Buzz Bands LA is partying next month at the South by Southwest Music Festival. “DEAR AUSTIN: LOVE, L.A.” brings nine southern California bands to Austin for a kickoff party on Wednesday, March 14, at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th Street. The showcase (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) is free, no RSVP in necessary and […]
It’s a mighty good Monday (if you ignore the weather): ‣ At the Satellite, where Chasing Kings’ residency roars into its fourth week, U.K. quartet the Chevin makes its L.A. debut. That’s the video for the title track from the West Yorkshire lads’ 2011 EP, “Champion,” above. Tonight’s bonus – you also gets sets from […]
Your massive Monday menu for MLK Jr. Day: ‣ Sisters Allison Pierce and Catherine Pierce, aka The Pierces, headline It’s A School Night at Bardot. [That’s their video for “Kissing You Goodbye” above from last year’s record “You and I.”] NO and Zane Carney (of Carney) open. Jennifer Teft from Super Soul Sundays also DJs. […]
Happy Monday, and it is indeed a happy Monday: ‣ Funk, R&B and psych-rock mixologist Van Hunt, whose new album “What Were You Hoping For?” came out last fall, does the RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot. Tycho and Jacuzzi Boys also play. ‣ Electro genre-masher Robert DeLong kicks off a residency at Los […]
Everybody aspires to be a “nice guy,” but if you’re a musician, it’s anathema to hear the phrase – the implication being that your personality outstrips your art or, worse, “nice” is merely artifice. So Chasing Kings prove as adept in the social graces as they are with their instruments. “Nice Guys,” the title track […]
New year, new month, new free residencies: ‣ L.A. quartet Chasing Kings, their debut album “Nice Guys” on the way in March, hold forth at the Satellite, supported on opening night by Toy Bombs, Cassorla and Brendan Hines. ‣ Bootleg Theater residents Princeton have new music coming too – the quartet’s sophomore album “Remembrance of […]
So as rich as 2011 proved to be for local music, 2012 promises even more. Following is Buzz Bands LA’s list of “Bands to Watch” for 2012 – 33 newbies who have not yet released a full-length album and are on our radar to do so in the coming year. Whom did I miss? Leave […]
Your fantastic Friday night: ‣ GV30 – the Goldenvoice/Gary Tovar celebration of 30 years of Los Angeles punk – kicks off three big night at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with Social Distortion, X and the Adolsecents. ‣ Guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter (pictured), on tour with drummer Scott Amendola, starts a two-night stand at the […]
Sunset Junction, who needs ya? That seemed to be the attitude on Saturday as Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown sprang to life on Saturday, with music venues and other businesses opening their doors to bands displaced by the cancellation of the annual street fair. Fans shuttled to and from locales hosting day- and nighttime […]
[We approach the Sunset Junction-less weekend with plenty of music options. Meanwhile, if you didn’t catch it, the Times had a story today on the aftermath …] Your Friday fodder: ‣ That Dog reunites for the first of two-sold-out shows at the Troubadour. You’d be surprised (or possibly not) how many “new” co-ed bands around […]