Bronson, a graduate of Bradley University, is a former sports writer and editor and graphic designer who worked in the newspaper business for 35 years.
Music from Kills Birds, Cuffed Up, Lauren Ruth Ward, Automatic, Cuesta Loeb, Death Valley Girls, Derde Verde, Communicant, COULOU, Goldwash, SHEARE and more on Buzz Bands LA’s latest playlist.
“Waking the Dream” is the lead track on Derde Verde’s forthcoming album “Slow Light” (due this fall). While noted for their expansive soundscapes, the duo here craft an intricately mellow single reflecting the yearning of a transatlantic relationship.
Also on Saturday: Y La Bamba, Alice Bag, Lights, Beach Bums, Michael Seyer, Louden Swain, Midnight Divide, Chinatown Summer Nights, REO Speedwagon, Bush, Fat Beats 25th Anniversary, Weird Al Yankovic, Pixx, the Warlocks, NK Riot
With a roar and raw urgency that recalls a host of alternative rock greats, L.A. quartet Kills Birds have arrived. Their debut album comes out Sept. 20, with upcoming shows at Echo Park Rising, the Bootleg Theater and Desert Daze.
Lauren Ruth Ward gets busy in the kitchen in the video for her new single “Wise Gal.” It’s a bowl full of ambition, stirred vigorously.
Also on Friday: Ty Segall, Chela, Gauche, Prettymuch, Hannah Wicklund, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, the Rocketz, Billy Bob Thornton, AMBJAAY, Lost Dog Street Band, George Thorogood, Sincerely Me, Cash’d Out
L.A. duo Dielines unveil “Long Enough to End,” the first single from a forthcoming full-length. It’s a billowing ode to things that are over before they even start.
Here are the set times (subject to change) for next weekend’s Echo Park Rising. There’s a lot to see and hear.
Gabe Acheson’s debut full-length as Goldwash, “Flat Earth Surf Club,” was imagined on a Mexican beach where the surf was up. It’s a mélange of styles the songwriter calls “existential funk.”
Promoter Gary Richards’ new electronic musical festival All My Friends returns for a second year Oct. 19 and 20 in downtown L.A., with Justice and Black Coffee at the top of the bill.
