@Seraphina_L on Wednesday at SXSW: Kimbra (also known as Kimbra Johnson) is now known as an Australian artist but she was mostly known for being the female New Zealander who lent her vocals to Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Now after the smash hit, she’s moved to Melbourne and is also getting ready […]
@KRBronson on Wednesday night (after the day party) at SXSW: There isn’t much to LP. She’s a wee lass armed with a cherubic smile, a sprite who looks like Bob Dylan’s kid sister raided his closet for stage wear. Then she opens her mouth, and all hell breaks loose, in the best possible way. The […]
The stage at Opal Divine’s Freehouse in Austin is like a treehouse stationed at the end of a picnic area. For almost seven hours Wednesday at Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” day party, nine Los Angeles bands used it as their plaything, dispensing crisp sets as if they were all on a family […]
[With the Buzz Bands LA staff running on 3 hours of sleep combined, the trek to SXSW was an early one and it made our day that much longer. Then again, coming back to a city where tons of freebies cushioned any of our traveling woes made us glad to be back in the Austin […]
[The South by Southwest Music Festival, now 2,500-plus bands strong and spanning five-plus days, keeps growing and growing – music events started on Tuesday this year. Buzz Bands LA will be covering with “daily diaries.” Here’s an abbreviated one from what we saw after arriving, already sleep-deprived, in Austin:] @KRBronson on Tuesday at SXSW: Richie […]
BUZZBANDS.LA, brings nine of the southern California’s best emerging bands to Austin today for “DEAR AUSTIN: LOVE, L.A.” – a kickoff party concurrent with the first day of the 2012 SXSW Music Festival. The free showcase runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th Street, Austin. No RSVP is necessary. […]
South by Southwest 2012 has become somewhat of a battle between West Coast and East Coast this year. We’re fine with that as the City of Angels has tons to offer for every single type of musical palette, but what about all the L.A. folks heading out there to see something non-local? There are plenty […]
The BBLA squad is in Austin for the week, so our local reporting might be spotty. Here’s an abbreviated showlist for tonight: ‣ Long-running British post-punk band the Raincoats headline the Echoplex, with San Francisco’s Grass Widows opening. ‣ Lonely Trees help kick off the Moheak-sponsored “LA x LA” series at the Satellite – there […]
So what’s your flavor, South by Southwest? Because these southern California bands are doing battle to get their music on your plates. On Friday we posted a 44-song mixtape featuring SoCal bands performing at SXSW, and frankly that wasn’t enough. Buzz Bands LA, of course, has nine bands who tickle our fancy playing our “Dear […]
Big start to the week: ‣ One more night of Guns N’ Roses, this time at the House of Blues. ‣ Berlin-based Sascha Ring (pictured), whose latest album as Apparat “The Devil’s Walk” was lauded as one of the best electronic releases of the 2011, plays a full-band show at the El Rey Theatre. Apparat’s […]