This is why all those party songs are written about Saturday nights: ‣ Based on Friday night’s monstrous crowds, early arrival is recommended: Echo Park Rising roars into Day 2 at various venues throughout the neighborhood, with Peanut Butter Wolf and Myron & E topping the outdoor main stage at Taix, Together Pangea leading a […]
The rest of the weekend is rising right along with Echo Park: ‣ Echo Park Rising, ballooning to three days this year, kicks off with free shows at more that a dozen venues around the neighborhood, with Allah-Las, Woods and Crystal Skulls highlighting the outdoor stage at Taix and a great cast of local bands […]
A big Thursday of concerts: ‣ With their new album “The Physical World” due Sept. 9, dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 headlines the Troubadour for a sold-out show. ‣ Imelda May [pictured] the sultry, bluesy rockabilly siren whose new album “Tribal” comes out Sept. 23, plays the El Rey Theatre, supported by the Rhythm […]
Echo Park Rising, the free neighborhood festival that has extended from two days to three days, is just around the corner. Festivities will kick off Friday, Aug. 15 and continue through Sunday Aug. 17, and Buzz Bands LA is once again privileged to be curating one stage during the festival, in the Champagne Room at Taix […]
How to get wowed on a Wednesday: ‣ Aloe Blacc [pictured], D’Angelo, Angélique Kidjo and Bettye LaVette are the special guests at the Hollywood Bowl for “Get On Up: A James Brown Celebration,” which features Christian McBride as musical director and a host of people who once played in Brown’s band. ‣When’s that debut album […]
Tonight in L.A.: Justin Timberlake, FKA Twigs, Dear Boy, Us the Duo, Dilated Peoples, Mike Stinson, Sugar Ray, NONONO, the Life & Times, Owenstone, Hobart W. Fink, Lykke Li, Casey Veggies
Tuesday night, you look so good in the future: ‣ Justin Timberlake plays the Staples Center. So there. ‣ FKA Twigs, the nom de tune of London-based Tahliah Barnett, releases her debut album “LP1” today, and headlines the El Rey Theatre tonight. Above, the video for “Two Weeks.” ‣ L.A. quartet Dear Boy showcases some […]
Here’s what’s up on a fabulous Monday: ‣ It’s a night of female singer-songwriters at at the Greek Theatre – Sara Bareilles headlines behind her latest album, 2013’s “The Blessed Unrest,” with Canada’s Hannah Georgas and the soulful Emily King opening. ‣ Australian DJ/producer Flume, who rocked two shows in L.A. last week before detouring […]
Incoming: Echo Park Rising, Pacific Festival, Flume, Sara Bareilles, Queen Caveat, Panama, Bettye LaVette, Justin Timberlake, Us the Duo, FKA Twigs, Sugar Ray, Dear Boy, Dilated Peoples, NONONO, Mike Stinson, Lykke Li, Casey Veggies, ZZ Top, Harper Simon, Reignwolf, Evan Voytas, Eric McFadden, Death From Above 1979, Imelda May, Foxygen, La Santa Cecilia, Flaco Jiménez, […]
Kind of a legendary Sunday, right? ‣ Paul McCartney plays Dodger Stadium for the first time he appeared there with the Beatles in 1966. (That Beatles’ set, one of the Fab Four’s last concerts, was 30 minutes long on Aug. 28, 1966; McCarntey has promised tonight’s would be, ahem, longer.) ‣ Amazing lineup at the […]
‣ It’s another installment for Chinatown Summer Nights at the Old Chinatown Central Plaza. Moving Units, the Peach Kings, the New Electric Sound, the Cold & Lovely, Magic Bronson and the Rebel Light all perform on the Buzz Bands LA-curated live music stage. KCRW DJSÂ Anthony Valadez and Raul Campos will be spinning at the dance […]
