[Buzz Bands LA reader Dave Ramirez won last week’s contest to witness Gorillaz’ secret Coachella rehearsal, which turned out to be Friday night at Center Stage soundstages in Burbank. No cameras or cellphones were allowed into the show. I asked Ramirez to drop me a note to tell me how it was, and he was […]
I’m in the desert this weekend for Coachella. If you’re in Los Angeles, you have plenty of reasons to leave the house, including Autolux (Friday at the Bootleg), the Swedish duo jj [pictured], who are performing at the Echoplex on Saturday, and Love Is All, who are the Echo on Sunday. For a rundown of […]
[Happy tax day. How many of you are spending your return on Coachella?] They’ve escaped Orange County for the friendly confines of NYC, but the Willowz are fondly remembered here. Their latest album “Everyone” came out in December (and maybe got lost in the pre-holiday shuffle), and it’s a howling-good collection of punky psych-rock that […]
[Win Butler of Arcade Fire hits the big Three-Oh today. Cheers.] Quite a night for concerts, if you’re warming up your Coachella ears. Me, I’m thinking parking is going to be a bear in downtown Pomona, with Vampire Weekend (Fox Theater) and Deerhunter (the Glass House) play about one block apart. … Closer to Buzz […]
At a glance, the set times for this installment of Coachella will make stage-hopping more manageable – fewer tough decisions this year. Preview, along with my picks, coming Wednesday morning. Oh, and by the way, the festival is a sellout.
It’s taken some of the shine off Friday’s Coachella lineup. The first North American show in 18 years by Public Image Ltd. was to have been at the big festival in the desert, but I guess there was money to be made – PiL plays tonight at downtown’s Club Nokia. I do like John Lydon […]
[Your Monday fare while wishing Echo & the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant a happy birthday and checking the long-range forecast for the band’s set at Coachella on Friday …] It’s been about two years since Canadian noiseniks Crystal Castles released their debut album. A second is in the works; meanwhile, fans will have to do with […]
Tonight: Cary Brothers’ new album “Under Control” came out last week – anybody who liked “Blue Eyes” from the “Garden State” soundtrack, or songs such as “Ride” and “Honestly” off 2007’s “Who You Are,” will love where the Nashville-bred artist has gone with his songcraft. Brothers returns to one of his favorite haunts, the Hotel […]
We Are the World’s debut album”Clay Stones” came out this week on Manimal, and the eclectic electro kids are playing the second date of a three-week residency at the Echo to mark the occasion. Tonight they are joined by Montreal dance-rockers We Are Wolves [that’s their video for “Blue,” above], who are touring behind their […]
Citizen Cope, the musical persona of groove-meister Clarence Greenwood, is nearing the end of a long national tour behind his first album in four years, “The RainWater LP.” Tonight’s date is at the Wiltern. … Straight outta mainland China, P.K. 14 and Carsick Cars rock the Viper Room – the latter’s set earlier this week […]
