Curl up next to the fireplace (or space heater) and join me at the stroke of midnight tonight (Pacific Time) on KCSN (88.5 FM) for the L.A. Buzz Bands show. This week’s episode (which you can stream here) features new music from Nightmare & the Cat, the Sea of Cortez, Just an Animal and Judson […]
[Here’s our long-delayed wrap-up on October’s Culture Collide fest:] Last month’s second annual Culture Collide festival staged by Filter found the chewy center for two groups of music fans – sonic explorers bent on discovering new bands, and expatriates of the 24 nations represented by the bands playing the neighborhoody, eight-venue event in Echo Park. […]
Red-hot L.A. quintet Vanaprasta kicks off a Sunday residency in Orange County tonight (with the New Limb) at the Constellation Room, and if that venue name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s understandable. The Constellation Room is a new, 300-capacity space located inside the Galaxy Concert Theatre, a 550-capacity dinner theater situated inconspicuously in a Santa […]
Plenty of Sunday fun: ‣ If it’s the first Sunday of the month, then it must be time for the Sunday Night Jones at the Satellite. Hosted by Daniel Ahearn and the Jones (and co-presented by Buzz Bands LA), tonight’s installment is headlined by Liz Clark, the Denver-born singer-songwriter cultivated her craft in the New […]
KCRW’s “Are Friends Eclectic?” holiday benefit, originally planned as a two-night event, will go off as a one-night affair featuring headliners Jimmy Cliff and Iron & Wine (pictured). Tickets for the show Dec. 3 at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre start at $60. The rest of the formidable lineup lineup includes Other Lives, the Belle Brigade, Anna […]
Saturday night is all right for … incredible small shows: ‣ Tour De France, the L.A.-based songwriting duo of Bernadette Colomine and Samuel H Collin, celebrate the release of a new album with a show at the Bootleg Theater that promises guest turns by Rufus and Martha Wainwright. London-based Still Corners, witha new reord just […]
Riding the wave of giddy, falsetto-addled electronica created by the likes of Foster the People, MGMT and Passion Pit, Athens, Ga.-based Reptar injects off-kilter elements, and that weird X-factor works for them. Synthesizers forward, Ryan Engelberger, William Kennedy, Andrew McFarland, Graham Ulicny and latest member Poof Daunghty have no shame in focusing on indie dance […]
The weekly Buzz Bands LA show on Moheak Radio moves to middays starting today. Join me at 11 a.m. Pacific time for two hours of mostly local music – on today’s menu are new tunes from Fonda, Carina Round, Aftergloam, Sleeping Bags, Uh Huh Her, David Shane Smith and more. After the jump, I’ll have […]
Fonda, “Some Things Aren’t Worth Knowing” – Since we premiered the title track from their EP “Better Days” back in May, good things have happened for Fonda. The release has been picked up by Chicago-based label Minty Fresh, which will release and expanded version of “Better Days” on vinyl on Nov. 28. Yes, that means […]
[Happy Friday. I’ll post a radio preview in a bit, but I just want to mention here that the Buzz Bands LA show Moheak Radio moves to a new timeslot starting this week – 11 a.m. on Fridays. Talk to you later this morning …] Your fantastic Friday: ‣ Portland’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra plays the […]