Anybody else remember how monumentally special Nine Inch Nails’Â “Wave Goodbye” night on Sept. 11, 2009 at the Wiltern Theatre felt? Turns out it was just a goodbye-for-now. How to Destroy Angels mastermind Trent Reznor has brought his other project out of mothballs, announcing Wednesday that a new NIN album “Hesitation Marks” would be out Sept. […]
Cold War Kids‘ clip for their latest single “Loner Phase” may look like a lyric video on the surface, but the man scribbling behind the screen is actually Matt Maust, who had quite the graphic design portfolio even before he took up bass for the L.A. quartet. If the color combinations and penmanship look familiar, […]
Song groupings for $1,000, please: “Kids” by MGMT, “Where the Kids Are” by Blondfire, “Naked Kids” by Grouplove, “Kids” by the New Division. And now to make it a furious five, “We’re the Kids” by L.A. trio Parade of Lights. For better or worse, all embrace the notion of fleeting youth and the fuzzy nostalgia […]
You’ve been on those long drives where it feels as if the car is actually being propelled by the stereo and not an internal combustion engine, right? So it is with the seen-better-days Honda in director Steve Hanft’s video for the Radar Brothers’ “If We Were Banished.” Inspired or inhabited by the song, the […]
It’s been almost two years since PAPA released their undeniably catchy tune “I Am the Lion King.” Since then they’re been relentlessly touring its EP, “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find.” Now they’re finally preparing for the release of their debut, which is slated for late summer 2013. The speedy soulful tune “Put Me […]
[Buzz Bands LA today welcomes a new contributing writer, Dan Frazier, whom many in L.A. might know as the man behind Free Bike Valet.] Venice Beach’s Mind the Gap have always been in a limbo between pop rock and electro funk, but their upcoming EP “Youth” doesn’t yield its dance-floor intentions with the singles “Find […]
KING has yet to announce a firm release date for their forthcoming debut “The Story,” but Amber and Paris Strother and Anita Bias have a lot of fans. With friends, family and new admirers packing the room to the gills, KING laid down the grooves and divine harmonies for an enchanting evening of R&B, jazz […]
Make Music Pasadena, through the lens of Buzz Bands LA photographer Laurie Scavo.
Make Music Pasadena, through the lens of Buzz Bands LA photographer Carl Pocket.
Thousands streamed to the streets of Pasadena on Saturday for what has become an annual ritual – Make Music Pasadena brought dozens of artists all different stripes for a day of free shows. Bands played in streets, alleys, parking lots, bars, galleries, coffeehouses, parks and other locales convenient to Old Town Pasadena. Here are some […]
