[Buzz Bands lite again today. I’m on an island somewhere.] Friday’s night’s Tribute to Neil Young (mounted by When You Awake) drew a great crowd to the Bootleg Theatre, and there were some sterling takes on Young’s catalog too – none that I enjoyed more than when Leslie Stevens of Leslie & the Badgers, fronting […]
Cleveland two-piece Mr. Gnome has a weirdly psychedelic approach, spare and collage-y. Their sophomore album “Heave Yer Skeleton,” out earlier this month, was recorded in L.A. at Josh Homme’s studio (and mixed at Butch Vig’s digs in Wisconsin). The tracks below will give you an idea why bloggers are scratching their heads, but listening. ||| […]
[It’ll be Buzz Bands Lite for a couple days whilst your faithful correspondent goes on a little trip. So, briefly, here’s what’s on tap tonight:] Not that you should need any extra reasons to check out the Happy Hollows residency at Spaceland, but here’s one: New Jersey quartet Real Estate [download below] – turning a […]
Dave Dupuis is a familiar figure to Eastside clubgoers, and not just for his head of hair, which seems to occupy the whole room. Dupuis, who plays guitar in Film School and was a sound man at Spaceland and for several bands (including Silversun Pickups), recently debuted his new band, the trio Nightmare Air. It […]
[It’s Bjork’s birthday on Saturday, celebrate appropriately. Here’s my late-arriving weekend rundown:] Tonight: Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian [pictured; download below] brings its multimedia synthscapes to the Echoplex for a night of cool electro that includes Keenhouse, Tigercity and Little Red Radio. … Julian Casablancas hits downtown’s Palace Theatre for Week 3 of his residency. … […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Matt Sorum … now here’s what’s on tap for a busy evening:] The Whigs will release the follow-up to 2008’s “Mission Control” early next year – the new album will be titled “In the Dark” [download below]. Few bands do old-fashioned garage rock better than the Athens, Ga., trio, […]
Haven’t been able to set aside “A Brief History of Love,” the debut album from U.K. electro-shoegazers the Big Pink, since it arrived in my mailbox and got me all excited. The collaboration of producer Milo Cordell and guitarist Robbie Furze, the Big Pink expands to a full band for live shows, and they finally […]
L.A. indie rockers Radars to the Sky have been at work on a new album with producer David Newton (who’s worked with the Little Ones, the Happy Hollows and the Blood Arm, among others), but they’re not messing with the formula that made them Eastside favorites: stabbing guitars underpinned by big rhythms and synth flourishes, […]
If you’re shut out out of the sold-out Them Crooked Vultures show at the Wiltern tonight, there’s still plenty of rock music to be consumed: There’s a power-packed local bill at the Roxy, with the Outline, Voxhaul Broadcast, Eastern Conference Champions [pictured], Links and Nova Nueva … It’s a big Haden-fest at Disney Hall, where […]
[Our last evening of music at the Echo gave me such a warm-and-fuzzy, I decided to invent a word for this next show: “Decembering”:] Buzz Bands LA invites you to a night of sweeping guitar rock on Dec. 2 at the Echo, featuring Helen Stellar, KAV, Square on Square and Nightmare Air. Tickets are $8 […]
