This arrives … well, not in time for the holidays. But we’re sure it’ll be nicely wrapped anyhow. Silversun Pickups, now in their second decade of making glorious noise-pop, are releasing a vinyl boxed set of their singles. Dangerbird Records will unveil “Silversun Pickups: The Singles Collection” on Feb. 25, which, if our archives are […]
Hey, 2013, it’s been nice seeing you, but you have downright tuckered us out. In the way of reviewing what we’ve accomplished here at Buzz Bands LA HQ, we’ve compiled an almost-exhaustive (we think), surely exhausting glossary of all the southern California artists we covered here. That’s more than 450 of them. And we missed […]
Ben Cassorla has made all sorts of friends out on the road. He’s played with everyone from Slick Rick to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, but he’s also been churning out solo material. The latter initially and mostly involved recording catchy demos and creating music videos via Microsoft Paint, but Cassorla’s decided to let […]
If you’ve been following the Growlers and/or Mystic Braves (f/k/a Blackfeet Braves), then you might want to add Santoros to the batch of bands who combine garage, surf, psych and rockabilly into their own party music. And if you haven’t run into the L.A.-based septet yet, it’s bound to happen sooner or later since they’re […]
Although the status of Foxygen‘s existence is unclear at the moment, we do know that members of the psych-rock band have kept busy. We heard the excellent debut “My Friend Fish” from drummer Shaun Fleming, aka Diane Coffee; Jonathan Rado released his “Law and Order” EP in September; and now we hear from Elizabeth Le Fey, […]
Ever since his teenage years in the Martyrs, Santa Barbara native Kyle Nicolaides has done his darnedest to breathe fresh life into Led Zeppelin- and White Stripes-styled blues-rock. His power trio with Daniel Curcio and Tony Cupito, Beware of Darkness, made a dent this year with the single “Howl,” a tune that dates to Nicolaides’ […]
“Digital Smoke Signals” is the debut project from Los Angeles’ Got Damage, a new alternative rap duo composed of Geronimo $ and Spitting Bull. Their bio states that they have chosen “their own path using rap as ritual to channel messages of strength, spirit seeking, and exploration of the unknown, full of mythical themes and […]
Heartfelt thanks and best holiday wishes to all the artists, readers, advertisers, writers, photographers and support staff who have helped Buzz Bands LA enjoy its best year ever in 2013. May your 2014 be even better. – Kevin And with that, I’m taking a couple of days off to work on my eggnog recipe. Here’s […]
[Here’s our daily dose of holiday music …] L.A. trio Victory had a pretty good 2013:Â Robert Fleming, Shannon Rutherford and Dave Beste released one of our favorite albums, “Victory Is Music;” their tunes found their way into some luxury car commercials; and they capped things with a little EP “Soothing Me So” earlier this month. […]
[Another in our holiday song-a-day series …] Dusky-voiced L.A. singer-songwriter Arrica Rose has a memo for Jesus Christ, Santa and the President: “It’s that time of year / to remember love more than fear / now let’s take the corporate outta Christmas.” Her stripped-down original “Corporate Outta Christmas” is a gentle reminder of the intended […]
