Your show selections for Wednesday: ‣ New York duo the Hundred in the Hands (that’s Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell, above) bring the dark, arty electro on their recent Warp Records release “Red Night” to the Echo. You can check out “Faded” here. The One AM Radio supports. ‣ U.K. pop group Mystery Jets [here’s […]
Jens Lekman will return with a new album titled “I Know What Love Isn’t” on Sept. 4 via Secretly Canadian, but our first taste of the the follow-up to his EP, “An Argument With Myself,” seems rather somber. Melodrama is nothing new for the Swedish crooner, but the sentiments on the record’s first single, “Erica […]
Oak & Gorski – the L.A. duo who weave cello, guitar and vocals into the cloth of memorable pop – headline July’s installment of BUZZBANDS.LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe. Very special guests for the July 10 show are singer-guitarist Charlie Clark and folk-rock band Marius. The Stornoway-born Clark, who played with the […]
“King Devil is the bad guy we have inside of us,” Joe Fraley says of his new nom de tune, and you can hear the singer-guitarist wrestling his demons throughout King Devil’s self-titled album. Fraley’s fearlessly eclectic brand of acoustic blues and rawboned, off-kilter psych-pop simmers with frustration and rage – music inspired, he says, […]
Hearing Mary Lorson’s voice again is like reconnecting with an old friend. Often mentioned in those lists of lamentably under-appreciated artists, Lorson remains a favorite of aficionados of ’90s alt-pop. And for those who cherished her four albums as lead singer of Madder Rose, there’s great news ”¦ she’s back. Her 10th disc is out […]
The folks behind the Moon Block Party – who staged the DIY shows Desert Daze in Desert Hot Springs during Coachella – brought the festivities to Pomona on Saturday, bringing about 30 bands to the city’s Art Colony for an eclectic day of psych-rock, garage and indie-rock. highlights included headlining sets by Fool’s Gold and […]
Tuesday’s slate of shows: ‣ Lisa Marie Presley, touring for the first time in five years, headlines the Roxy behind her new album of country-blues, “Storm and Grace.” ‣ And speaking of all things twangy, L.A. quartet Infantree [check out “Fibber” here] celebrates the release of its rootsy album “Hero’s Dose” at the Satellite, supported […]
L.A. trio Wildcat! Wildcat! swooped in early this year and stole the hearts of indie-pop fans with two slabs of electro R&B that seemed suspended in the clouds, high on harmonies and ticklish keyboard lines. Now the threesome of Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson and Jesse Carmichael have a full-length album (and an August residency at […]
The Heavy’s heavy-duty blasts of funky soul have long stoked the fires of L.A. fans (that 2010 show at the Hammer Museum was particularly memorable). Now the U.K. quintet propelled by the muscular presence (vocally and physically) of Kelvin Swaby is gearing up to release their third album, “The Glorious Dead” (due Aug. 21). Swaby […]
