True to their name, which translates as “remove worries,” Inland Empire sextet QUITAPENAS has been spreading good vibes for more than five years. In today’s edition of Buzz Bands LA’s QUARANTUNES, the Afro-Lation group shares its new single and a truly global playlist as they honor the lockdown by staying creative.
Katzù Oso’s bedroom synth-pop — both his balladry and disco songs — is the stuff of springtime crushes and late-night text convos. The rising Latinx artist shares his new single, his thoughts about being cooped up in his studio and a too-short playlist in today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA series QUARANTUNES.
Check out tunes from Wargirl, Ceci Bastida, the Airborne Toxic Event, Devon Williams, Evan Weiss, Hawk Percival, Oddnesse, Send Medicine, Paper Idol, Winter and more on the 150th of our Greatest Hits … This Week series.
When we last looked in on Jagged Baptist Club, the noise-rock quartet was making ears bleed and purists’ hearts pound with their uncompromising assault. In today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA interview/artist playlist series QUARANTUNES, Blake Stokes talks about Reddit feuds and rediscovering his love for Hershey’s chocolate syrup. A sweet spot? Who knew?
In today’s QUARANTUNES, Cartalk’s Chuck Moore talks about catching up on reading, revisiting some beloved albums and having an apt song for the moment. That tune, “Sayings You Keep,” appears on the charity compilation “Demos From Quarantine, Vol. 2.”
With their 2019 debut album still simmering, L.A. quartet HUNNY saw their first major headlining tour fall victim to the COVID-19 shutdown. In today’s edition of QUARANTUNES, frontman Jason Yarger talks about cabin fever, bingeing on TV and video games and getting busy writing as he stays at home.
From his quarantine headquarters in a cottage on the Central Coast, Paper Idol checks in with Buzz Bands LA for today’s edition of QUARANTUNES., talking about his new single “Money for Flowers,” his peppy playlist and Facetiming with his mom.
Lily Kershaw is doing her best to stay grounded during this challenging time — although she admits that simply going out for coffee would be a blessing. In today’s edition of Buzz Bands LA’s QUARANTUNES, she shares a mix that’s “good for a cry, a cathartic bedroom dance-it-out or a brisk walk around your neighborhood.”
In today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA interview/artist playlist series QUARANTUNES, Sego’s Spencer Petersen talks about avoiding “woe-is-me,” how the coronavirus crisis might change us all and how he’s “working on my studio tan” while writing a new album. His playlist? File under: “Vacillating wildly between moods and outlooks.”
Singer-songwriter and multi-tasker Inara George recognizes that she’s luckier than most during this difficult time. And, she points out, “it’s hard to imagine how anything could reveal the disparity in this country even more, but this pandemic is really taking things to a new level.” Here is today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA series QUARANTUNES.
