L.A. experimental quintet Tes Elations make music that is hypnotic and even eerie, but most of all, it’s intriguing. Barrie Rose’s vocals coo as much as they yelp between the fluid cello lines, wailing guitar and potent drums. Together, Rose, Isaac Takeuchi, Christopher Votek, Andrew Lessman and Alex Noice are a conglomerate of musicians who […]
HARD Summer kicks off today L.A. State Historic Park, and with lots going on, Buzz Bands LA contributor Jonathan Buchanan shares the five acts he absolutely, positively does not want to miss: Amtrac Amtrac is Morehead, Ky.’s Caleb Cornett. Released last September, his debut full length LP, Came Along, is a gripping blend of chillwave […]
Aussie songstress Grace Woodroofe, Echo Park quintet NO and India-born singer Helena [pictured] have been added as main-stage attractions for Bloomfest, the downtown arts distict’s one-day music, art and community extravaganza on Saturday, July 21. The one-day street festival (2 to 10 p.m.) will also feature a punk-rock stage with Mike Watt and the Minutemen, […]
Your Wednesday show picks: ‣ Portugal. The Man, which recently wrapped up another big tour behind last year’s album “In the Mountains In the Clouds,” visit UCLA’s Royce Hall for a concert also featuring Haim and The Ten Thousand. ‣ Rocco DeLuca headlines the Satellite behind his haunting new album “Drugs ’N Hymns.” ‣ Xander […]
Because there aren’t enough hours in the weekend, we’ll catch up with Saturday coverage after we frolic around the polo fields on Sunday. Stay tuned … thanks.
Knowing Gene Simmons’ penchant for litigation, we wonder whether Madi Diaz has heard from any lawyers about her video for “Gimme a Kiss.” Director Erich Weiss – he of the documentary film on the legendary tattoo artist Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins – turned the winsome song on its ear for the video: “I just got […]
What happens when two of L.A. most adroit songwriters put their heads together? Something sweet, that’s for sure. Sweet Hearts is the result of about a year of on-and-off collaboration between Priscilla Ahn, the songstress who’s released two albums on Blue Note Records, and Charlie Wadhams, the indie rocker-turned-solo artist whose tunes were featured in […]
Color me eager to hear new material from these 10 artists:
‣ KCRW’s “Are Friends Eclectic?” holkiday benefit at the Orpheum Theatre features Jimmy Cliff, Iron & Wine, Brett Dennen, Other Lives, Mia Doi Todd, White Denim, the Belle Brigade, the Secret Sisters, Zee Avi and others. ‣ Jane Birkin makes her first Los Angeles appearance in seven years at Cal State L.A.’s Luckman Fine Arts […]
If the world is going to hell, David Shane Smith is working on a very fine soundtrack. The L.A. songwriter, who’s released four records in the past two years, deals in shape-shifting instrumentation – guitar tones, synth lines and electronic beats are mere silly putty in his hands – and his fragile voice narrates all […]
