Who: Spoon on the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Spoonful of sugar I’ll Remember This Forever Because: Spoon tipped the piano over and boy did it hurt my ears. Spoon has never been this writer’s favorite. They’re a little too safe, sweet indie rock that your mom can understand. They’re also regarded by […]
It was as if somebody flipped a switch and turned Coachella into the kinder, gentler (but no less bustling) place of my memories. Saturday’s second day of the 2010 festival was an exuberant affair; gone were the traffic snarls – automobile and human – that sullied the first day. A thin layer of clouds kept […]
If you were paying attention, you’ve probably heard L.A. quartet Robotanists’ rendition of Bryan Adams’ “Heaven,” which appears on the cool charity covers collection “Uncovering a Cure.” (Oh, you missed that? Get it here.) That song, along with six other interpretations, appears on Robotanists’ new EP “Shapes and Variations.” Sarah Ellquist, Daniel de Blanke and […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Gary Numan. Here’s what’s going on at the beginning of a very, very busy week:] Moonrats kicks off their residency at Spaceland. The L.A. indie-rockers have a song coming out as part of IAMSOUND’s “L.A. Collection” series (KCRW previewed it last week), are working on their full-length debut and […]
February, you’re just too short. The month’s Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end in fine fashion tonight, with strong support all around: Hot Philadelphia quintet Free Energy [pictured], whose album “Stuck on Nothing” (DFA) comes out Tuesday, plays the Echo in support of Useless Keys. … Castledoor brings it on the final night of Princeton’s stand […]
[Buzz Bands welcomes back Stolen Lyric from a New Year’s hiatus …] ||| Source: Cold War Kids, “Hospital Beds” ||| Live: Cold War Kids perform tonight at the Wiltern Theatre.
Fullerton-based quintet the Steelwells make big, open-hearted music that’ll put a smile on your suburban angst quicker than an afternoon latté or four open lanes at the Orange Crush. The band – singer-guitarist Joey Winter and mates Andrew Eapen, Robbie Gullage, Brian Manchester and Billy Kim – last year released its “Shallow on the Draft” […]
It’s the wrap-up of Buzz Bands Playlist 2009 – beginning at noon today on Indie1031.com, I will finish counting down my favorite SoCal songs of the year. But first, a confession: A friend and loyal reader asked me at the Buzz Bands party on Sunday night where, in my list, a certain band would appear. […]
The music of L.A.’s Pepper Rabbit – the duo of Xander Singh and Luc Laurent – clatters with orchestral charm. Think a low-fi (and more organic) MGMT, with vocals that (as Rawkblog accurately notes) recall Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donahue. The pair released two EPs to iTunes this year, “Clicks” and “Shakes.” Guitars and ukelele, keyboards […]
Tonight is the first of two nights to catch Those Darlins [download] in town when they play the Silverlake Lounge with The Grates and Leslie and the Badgers. … You know Brakesbrakesbrakes has got it goin’ on when their singer quits British Sea Power (Eamon Hamilton moonlighted as keyboardist in the fellow Brighton band) to […]
