The Westside has a bad rap when it comes to music, especially of the live variety. Whether you buy into that or not, there’s a grassroots festival launching Saturday that’s bringing a horde of live bands to the Lincoln Boulevard corridor in Venice. The Venice Music Crawl will feature more than 50 live bands and […]
It was a packed house at the Wiltern on Tuesday night when Camera Obscura stopped by in support of their latest album “Desire Lines.” There was no doubt that the Scottish septet could fill up the room, but the audience was surprisingly rambunctious. Considering the band’s repertoire of sweet indie pop, fans acted as if […]
Bosnian Rainbows are the rare all-star group that sounds like all-stars in their own right, instead of hints of their members’ previous projects. Their self-titled debut, which comes out next week via Sargent House, is a taut, vicious affair that draws from post-punk, hardcore and dark electro to sound like some sort of lost ’80s […]
Grouplove’s happy-pill of of a debut album sold a tick over 150,000 tablets, a total that seems a little low considering the radio play afforded the L.A.-based quintet, which included a No. 1 song in “Tongue Tied.” Maybe people took the album title “Never Trust a Happy Song” literally? Or maybe the whole collectivist exuberance […]
Happy first day of summer. Which has nothing to do with today’s Buzz Bands LA Show, except for maybe the presence of Summer Twins and GRMLN’s “Summer Days” in the playlist. I was just making nice. Because it’s Friday, after all, and there’s a monster weekend of music ahead. So today’s show at 11 a.m. […]
Although yOya’s strengths are crafting upbeat songs radiating warmth and kindness, each single they’re released in anticipation of their forthcoming “Go North” EP is bolder than the last. To follow up the dulcet tones of “I’ll be the Fire,” yOya’s new track “King of Nothing” simply soars with its immaculate harmonies and supreme balance of […]
Full-up Friday: ‣ Sea Wolf headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Old World Romance.” Savoir Adore opens. ‣ La Santa Cecilia and the Boogaloo Assassins team up at the free FIGat7th Downtown Festival. ‣ Wildcat! Wildcat!, In the Valley Below and MT. OSSA at the Echo ‣ The Church Sessions at the […]
Starting today, you will notice a pop-up ad appearing on Buzz Bands LA for our new marketing partner, the inaugural FIGat7th Downtown Festival. While many readers may find pop-ups an anathema, I hope you understand that such campaigns, along with the generous support of our longtime advertisers, are what helps keep the Buzz Bands LA […]
It’s been three years since Austra released their highly regarded debut “Feel It Break.” Fans of the Toronto-based band fronted by Katie Stelmanis won’t be let down by their sophomore release “Olympia.” Opting to ditch the programming and loops, Austra recorded live in the studio to reference everything from Trax Records classic cuts to Yazoo’s “Upstairs at […]
For his second album “Watching Movies With The Sound Off,” out this week on Rostrum Records, Mac Miller brought in production assistance from the likes of Pharrell Williams, Diplo, Clams Casino, Earl Sweatshirt, Flying Lotus and The Alchemist. The Pittsburgh rapper also produced a third of the album himself, under his alias Larry Fisherman, including […]