Midweek madness: ‣ The Smashing Pumpkins visit the Wiltern, promising to preview some material off their forthcoming album “Oceania” (due in 2012). Fancy Space People (featuring Don Bolles) and Light FM open. ‣ Blondie plays Club Nokia behind their new album “Panic of Girls,” and L.A. trio Nico Vega opens. ‣ Devotchka does a cozy show […]
The press release says the Black Box Revelation’s forthcoming “Shiver of Joy” EP is the duo’s first U.S. release, which means this 2007 nugget on the Buzz Bands LA shelves titled “Set Your Head on Fire” must be a happy accident. Whatever. That’s when singer-guitarist Jan Paternoster and drummer Dries Van Dijck first stirred my […]
A little rock, a lot of roar: ‣ It’s a hometown party tonight at the Roxy for dance-punks Funeral Party (pictured), whose debut “Golden Age of Knowhere” came out back in January. They will be joined by Nashville quartet Mona, whose self-titled debut came out in September. [Buzz Bands LA will be DJing the proceedings.] […]
Top shows to get your week started right: ‣ With their first album in eight years “The Great Escape Artist” on the way Oct. 18, Jane’s Addiction does the first of two nights at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. That’s the band’s video for “End to the Lies,” above. ‣ Dum Dum Girls headline the […]
Your Sunday selections: ‣ San Diego-based Steve Poltz, the wildly entertaining singer-songwriter-satirist who rose from coffeehouse phenom to collaborate with Jewel and become known for sing-alongs, headlines this month’s edition of the Sunday Night Jones at the Satellite. The evening also features Billy Harvey, the hosts Daniel Ahearn & the Jones and a post-headliner songwriter […]
Picks for a super Saturday: ‣ The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival goes off along Colorado Boulevard, highlighted by the Low End Theory Stage and its group of beat-scene all-stars (Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Nosaj Thing, Tokimonsta, Nobody and more) but also featuring some great indie artists, including Health, Rooney, Shadow Shadow Shade, Mia […]
Friday fun: ‣ Tinariwen visits the El Rey Theatre as part of the Ooh LA L.A. Festival, abetted by TV on the Radio. The Malian band recorded their new album “Tassili” (which came out in August) in the Algerian desert with contributions from TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone (as well as Nels Cline and […]
SecondTuesday – Buzz Bands LA’s monthly songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe – takes a turn for the eclectic in October. On the agenda: sibling rivalry, a birthday celebration, a beer crawl and plenty of good tunes for a good cause. Headlining on Oct. 11 will be Joey and Andy Siara of the Henry Clay […]
Quite a Thursday night ahead: ‣ A.A. Bondy headlines the Bootleg Theater behind his new album “Believers.” [See why we believed.] Nik Freitas, whose new album “Saturday Night Underwater” came out this summer, opens. ‣ Gillian Welch (pictured) headlines the Music Box behind the new album she made with Dave Rawlings, “The Harrow & the […]
With her sultry flair that isn’t far from the smooth sounds that make both Sade and Billie Holiday so appealing, songstress Hindi Zahra has been gaining fans among critics – acquiring the Prix Constantin (France’s Mercury Prize) in 2010 – and listeners of folk, jazz and soul since her self-titled EP in 2009. Zahra now […]
