George Michael, 1963-2016: A pop star remembered
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A touring hand remembers George Michael as kind, generous and good for a cheeky laugh. The pop star died on Christmas Day at age 53.
A touring hand remembers George Michael as kind, generous and good for a cheeky laugh. The pop star died on Christmas Day at age 53.
Incoming: X, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Avi Buffalo, the Melvins, Bloody Death Skull,Kaytranada, Cherry Glazerr, the Magician, Odesza, Cracker, Citizen Cope, Mystic Braves, the Golden Tongues, the Chainsmokers, Bob Moses, Schoolboy Q, Dengue Fever, St. Paul & the Broken Bones
We’re still checking on set times for Santa Claus & His Crazy Eight. Meanwhile, the rest of the concert calendar is pretty light.
Stream: “Popular With Us 2016: The Buzz Bands LA 101,” a countdown of our favorite L.A. tunes of the year. Now available at a Spotify near you.
Los Angeles is nice at Christmastime and all, but Evan Blum, Lucy LaForge and Myke Wilken really miss being back home. Really.
On a special three-hour edition of the Buzz Bands LA Show today, we’ll finish our annual 101-song countdown with songs No. 50 through No. 1.
Also on Friday: The Growlers, Tory Lanez, Current Joys, Fartbarf, Audacity, Thee Commons
From folk to punk to psych-rock to soul to industrial to indie-pop, here are Buzz Bands LA’s favorite albums of the year by Los Angeles artists.
Kimya Dawson, TV On The Radio, Moses Sumney, Fiona Apple, Valerie June and more came together to show support for Standing Rock in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Also on Thursday: Tory Lanez, Kodak Black, Gucci Mane, Wax, Loboman