[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 2 of 4:] Off!, The Strange Boys, Four Tet, Explosions in the Sky Photo galleries: Concert photography by Scott Dudelson Below, our capsule reviews:
[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 1 of 4:] Fool’s Gold ”¢ Mister Heavenly ”¢ The Head & the Heart ”¢ Smith Westerns ”¢ Cults ”¢ Cold War Kids ”¢ Guided by Voices ”¢ Broken Social Scene ”¢ Descendents ”¢ Death From Above 1979 Photo galleries: […]
Labor Day shows you can catch if you’re not seeing the Beach Boys at the L.A. County Fair: ‣ Jonathan Bates brings the devastating electro of his new project Big Black Delta to the Satellite, kicking off a monthlong residency celebrating the release of its first album “BBDLP1.” Kate Crash and Tennis System open. [If […]
Join me at midnight on KCSN (88.5 FM, or streaming at KCSN.org) for the holiday weekend edition of the LA Buzz Bands. I’ll be spinning new music from Dum Dum Girls, the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, the Janks, Light FM and Vanish Valley, to name a few, and I’ll wrap up the show with a Buzz […]
[Our first installment of coverage from FYF Fest … more to come:] As the half moon set over the downtown Los Angeles skyline on a crisp Saturday night and Austin’s Explosions in the Sky launched into their rapturous set, I thought to myself, “FYF is dead! FYF is dead! Long live FYF!” Sean Carlson’s DIY […]
[Welcome to the FYF hangover, Sunday edition. Hope to have our coverage posted later today. Meanwhile:] Sunday fun: ‣ Mellowing out on this holiday weekend? The Sweet Hurt and Ry Cuming join residents Daniel Ahearn and the Jones for tonight’s edition of the Sunday Night Jones at the Satellite. The Buzz Bands LA-presented night features […]
A festival and other festivities: ‣ Hard to believe there’s a better bargain than this year’s FYF Fest (especially if you bought your tickets at the screamin’-cheap presale rate). If the involvement this year of über-promoter Goldenvoice eliminates or even alleviates the embarrassing logistical problems of the past two years, FYF 2011 could be a […]
Long weekend ahead, and if you’re glued to your computer until the bitter end of the workweek, the Buzz Bands LA show will do absolutely nothing to alleviate your anxiety. It might make the last couple of hours bearable, though. Tune into Moheak Radio at 3 p.m. for two hours of SoCal music, including new […]
Rock on, gamers. While we at Buzz Bands LA HQ won’t pretend to be conversant in Borderlands, we do like our Crystal Method, especially when Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland team up with U.K. indie-funk band the Heavy. “Play for Real,” featuring singer Kelvin Swaby and guitarist Dan Taylor from the Heavy (and some other […]
[New songs from bands we’ve previously posted about ”“ take these tracks along with you wherever you may be going (or staying) this holiday weekend…] Soft Pipes, “Sleeper” (via Pac-Sun) ”“ Anthony Polcino hasn’t been sitting still since his days as guitarist of Low vs. Diamond. In fact, he’s drawn quite a bit of attention […]