Stream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 21)
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Music from Death Valley Girls, T.O.L.D., Torches, Local Natives, Swerve, Blank Blue, Hanni El Khatib, Brightener, Pollyn and more on Buzz Bands LA’s mixtape.
Stream: Torches, ‘Future’
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Torches’ new single is breezy bit of pop insouciance — whatever “Future” you’re staring it, this’ll make it seem better for four minutes.
Premiere: Torches, ‘Tongues’
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L.A. indie-rockers Torches return with their first new music since 2014 — an EP is planned for this spring or summer, but the dreamy “Tongues” won’t be on it.
Popular With Us 2014: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite Los Angeles EPs of the year
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EPs can be funny little beasts. They often serve as kind of a hi-how-ya-doin’ introduction rather than a broad artist’s statement – a handful of songs, a particular single, maybe a remix or three, a taste of what is to come. They vary so much in breadth they are difficult to review. So the Buzz […]
Stream: Torches, ‘The Freak’
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There’s some of the Local Natives’ DNA running through “The Freak,” the new single from L.A.’s Torches. Singer-guitarist Azad Cheikosman and drummer-vocalist Eric Fabbro (joined live by bassist Adrian Acosta) couple pummeling beats with a keening lament about needing to feel a sense of belonging. The song appears on Torches’ new EP “Endlessly Repeating,” which […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dean Wareham, Torches, the Album Leaf, Scars on 45, Matrimony, Owl John, the Delirians, the Black & the White, Gárate, Aeges
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Here are your Thursday show options: ‣ Dean Wareham, the Galaxie 500 founder whose estimable catalog includes albums in Dean & Britta and Luna, headlines the Roxy Theatre behind his new self-titled solo album. Drug Cabin and HOTT MT open. ‣ Indie-rock trio Torches [pictured] celebrate the release of their new “Endlessly Repeating” EP [check […]
The Week Ahead: June 16-22
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Incoming: Warped Tour, Ed Sheeran, Alex & Sierra, Blackwater Jukebox, Garate, Seven Saturdays, Bernhoft, Metronomy, the Mountain Goats, Crash Kings, Atomic Ape, Emily Wells, Fyfe Dangerfield & Aristazabal Hawkes, Them Howling Bones, Bad Suns, Clean Bandit, Kaya, Cowboy Junkies, Failure, Gavin DeGraw, Rodigro Amarante, Sabrina Antoinette, Chad VanGaalen, Adrian Sherwood, Sam Outlaw, Victoria Reed, Bones […]
Stream: Torches, ‘Endlessly Repeating’
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Torches has gone through several changes throughout the years; everything from their band name to their soundscape has evolved. New experiments and realizations, however, have been favorable for the L.A. duo. The band is currently preparing for the release of their new EP and each tune, so far, has wonderfully been inching toward luxuriously full […]
Stream: Torches, ‘Staring’
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That tastiest bit of Torches’ 2012 album “Heads Full of Rust” was the propulsive rocker “I Want Something,” an insistent plea to find some semblance of meaning in a scene populated by dressed-up affectations masquerading as art. (At least, that’s how we read it.) The trio’s lineup changed last year, and the core duo of […]
Gallery: Lobsterfest, with the English Beat, Dead Sara, Deap Vally, Big Black Delta and more
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Did we mention how much fun Lobsterfest was? The three-day frolic at the Port of Los Angeles on Sept. 13-15 was typically festive, satisfying crustacean cravings and rock ’n’ roll hunger, with Big Black Delta, Dead Sara and the English Beat headlining their respective days and surprises like preteen sensations Pretty Little Demons and string-wielders […]
