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.
Tonight on 88.5 FM, Part 2 of the L.A. Buzz Bands Show’s annual year-end wrap-up features songs from Automatic, Lucius, Starcrawler, Zella Day, Cayucas, Day Wave, Imaad Wasif, Loyal Lobos, Will Fox, Goon, Girlhouse, Runnner and more.
Here’s the Buzz Bands LA 101, a playlist counting down our favorite songs of the 2022.
Heady Daze, the new project of Jared Southard and Chris Swimley, debut with the driving rocker, “Call of the Wild.” For fans of: BRMC.
L.A. quartet Ward, who released an EP and a slew of collaborations during the pandemic, return with “Been Bad,” a song about swimming against the currents of temptation.
On the new Butch Bastard single, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain,” songwriter Ian Murray sounds like he’s been lurking in Class of 1974 chatrooms, taking notes. His sophomore album, “Elegy For the Baby Boomer,” will be out next spring.
Singles roundup: Check out new songs from Liily (playing an L.A. show next week), Jules Duke (playing an L.A. show tonight) and Cary Brothers.
Ladytron’s seventh album, “Time’s Arrow,” arrives in January. Nobody does icy cool better.
“Livin’ in Hell,” the latest single from Los Angeles trio Your Grandparents, is a lyrical powder keg, a casting out of demons and a biting inventory of how they go there in the first place. Hear the song. and their other two singles from 2022, when they play It’s a School Night on Monday.
Lineups have been announced for the Skyline Festival and the spring edition of CRSSD; Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill and Matsiyahu have been added to Long Beach’s Cali Vibes fest in February.
Bedrock LA, the massive Echo Park studio/rehearsal/retail complex, is closing after 13 years. They’ll say goodbye with a big sale of musical equipment this Saturday.
