Set times have been announced for this weekend’s Cruel World festival in Pasadena — and they won’t include Echo & the Bunnymen, who had to bow out due to visa problems.
Rounding up fine new singles from Joel Jerome, Together Pangea and Day Wave on this breezy May day: Lend them an ear.
Jaws of Love, the solo project of Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer, will release the new EP “Patricia” on May 25. It’s named for and dedicated to the memory of his late mother, memorialized in the title track.
L.A. quartet HUNNY returns with the new single “Speed Dial,” the first from their new EP, “Homesick,” arriving in July.
Near Beer, the sudsy indie-rock project fronted by Joey Siara (of the Henry Clay People), pop the top on their new single, “Yelling at a Dog,” the first from a full-length coming this summer. By the way, don’t yell at dogs.
Stepping out from his roles in a number of L.A. bands, multi-instrumentalist and producer Dane Sandborg has unveiled the first two singles from his solo project, Arroyo Low. His debut album, “2020,” will be out in July.
Starcrawler, working with producer/film composer Tyler Bates, storms into 2022 with the new single “Roadkill.”
Songs from Talk Time, Ashe, Dawes, More*, Little Luna, Mapache, Wallice, Girlhouse, Rachel Goodrich, the Linda Lindas, LEAN, Michael Rault and more on Buzz Bands LA’s latest playlist.
Weekend viewing: Videos from the Linda Lindas (feat. Kathleen Hanna), Girlhouse (feat. lobster claw mittens) and Alex Izenberg (feat. Not Paul McCartney). Enjoy.
Back for the first time since 2019, the Desert Hearts music and lifestyle festival — staged for the first time at Lake Perris — showed again why it is beloved by SoCal party people.
