Buzz Bands LA Show has the week off
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Just a quick note: The Buzz Bands LA Show on Moheak Radio is celebrating a long holiday weekend and taking today off. Back next Friday.
Tonight in L.A.: Oblivians, NKOTB, Guy/Tony! Toni! Tone!, Linda Perhacs, Karla Bonoff/Wendy Waldman, Go Betty Go, Froth, Son Ark
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Happy Friday … Or, What Decade Is It, Anyway? ‣ Resurgent ’90s garage-punk trio the Oblivians [pictured], whose new album “Desperation” (their first in 15 years, and produced by Dan Auerbach) was just released, headlines Murica Fest at the Echoplex, supported by Intelligence, Milk Music, Destruction Unit, Fuzz, Kent State, the Lamps, Hausu and FF. […]
Tonight in L.A.: Josh Groban, La Santa Cecilia, Kenny G, Akwid, Black Asteroid, RT N’ the 44s
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Celebrate safely, and all that: ‣ It’s Josh Groban, the L.A. Philharmonic and fireworks at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ The new Grand Park in downtown L.A. is the setting for the free 4th of July Block Party, featuring La Santa Cecilia headlining and KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez on hand most of the day. Starts at […]
Concert notes: Psychedelic Furs, X to bookend series at Pershing Square; Gardens & Villa added to Pier
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‣ Two beloved acts who released their debut albums within three months of one another in early 1980s – the Psychedelic Furs and X – highlight the six-week summer concert series at Pershing Square in downtown L.A. The free series runs six consecutive Saturdays starting July 13 and features, among other headliners, Dave Alvin, the […]
Stream: The Happy Hollows, ‘Galaxies’
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The Happy Hollows took a little time off from the scene after their 2009 debut “Spells.” Frontwoman Sarah Negahdari even released solo material under the moniker Pisces before taking off with Silversun Pickups to fill in for bassist Nikki Monninger, but that doesn’t mean the band hasn’t had new music in the works. Last year […]
Download: Joey Bada$$, ‘Summer Knights’ mixtape
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On the strength of the previously released “Word Is Bond,” “95 Til Infinity” and “Unorthdox,” 18-year-old Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ continues to impress with his new mixtape “Summer Knights.” To say he possesses “the gift of gab” does little to sum up the talent and effortless flow Joey holds, as he constantly weaves rhymes full […]
Tonight in L.A.: Fleetwood Mac, Ghetto Youths Crew, Josh Groban, Sanglorians, Rainbow Jackson
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Here’s your pre-holiday show lineup: ‣ Fleetwood Mac, who thrilled a Hollywood Bowl crowd in May, return to L.A. for a date at Staples Center. ‣ Huge night at Dub Club, where the Ghetto Youths Crew feat. Wayne Marshall, Cristopher Ellis, Black Am I and Jo Mersa visit the Echoplex on a night hosted by […]
Stream: Dessa, ‘Warsaw’
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Minneapolis, MN’s Dessa is a wordsmith whose pursuits include spoken word, creative non-fiction, and hip-hop. A part of the Doomtree collective, as well as on the Doomtree label, she was the valedictorian of her high school, Minneapolis Southwest, and graduated college with honors a year early with a degree in philosophy. It shows in the […]
Video: The Orwells, ‘Blood Bubbles’
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What’s that you ask? When did teenage punk rockers the Orwells turn into a female doo-wop trio? No, the young Chicago-based quartet aren’t actually the stars in this video, but the melodies and lyrics sure do come through even when a girl group is relaying the message. There’s a morbid touch here and there, but […]
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, ‘The Warden’
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Chelsea Wolfe arrived to the L.A. music scene equipped with a gothic sheen that would ease listeners into her morose reality. Her pop noir initially seemed a Stevie Nicks prototype but as she followed up her 2010 debut “The Grime and the Glow” with 2011’s howling “Apokalypsis” and then last year’s “Unknown Rooms: A Collection […]