Oh, this is rich (so to speak). L.A. rockers Silversun Pickups have sent Mitt Romney a cease-and-desist letter asking that the GOP presidential hopeful stop using the quartet’s 2009 single “Panic Switch” at his campaign stops. The statement from SSPU frontman Brian Aubert: “We don’t like people going behind our backs, using our music without […]
Buzz Bands LA Stage at Taix to feature Soft Swells, Warships, the Lonely Wild, the Record Company, Pageants and more Remember Sunset Junction? Not the fenced-off, charge-you-an-arm-and-a-leg Sunset Junction, but the free, neighborhood-y festival of its early years? That’s what organizers have in mind for Echo Park Rising – a free, one-day celebration of local […]
Django Django sound like the best of two decades, wrapped up in one kaleidoscopic package. The quartet of David Maclean (drummer, producer and brother of the Beta Band’s John), singer-guitarist Vincent Neff, bassist Jimmy Dixon and synth man Tommy Grace met in art school in Edinburgh and began their psychedelic adventures in London. Their self-titled […]
Your wonderful Wednesday: ‣ The run of club shows leading up to the Sunset Strip Music Festival gets a little folky at the Roxy tonight, where Honeyhoney – that’s Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe wreaking havoc in their “Angel of Death” video, above – and harmony-toting ensemble Monsters Calling Home performing. ‣ Athens, Ga.’s twangy […]
Post-Britpop trio Animal Kingdom has been making waves with their latest album “The Looking Away” (out now on Boombox and Mom+ Pop) with shimmering songs like “Strange Attractor.” Produced by David Kosten (Bat For Lashes), the record follows up their highly regarded 2009 debut “Signs and Wonders” (produced by Phil Ek, who’s worked with Fleet […]
LexiconDon, as well as many of their Binary labelmates, have been at the forefront of the Los Angeles chillwave movement, refining and honing a distinct blend of blurry synths and infectious melodies into dreamy pop songs on their debut release, 2010’s “Pink + Blue.” “Burn” is the second single off the trio’s follow-up to that […]
By Gabriel Jones The sound heard at the Greek Theatre on Sunday night was the sound of an artist reaching cruising altitude. Andrew Bird is a most unlikely pop star – he came out on stage Sunday in khakis and a button-down shirt looking more like a suburban dad at a backyard barbecue, although with a […]
On their debut album “An Aside,” Black Swan Runners manage to sound like the best of the indie-rock ’90s without sounding dated. The quartet, formed from the ashes of CoCo B’s, relocated from Orange County to the Humboldt County burg of Ferndale to make the album, which simmers with tense bass lines and stabbing guitars […]
The top of the lineup at last weekend’s Outside Lands music and arts festival at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was the stuff of lore – mainly because it was packed with so many legends. From Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters and Beck on Friday to Metallica and Sigur Rose on Saturday to […]
Your jam-packed Tuesday evening: ‣ We’ll start today’s formidable list with our own small show: Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday monthly songwriter night brings Fort King, College Kids and Doom & Gloom to Lot 1 Cafe. Doors at 9. ‣ Twelve musicians and seemingly a thousand rhythms strong, Afrobeat collective Antibalas visits the Echoplex behind its […]
