Chris Pierce is winking a little bit, calling his new album “I Can Hear You.” As a teenager, the singer-songwriter suffered from otosclerosis, an abnormal bone growth in the middle ear that resulted in his going deaf in one ear. Yet it did not prevent him from earning the Ella Fitzgerald scholarship for jazz studies […]
[Happy Buddy Holly Day … He would have been 75 today, and he will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this morning and a star-studded tribute concert tonight at the Music Box, which will be taped for a PBS special to air in December.] Fare for your muggy midweek: ‣ Viva Brother, […]
The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival has it wired. The daylong neighborhood affair along Colorado Boulevard will feature 11 scions of the L.A. beat scene – the Low End Theory stage boasts performances by Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing and the Gaslamp Killer, among others – and enough of this city’s top indie music to […]
Wednesday is “Buddy Holly Day” in Los Angeles, and on the anniversary of the four-eyed phenom’s 75th birthday he will get a (long-overdue) star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with an invitation-only concert that night at the Music Box featuring an A-list lineup of performers including Paul Anka, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Michelle Branch, […]
Kissing in a F*cked Up video? Shows of affection and hardcore punk metal may seem a weird duality, but kudos to the Toronto band for writing an album that also happens to be a four-act rock opera, then finding a way to cleverly translate the story with a punk mentality – and without being grandiose. […]
A reunion between old pals can be great inspiration for new music, and that’s exactly what happened for Carlos Forster, former singer-guitarist of Bay Area-based For Stars, when he met up again with M. Ward. Old buddies from college, he and Ward reconnected in Portland after the demise of the band Forster helmed from 1998 […]
L.A. rockers the Janks have stuffed a whole lot of rock history into their sack full of tunes “Hands of Time” (out Sept. 27) – so much, in fact, their debut album threatens to split at the seams. Classic rock, sprawling glam-tinged arrangements, shimmering balladry, blues stomps, lovingly twangy folk: The Janks’ principals, brothers Zack […]
Post-holiday weekend fun: ‣ Only a year after releasing the double-disc retrospective “Your Hear Me,” veteran power-pop maestro Tommy Keene returned last month with a new album of crisp guitar rock, “Behind the Parade.” Tonight, Keene visits the Silverlake Lounge, with Exploding Flowers and Risers opening. That’s Keene’s video for “Deep Six Saturday,” above. ‣ […]
[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 4 of 4:] Twin Sister ”¢ Avi Buffalo ”¢ Cass McCombs ”¢ Pink Mountaintops ”¢ The Olivia Tremor Control ”¢ The Weakerthans ”¢ Yacht ”¢ Dan Deacon ”¢ The Dead Milkmen Photo galleries: Concert photography by Scott Dudelson Below, our […]
[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 3 of 4:] Tijuana Panthers ”¢ Ty Segall ”¢ Future Islands ”¢ Japandroids ”¢ No Age ”¢ Girls Photo galleries: Concert photography by Scott Dudelson Below, our capsule reviews:
