Dick Thompson returns as director for Feeding People‘s “Big Mother” music video, and it packs in as much of a punch as the song does, with a pint-sized milk-drinking boy who is gearing up for his big day as a pro-boxer. His mother, on the other hand, seems content with baking cookies, smoking cigarettes and reading […]
In February when we got news of the forthcoming “proper” release of Big Black Delta’s self-titled debut, we joked that main man Jonathan Bates seemed to be making his electro with a ferocious light saber. In Warren Kommers’ video for the single “Side of the Road,” he’s certainly cutting a swath into another dimension. Not […]
Your crazy-good Thursday: ‣ The Joy Formidable headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Wolf’s Law,” with Guards and Fort Lean supporting. That’s the band’s video for “Little Blimp,” above, made with a Go Pro camera attached to the head of singer Ritzy Bryan’s guitar ‣ Black Lips, Night Beats and Beach Party team […]
Here’s your weird for the afternoon hour, kids. When we premiered “Another Kind” by L.A. quartet Professor Possessor back in October, we thought they were strange  – but we liked it. And we still do even when we watch this eerily demented clip of some contest going on. Professor Possessor does experimental disco (ever heard […]
Fans of distinctly Scandinavian electro-pop – and what is it about the icier regions, anyway? — will warm up to the Deer Tracks, a Swedish duo who fashion playful, synth-based soundscapes that somehow sound organic rather than machine-made. Singer/multi-instrumentalists David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors, who hail from Gävle, Sweden, just finished the final of a trifecta […]
One band the Buzz Bands LA crew unfortunately missed during SXSW was Brit-rock band Cheatahs, and boy are we sorry. If this working version of their song “Fall” doesn’t tell you why, then you might not be a fan of My Bloody Valentine or Swervedriver. Cheatahs aren’t shy about their influences, and it’s admirable because […]
“Lemon Scent,” the third single from Dead Sara’s self-titled debut in 2012, owns a special place in our hearts and ears, because it was the song that introduced us to the L.A. quartet, almost two years ago. The foursome’s new video for the song, which features singer Emily Armstrong and lead guitarist Siouxsie Medley duking […]
The physical and spiritual trysts imagined by the music of In the Valley Below seem to simmer rather than boil, the L.A. duo’s songs sending off heat waves that keep everything steamy but shrouded in mystery. After igniting flames back in 2011 with a self-released EP and following that up last year with the sultry […]
Wednesday’s things: ‣ Wavves roars into the Echo – their new “Afraid of Heights” comes out next week – with FIDLAR and Cheatahs in tow. That’s Wavves’ video for “Demon to Lean On,” above. ‣ Imagine Dragons and Atlas Genius rock the Wiltern. ‣ And Norwegian singer Bernhoft, one of our highlights at SXSW, played […]
Sean Tillman is all about breaking things down – songs, genres and, especially in his guise as Har Mar Superstar, inhibitions. The diminutive man with the monster musical chops might be mistaken for a clown prince of kitsch if not for his innate ability to embrace the heart of every form he tackles. And on […]
