Incoming: FYF Fest, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Best Coast, Strange Talk, Pharaohs, the Polyphonic Spree, Buddy Guy, Quadron, Heart, Nick Waterhouse, Ty Segall, Maria Muldaur, the Breeders, Andrew Belle, Beth Hart, Kristin Chenoweth, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Deafheaven, Colin Hay, the Black Angels, the Airborne Toxic Event, Rocky Dawuni, Quetzal, Truth & Salvage Co., Steely […]
Join me at 9 tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for the music-fan-friendly way to wind down your weekend, the L.A. Buzz Bands Show. My weekly hour of SoCal music includes tunes from Argentinian transplants Bonson Berner, Omaha transplant Jake Bellows and the latest singles from Body Parts, Haim, Saint Motel and Dear […]
Your Sunday show menu: ‣ Ulrich Schnauss brings the dense, intense electronic music on his fourth album “A Long Way to Fall” to the Troubadour. Nostalghia and Mister Sushi support. That’s Schnauss’ video for “A Ritual in Time and Death,” above. ‣ Echo Park Rising roars into its second day with performances from the likes […]
L.A. quartet Saint Motel will headline this year’s Tarfest, a free day of music and art in Hancock Park adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. The musical lineup also includes Nightmare Air, Tapioca & the Flea and Echosmith, with a fifth band possibly to be added. The 11th annual event, which runs from 2 […]
Set times have been announced for next week’s FYF Fest, two days of music that brings the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT and Beach House to L.A. State Historic Park. Weekend passes are $99 and available here. Start your planning after the jump:
Today, starting with the free stuff: ‣ Chinatown Summer Nights – the free, all-ages festival in and around Chinatown’s Central Plaza – rages on with Incan Abraham (playing at 11 p.m.), Hot As Sun (10), Fever the Ghost (9), Salt Petal (8), Soft Swells (7), the Vim Dicta (6) and Paper Pilots (5). KCRW DJs […]
Old-school vibes aren’t just coming from the old folks anymore, and L.A.’s very own Moonchild is strong evidence for that. The neo-soul trio whose members only recently graduated from college has gained attention near and far for their self-recorded debut “Be Free.” Amber Navran, Max Byrk and Andris Mattson first met at USC, where they studied […]
Of Rainbow Jackson’s new vintage rock ’n’ roll stomp “Psycho Betty,” singer-guitarist Chad Carlisle says: “It sounds like it’s about a girl, but it’s actually about a guitar.” Damn, knowing that might have just spoiled the video, which is a little bit “Nurse Betty” and a little bit “Twilight.” Directed by Cousin Video, the clip […]
At any given moment, the Futures League can sound like the noisy kids practicing in their garage next door or the ruffians who just pulled into a Southern roadhouse to take over the stage. That L.A. quartet of singer-guitarist Jon Arman, drummer John Fontana, guitarist Jack Rose and bassist Scott Ruth displayed a rootsy take […]
If I put together a playlist of all the local bands performing this weekend, it’d be about six hours long. Alas, the Buzz Bands LA Show has but two hours today, so join me at 11 a.m. on The Independent FM for a sampling of the weekend wares – from bands playing Chinatown Summer Nights […]