Your Saturday: ‣ It’s Day 1 of FYF Fest at L.A. State Historic Park, with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On the Radio, FLAG, Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, the Breeders sand many more. Here are your set times. ‣ L.A.-bred, Nashville-based classic rock heavy hitters Truth & Salvage Co. [pictured] headline the Troubadour behind their new album […]
Bella Darling may be a new name over on this side of the pond, but she’s already played festivals like Primavera Sound with only an EP titled “Man In Sea” under her belt. Now she is making some noise in her new base of L.A. Although originally from Barcelona, Spain, Darling recorded her debut with […]
Electro-pop trio Sir Sly crept onto the radar in late 2012 in the slipstream of several other bands spinning R&B cotton candy. While the Neighbourhood’s hip-hop lite has substantial meat on its bones, others have sounded very much like late-comers, struggling to find a distinct voice or anything beyond vaguely articulated romanticism couched in treacly […]
Maybe it’s a sign of the times, but there are three songs on today’s Buzz Bands LA Show about losing your mind. So tune in to The Independent FM for “Lose My Mind” (Raw Geronimo), “Lose My Mind” (Stacy Clark) and “When You Lose Your Mind” (The Royal Oui), all signs that we’re simply trying […]
The output from L.A. producer Kauf has been sparse – two almost-perfect tracks, “When You’re Out” in 2012 and then “Relocate,” as well as a memorable remix of “Heart in the Pipes” back in 2011. They managed to sear four letters into the minds of many with huge drums, evil synths and a shared demeanor that […]
Plenty of shows on tonight’s music menu, big and small: ‣ The Breeders [pictured] hit the El Rey Theatre in support of “LSXX,” the 20th-anniversary reissue of “Last Splash” released by 4AD. Cincinnati’s Tweens support. ‣ Over at the Staples Center, it’s a big night for pop with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. ‣ The Greek […]
Road trip, anyone? Titus Andronicus, Milo Greene, Wild Nothing, Ra Ra Riot, the Features, Caveman and Pictureplane are among the featured performers in conjunction with the sixth annual San Diego Music Thing, a mini-South by Southwest-styled music conference held in the North Park district of San Diego. The festival runs Sept. 13-14, with New Politics […]
Sometimes you have to travel all the way to the other coast to find what you’re looking for, and that’s what guitarist Vincent Frederick and bassist Jenny Pirch, two Detroit-to-LA transplants, realized when they bonded over their love for two-part harmonies sung by the Everly Brothers. Although Fredericks already had success using the Singles as a […]
Portland’s STRFKR has never been a band to color inside the lines; their electro-pop has always been quirky. And with their latest album “Miracle Mile” boasting songs that are bouncing off the walls, their David Fine-directed video for “While I’m Alive” follows suit. A bit haunting but also a bit silly, an elderly man seems […]
The Walcotts certainly aren’t the only band on the L.A. scene trying to extract more juice out of ’60s and ’70s Americana – in this case, the Band – but they are definitely squeezing the hardest. Formed from the ashes of the classic rock outfit the Riders and musically centered around singer-guitarist Tom Cusimano and […]
