Back in November of 2011, the Driscoll siblings, Bruce and Erica – doing business as Blondfire – unveiled a candy-coated video for what was then their seemingly surefire hit-in-waiting “Where the Kids Are.” Since then, the band signed with Warner, tightened the song a little bit, landed it in a TV commercial for Honda and […]
As great as this year was on the Los Angeles music scene, 2012 was only foreplay compared to what awaits in 2013. This year’s “Bands to Watch” could go on and on and on, like one of those “whoa-oh” choruses that populated our 2012 playlists. No fewer than 22 L.A. bands are signed and ready […]
Tarfest returned to the La Brea Tarpits Park on Saturday, with Blondfire, So Many Wizards, the Makepeace Brothers, the Steelwells, Helena and Soft Swells soundtracking an afternoon and evening that included live art, sculpture, food and family fun – including a monstrous outbreak of hula-hooping. The spectacular sunset behind the Makepeace Brothers’ set kinda put […]
The 10th annual Tarfest – the music and arts festival on the Miracle Mile – officially kicks off tonight with an exhibition curated by Holly Harrison of LACMA, but for music fans the treats come Saturday when a free, all-ages outdoor festival goes off in the park adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. The […]
The brother-sister pop confections of Blondfire made for a tasty Tuesday night at the latest edition of the KCSN/Buzz Bands LA local music series at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. The L.A. based band anchored by Brazilian-American siblings Bruce and Erica Driscoll included their first single “Where the Kids Are,” as well as the […]
‣ Sibling-fueled indie-pop band Blondfire [that’s Bruce and Erica Driscoll, pictured] heads up a free show as part of the KCSN / Buzz Bands LA series upstairs at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. It’s an early affair – doors at 7:30, with Blondfire kicking things off at 8, followed by Go West Young Man […]
Incoming: Blondfire, the Airborne Toxic Event, Japanther, Gov’t Mule, Band of Skulls, Autolux, Sean Paul, Rusko, Lilys, the Soft Pack, Anthony Hamilton, Azure Ray, Maximo Park, Zee Avi, Sondre Lerche, Lila Downs, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Gibbard, Delta Rae, Animal Collective, Flying Lotus Above: Flying Lotus plays with Animal […]
Rising electro-pop outfit Blondfire will be joined by Soft Swells, Helena, So Many Wizards, the Steelwells and the Makepeace Brothers at this year’s Tarfest, the annual celebration of music and art on the Miracle Mile. The free outdoor concert on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the La Brea Tar Pits Park (5801 Wilshire Blvd.) kicks off […]
Blondfire, the brother-sister electro-pop duo who have just signed to Warner Bros. Records, heads up the lineup for the September edition of the KCSN / Buzz Bands LA local music series at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. The band, anchored by Bruce and Eric Driscoll, will be joined by newcomers Western Scene and Go […]
We show July the door in a very big way: ‣ The Ruby Friedman Orchestra, the Lonely Wild and the New Limb kick off the new KCSN/Buzz Bands LA live music series at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. Doors at 8. ‣ Tenacious D wind up a long tour behind their new album “Rize […]
