Ten Years Ago: Our 2006
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Buzzbands.LA revisits 2006 through a playlist, a good year for local flavor.
The Buzzsicle: Sunset Strip Music Festival mixtape
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Oh, Sunset Strip, you conflict me so. On one hand you are an interactive museum of rock clichés, Madame Tussauds with a pulse and a Flying V, a vast portion of your denizens seeking to inhabit the tattooed skin of GnR/Jane’s/Van Halen. On the other you inspire a certain sense of wonderment, because the fabric […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dave Alvin, Death Cab for Cutie, Nico Vega/Eastern Conference Champions, Useless Keys, Run Run Run, the Happy Hollows
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[So it’s “Mötley Crüe Day” in West Hollywood today as the Sunset Strip Music Festival begins in earnest tonight with a tribute to the hard rockers at the House of Blues. Don’t know whether to bring an autograph book to the red carpet or a taser.] It’s a too-many-damn-shows Thursday. Top recommendations: ‣ L.A. roots-rock […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Wombats, Gruff Rhys, Eels, Seasons, Architecture in Helsinki, Parade of Lights
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[Birthday greetings to Ross Flournoy of L.A.’s own Apex Manor. And tonight …] Top picks for your Wednesday: ‣ Liverpool pop whippersnappers the Wombats hit the Troubadour behind their latest album “This Modern Glitch” (remember the fun video we posted in January?). Wild Party and Pop Noir open. ‣ Super Furry Animals main man Gruff […]
SXSW: 25 L.A. bands to see in Austin (Nos. 21-25)
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[Final installment of our L.A.-centric SXSW preview … Hello, Austin:] THE TENDER BOX If you like: Britpop, sharp-dressed lads from South Gate, Indie 103.1’s “The Red Zone” (R.I.P.) What’s up with them: The south L.A. quartet looked like surefire winners four years ago, when they self-released “The Score” and found their single “Mister Sister” getting […]
Great Northern, great lineup … great beer? Indeed
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Craft beer meets locally crafted indie rock on Saturday at the first Hollywood Brew Fest – and it’s a good day to forget you ever took that big swig of PBR. The Brew Fest, which runs from 3 to 11 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre and the adjacent Blue Palms Brewhouse, offers unlimited tastings from […]
Sunset Strip Music Festival set times announced
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Set times have been announced for this weekend’s Sunset Strip Music Festival, a three-day affair highlighted by Saturday’s party on Sunset Boulevard. The street will be closed on Saturday between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard to accommodate two outdoors stages – with music going on inside the Roxy and the Key Club, there will […]
News bits: FYF Fest, Sunset Strip, Robert Hilburn
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The Black Lips, Lucero, No Age [pictured], Lightning Bolt and the Thermals will be among the acts playing Sean Carlson’s FYF Fest (formerly known as the F Yeah Fest), scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, at Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown. The lineup, announced today, includes locals such as Darker My Love, Dios, Avi […]
Tonight in L.A.: The 88, New York Dolls, the Virgins
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In their early days, the 88 used to get compared a lot to the Kinks. Now, as they showed on last year’s “Not Only … But Also,” they’ve come into their own, and three albums into their career they can flex their musical muscles any which way. Tonight at the Key Club, the L.A. outfit […]
Buzzsicle 5, or ‘I’ve got one last punch left in me’
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So much music, so little time. I’ve fallen woefully behind when it comes to acknowledging non-album releases (EPs and singles) from L.A. bands, so this edition of the Buzzsicle will make a dent in that. Buzzsicle 5 is an hour’s worth of music – 16 songs that have caught my ear in the past few […]
