PSA: After live music returns, don’t forget to make it a point to see Gateway Drugs perform their album “PSA.” Their long-awaited sophomore album arrived right in the middle of the pandemic — lousy luck there — but in today’s QUARANTUNES, they share a silver lining, and a playlist steeped in history.
Tunes from Anderson .Paak, Wargirl, Dreamers, L.A. Witch, Amo Amo, Greer, Run River North, Robert Francis, Kenan Bell, Gregory Uhlmann and more on Buzz Bands LA’s latest playist.
Amo Amo’s new EP “Canta,” out today, strikes a buoyant note in what Omar Velasco calls “a strange, strange time.” In today’s QUARANTUNES, Velasco shares his hopes for post-pandemic life and shares a Black artist-centric playlist “to honor those great artists who inspire us all.”
Gregory Uhlmann (of Perfume Genius, Fell Runner and a wide array of other exploits) will release his second solo album in July. In today’s QUARANTUNES, sample its restrained beauty as Uhlmann talks about coping in this heavy time and shares a playlist sure to boost your musical IQ.
Kenan Bell has a lot on his plate. He’s a rapper, DJ, schoolteacher and entrepeneur with a new EP and video, a side business and “lockdown” on his mind — not just the quarantine, but national events that have reminded Black Americans how much they “are still truly locked down.” Hear his thoughts, and his playlist, in today’s QUARANTUNES.
Chilling, reading, writing, gaming, practicing, watching, building — that’s been the Year of Greer so far. On the heels of releasing “Aeroplane,” their new single for Epitaph, the quartet touches base with Buzz Bands LA for QUARANTUNES, itching to get on the road and sharing their quarantine playlist.
The pandemic torched Charming Liars’ 2020 touring plans but they’re still busy — the L.A. trio has released four new singles already this year. Hear them in today’s QUARANTUNES, along with how the break has rekindled singer Kiliyan Maguire’s creative fires, and his playlist of old vs. new.
Music from Big Black Delta, Chris Pierce, Sparks, Run the Jewels, Bob Mould, Drakeo the Ruler, Al-Qasar, Death Valley Girls, Seth Bogart, Cori Elliott, the Micawbers and more on Buzz Bands LA’s playlist.
Death Valley Girls, who are prepping their new album, today released a new 7-inch for Suicide Squeeze Records featuring two heavy but poignant covers. In today’s QUARANTUNES, guitarist Larry Schemel talks about his lockdown routine, pet projects and some songs that inspired the new album.
Husband-wife duo Wait. Think. Fast. premiere the video for their transformative new single “Chorus of Trees” in today’s episode of QUARANTUNES. Along with the artfully edited visual, they chat about quarantine, their anguish with the world, their hopes for change and a playlist suitable for the couple’s long runs.
