The Week Ahead: June 11-17
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[Our “Week Ahead” post is back, thanks to new intern Anna. As we reboot this feature, it’ll be a work in progress – leave a comment or email with omissions. That said, here’s what’s happening show-wise for the next seven days:]
L.A. Buzz Bands Show, tonight at 7 on KCSN
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We’re nearly halfway through 2012, and the stack of impressive new releases from Los Angeles bands is getting tall. On tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming on the web at KCSN.org), I’ll preview four more of them. That means new music from Beachwood Sparks, White Arrows, the Henry Clay People and […]
Video: Haim, ‘Forever’
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Sure, girl groups dancing in a salon may bring videos like this one to mind, but the music video for Haim‘s breezy funk-infused pop rock anthem and title track off of their three-song EP, “Forever,” isn’t quite as flashy (or as cheesy). Director Austin Peters gets it just right by splicing old home video clips […]
Tonight in L.A.: Audiafauna/Tempest, RAC, Ballerina Black, Eagles of Death Metal/Deap Valley, JD McPherson, Gorilla Buscuits
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Happy Sunday: ‣ Santa Cruz quintet Audiafauna play the Bootleg in support of their latest album “Grow Down.” [That’s their video for “Roots” above.] Tempest [see Friday’s post], Big Tree, and Body Parts [see “Doing Things”] support. ‣ Ballerina Black, Peeling Grey and Flaamingos all rally up for Part Time Punks at the Echo. ‣ […]
Destroyer delivers a night of surprises at the El Rey
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By Gabriel Jones It takes a remarkable showman who can keep an audience mesmerized while barely saying a word, but Dan Bejar is just that. His concerts tend to be bundles of contradictions – tight but sprawling, intimate but alien, retro but futuristic – that feel like a strange, beautiful new life form. And, like […]
Tonight in L.A.: Bahamas, Jackson Browne, Van Halen, CocoRosie, DWNTWN, IAMEVE
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‣ Bahamas, the musical vehicle of Toronto singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen, play at KCRW’s “Summer Nights” series at One Colorado in Pasadena. The 7:30 courtyard show is free. ‣ Jackson Browne and Lizz Wright do a big benefit at the Orpheum for the Success Through The Arts Foundation and the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center. ‣ […]
Ears Wide Open: Tempest
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Singer-songwriter Gabrielle Wortman’s last two releases of earnest, polished pop earned her a modicum of attention – especially for the squishy anthem “Don’t Let Me Lose Control.” The New York-born, UCLA-educated songstress wasn’t even 21 when her 2009 album was released, and her 2011 “Voodoo” EP was adrift in production. Fresh off being named the […]
Buzz Bands LA Show, today at 11 on Moheak Radio
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Point your browser to Moheak Radio at 11 a.m. today for this week’s installment of the Buzz Bands LA show – it’ll be a good one. I have new music from IO Echo, the Henry Clay People, Of Verona, Michael Andrews, LauraLaura, IAMEVE, Kissing Tigers and OONA, as well as a bunch of recent favorites […]