Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Arcade Fire, Fascinator, Lawrence Rothman, Banta, Mystic Braves, Mosco Rosco, Godflesh, AJR, Tove Lo, The Men, DEATH, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Heaps N Heaps, Xiu Xiu, Asher Roth, Guns N’ Roses, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Daley, Tom Brosseau, Tommy & the High Pilots, Run Things, Flagship, OFF!, Thou, Moving Units, T. Mills, Plan B, Dean Wareham David […]
[Welcome to Buzz Bands LA’s new feature “The Week Ahead.” Compiled by our new intern Claudine V., it’ll give you a snapshot of what’s ahead for the next seven days. We’ll be adding features to it as we progress.] Incoming: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Raincoats, the Joy Formidable, Memoryhouse, Islands, Drive-By Truckers, […]
You don’t have to be sagging under the weight of the digital age to embrace the notion behind “Simple Time,” a new song from Haroula Rose. “Simple time, simple time / Come find me again,” the L.A.-via-Chicago songstress pleads in the song off her new album “These Open Roads.” Her finger-picked guitar gets a deft […]
[I called in sick for the Hold Steady show on Tuesday, but Natalie Nichols, the great L.A.-based music and culture journalist, has sent along the following review. Buzz Bands owes her one. Visit her blog here.] By Natalie Nichols “Rock and Roll Means Well”? Hmm, not sure that’s such a great idea for a tour […]
