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.
Teenage Fanclub, Cat Power added to Starry Nites Festival
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Cat Power and Teenage Fanclub join Alan Parsons Project, the Kills, the Dandy Warhols and She Wants Revenge at the first-year Starry Nites Festival.
Tonight in L.A.: TV Girl, Flying Hair, Spirit in the Room
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Also on Wednesday: Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls, Nick Valentini Collective, Shit Giver, Old Outfits
HEALTH added to lineup for Saturday’s Smell benefit show at the Belasco
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HEALTH will join previously announced Best Coast, No Age, Bleached, Ty Segall and Vice Cooler at the Smell’s anniversary show and benefit concert on Saturday night.
Stream: Clipping, ‘Body for the Pile’
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L.A. trio Clipping team up with Boston’s Sickness on the first track of the compilation album “NOISE,” which is available for free download from Adult Swim.