. So much good music, so little time: – Kevin Bronson
Tonight in L.A.: Charles Bradley, Swans, EFG, Sturgill Simpson, Lily Kershaw, Band of Heathens, Sabrosa Purr, Earth/King Dude, Summer Twins
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Thursday’s fun: ‣ The free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier says goodbye with its 10th and final show of 2014 – it features soul man Charles Bradley along with New Orleans’ King James & the Special Men. ‣ Swans and Carla Bozulich do a second night at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Formidable rock […]
