Fool’s Gold, the dozen-member collective featuring, among others, singer-songwriter Luke Top and members of Foreign Born, releases its self-titled debut album next week on IAMSOUND Records, and, yes, it’s every bit as fun as this video, which just premiered on Pitchfork TV, for the single “Surprise Hotel.” Director Matthew Lessner takes the song and projects […]
It was 2007: A little group named Silversun Pickups had a song called “Lazy Eye” climbing the charts; the Airborne Toxic Event were just another new band with an unruly name; and Dim Mak seemed like a pretty cool little label on which to put out a record. And L.A. quartet the Deadly Syndrome released […]
Toronto quintet DD/MM/YYYY makes spastic electro that sounds as if it were somehow damaged while crossing the border. The band’s third album, “Black Square,” came out on NYC indie Impose Records as a limited-edition cassette tape (oh, how retro), but you can get it digitally too, including the appropriately titled single “Digital Haircut.” ||| Download: […]
[Happy birthday to the Boss. Bruce Springsteen turns 60 today, long may he run. Here’s tonight fare:] The Crosby, Stills & Nash show at the Greek Theatre has been postponed to Oct. 3. … Brooklyn’s Amazing Baby [pictured, with download below] – its debut CD “Rewild” has remained in my short stack all year – […]
You probably have to be of a – ahem – certain age to remember Miracle Legion, the Connecticut college-rock band (1984-97), whose quavering jangle-pop got a lot of comparisons to R.E.M., or Polaris, the band also fronted by singer Mark Mulcahy that did the music for the ’90s Nickelodeon program “The Adventures of Pete & […]
[French Invade U.S. No, it’s really happening. The three-night OohLaLA Festival starts Wednesday at the Fonda, and to mark the musical feast, here’s a couple of hors d’oeuvres from Buzz Bands favorites:] [Update: It was just announced that Emilie Simon has canceled her appearance because of “major personal reasons.” Soko will replace her in the […]
Seven months after releasing its most recent album “Run With the Faithless,” Lemon Sun resurfaces with a new track, the first that singer-guitarist Rob Kolar has made with the quintet’s new lineup. Kolar, who says the song is inspired by Graham Hancock’s “Supernatural,” steers the band in a more psychedelic direction here, his eyes to […]
Hard to believe that the guys in Hollywood punk quartet Orange are barely old enough to drink. Even harder get your mind around the notion that the foursome is already three albums into its career. Orange’s newest, “Phoenix” (out this week on Hellcat Records), is vintage West Coast pop-punk, and if you like that sort […]
Chris Garneau’s quirky pop music seems to float through midair, his tinkling piano and gentle strings carrying a voice so featherweight at at times it seems like the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter doesn’t want to wake his neighbors up. His sophomore album, “El Radio” (just out on Absolutely Kosher), was recorded in the sticks in New Hampshire […]
In two short years, Everest has gone from nice-local-guys-making-warm-and-fuzzy-Americana to full-fledged touring rockers, who, through their affiliation with Neil Young’s Vapor Records, gained slots opening for the likes of Young, Wilco and My Morning Jacket and played festivals such as Bonnaroo and Bumbershoot. It’s been a period of revelation and growth for frontman Russell Pollard […]
