Here’s a day brightener for all the folks who were at the Shout Out Louds’ sold-out shows at the El Rey Theatre last month. The Swedish band’s new video for “Show Me Something New,” by Ted Malmros, was shot underwater – which isn’t entirely something new, even for Swedish artists. The quintet will be busy […]
File under: Appetite for touring. L.A. electro-funk band Spirit Animal (whom some of you might remember from the Buzz Bands LA holiday party in December) arrived a novel way to try to finance this summer’s tour behind their debut album “The Cost of Living.” Frontman Steve Cooper will make dinner for you. Provided, of course, […]
Tune in later tonight for a live webcast of Health’s set from the Echoplex, courtesy of Spaceland Recordings.
L.A. quintet the Airborne Toxic Event’s new song “Neda” is a eulogy for Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose death last year in Tehran while attending a peaceful protest of the results of Iran’s presidential election has become a rallying point for human rights activists. TATE debuted the song recently at an Echo benefit for […]
[Birthday bump to Kanye West today. Busy night tonight ..] Top 5 places to be after tonight’s game 3 of the NBA Finals: ‣ I’m pretty sure, after watching the cool video for “USA Boys” (director, John Famiglietti; cinematographer, Matt Lloyd) that L.A. quartet Health ought to stick to disco. The Alan Moulder-mixed single is […]
[Why, it’s Prince’s birthday. Apparently they celebrated in his hometown over the weekend …] Top 5 ways to start the week that doesn’t involve wearing my Cardinals red to Dodger Stadium tonight: ‣ Thao and Mirah With the Most of All – the teaming of indie-rock songstresses Thao Nguyen and Mirah for tour on which […]
Our friendly neighborhood rock radio giant flexes its muscles today by throwing the annual KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. If you’re shut out of the sold-out show, or simply don’t want to battle traffic, crowds and the inevitable rowdy dudes stoked to see Stone Temple Pilots, Buzz Bands is hosting the live […]
I’ve said everything I want to about Broken Bells, except for maybe this afterthought: It must be nice to have a production budget. Here’s the video for “The Ghost Inside,” featuring “Mad Men’s” Christina Hendricks. Feeling you, sci-fi geeks.
[Birthday greetings this weekend to local rockers Michael Bauer (Useless Keys) and Annie Hardy (Giant Drag). Meanwhile:] One great thing about living in this neighborhood is that if you wait long enough, festivals come to you. Like this weekend – when eight of the acts who graced stages at Coachella 2010 are playing around town. […]
[File under: Too cute to resist:] Indie-rock fans are getting younger all the time – School of Seven Bells’ 2007 single “My Cabal” inspired this video treatment by third-graders at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks. SVIIB liked it so much, the band posted it on its website. The students star, but the clip also […]
