Maybe it was the fact that Mercury was supposedly in retrograde, or maybe it was the press release telling me that these guys are still in business and making derivative, dumbed-down music that thousands of people will think is cool, but this has not been the best of weeks at Buzz Bands HQ. As a […]
Feist’s new single is pretty. Are you surprised? We are not. The fourth album by the 35-year-old former punk rocker – and her first since the multiple award-winning “The Reminder” in 2007 – is titled “Metals” and due out Oct. 4. Feist has been teasing the album’s songs with nifty video “vignettes,” but “How Come […]
Set times have been announced for the Sunset Strip Music Festival’s big Saturday in the streets – with Mötley Crüe, Public Enemy and Bush leading the way. The festival, which kicks off with a tribute to Mötley Crüe on Thursday at the House of Blues and continues with club shows that night and Friday, will […]
[Happy birthday today to Sir Mix-a-Lot, who gave the world “Baby Got Back” …] Tonight’s show list is not lacking for quality or quantity: ‣ It’s the end of a long summer of touring for Mark Oliver Everett and Eels – who played to thousands in Glastonbury, rocked Beijing, saw a concert scotched in Shanghai […]
Sole & the Skyrider Band last month released its latest album “Hello Cruel World,” which features collaborations with Xiu Xiu, Lil B, Sage Francis and Pictureplane. On the video for “Immortality,” they teamed up with Decadence Comics artist Dave “Lando” Lander, whose animated line drawings pack as much as the song’s sci-fi storyline – which, […]
L.A. has benefited from yet another band who has packed their gear up and migrated across the country. Originally from Washington D.C., Matty Taylor and Misha Bullock of Tennis System trade in ferocious, melodic neo-shoegaze along with them, and they’ve recruited Christopher Norman and Guylaine Vivarat (formerly of L.A.’s Useless Keys) to round out the […]
Considering AM & Shawn Lee’s cool, misty, electro sound, it wasn’t a surprise that their debut single, “Dark Into Light” (which we premiered), took off and found homes in iPods owned by fans of Broken Bells and the Postal Service. Since the track’s release, the duo comprised of the L.A. singer-songwriter and the London producer […]
The eclectic expanse known as Zorthian Ranch truly became a haven for the folk on Saturday as four stages were set up just north of Pasadena for a day of music, food, and beautiful scenery. Nature’s backdrop wonderfully suited the 2nd New L.A. Folk Festival, where artists such as Olentangy John, Jenny Luna, Ferraby Lionheart, […]
Tonight’s things: ‣ I love lyric videos, because, well, you know, I might miss a magical turn of a phrase or something. So in honor of her sold-out show at the Troubadour tonight, there’s the clip for Christina Perri’s “Arms,” which, along with other hits “So You Think You Can Dance” made famous, appears on […]
San Francisco’s Girls have returned with a new single to follow up their beloved (and apathetically titled) album, “Album,” and it’s a slow-burning, seven-minute track in which guitars roar instead of toying with the simple melodies that characterized their debut. Although the band’s melancholy had always been endearing, especially with Christopher Owen’s heart-wrenching and forlorn […]