Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Things for Thanksgiving eve: ‣ RNDM – the new group featuring Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and former Fastbacks drummer Richard Stuverud – headlines the Troubadour behind its debut “Acts.” Line & Circle, its “Roman Ruins” 7-inch recently out on White Iris, opens. That’s RNDM’s video for “Walking Through New York,” above. […]
Incoming: Rush, the Joy Formidable, Rachael Yamagata, the Gaslamp Killer, the Internet, Mayday Parade, Pierce the Veil, Deftones, Patrick Wilson, Cypress Hill, Dom Kennedy, Tamaryn, No Doubt, Counting Crows, Horse the Band Above: Here’s one for the shoegazers. “The Garden” is from California dream-pop duo Tamaryn, whose album “Tender New Signs” is out now on […]
A massive Saturday, day and night: ‣ It’s a free day in the park at the La Brea Tar Pits, where the annual Tarfest offers a musical lineup of Blondfire, So Many Wizards, Soft Swells, Helena, the Makepeace Brothers and the Steelwells, as well as live painting, sculpture and family activities. ‣ Mexican singer-songwriter and […]
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 […]
[Some Internet demons are confounding us at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, so this post is a bit late-arriving. Please remind me to update my 2006 technology.] Lots and lots to consume tonight. Be voracious, my friends: ‣ Friendly Fires, their new album “Pala” just out on XL Recordings, play to a sold-out Music Box. […]
Our friendly neighborhood rock radio giant flexes its muscles today by throwing the annual KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. If you’re shut out of the sold-out show, or simply don’t want to battle traffic, crowds and the inevitable rowdy dudes stoked to see Stone Temple Pilots, Buzz Bands is hosting the live […]
[News & notes from a weekend of catching up …] ‣ I recently revisited “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong,” the 75-minute film by John Pirozzi that documents Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever’s 2005 visit to singer Chhom Nimol’s native Cambodia. It’s just as striking now as it seemed when I saw one of the initial screenings […]
