Buzz Bands LA is turning 3 years old, and we’re triangulating the celebration. We are privileged to announce that Everest, the Los Angeles quintet who are readying their third album of rich, distinctly American rock ’n’ roll, will head up a trio of rockers playing Buzz Bands LA’s Three-Year Anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at […]
Hanni El Khatib’s scorched-earth take on vintage garage rock and blues is all about rage and danger – he claims his music is inspired by knife fights and train wrecks, after all – but the video for the song “Come Alive” takes the subversive, wry route. It was directed by Simon Cahn and Ricky Saiz […]
Cliff Magreta has been waiting for the clock to strike 12 for several years now –he began writing tunes as Minutes til Midnight around 2006 after the Shore, for whom he played bass, saw their record deal wash ashore. Since then, his exploits have included songwriting with other artists (he was a co-writer on Paul […]
As we indicated back in June, melancholic popgazers Mezzanine Owls are not going quietly into the night. The fractured L.A. quartet, dormant almost three years now, is releasing a couple of archival recordings (made in August 2008) from bassist Dan Horne’s Lone Palm Studio – “Obstacles” and “Tethered to a Fountain” – as a limited-edition […]
With her recent solo releases and collaborations, Steph Thompson, aka Steffaloo, has emerged as the latest in a (chill) wave of vocalists whose featherweight cooing seems an exercise in seduction by reverb. Her latest outing in Toy Camera sees her teaming up with Drew Harris of Germany Germany, maker of Postal Service-inspired pop. The glitchy […]
The downloads have spoken – or, at least, the fans who clicked “download” have. Four L.A.-area artists – alternative rockers Starving for Gravity, singer-composer Lucas Thanos and songstresses Stacy Clark and Marina V have advanced to the semifinals of the Pop Up Live program, a project from SPIN, the snack company popchips and Reverbnation to […]
The new SoCal five-piece Warships set sail about a year ago, after Eric Chirco and Edson Choi – both of the dearly departed Dusty Rhodes & the River Band – teamed up with Satellite Crush’s Elliot Craig and Timothy Pai, and John Ransom Tucker. Theirs is an expansive and exuberant take on indie-rock, with big […]
Devon Williams has come along way from his days as a teenager who played in the infamous punk band Osker. Since then, the L.A.-based musician has found his voice playing in various bands, including Lavender Diamond and his former band Fingers-cut Megamachine. However, it’s the 29-year-old’s lush psych-pop that has catapulted his name as a […]
You have to love synchronicity. While on tour supporting B.B. King last year, Los Angeles songstress Rachael Cantu had a little dressing-room jam with guitarist Harlan Silverman (the Alex in Alex and Sam, as well as the gifted guy who plays with the Belle Brigade and Mayer Hawthorne). The more Silverman tickled the strings, and […]
“F*ck it dog, life’s a risk.” It’s a statement that truly sums up the music of FIDLAR and one which has given birth to their acronym band name. The surf-cum-garage rock made by Zac Carper and friends seems fueled by cheap beer and youthful anger – longtime staples in both good punk rock and excellent […]
