[Has everybody reined in for the holidays? A few more posts, and Buzz Bands will be taking a little break. Meanwhile, here’s how get your Christmas week off to a good start:] Go see Helen Stellar [pictured] support residents Mere Mortals at Spaceland. … Go see Samuel Stewart support residents Links at the Silverlake Lounge. […]
[Fun, festive fundraisers. Cool concerts. Punchy parties. And the Pity Party. This weekend has it all, and I must be quick so I can try to find my godawful-est sweater for the Christmas Sweater Festival on Saturday:] Tonight: Foreign Born [pictured] headlines Spaceland. I hope they use the sleigh bells if they play “Union Hall.” […]
[File under: Things I have seen, heard or read:] There is plenty of intriguing music in the cooker for 2010, but one release I’ll be particularly interested in hearing is the album made by a band called Admiral Radley. The foursome is a collaboration between Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray and Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle […]
[Here’s where it starts to get busy, folks …] For my money, there is no better punk-rock outfit doing business the past few years than Florida’s Against Me!, who remain the only band to have slayed me at both Coachella and the Warped Tour. The quintet just finished a new album, “White Crosses,” with producer […]
Interesting night ahead at the Vanguard, where the Red Bull Sound Clash pits Kid Sister against Moving Units, with the bands squaring off against each other from stages at opposite ends of the venue. The hip-hop vs. rock showdown will feature four rounds of “competition” in which the acts will show their stuff, with some […]
La Crescenta-bred rapper Kenan Bell debuts a new single today when “Good Day” hits iTunes – the B-side is track called “T.G.I.F.” that features a guest turn from Aceyalone. Bell, who headlines Spaceland tonight, has been busy finishing up his debut album “Until the Future,” which will be released in March on Sonata Cantata, a […]
Busy night in town – the Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zero gig at the Mayan is sold out, but not Mew’s show at the Fonda Theatre. The Danish rockers’ latest album “No More Stories” came out in August and features “Repeaterbeater” – the video for which is liable to make you … very … […]
Jason Mandell has a handful of recordings and a fresh start. Mandell caught my ear three years ago as part of the U.S. Mail Band, which then became the Coles and then, for legal reasons, the Coals. Earlier this year writing partner Sutter Zachman left the project, so Mandell has put together a band around […]
[Happy birthday to Jon Brion, who, of course, is doing his popular weekly show at Largo tonight. Now, quickly rounding up what else is on the menu – including a couple of off-the-beaten-path events Saturday and Sunday:] Tonight: Son Volt gallops back into town behind one of its most lauded records, “American Central Dust.” Jay […]
Pictured at left are bags full of CDs. You remember those things, right? They still make good stocking-stuffers, I’m told. They are the victims of the annual winnowing of the music collection here at shelf-space-starved Buzz Bands LA headquarters. Some are promos, some are store-bought (I frequently can’t remember which is which), and I must […]
