By the way, I was recently asked to participate By the way, I was recently asked to participate in Nerve.com’s feature “Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now.” I tried to give ’em a little variety – Frightened Rabbit, Fitz & the Tantrums, Baths, Sea of Bees and Ride. Check it out.
Indie mockumentary “The Scenesters” seems to have all the makings of a Buzz Bands favorite – lots of music by familiar people (the Airborne Toxic Event, the Cribs, Le Switch, the Franks are among those populating the soundtrack), plenty of laughs, a little mystery and some dead hipsters. Yes, it’s only a ceremonial burning of […]
Top 6 reasons to stop watching Charlize Theron in this video and see a show tonight: ‣ The Killers’ Brandon Flowers unveils songs from his solo album “Flamingo” (due Sept. 14) at a sold-out show at the Troubadour. It quite possibly could be as action-packed as Nash Edgerton’s video for “Crossfire,” above. ‣ Darker My […]
Joshua Fisher, the guy behind the marketing/consulting company Heart Music Group, is one fellow who was championing Baths’ Will Wiesenfeld when the electro wunderkind was still making music under the name Post-Foetus. Now Baths has lent a previously unreleased track to a (free) six-track EP that Heart is releasing digitally. Besides Baths, the collection features […]
[Happy birthday, Geddy Lee … and here’s what’s up on our happy Thursday:] Top 4 shows to not-so-surreptitiously tweet from: ‣ Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic, whose thicket of hypnotic beats, dizzying synths and spry melodies coalesce nicely on their sophomore album “Pigeons,” visits the Troubadour (with Beach Fossils opening). That’s HWGM’s video for “Collector,” […]
[Woefully behind on reviewing local releases, but here are two that are out today. Catch-up to come later this week:] Baths, “Cerulean” (Anticon) – The debut album from 21-year-old wunderkind Will Wiesenfeld, already anointed the newest star of (the Weekly-coined) L.A. beat-music scene, feels like a classical composer’s take on modern electro. If chillwave digitizes […]
[The man born Curtis James Jackson – 50 Cent – turns 35 today.] My top 3 reasons to leave Buzz Bands HQ tonight: ‣ Marina & the Diamonds (that’s Marina Diamandis’ video for “Oh No!,” above] play a sold-out show at the Troubadour behind her debut album “The Family Jewels.” ‣ Art-pop ensemble Fol Chen […]
[Have a sane Fourth of July weekend, folks. Really. And if you go the Hollywood Bowl for any of those Vince Gill/fireworks shows, please mosh safely.] My favorite 5 reasons to mix some music with your pyrotechnics: ‣ Baths, the musical manifestation of L.A. wunderkind Will Wiesenfeld, celebrate the release of their Anticon debut “Cerulean” […]
Top 5 places to get an earful tonight in our little town: ‣ Midweek electro dance party? Sure, why not. Toronto’s Dragonette headlines the Echo, frontwoman Martina Sorbara still playing disco queen after last fall’s release of “Fixin’ to Thrill.” Download: “Pick Up the Phone (Disko Dali Remix)” ‣ Baths continues its residency at Low […]
[Happy Cinco de Mayo. And happy birthday, Adele. Here’s your fare for 5/5/10:] Anticon soundscapist and Andrew Bird collaborator Martin Dosh [that’s his video for “Airlift,” above] hits the Echo tonight behind the April release of his fifth album “Tommy.” Supporting is local boy genius Will Wiesenfeld is his new incarnation as Baths. … The […]
