A very indie Tuesday: ‣ Indie-rock quartet the Lonely Forest [pictured] play the Bootleg Bar behind their new Chris Walla-produced “Adding Up the Wasted Hours,” with Cumulus supporting. ‣ San Francisco folk-elecronic trio Geographer headlines the Echoplex, supported by Royal Bangs. ‣ Cymbals Eat Guitars bring their ’90s-flavored indie-rock tot he Satellite, with Mrs. Magician […]
Incoming: Desaparecidos, Charli XCX, Deerhoof, Diego Garcia, Geographer, Teen Daze, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Bolts, the Lonely Forest, Destroyer, Meat Puppets, Switchfoot, Atlas Genius, Blink 182, Selena Gomez, the Parson Red Heads, Blitzen Trapper, Crocodiles, Mazzy Star, the Gaslamp Killer, Those Darlins, Tired Pony, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jonathan Wilson, GZA, the Lonely […]
By Gabriel Jones It takes a remarkable showman who can keep an audience mesmerized while barely saying a word, but Dan Bejar is just that. His concerts tend to be bundles of contradictions – tight but sprawling, intimate but alien, retro but futuristic – that feel like a strange, beautiful new life form. And, like […]
‣ Facts and things … Twin Shadow is the nom de tune of George Lewis Jr. His second album “Confess” will be out July 10 via 4AD. On June 18, his video for the new song “5 Songs” will premiere in Times Square as part of the “Art Takes Time Square” event. And tonight he […]
Contributor Scott Dudelson shares images from all around Saturday’s second day of Coachella 2012, including some performance that we could not make because of conflicts. Concert photography by Scott Dudelson
[It’s Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina L’s turn to share a year-end list …] By Seraphina Lotkhamnga Choosing one’s favorite albums of the year is always a daunting task, and it’s even worse when you have to whittle your list down to 25. Here are my thoughts on 2011 albums (local and non-local), and […]
[Some great bands headed west after SXSW, and the first wave hits town tonight:] Tonight’s seriously good show selection: ‣ Destroyer (that’s the video to the title track of their new album “Kaputt,” above) plays to a sold-out Troubadour, with the War on Drugs and Devon Williams opening. ‣ U.K. trio Ebsen and the Witch […]
Happy to report the folks at Merge Records seem to have been struck by same spring fever that’s raised the temperature at Buzz Bands HQ. The label’s new digital sampler offers freebies from 14 bands, Spoon, the Clean, She & Him, Superchunk, the Clientele and L.A.’s own Radar Bros., among others. It’s available through Amazon.com, […]
[Birthday cheers go out Sunday to Donovan, and I hope this abbreviated rundown isn’t too late to inform your weekend plans:] Tonight, updated: Here’s where it gets loud – Spectrum, who will be joined by members MGMT, plays Club Underground at the Echo tonight, along with the Entrance Band and Abe Vigoda. … Grand Duchy, […]
