Sunday’s merriment: ‣ Night 2 of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas boasts a lineup that includes Jane’s Addiction, the Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Death Cab for Cutie and Noel Gallagher, along with the likes of Foster the People and Grouplove. The evening will be webcast right here. (P.S.: There’s an after-party at Hemingway’s where a […]
Florence Welch refuses to turn the melodrama down, and if you don’t believe that statement, just watch Florence + the Machine‘s latest music video for “No Light, No Light.” The closest thing to Madonna’s controversial “Like a Prayer” clip for the new millennium (of course, excluding all Lady Gaga-related items), religious and racial content were […]
Your sizable song-filled Saturday touts: ‣ Aimee Mann [pictured above] returns with her traditional Christmas show over at the Wiltern with friends such as Paul F Tompkins, Michael Penn, Tim Heidecker, and many more. ‣ NYC’s Cavemen plays another SoCal show at Orange County’s Detroit Bar with support from L.A.’s Races. [Check out their video […]
New York-bred, L.A.-based songstress Tiff Randol makes sticky sweet pop songs with a chewy wryness and a thin frosting of soul. Randol’s myriad song placements in film, television and commercials testify to her ability to tap into the universal both melodically and thematically, but her new mini-album, “Strangely Familiar,” was cast in a different light […]
There’s so many things that can happen when your computer isn’t the only shining light in your room. In the new music video for So Many Wizards‘ “Inner City,” we get a glimpse of the life of a guy who decides to close his laptop and take a walk outside in the real world. Whether […]
There is a lot of music in and around Los Angeles. No, really. The Buzz Bands LA staff just completed a darned-near-comprehensive glossary of local music we covered in 2011, and I invite you to check it out. It amounts to about one local band per day. And there is probably more music buried in […]
It’s easy to get a kick out of simple but clever wordplay, and most can probably agree that unexpected juxtaposition in music produces the same kind of amusement. Melancholic lyrics and upbeat electronica have become a popular mix-’n’-match, and considering the success of mega pop stars like Robyn or even local acts such as Kisses, […]
‣ The Echo’s birthday month – the venue blows out 10 candles in December – swings into high gear with an Aquarium Drunkard-presented bill featuring the Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, So Many Wizards and Slang Chickens. ‣ Genre-bending hometown heroes Ozomatli hold forth at Club Nokia. ‣ Sara Bareilles and Joshua Radin play to a […]
The few new songs L.A. heard from We Barbarians when they swung through town in September were impressive, but the indie-rock trio, which moved from Long Beach to NYC earlier this year, aren’t done promoting 2011’s “Headspace” EP yet. In Arms Race’s cool video for the anthemic “Chambray,” We Barbs take a licking from the […]
L.A. experimental pop outfit Fol Chen isn’t just developing new music, it’s developing a new music-making machine. The band fronted by Samuel Bing (aka Adam Goldman) has unveiled a device called the Tetrafol, a pyramid-shaped toy that emits electronic music (composed by Fol Chen) based on its physical orientation and movement. Strange, but true – […]