Incoming: NIN, The Bangles, Berlin, Bootleg’s Summer Send-Off, Sun Rai, Katie Costello, Blonde Redhead, Black Sabbath, Fun., Tegan & Sara, Meg Myers, Carly Ritter, Superchunk, Youth Code, Backstreet Boys, Gary Numan, John Hiatt, Gardens & Villa, Eve, Anticon 15-Year Anniversary, Dwight Yoakam, Gold Fields, Los Lobos, Desert Stars Festival, Javier Dunn, ZZ Ward, Vintage Trouble, […]
This list, like hopefully today’s traffic, will be holiday weekend light: ‣ Red Sparowes (pictured), Night Horse, Radio Moscow and Ides of Gemini join other bands at Tee Pee Records’ second annual New Weird America Festival at the Nomad Gallery (1993 Blake Ave.). It kicks off at 2. ‣ Hootenanny goes off at Oak Canyon […]
[Happy July. In some parts of the world, today is known as Canada Day. In other parts, it’s Sufjan Stevens’ birthday.] Holiday weekend starts here: ‣ Oklahoma’s Other Lives, whose album “Tamer Animals” should be part of your lives by now, visit the Satellite for the second time in the past six week. This time […]
Top 7 choices from the embarrassment of show riches tonight in Los Angeles (and a handful of recommended downloads to boot): ‣ Greg Dulli and Carina Round at the sold-out Troubadour. The Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers main man is doing his first-ever solo tour, and reviews have been great. “Dynamite Steps,” the first Twilight Singers album […]
Top show that’s probably worth the road trip: ‣ Blonde Redhead (with Olof Arnalds opening) plays the Glass House in Pomona. The trio’s new album”Penny Sparkle” is more ambient than “23” (the Buzz Bands album of the year in ’07) – easy stuff in which to lose yourself, as the five songs they perform in […]
This edition of The Buzzsicle, which I’ve randomly titled “Summerfunnin’,” includes a batch of music that’s hit my inbox in the past few weeks – some old, some new, some just new to me. In future episodes, I will try to highlight new releases and songs/bands that I simply don’t have the time to do […]
That collective ah-ha you heard this morning emanated from those geeks (ahem, yes, us) who were watching their e-mail when the new song from Blonde Redhead landed. The fuzzy, shoegazey, dream-poppy purveyors of all things ethereal and blurry – did I miss any descriptors? – unveiled a new song, the first since “23” landed atop […]
