[Birthday wishes today go out to Lucinda Williams. … Here’s your Tuesday fare on a night I will need to be home in time to catch Silversun Pickups on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”:] The Cribs, the U.K. quartet who made a lot of noise when Johnny Marr joined the band and then made even more on […]
[It ain’t Radiohead – which raised over half a million dollars at its Haiti relief benefit on Sunday night at the Fonda – but here’s tonight abbreviated show menu:] It’ll be their last SoCal appearance before Coachella – San Francisco quartet Girls [pictured in August at the El Rey Theatre], still getting all kinds of […]
[Michael Hutchence of INXS would have turned 50 years old today. Music is being played at Buzz Bands HQ in his honor. Here’s a quick weekend preview:] Tonight: Be Your Own Pet arrived on the scene around 2005 with a screech and snarl, and a rather exhilarating sense that the Nashville quartet was one garage-rock […]
Raymond Richards has been something of a two-headed beast the past few years, his burgeoning duties as an up-and-coming producer at his humble garage studio forcing his singer-songwriter side to the back burner. But now Richards (whose Red Rockets Glare Studio has birthed albums by Local Natives, the Broken West and Ferraby Lionheart, among others) […]
Music Go Music [download], the ’70s-channeling persona of the principals from L.A. band Bodies of Water, returns home after touring Europe behind its debut album “Expressions,” which came out in October on Secretly Canadian. In the mood for some Euro-pop? Get your ABBA to the Echo, where Wounded Lion opens. … At Spaceland, the Idaho […]
Something about Sean Tillman makes you want to check your inhibitions at the door. As Har Mar Superstar he manages to make Top 40 safe for indie fans, and last fall’s release “Dark Touches” brings a smile to your face and gives you happy feet too. Over the years his Spaceland shows have been almost […]
Austin’s spastic garage rockers White Denim, whose album “Fits” was voted most likely to cause eye palpitations, headline the Troubadour tonight, with Brazos opening. … Olin and the Moon‘s pizza-beer-bingo residency continues at the Echo, with O.C. classic-rock kids Dusty Rhodes and the River Band opening. … And the Hot Rats – Gaz Coombes and […]
[Buzz Bands is on an an extended weekend. … Quickly, here’s what’s up tonight:] Spoon’s cozy show at El Cid (with Deep Sea Diver opening) is sold out. Spoon’s new album “Transference” is out this week. … Oren Lavie [who caught our eye with his Grammy-nominated video for “Her Morning Elegance” last year] plays the […]
[Birthday greetings this weekend to Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs. Here’s an abbreviated roundup of shows – hit up You Set the Scene for a more comprehensive list …] Tonight: Local blues-rockers Night Horse are starting the new year by getting to work on their sophomore album with producer Matt Bayles (who’s worked with […]
[Birthday holler goes out to Dave Grohl today. Meanwhile, here’s your rather skimpy show slate for tonight:] The music of Portland quintet the Builders and the Butchers [pictured] has been described as “punkgrass,” and whatever the label says, the band’s album “Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well” is fiery and twangy and intense like whack […]
