[Note: Because of Buzz Bands LA’s tech woes last week, we’re a bit tardy in posting our coverage of last weekend’s events. So now we play catch-up:] The decade-plus exploits of the Icarus Line are the stuff of legends: Bad-boy antics, disintegrating relationships, self-immolating habits, lineup changes, record-industry misadventures, utter and public contempt for anything […]
Your Saturday show options: ‣ The National visits the Greek Theatre behind its acclaimed “Trouble Will Find Me,” the band’s sixth album, released in May. Daughter opens. That’s the video for “Demons,” above. ‣ Emeli Sandé plays Club Nokia behind her debut album “Our Version of Events.” ‣ Chicago indie-rockers Smith Westerns headline the El […]
While the Sunset Strip Music Festival and the city of West Hollywood were busy looking backwards last week, veteran rocker Joan Jett was looking into the future. No sooner had she been honored with a “Joan Jett Day” proclamation than Jett announced she would be releasing “Unvarnished,” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 14th album and […]
As I approached the Echoplex on Thursday, Aug. 1, for the Run The Jewels tour, I worried that the quiet and sparsely populated exterior and smoking patio might be a sign of a sparsely populated show to follow. No so. Even for the first act, the crowd was already stacked past the sound booth. Kool […]
Echo Park Rising, the free neighborhood festival, returns for 2 days this year and it’s more massive than ever. From the main outdoor stages at Taix (and the Champagne Room inside with bands curated by Buzz Bands LA and White Iris) to the Echoplex to Origami Vinyl to Lot 1 Cafe to Little Joy and […]
Thought we were going to end our first night of Echo Park Rising on a nice note? Think again. Buzz Bands LA is happy to announce the Icarus Line as the latest addition to the Taix Champagne Room stage co-presented by White Iris Records. As our closing act for Saturday night, Joe Cardamone and crew will […]
So, anything happen this week? We were in our foxholes, trying to exorcise some demons from our little web portal. Buzz Bands LA seems to be back up and running now, and so we arrive at Friday and our appointed rounds on The Independent FM. This week’s Buzz Bands LA Show will celebrate some new […]
‣ Should be a magical night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear visits to play on the Fairbanks Lawn. ‣ At the Hollywood Bowl, it’s Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band. ‣ Superhumanoids celebrate the release of their debut full-length “Exhibitionists” with a show at the Troubadour, supported by Vanaprasta and […]
Hi, good morning, nice to be back, great to see you, and we are still resolving some of our website issues but here are tonight’s fantastic shows: ‣ New Zealand pop sensation Lorde, on her first proper North American tour, plays to a sold-out Echoplex. The 16-year-old’s debut album is on the way Sept. 30, […]
Savoir Adore, the Brooklyn electro-pop quintet fronted by Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer, have been dubbed the fantasy pop band with good reason. Their latest album “Our Nature” bursts with electrifying summer jams such as “Dreamers” and “Beating Hearts,” and their new music video for “Regalia” follows suit with a geometrically glacial setting. The stark […]
