X: Forty years of excellence, celebrated at the Grammy Museum
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L.A. punk-rock luminaries are the subjects of a worthy museum X-hibition, running through March. What are the facts behind the artifacts?
Music Tastes Good: Promoter Jon Halperin, on a festival moving forward
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With a lineup as eclectic as anything its celebrity chefs will serve, the Music Tastes Good festival returns for a second year — which was no sure thing after the death of its founder.
Linda Perhacs: On finding her ‘God sound’ in a universe of collaborators
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Linda Perhacs, who turns 75 today, is worried about “the volume of love that’s needed to dilute the volume of hate.” In the Buzz Bands LA interview, she talks about adding to the former with her new album “I’m a Harmony.”
Jaws of Love: Kelcey Ayer, on balladry, solo projects and things guys say to their dogs
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Kelcey Ayer (of Local Natives) releases his debut as Jaws of Love next week. He chats with us about the album’s namesake, Tasha, feeling alone and being “self-constructive.”
The Dream Syndicate: After 29 years, they find themselves … where?
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“How Did I Find Myself Here?” is the first album in 29 years by influential band The Dream Syndicate. Which gave main man Steve Wynn cause to wonder: “Has there ever been a band that reunited and made a record you like?” On that and other issues …
El Ten Eleven: Words on making music with words
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Next week, instrumental music phenoms El Ten Eleven released their first music with vocals — the “Unusable Love” EP, featuring The Dig’s Emile Mosseri. It’s different.
Mondo Cozmo: An overnight sensation … after 15 years
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Josh Ostrander, aka Mondo Cozmo, went from working two landscaping jobs to performing in front of 90,000 people in under two years. His album “Plastic Soul” lands Friday. How in the name of broken sprinkler heads did this happen?
Gary Richards: HARD Summer’s founder on the past, present and future
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In the Buzz Bands LA interview, HARD Summer founder Gary Richards talks about his multiple lives as promoter, DJ, family guy and torchbearer for EDM.
Tank and the Bangas: New Orleans charmers, NPR darlings, forces of nature
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Buzz Bands LA chats with Tarriona “Tank” Ball of Tank and the Bangas about New Orleans, their NPR-fueled rise to prominence … and Julia Roberts. They play Friday in L.A.
Ben Cassorla: ‘Tell your readers I’m open to ideas’
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Cassorla has two albums ready to release and no idea how to do it. After batting practice, he takes us from a basement in Silver Lake, to Macon, Ga., and back.
