Landon Marcus has graduated from house parties to a stylish lounge in the video for his new song “Love Shield.” When we met Marcus last October, the L.A.-based singer, songwriter and theatrical force was out of his mind, thanks to “The Drugs,” the song itself a raging rocker that screamed neurosis with every note. In […]
Back in 2011, singer-multi-instrumentalist Robert Fleming was dealing in wine and song, in that order. Juggling a day job servicing oenophiles with his passion for songwriting, Fleming – working under the name Victory – released an EP called “Demonstrations” that demonstrated he knew his way around a pop song. This week, Fleming released his debut […]
As noted last August, singer Tracy Marcellino and multi-instrumentalist Hanford Pittman raised the bar in both emotional intensity and electronic complexity when they debuted their new venture Oh Boy Les Mecs. Their newly released “Nurture Nature” EP wraps up their knob-twiddling experiments and world-wary (though not necessarily world-weary) meditations into five dreamy songs, with Marcellino […]
Three stalwarts of the 1990s-early 2000s Los Angeles rock scene – Campfire Girls, Plexi and Lifter – will reunite Monday night for a benefit show in memory of one of the bands’ ardent fans. Proceeds from the show will go to the family of Denise Franco, who died recently after long battle with cancer, leaving two […]
Now that we’ve recharged our batteries from Coachella, it’s time to turn that energy toward sorting out some of the new music that’s been waiting in the Buzz Bands LA mailbox. On today’s Buzz Bands LA Show on Moheak Radio, I’ll share music from newly released albums by Youngblood Hawke, the Neighbourhood, Victory, Pyyramids, Dawes […]
Whimsy begat more whimsy on Thursday night at the Skirball Cultural Center. The occasion was “Gary Baseman’s House Party” – the gala opening of the fiftysomething artist’s exhibition “Gary Baseman: The Door Is Always Open” – and it had all the trappings of a house party, maybe the kind your parents might kabosh. Local rockers […]
Friday, for the people who didn’t get tickets from KROQ for Depeche Mode at the Troubadour: ‣ London rockers the Veils visit the Echo in support of their new album “Time Stays, We Go,” supported by Andy Burrows, Pop Noir and Deluka. We like what the Veils do. ‣ With a summer tour supporting Depeche […]
A lot has happened since Brit-pop heroes Travis last released an album in 2008, and precious little of it is pertinent to the principals’ discographies. Sure, main man Fran Healy released the lovely solo album “Wreckorder” in 2010, but beyond that, Healy and bandmates Andy Dunlop, Dougie Payne and Neil Primrose were largely minding their […]
The storyline in director Joey Sinko’s video for “Love Jam” is pretty compelling – ambitious waitress solicits audition from club owner, hijinks ensue – but it’s not quite as dramatic as this question: Who are those fellows in the dark glasses? They are twins Jordan and Adam Sabolick, Richard Thiessen, Johnny Wilson and Tony Tancredi, […]
Fresh off their rip-roaring performances at Coachella, Sacramento hardcore outfit Trash Talk has been added to the lineup for the Jubilee Music & Arts Festival. They will be joined at the top of the bill by the Drums, Black Lips, Free Energy and Kitten for the two-day event in downtown L.A. on June 7-8. The […]