Saint Motel’s difficult-to-pigeonhole brand of pop-rock just got more difficult to pigeonhole. The Los Angeles quartet, who riffed their way onto the scene with the calisthenics-worthy hooks and rhythms on their six-song “ForPlay” EP and in the process became one of the town’s most exuberant live acts, has been working on material for its next […]
Deep Dark Robot – the new project from Linda Perry, the 4 Non Blondes provocateur turned A-list songwriter/producer and record label impresario – highlights the lineup for the Buzz Bands LA Austin 2011 Showcase, sponsored by 1band 1brand, on Wednesday, March 16, at the Cedar Street Courtyard. New and newer – that’s the best way […]
Join me on MoheakRadio at 3 p.m. today for the weekly Buzz Bands LA show – I have a batch of new local music, some show announcements and details on this blog upcoming activities at the South by Southwest Music Festival. It’s going to be fantastic. Really. And, after the jump, the playlist will be […]
Voxhaul Broadcast frontman David Dennis describes his band’s music as being “a lot about searching and even more about finding,” but it’s also about getting it right. When the L.A. quartet with the quirky, Morrissey-referencing name first emerged from Orange County four years ago with an EP on the incubator label Retone Records, they were […]
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Joseph did his share of collaborating and writing demos back in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa. He probably wrote a song about every feeling anyone has ever experienced – big or small, infamous or secret – all before his 21st birthday. Now based in L.A., Joseph continues to offer an abundance […]
L.A. dream-pop quartet Superhumanoids has come a long way from Cameron Parkins’ solo bedroom project and the group, which also includes Sarah Chernoff, Max St. John and Evan Weinerman, continues to push all the right buttons on “Parasite Paradise.” The four-song EP follow up to their well-received “Urgency” EP is slated for a digital release […]
Organic may seem like a foreign term when it comes to speaking about music today. Between bands whose ranks barely fit on stage to artists who are oddly interested in making old sounds with new technology, natural songwriting structures are rarely the end product. L.A.’s the Cooling Time is a nice reminder that rock music […]
There are a handful of songs that simmer on “I’m Like Whatever,” the 2010 release from L.A.’s All Wrong and the Plans Change, but no track brings the blood to a boil like “I Get Down.” Collaborators Kassia Conway (bass/vocals) and Amy Wood (drums), who are currently at work on a new EP, explore desert […]
Alexander, “Alexander” (Community Music/Vagrant) – After two-plus years of saving souls from the pulpit of the psych-folk collective Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alex Ebert is still searching his own. “Alexander,” the 32-year-old’s solo debut, feels as if the songwriter is giving himself a pep talk, the overarching message being: Don’t give up the […]
Red Cortez is finishing strong. The final installment of the weekly EPs the L.A. quartet has been releasing (free) during this month’s residency includes a sparkling new track, “Over the City,” and two favorites from their lives sets, “All Ye People” and “Western Front.” You don’t have to be highly paid A&R person, or even […]
