Friday night: ‣ Swedish rockers the Hives roar into the Wiltern for a close-up – and speaking of close-ups, that’s their video for “Wait a Minute,” above – with L.A. quartet FIDLAR in tow. “Cheap Beer” all around. ‣ Her fans’ hearts still atwitter from July’s show at the Palladium, Fiona Apple comes back around for […]
The Vaccines‘ new album “The Vaccines Come of Age” is boldly titled, but has the U.K. quartet really come of age? Well, they now have songs that are longer than 2 minutes and they’ve gone beyond the hook with their songwriting this time around. But there’s still this aloofness that Justin Young, Freddie Cowan, Arni […]
Thursday things: ‣ Silversun Pickups visit the Santa Monica Civic behind their third album, “Neck of the Woods” – that’s the video for “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings),” above – with support from School of Seven Bells and Atlas Genius. ‣ The Vaccines’ new album is called “The Vaccines Come of Age,” and it’s out Oct. 2. […]
Expanding horizons – that’s “What We See” through the minds of two of L.A.’s brightest lights, Julia Holter and Nite Jewel. Their experimental electro sensibilities meld magnificently on a new song the pair has made for the forthcoming multimedia compilation “Dublab Presents: Lights from Los Angeles” (out Oct. 23). The collection (each song coming with […]
What a Wednesday: ‣ The Walkmen visit the Ford Amphitheatre behind their new album “Heaven,” the band’s sixth full-length. L.A. quintet Milo Greene opens. That’s the Walkmen’s video for “Heartbreaker,” above. ‣ On the other side of the 101, the Dave Matthews Band holds forth at the Hollywood Bowl. DMB’s first album in three years, […]
Your Tuesday show menu: ‣ We’ll begin with our own cozy show – Buzz Bands LA’s monthy SecondTuesday songwriter night brings Michael Davis (of Michael Davis With Lions), Alaska Reid and the Sweet Hurt to Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Doors at 9; more info here. ‣ My Morning Jacket does the first of […]
Pop provocateur and reigning queen of all things fan-funded Amanda Palmer is back … provoking. Her first album in four years, “Theatre Is Evil,” made with her new band the Grand Theft Orchestra, is out on Tuesday (her record-release show in NYC will be webcast live), and today she released this video for “The Killing […]
Bruce Driscoll is moonlighting. Driscoll – who with his sister Erica is the creative force behind rising electro-pop band Blondfire – has teamed up with Parisian songstress Marie Seyrat as Freedom Fry. It’s boy/girl pop awash in harpsichord, dulcimer, autoharp and ukulele, with Driscoll’s plaintive voice paired nicely with Seyrat’s chanteuse sighs. Freedom Fry released […]
The Lonely Wild’s Old West-flavored Americana stakes out the middle ground between the nuanced narratives you’ll hear on the new Lord Huron album and the epic spaghetti Western psychedelia of Spindrift. The Lonely Wild’s debut album, “The Sun As It Comes” (due next year), aspires to such cinema, its material informed by songwriter Andrew Carroll’s […]
It’s a happy Monday indeed: ‣ Lavender Diamond kicks off its residency at the Echo (they took Labor Day off). With the quartet’s new album “Incorruptible Heart” on the way Sept. 25, Becky Stark and gang will be joined by Bart Davenport, Bouquet and David Scott Stone. Free with an RSVP to Do213. ‣ Buzz […]
