Buzz Bands LA returns to Austin next month for the sixth consecutive year during the South by Southwest Music Festival, hosting its third annual “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” day party. The showcase of eight top emerging acts from southern California will go off from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 12, at the Chuggin’ […]
Big Thursday night in the city: ‣ Philadelphia six-piece Dr. Dog, headlines the Wiltern behind its latest album “B-Room” with Saint Rich and Moses Sumney supporting. ‣ It’s gonna get crazy at the Echoplex, where skate-punk quartet FIDLAR heads up a lineup that includes Cheatahs, Cherry Glazer and Isaac Rother & the Phantoms. ‣ Irish […]
Wednesday. Yes, it’s Wednesday: ‣ Mother Falcon – the multitudinous Austin orchestral-rock collective whose Wednesday residency at the Echo has been going off – will be joined by a special guest for tonight’s installment: former Miracle Legion frontman Mark Mulcahy. Mulcahy was away from music for many years but has returned with the album “Dear Mark J […]
Your Tuesday show lineup is looking pretty fantastic: ‣ Hey, Kaiser Chiefs, nice to see you back. The Leeds rockers, who release their fifth album “Education, Education, Education & War” in late March, play the El Rey Theatre, with Avid Dancer opening. ‣ Big night for the SoCal tour series that Lucinda Williams in celebration […]
It’s a mad, mad, mad Monday: ‣ Cibo Matto, back with “Hotel Valentine,” their first album since 1999, visit the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Kentucky sextet Sleeper Agent heads up the lineup at It’s a School Night at Bardot, joined by Broods, Early Winters and Say Say. ‣ Kan Wakan, joined by a string section, […]
Incoming: Cibo Matto, Sleeper Agent, Kaiser Chiefs, Kins, Lucinda Williams, Lemon Sun, the Last Internationale, Charlie Greene, Mark Mulcahy, Sharon Corr, Decoded, Early Winters, Dr. Dog, Lord Huron, Restavrant, Kodaline, AC Slater, Xemia Rubinos, the Wailers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Record Company, Capital Cities, Morgan Page, Toni Braxton, the Haden Triplets, Okapi Sun, Com […]
Sunday things: ‣Â L.A. duo Youth Code plays a homecoming show at Complex with support from Sleep Clinic. ‣ Recently-signed Mom+Pop artist Courtney Barnett headlines the Bootleg Theatre. Fever the Ghost opens. ‣Â Just over in the next room, Miriam Bryant and Natalia Kills co-headline a sold-out show at the Bootleg Bar. That’s Byrant’s video for “Finders […]
Here’s to a great Saturday night: ‣ Afro-pop ensemble Fool’s Gold, who’ve been working on their third album, headline the Satellite. Crash and Raw Geronimo support. ‣ Phantogram, the musical duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, headlines the Palladium behind their new album “Voices,” with White Sea opening. ‣ The Thermals visit the Satellite […]
It’s one crazy Friday: ‣ L.A. indie-pop outfit Wildcat! Wildcat! headlines the Echoplex, with Body Parts and Mt. Ossa supporting. ‣ Upstair at the Echo, it’s more indie-pop. Boston’s Magic Man headlines, supported by L.A. duo Scavenger Hunt and a mystery-identity getting some buzz for its funking synth-pop, Brooklyn’s Mother. Above is Magic Man’s new […]
