L.A. quartet Honyock premiere their new single “The Quarry” in today’s episode of QUARANTUNES — it’s about missing out on things, so thanks for nothing, COVID-19. The band, which has been collaborating online during the lockdown, look forward to their new EP, coming July.
It’s no small irony that heady post-rock duo El Ten Eleven are rolling out their most ambitious release yet — a triple-LP that follows the arc of life — during a pandemic. Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty released “Tautology I” last month; check it out in today’s QUARANTUNES, along with Fogarty’s playlist and a mini-Q&A.
Music from Wait. Think. Fast., Nightjacket, Tomemitsu, Christian Lee Hutson, Mating Ritual, Alexa Melo, More, Mannequin Online, Alina Bea, Ruby Friedman and others on Buzz Bands LA’s weekend playlist.
“It feels like we are living in that science fiction ‘end of the world’ that we have only seen play out in the movies,” says Alina Bea, whose dynamic new album “You Will Learn” came out today. Check it out, along with her lockdown work-arounds, in today’s QUARANTUNES.
Ships Have Sailed’s new single “Rise” proved to be an apt song for the moment. As Will Carpenter tells Buzz Bands LA in today’s QUARANTUNES, it was released after their tour went sideways. Here, he shares his lockdown musts, touring dreams and a playlist that’ll make you sail through the day.
Rockers Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas juggle the family business — their irrepressible pop-punk quartet The Dollyrots — with their real family. So with two kids, music, Odgen’s SiriusXM radio show and weekly livestreams, they have their hands full, they tell Buzz Bands LA in today’s QUARANTUNES. Behold their playlist: “A Quarantime Punk Primer for Kids.”
Music from Phoebe Bridgers, Amo Amo, Julianna Barwick, Drinker, Jetstream Pony, the Airborne Toxic Event, Lavender Diamond, Rhye, Radnor & Lee, Kotomi, Valley Queen, War Strings and much more on Buzz Bands LA’s weekly playlist.
While getting itchy to record their second album, members of Kills Birds are coping with isolation in a variety of ways. They share their current work-arounds and future wishes — hugs, touring and … finger-licking — in today’s QUARANTUNES on Buzz Bands LA, along with an eclectic playlist.
Quarantine has meant learning time for Sofia Bolt — the L.A.-based French artist has been teaching herself production while holed up at home. In today’s QUARANTUNES on Buzz Bands LA, hear the fruits of her labor, a new double-single and a playlist that has kept her motivated.
Brother duo Mating Ritual should be celebrating in Palm Springs right now. Instead, they tell Buzz Bands LA’s QUARANTUNES, they are holed up at home, plotting an album release and desperately wanting to see people — even the ones they don’t like very much.
