Pictured at left are bags full of CDs. You remember those things, right? They still make good stocking-stuffers, I’m told. They are the victims of the annual winnowing of the music collection here at shelf-space-starved Buzz Bands LA headquarters. Some are promos, some are store-bought (I frequently can’t remember which is which), and I must […]
Upstart L.A. trio Death Kit trades in synth-pop with a chewy caramel center. The band’s debut single, “I Can Make You Love Me” (out next week), toots its smudgy synths like the bedroom answer to Friendly Fires, and singer-drummer August Brown’s quaver sounds straight off the 7-inch singles by Sarah Records staples Brighter and the […]
Let’s embrace the winter season with a little panache, shall we? You’re invited to Buzz Bands LA’s Holidaze – a party and show all wrapped into one. It kicks off at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at Spaceland, and it’s free. Headlining will be L.A. quartet Letting Up Despite Great Faults, with support from Death […]
