Video: Gone Is Gone, ‘Dublin’
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Featuring members of Mastodon, At the Drive-In and Queens of the Stone Age along with a film composer, Gone Is Gone releases its debut album Friday, with a show at the Troubadour that night.
Stream: Eleni Mandell, ‘Empty Locket’
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The 17-track tribute album “Unsung Heroes: Songs of Eleni Mandell” will be out this month, with a big release show on Jan. 25 at the Bootleg Theater.
Billy Joel to play Dodger Stadium on May 13
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Billy Joel visits Dodger Stadium in May; tickets go on sale next week.
Stream: The Shins, ‘Name for You’
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The Shins’ new album “Heartworms,” their fifth, arrives in March. And the band has a date at the Fox Theater on March 4.
Brrrr! A Buzz Bands LA Playlist
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Buzz Bands LA has a playlist for the weather, and maybe some icy emotional terrain. Thanks, Matt Pond.
Tonight in L.A.: Polartropica, Avi Buffalo, Cellars
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Also on Thursday: Oyster Kids, Alicia Witt, Yung Gleesh, Ballerina Black, Gangus, Emily Davis & the Murder Police, the Rare Occasions
Stream: Jens Lekman, ‘What’s That Perfume That You Wear?’
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In February, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will release his first album in 4 1/2 years. Not that he’s been slacking. Here’s a whiff.
2016: The Buzz Bands LA Index of L.A. artists we covered
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Here is Buzz Bands LA’s recap — in index form — of the 550-plus Los Angeles artists we covered this year. Yeah, we’re nerds.
Stream: Dot Hacker, ‘C Section’
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Dot Hacker’s third album and first release since 2014, “N°3,” will be out Jan. 20 — a day, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer reckons, we would use something “steeped in hope.”
Video premiere: Livingmore, ‘Really Mean It’
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With a colorful, animated video, Spencer Livingston and Alex Moore — aka Livingmore — reveal the first single from an album due later this year.