Emily O’Halloran is high-mileage, which should not be taken derisively, and her music sounds like it. Which should not be read as disparaging, either. The Aussie-born songstress, inveterate hitchhiker and world traveler sings as if she’s carrying the weight of the world – and certainly some of that gravitas is imbued in her mournful Americana. […]
The new SoCal five-piece Warships set sail about a year ago, after Eric Chirco and Edson Choi – both of the dearly departed Dusty Rhodes & the River Band – teamed up with Satellite Crush’s Elliot Craig and Timothy Pai, and John Ransom Tucker. Theirs is an expansive and exuberant take on indie-rock, with big […]
Happy Monday .. no, I really mean that: ‣ Louisiana-based quintet Givers bring the exuberant pop off their debut album “In Light” to the Troubadour – it’s their second swing through L.A. in three months (they were good at the Bootleg in June), and this time they’ll get to do the Jimmy Kimmel Show (on […]
Join me at midnight tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, or on the Web at KCSN.org) for the L.A. Buzz Bands show. I’ll have coffee in my hand and a song in my heart … and a few coming over the airwaves. Starting Monday, the stream of the show will be available for a week right […]
The 411 on 911: ‣ Summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl keep getting better every week. The National headlines tonight with Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten as extraordinary support. ‣ Puerto Rican rockers Dávila 666 return to the Echo (early show) with their 60s and 70s inspired sound. (That’s that video for ‘Tu” above.) […]
Be still thy teenage heart. The heartbreak of a youthful crush gets over-the-top treatment in the new video for Superhumanoids’ dreamy single “Mikelah.” A young athlete … the school beauty … the agony of defeat. It was directed by the band’s drummer Evan Weinerman, a filmmaker who works as Arms Race. “Cameron [Parkins] and I […]
Hot stuff for a cool weekend: ‣ The Kills – last spotted raising blood pressures at the Music Box in May – swing back through L.A. for a show at the Wiltern, with Eleanor Friedberger and Mini Mansions opening. ‣ Superhumanoids head up a great local lineup at the Bootleg Theater, where Pollyn and Hot […]
It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m barely past my FYF Fest hangover. But neither a nagging cough nor a lagging laptop will prevent me from making my appointed rounds, which means you are in for another installment of the Buzz Bands LA show, at 3 p.m. today on Moheak Radio. Today’s show will be a mix […]
Devon Williams has come along way from his days as a teenager who played in the infamous punk band Osker. Since then, the L.A.-based musician has found his voice playing in various bands, including Lavender Diamond and his former band Fingers-cut Megamachine. However, it’s the 29-year-old’s lush psych-pop that has catapulted his name as a […]
You have to love synchronicity. While on tour supporting B.B. King last year, Los Angeles songstress Rachael Cantu had a little dressing-room jam with guitarist Harlan Silverman (the Alex in Alex and Sam, as well as the gifted guy who plays with the Belle Brigade and Mayer Hawthorne). The more Silverman tickled the strings, and […]
