Your midweek show menu: ‣ It’s a special night with John Legend at the Walt Disney Concert Hall – “The All of Me Tour: Intimate, Acoustic and Stripped Down” offers a rare night with the singer-songwriter, backed by a string quartet, who recently released his fourth album “Love in the Future.” ‣ Speaking of intimate, […]
Darren Weiss and Daniel Presant – aka PAPA – are going back out on the road in support of their fantastic debut “Tender Madness;” this isn’t a surprise. Weiss, Presant and company have been hard at work, steadily trickling out singles and music videos over the year to make up for the wait after the […]
When Arcade Fire took three years to release a new album after “Neon Bible,” London’s Fanfarlo’s excellent debut “Reservoir” filled the hole in many hearts when it came to lush pop music played on a diverse set of instruments. However, the drama within Farfarlo’s orchestration has always had a life of its own and Simon […]
Sunday things: ‣ Burger Records continues the second day of its festival Burgerama III at the Observatory. Tonight’s lineup features FIDLAR, Sleep, Mac DeMarco, Allah-Las, Together Pangea, the Garden, Cosmonauts, Kool Keith, Gap Dream, Tomorrows Tulips, Mystic Braves, Summer Twins, the Abigails, White Fang, Froth, Meatbodies, Hindu Pirates, Sam Flax, Dune Rats, Mr. Elevator & Brain […]
Super Saturday selections: ‣ Burger Records kicks off the first of its two-day festival Burgerama III at the Observatory with band such as the Growlers, the Black Lips, Bleached, Tijuana Panthers, Shannon & the Clams, Hunx & His Punx, NOBUNNY, Audacity, Cherry Glazerr, Lovely Bad Things, Aquadolls, Colleen Green, Coathangers, Tashaki Miyaki, Boogarins and plenty more. […]
yOya‘s soundscape has blossomed into something bigger than “folk-tronica” on their new single. Yes, there are still those pliable vocal melodies, synth lines and acoustic guitar but Alex Pfender and Noah Dietterich continue to soar and break through genre lines with each release. “Fool’s Gold,” the latest song out now on New Professor Music, still […]
It’s a bit odd to hear a “guitar-less” Wye Oak song, since the instrument was half of vocalist Jenn Wasner’s arsenal from the beginning. Yet, sounds evolve and what we have from Wasner and drummer Andy Stack are two new synth-pop songs. Now, if you know anything abut BBLA, we’ve heard our share of synth-pop […]
You never know when your dental hygienist from Topanga Canyon could be putting out the most recently anticipated albums on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Yes, that’s Sufjan Steven’s label, and no, we’re not talking about a new and upcoming young artist – not technically anyway. Linda Perhacs, who released her album “Parallelograms” back in 1970, has been […]
If there’s one thing to be said about Liphemra, the solo project of L.A. artist Liv Marisco, it’s that she doesn’t stay inside the lines when she’s coloring her music with jazz and trip-hop elements. When we first discovered Liphemra back in July 2012, it was interesting to see how a drummer of many familiar […]
SXSW 2014 was busier than ever and the Buzz Bands LA staff was once again running around covering as many bands as we could – as usual, leaving the A-list party-crashers to outlets in favor of the spirit of discovery we think the festival is all about. With the help of guest blogger Trina Green, […]
