White Arrows’ sophomore album “In Bardo” is somewhat of a departure from the L.A.-based quintet’s big electro-tinged psych-pop, but not so much that Mickey Church’s falsetto goes unrecognized. Slightly darker and bit more on the psych-rock side, White Arrows’ first single “Leave It Alone” allowed the guitars to switch places with synths for the spotlight […]
Psych-pop agitators White Arrows have toured their kaleidoscopic duds off since releasing “Dry Land Is Not a Myth” in 2012. The debut couched various existential crises in danceable electro-rock and reverb, and perhaps still unsure whether they are “Coming or Going,” the L.A. quintet has embarked on making “In Bardo,” the follow-up album that is […]
Incoming: Bizarre Ride, Strange Talk, Rachel Goodrich, Jonny Two Bags, Kadavar, Saint Vitus, Jerome LOL, Moons of Mars, Meiko, Jared Evan, Broods, Niney the Observer, Dead Sara, Dreamland, Circa Zero, Cisco Adler, Green Gerry, Iggy Azalea, Maximo Park, Lindsey Stirling, White Arrows, Two Gallants, Royal Blood, Hands, Say Hi, New Young Pony Club, Chuck Palahniuk, […]
Full speed on a Friday night: ‣ It’s another Friday night of free music at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, where Brooklyn’s Red Baraat brings the melting-pot music on its latest album “Big Talk” and L.A.’s La Chamba supports. ‣ Passenger, the nom de tune of U.K.-bred folk-pop troubadour Mike Rosenberg, headlines the El Rey Theatre, […]
Your monstrous Thursday show lineup: ‣ The Under the Influence of Music Tour wafts its way to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater featuring a lineup of Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Smoke DZA, Chevy Woods, Joey Bada$$ and Berner. ‣ It’s the second week of the Twilight Concert Series, which brings free live music to the Santa […]
Incoming: The Neighbourhood, Wolfmother, Dessa, the Greyboy Allstars, the Cat Empire, Alabama Shakes, Matchbox Twenty, Sergio Mendes, Mayer Hawthorne, Belle & Sebastian, Fol Chen, White Arrows, Meshell Ndegeocello, Wiz Khalifa, Red Baraat, Passenger, the Dan Band, Pink Martini, Chinatown Summer Nights, Dillinger Escape Plan, Matthew Sweet, Rogue Wave, Heh Marseilles, Camper Van Beethoven, Shooter Jennings […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ King of R&B R. Kelly headlines a night at the Staples, but supporting acts aren’t too shabby either… New Edition and the Jacksons, anyone? ‣ Gospel singer Kirk Franklin has a big night at Club Nokia. ‣ Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Third World and the Ghetto Youths Crew take over the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Smoke Season [Check […]
Two of L.A.’s most inventive indie alchemists get together in this new version of “Roll Forever,” the lead track on White Arrows’ 2012 debut “Dry Land Is Not a Myth” – here, the track is sent rolling down a steep hill by Hands. The L.A. quartet of Geoff Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex […]
Two hours at the Mayan Theatre on Wednesday night with the Airborne Toxic Event, and one thing is for certain: They have refined the craft of crowd-pleasing. The quintet roared out of Silver Lake in 2007-08, black-dressed romantics who were the perfect antidote to indie nation’s arms-crossed indifference. They were fronted by music nerd, aspiring […]
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk – handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases – and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all […]
