Correatown joins Imperial Mammoth, College Kids and Will Courtney on a loaded bill for the Jan. 10 installment of Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Correatown mastermind Angela Correa is already starting to work on material for a follow-up to her 2011 album “Pleiades.” Imperial Mammoth, the duo […]
Two big darned deals: ‣ Guns N’ Roses’ big tour comes to the Forum. Interesting interview with Axl Rose in today’s L.A. Times. ‣ Common headlines the House of Blues behind his released-just-in-time-for-Christmas new album “The Dreamer/The Believer,” which features an original poem by Maya Angelou. Two tasty club shows: ‣ L.A. quartet Flora & […]
[It’s Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina L’s turn to share a year-end list …] By Seraphina Lotkhamnga Choosing one’s favorite albums of the year is always a daunting task, and it’s even worse when you have to whittle your list down to 25. Here are my thoughts on 2011 albums (local and non-local), and […]
Florida-bred, Tucson-based songstress Tracy Shedd has been crafting her sometimes-fuzzy, always-piquant indie-pop for over a decade, releasing four albums (three on Teen Beat Records) and, in 2010, the “EP88” that saw her switch from the guitar to the piano as her weapon of choice. Shedd doesn’t get out much, though – her current U.S. tour […]
A shorter schedule as we wind down toward the holiday: ‣ Rachel Goodrich and the Sister Ruby Band team up for a show at the Bootleg. Goodrich’s self-titled album came out early in the year (that’s the video for the non-album track “Wereman,” above), and Johny Ruby this fall released one of our favorite local […]
On her forthcoming fifth album, Sara Radle thinks big. Whereas 2010’s “Four” was notable for the kind of lush strings and orchestral sweep we heard in “Song For Adam,” Radle’s new “Same Sun Shines” (due out Feb. 21) introduces itself with the sharp power-pop number “The Pins.” The song features the declaration “I’ll do this […]
With each passing season, the music of psych-rock quintet Seasons gets more transcendent. That they’re scarcely a blip on anyone’s radar outside the insular Los Angeles Eastside scene is a curiosity, if not a downright crime – their beautifully arranged, cinematic rock and its arching sense of yearning seem part of the fabric of the times. […]
Who wants to wake up on Monday morning when you’re dreaming of pizza parties, models and a live band made out of teddy bears, gorillas, a singing sun and moon and more? Mayer Hawthorne‘s latest video for “Dreaming,” a track off his latest record “How Do You Do,” depicts this fun adventure, and compared to […]
’Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through the scene … ‣ Moby does an acoustic set at Bardot for the weekly RSVP-only It’s a School Night event, and young songstress Lucy Schwartz and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones also perform. ‣ The third installment of Manhattan Murder Mystery’s residency at the Satellite features Judson […]
Tonight’s LA Buzz Bands Show on KCSN (88.5 FM, or streaming at KCSN.org) features Part 2 of the three-week countdown of my “Fave 40” local songs of the year. The first week was heavy on tracks from stellar debut albums by SoCal artists – Foster the People, the Belle Brigade, Active Child and Hanni El […]
