‣ Day 2 of this year’s FYF Fest shapes up to pack more of a punch than Saturday’s first day, with the Faint, Beirut and Turbonegro joining the likes of Dinosaur Jr., Desaparecidos, Liars, Against Me!, Aesop Rock, Cursive and more. Above, Father John Misty’s video for “Nancy From Now On.” Single-day tickets are available […]
Happy September: ‣ If there’s one song I want to hear at FYF Fest, it’s F*cked Up’s “Queen of Hearts.” The Canadian rockers are No. 1 on my festival hit list, followed by, in order of urgency, M83, Redd Kross, Two Gallants, Cloud Nothings, Quicksand, the Vaselines, the Soft Pack, FIDLAR, Nite Jewel and the […]
A Friday night kickoff to a long weekend: ‣ Desaparecidos, back after a decade, warms up for its FYF Fest appearance with a sold-out show at the Troubadour. Have you heard the new song “MariKKKopa”? ‣ Old 97’s roll in to headline the El Rey Thatre, supported by Those Darlins. ‣ Sweden’s Niki & the […]
Tsar were retro before you were. The Los Angeles quartet, embracing the power-pop hooks of Cheap Trick, the glammy affectations of Sweet and punk-rock swagger of the Stooges, released two albums last decade that were the antidote of weighty angst of grunge and its progeny. Neither exactly heaped riches on their labels (the self-titled debut […]
Not that here at Buzz Bands LA HQ we condone all these activities, but does this montage for King Tuff‘s new video “Alone and Stoned” remind of your past activities or certain friends? King Tuff’s self-titled album is out now on Sub Pop, and yes, it’s this much fun. ||| Previously: “Bad Thing” and “Keep […]
And while we’re on the subject of music-videos-as-retro-TV-shows, we also love this episode of “Teen Talk” hosted by “professional educator Dale Antwerp.” Who better to to highlight a curriculum on punk rock than OFF!, yes?
As EW.com noted Tuesday when it premiered Army Navy’s video for its new single “World’s End,” the variety-show schtick is not a new angle for music videos. But director Mark Schoenecker’s episode of “Making It With Chester Felt and Viv” is exceedingly well-done, owing to performances by Martin Starr (“Freaks and Geeks”) as the show’s […]
Niki & the Dove, the Swedish duo consisting of members Malin Dahlström on vocals and Gustaf Karlöf on machines, creates pop that shimmers and pulses with a mysteriously dark undertone. Following up the success of their song “DJ, Ease My Mind,” the band went on to play handful of SXSW dates, release “The Drummer” EP […]
Cooper Gillespie has channeled pedal-to-the-metal rocker grrl (in her old band Bang Sugar Bang) and electronic seductress in the early trip-hop work of Mad Planet. On the Silver Lake quartet’s new album “Ghost Notes” (out today), the singer-bassist is finds a comfy middle ground, her sultry vocals alternately biting on the rockers and sweetly vulnerable […]
Call it intuition, but I knew exactly what ESP was going to sound like as soon as I saw the L.A. trio’s photograph. Cinematic production. Featherweight vocals. Vaguely tribal beats. More synths than songs. It all adds up to opaque dreamscapes at the hands of keyboard-wielding brother-sister duo Aska and Seiya Matsumiya and drummer Bobby […]
