Kan Wakan’s debut “Moving On,” released a year ago this month, remains an album of massive ambitions and epic scope. No surprise, then, that the L.A. collective helmed by composer/multi-instrumentalist Gueorgui Linev and guitarist-producer Peter Potyondy went all-out in the remix department as well. “Moving On Remixed” — being offered for free download via NoiseTrade […]
Los Angeles is blessed to be the home base of a handful of artists who make country music that doesn’t sound like it came out of a food processor, and with the April 10 release of “Greyhound Blues,” Geronimo Getty ascends to the top of that heap. The 10-song tour de force marks the […]
“Not Far to Go” holds a special place in Buzz Bands LA’s heart — in early 2012, fresh out of recording sessions at Raymond Richards’ Red Rockets Glare studio, Jacob Dillon Summers sent us the song, originally titled “How Far to Run” as a way of introducing his new project Lauralaura. The band is now […]
After releasing the songs “The Spirit of St. Louis” and “Truth and Diamonds” early in 2015, Los Angeles-via-Brooklyn artist Alge has just dropped a new single called “Palms of Our Hands.” It features his friend and frequent collaborator, the Brooklyn-based R&B artist DAJ, and is his most anthemic and dynamic track yet. The iced-out pop […]
Choir boy-turned-electronic pop auteur Pat Grossi will release his second full-length as Active Child on June 16. It’s titled “Mercy,” and while still embracing themes of love and loss in Grossi’s characteristic naked vulnerability, the album marks a production shift away from the soupy effects that drenched his 2011 debut “You Are All I See.” […]
Wednesday, April 1: Updated, 11:55 a.m. â–º Ibeyi, the French-Cuban twins that made Bronson’s 10 Coolest Things at SXSW play a sold out Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ** â–º From Flaming Lips to Sky Ferreira, Duran Duran to Jim James and Karen O, the Music of David Lynch will be a congregation of […]
Electro-pop artisan Evan Voytas has kept his formidable falsetto in the shadows since he released his “Feel Me” EP in 2012 — he’s worked as a session musician and co-written songs for other acts, including Chris Brown’s “Time For Love.” Today, via Hit City USA, Voytas unveiled the new single “Disappear Into the Stars” (b/w […]
Many new bands have embraced traditional blues-rock in recent years, but few have given it a cherubic, gleeful double-high-five like Sweet Bump It, whose self-titled debut is out today. The band, conceived by diminutive singer-guitarist Nicole “Paco” de Leon and bassist Jenn Eyrich, first emerged in 2013 with the rough-hewn “First Slice” EP, then won […]
Tuesday, it’s three days from Friday: â–º Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield sing Elliot Smith at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. â–º The catalog of Brazilian master-musician Rodrigo Amarante (video above) is epic. See him live with Big Search and Noah Georgeson at the Bootleg HiFi. â–º The Echo hosts Shannon & the Clams and […]
March’s final Monday night options: â–º Alas, it is the final night of the Conway residency at the Satellite. Zak Waters, Khari Mateen and Maceo Paisley support the finale. â–º Tim Gray & the Delusions at the Wayfarer will serve as a soothing alt-country kick-off to the week. â–º Rap-rockers Hollywood Undead are joined by […]
