Sunday’s touts: ‣ Buffalo Springfield goes for round two at The Wiltern. ‣ Twee pop fanatics get a special Part-Time Punks at the Echo’s later show tonight. Aberdeen will be playing their first L.A. show in eight years [see our interview with Beth Arzy] along with fellow Sarah Records labelmates 14 Iced Bears, in addition […]
Top music picks on a night everyone will be curious who comes out on top at the “Air Sex Championships” at the Satellite: ‣ The Echo and the Echoplex will be going off thanks to Dub Club’s Japan Benefit, with the Chris Murray Combo and Queen P and the Apologies performing. ‣ South African quartet […]
[With your humble Buzz Bands LA squad off to Austin for SXSW, these daily posts will be mighty brief in the coming week. There’s still good music to support, and you should …] Top choices for Tuesday: ‣ Noah & the Whale’s third album, “Last Night on Earth,” comes out today, and the orchestral pop […]
The initial installment of Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday series at Lot 1 Cafe was all about the warm vibe. In the intimate Echo Park room, Omaha expatriate Jake Bellows (top photo) debuted new solo material, teamed up with Morgan Nagler of Whispertown 2000 for a few songs and performed music from the catalog of his […]
Portraits by Laurie Scavo Downloads and videos appear below There is a felicity to Los Angeles about which I never want to become cynical. The waitress who hands you pancakes at Millie’s might be in a big movie two years later. The kid at the Apple store is working on animation that’ll knock your socks […]
Jake Bellows, Daniel Ahearn and Judson & Mary kick off SecondTuesday, a monthly songwriter series hosted by Buzz Bands LA at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. The show, at 9 p.m. on Feb. 8, launches a monthly songwriter series Feb. 1 at cozy Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Admission will be $5 at […]
[Birthday greetings to Tricky and Mike Patton, both born on this date in 1968:] Top shows to consider if you’re reading this instead of heading to the Viper Room for today’s 10 a.m. video shoot with Deep Dark Robot, Linda Perry’s new band: ‣ Quite a night ahead at the Echoplex – Israeli punk trio […]
[Wayne Coyne turns 50 today. Wonder where that party is.] Top 4 shows for those not expanding their horizons at Gary Lucas’ Captain Beefheart Symposium at the Echoplex: ‣ Stoner metal gods Fu Manchu blast off at the Satellite with a show featuring a performance of their album “In Search Of …” ‣ Plan B […]
[Happy birthday today to old f.o.b.b.* Linus of Hollywood, who appeared in the very first Buzz Bands column.] Maybe it’s because it’s early in the morning and I’m cranky, but some things just puzzle me. Like the energy spent on 98% of the stuff on YouTube. Take Johnny Bennett’s video for “Sister Pharmaceutical” [above], which, […]
