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.
Tonight in L.A.: Thievery Corporation, Glen Hansard, Sticky Fingers
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Also on Friday: Angela McCluskey, Tegan & Sara, El Ten Eleven, Regina Spektor, Steve Gunn, TV Girl, Blink 182, Dropkick Murphys, the Mae Shi, Brave Native, Barnes
This Week’s Shows: Sept. 26-Oct. 2
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Incoming: Nothing But Thieves, Delta Rae, Dom Kennedy, Drake, Foals, the Album Leaf, Skylar Grey, Devendra Banhart, the Weeks, the Heavy, Regina Spektor, Tegan & Sara, Glen Hansard, Blink 182, Angela McClusky, Gary Clark Jr., Descendents, Dolly Parton, Conor Oberst and more
Tonight in L.A.: Youngblood Hawke/Lady Danville, LA Font, the Mae Shi, Incan Abraham/Hands, Electric Guest, Judson McKinney, the Fling
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First Monday of a new month, and you know what that means: new residencies. But first: ‣ Youngblood Hawke, Lady Danville, Useless Keys and Yellow Red Sparks team up for a Pablove Foundation benefit at the Satellite, whose February residents, Milo Greene, don’t get started until next Monday. Above is the video for Youngblood Hawke’s […]
Video premiere: Skull Tape, ‘Crop Circles’
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Although a few of his fellow band members may have left to form Signals, the Mae Shi’s Brad Breeck has been keeping busy and he hasn’t turned down the volume since the release of the ambitiously convulsive “HLLLYH.” Now performing and releasing new music under the moniker Skull Tape, Breeck is still a flowing fountain […]
News bits: Beastie Boys, Harvey Danger, more
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Beastie Boys have canceled upcoming concert appearances – including a Sept. 24 date at the Hollywood Bowl – and pushed back the release of their new album “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1” after band member Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. The cancer is considered treatable, and Yauch […]
News bits: TacoZone, Sonic Youth, Jeff Buckley
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Tuesday afternoon update: The Mae Shi have dropped off the bill for this benefit, and a new lineup is in the works. Stay tuned. Vandals on Friday night set fire to the locally famous TacoZone taco truck stationed on Alvarado a couple blocks north of Sunset. The setback knocked the popular dispensers of late-night munchies […]
Videos: Glasser, the Mae Shi
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[Two cool feasts for the eyes and ears from L.A. environs …] Glasser is the nom de tune of L.A. singer-songwriter Cameron Mesirow, whose airy, beat-driven electro-hymns seem to defy gravity. Foreign Born’s Matt Popieluch collaborates in her band, whose three-song 12-inch, including this tune, “Apply,” will be released on True Panther on May 26 […]
This weekend in L.A.: Stagecoach, the Faint, Rocket
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[Jane’s Addiction’s Eric Avery blows out birthday candles on Saturday; cheers to him as we rock into the weekend …] Tonight: Seems to be lighter than your average Friday, but in addition to the I Am Treasure benefit at the Roxy (featuring Pigeon John and Rootbeer), you have some other options. She Wants Revenge, paired […]
This weekend in L.A.: Leonard Cohen, Travis
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[Birthday cheers go out to Art Alexakis (on Sunday) and to brother of Buzz Bands, Aaron (today). Have some fun, guys …] Tonight: It’s another busy Friday for shows big (Leonard Cohen, first of two nights at the Nokia Theatre) and small (Seasons celebrating the release of its “Spring” EP at the Echo, along with […]
