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 […]
[Note from Buzz Bands HQ: I will be at Lollapalooza and perhaps dropping a few missives from Chicago, then taking a breather for a few days, so I’d like to thank Ali MacLean for minding the store the next week or so:] Top 5 ways to spend your Thursday: ‣ If you really believe in […]
[Buzzbeats is an occasional feature on Buzz Bands LA authored by Rich Thomas, whose work you can find at his Mining the Landfill blog. Past entries here.] By Rich Thomas Los Angeles’ indie rock and electronic music scenes have always managed to play well with one another. Artists float from label to label, dropping a […]
[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” […]
[Fabrizio Moretti hits the big three-oh today. Drinks at the Little Joy?] Top 5 ways to get through your humpday: ‣ Born-again indie band Hot Hot Heat (that’s the video for “21@12,” above) kicks off its residency at the Bootleg Theater, with up-and-coming pop fanatics Chasing Kings and swoonworthy Stone Darling opening. ‣ School of […]
Deastro, the nom de tune of synth-wielding 22-year-old Randoph Chabot [pictured] of Detroit, released his debut album, “Moondagger,” this week, and fans of the likes of M83 and New Order will want to have a listen. [Download, via Pitchfork: “Vermillion Plaza.”] Deastro visits Spaceland tonight, supported by Telephone Jim Jesus. … Wilco ends its L.A. […]
I have seen Alfred Darlington perform live and I know the colors in this video to be accurate. Or maybe I was just imagining them. Whatever, Darlington, stage name Daedelus, just released this Eli Stonberg-directed video for his song “LA Nocturn,” from a split EP he did on the new label Friends of Friends with […]
Ross Flournoy has played in front of enough arms-folded hipster crowds to know that an interviewer is fishing for a punchline when I ask, “So how is playing for a bunch of 10-year-old kids going to be different from playing a regular show in Silver Lake?” The frontman of the Broken West laughs knowingly and […]
[Today we quickly bid happy birthday to David Bowie and move on to our regularly scheduled madness …] The lovely dreampop quartet Wait Think Fast [pictured] was so psyched to play tonight’s Spaceland On Ice that they have offered their latest single for free download. You should be psyched to add it to your playlist […]
