I’ll start today’s Buzz Bands LA Show with an indie artist whose song I heard between innings last week at Dodger Stadium, which is not exactly a haven for indie music. I’ll end it with one L.A. artist remixing another L.A. artist. In between those songs – by Victory and RAJ, respectively – there will […]
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Super Sunday things: ‣ It’s a been a good week for Medicine fans. The legendary L.A. shoegazers just released a new album titled ” To the Happy Few” – their first full-band record in 20 years – via Captured Tracks, and now they return to the stage at the Echo tonight for Part Time Punks. […]
I may have been the only person the planet less than enthusiastic about tweak job Mr. Little Jeans did a couple of years ago on Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs,” but there’s no denying the pretty colors conjured up by the Norwegian songstress’s new single “Oh Sailor.” Born Monica Birkenes and now based in Los […]
Incoming: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Olms, Lenka, Crystal Fighters, Willy Moon, Big Black Delta, KING, Bjork, Jewel, Parquet Courts, Mihael Paskalev, Ron Sexsmith, Capital Cities, Meg Myers, Ceremony, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, the Black Lips, Trash Talk, the Virgins, Generationals, the Boxer Rebellion, Iggy & the Stooges, Rocket From the Crypt, the Drums, […]
[Buzz Bands LA today welcomes a new contributing writer, Andrew Veeder. He has flow too.] Last year, a 17-year-old kid from Brooklyn put out a new mixtape – but it sounded as if it’d been buried in a time capsule since his birth in 1995. Now eighteen, Joey Bada$$ is emerging as one of the […]
As Miss Lauryn Hill prepares herself for a brief stint behind bars, Henry Pope takes us back to brighter days as he recreates a bit of the magic and wonder that was “The Score.” With an infectious beat (borrowed from Cali Swag District), the Venice Beach-based producer infuses a bit of danceability into the defiant R&B […]
OvertureCon, an event combining panel discussions, fans-and-bands meet-and-greets and live performances, makes it debut this weekend at the Mint, highlighted by headlining performances by rockers Semi Precious Weapons on Saturday and Honor Society on Sunday. The brainchild of self-professed “überfans” Sabrina Greenwood-Briggs and Stacey Lawson, OvertureCon offers panel discussions on fashion, women in rock and […]
The best thing about KG Bird’s folk music is how it doesn’t settle for just being folk music. The sextet – anchored by former Cue the Moon bandmates Chris and Tim James and Ryan Parmenter – can play aching balladeers one moment and tortured indie-rockers deftly playing the loud/soft dynamic the next. Their debut EP […]
The Buzz Bands LA Show comes to you today from the desert, where our army of journalists (well, three of us) is stationed to cover today’s first day of Coachella. Tune into Moheak Radio at 11 a.m. for two hours of local music, kicking off with selections from over a dozen of the SoCal bands […]
