Tonight in L.A.: Psychedelic Furs, Olafur Arnalds, Black Flag, Dessa, Cillie Barnes, Pangea, Alfredo Rodriguez, Pickwick, The Parlotones, Anamanaguchi, Lightning in a Bottle
Here’s your massive Saturday: ‣ Psychedelic Furs is chugging away at all their summer tour dates where they’ll be playing “Talk Talk Talk” in its entirety. Today they play downtown L.A. at Pershing Square. Badwater joins them. ‣ It’s a night of hip hop at the Troubadour with Dessa [Check out out “Warsaw”] headlining and […]
This video doesn’t exactly qualify for a NSFW label, but watch the video at your own risk if you have either just eaten lunch or if you are not a fan of bugs … really big bugs. Yes, Majical Cloudz‘s video for “Bugs Don’t Buzz” is a bit sickening if you can’t get the past […]
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside make good ol’ dirty rockabilly – the Portland quartet’s hard-swinging sophomore album, “Untamed Beast,” came with everything except a vial of sweat dating to the 1950s. Everything gets hotter and more dangerous in director Ben Fee’s (the Lumineers’ “Ho Hey”) risqué video for “They Told Me,” which plays with […]
“Somewhere We Can Be Alone,” the jaunty new single from the Pocket Rockets, seems happy marriage of the East L.A. trio’s raw, post-punk past and a possibly explosive future. Lifelong pals Chris Magallon, Ralph Blanco and Lyndon Miller sounded like dissonance-dwelling toughs on their “Golden Gloves 1902” EP, released in late 2011 on Sonata Contata […]
Feels like the first time? Well, kinda. Today’s Buzz Bands LA Show is the first on the newly rechristened The Independent FM, but it’ll feel an awful lot like the past couple years of shows felt when our favorite Internet outlet was called Moheak. Today, my two hours of SoCal music will include new songs […]
Uncertain skies Thursday night didn’t discourage a big crowd from hitting beach as Surfer Blood and Terraplane Sun kicked off this year’s Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier. The free shows go off every Thursday through Sept. 12. Photos by Carl Pocket
A splendid show selection for your Friday: ‣ Big night at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, which returns after the holiday weekend off with Akron/Family, Peaking Lights and Lonnie Holley doing a free show in the plaza. ‣ Hunter Hunted and Harriet team up with artist Gary Baseman at the Skirball Center’s “Into the Night: Secrets […]
If it’s not obvious, the BBLA staff is comprised of dog lovers. To follow up today’s earlier flashy canine-centric clip, Julian Lynch’s Richard Law-directed video for his latest single “North Line” is a serene montage of the furry friends riding in the passenger seat. It’s simple and lovely despite contrasting with Lynch’s musically complex composition. […]
First impression of the new album from long-running L.A. bad boys the Icarus Line? Thank goodness nobody’s aging gracefully here. And we say that in the most complimentary way possible. Enfants terrible in their 20s and still sounding every bit the hell-raisers, Joe Cardamone and longtime allies Lance Arnao (bass) and Alvin DeGuzmann (keys), along […]
Mayer Hawthorne has dropped the dapper attire and slapped on the slick look; he’s lost the black-rimmed glasses and now sports a slight Mohawk. We’ve already heard how he’s dipped into disco this time around with “Designer Drug,” and the sonic shift is even more dramatic with his latest single “Her Favorite Song,” which leaves […]
