L.A. songstress Sara Radle, who recently celebrated the release of her fifth solo album, “Same Sun Shines,” will head up the lineup for the next Buzz Bands LA monthly songwriter night, on March 6 at Lot 1 Cafe. She’ll be joined by Andrew Carroll & Jessi Williams of the Lonely Wild, who will be doing […]
“Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel,” Jimi Hendrix said once of That Which Should Not Be Undertaken Lightly. And don’t the guys in the Record Company know it. The new Los Angeles trio came together about a year and a half ago when singer-songwriter Chris Vos moved to L.A. from Milwaukee and […]
A marvelous Monday ahead: ‣ Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor – her ninth album “How About I Be Me (and you be you)?” coming out this week – plays the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre. Stream three songs from the album below: ‣ The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn headlines the Troubadour behind […]
Just think of tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands show as the creamy filling in the middle of your holiday weekend. Starting at 7 p.m. on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org), I will have tunes from newbies Wildcat! Wildcat!, the Record Company and the Neighbourhood, along with fresh tracks from Meg Myers, Modern Time Machines, Haim […]
‣ Reunited British quartet the Darkness – Super Bowl ad placement under their arms and their first album since 2005 on the way – headline the sold-out House of Blues, with Foxy Shazam supporting. ‣ New Americana trio Broadcast Station headlines the Bootleg Bar, with David Rosales and Cave Country on the bill. Also:
Saturday night’s all right … ‣ The Section Quartet, the string-wielding foursome known for their covers of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Tool and more, perform at 9 p.m. at the grand opening of yet-another new vinyl record store, High Fidelity (1956 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz). Buzz Bands LA will be on hand to select tunes […]
Three bands, one good cause: Wires in the Walls, Telstar and Little Red Lung will play a benefit show for PATH (People Assisting the Homeless) on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Mint. The evening is presented by Rock Is a Girl’s Best Friend, along with Buzz Bands LA (who will select tunes before and between […]
UPDATED Todays’s Buzz Bands LA Show on Moheak Radio fell victim to the Internet goblins – broadband problems knocked us off the air once and then again for good. Disappointing, because I had such a promising show lined up … So, in the interest of giving you some ear candy for the weekend, I’ve uploaded […]
Bay Area band Finish Ticket offers a sound that is broad and touches on everything in between the rock and pop realms. However, their opening track to their latest EP “Shake a Symphony” is nice blend of only the good things in between those two genres. Also playing with the line in between underground and […]
“You can’t spell ‘Shangri-La’ without L.A.,” says zany synth-pop band YACHT on their blog, and their new music video for the title track of their record “Shangri-La” is a purely an ode to the City of Angels. Core members Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans then continue to go deep in to their philosophy that […]
