[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 4 of 4:] Twin Sister ”¢ Avi Buffalo ”¢ Cass McCombs ”¢ Pink Mountaintops ”¢ The Olivia Tremor Control ”¢ The Weakerthans ”¢ Yacht ”¢ Dan Deacon ”¢ The Dead Milkmen Photo galleries: Concert photography by Scott Dudelson Below, our […]
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 […]
Avi Buffalo this month releases its first new music since the 2010 debut album that announced Avi Zahner-Isenberg as a prodigy to watch. “How Come?” is lo-fi and meditative, and, judging a recent live performance (pictured) at the Getty Center during which the Long Beach quartet played some noisy new numbers, not exactly indicative of […]
[Happy weekend. Just a reminder that today is the day tickets go on sale for the Hollywood Bowl season. Yeah, including the National’s show on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11.] I don’t wanna say that if you aren’t out tonight you aren’t breathing, but it is the busiest Saturday night in recent memory: ‣ Their […]
[Local festival notes …] ‣ Quite a lineup for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the one-day festival June 18 that features some 300 artists at more than 30 venues in the City of Roses. The Morning Benders (pictured), Ra Ra Riot and Best Coast top the diverse bill, which also includes Saint Motel, Jenny O, […]
[My overall Top 20 albums in a year informed by a mountain of good music and an avalanche of trying times, based purely on how much they resonated with me. I was lucky this year to have seen all but 4 of these artists live. With my 4-word reviews:] 1. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs.” Sonically […]
The favorite 40 local albums of 2010 as rendered by a listener who tries be open to sounds from every niche in our fair region, who tries not be swayed by hype, and who makes no apologies for liking his meat and potatoes. 1. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor” (Frenchkiss) This was more of a 2009 […]
The weekend’s top 4 shows starring L.A. people who give us a warm-and-fuzzy: ‣ Avi Buffalo, back from a long tour or three, headlines the Echoplex tonight. ‣ Shadow Shadow Shade (pictured) ramps up its affecting, cinematic pop tonight at the Echo. ‣ Daedelus and the Gaslamp Killer represent for the beat scene when they […]
Few artists inhabit their music like Jim James, or transfer the euphoria of making it to their live audiences. My Morning Jacket’s two-hour show on Thursday night at the Greek Theatre was a potent display of firepower staged amid smoke and vivid lights that allowed James to both commune in isolation with the adoring crowd […]
Thursday is the new Saturday and here’s 5 ways to prove it: ‣ A kick-ass double Josh Homme [pictured above] bill with Queens Of The Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal descends upon Club Nokia tonight to raise funds for Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O’Connor. Net proceeds from the show will be […]
