[Win Butler of Arcade Fire hits the big Three-Oh today. Cheers.] Quite a night for concerts, if you’re warming up your Coachella ears. Me, I’m thinking parking is going to be a bear in downtown Pomona, with Vampire Weekend (Fox Theater) and Deerhunter (the Glass House) play about one block apart. … Closer to Buzz […]
[Happy birthday, Elton John. Meanwhile, in L.A., my head’s going to explode from the overwhelming selection of good-to-great shows tonight:] First, two indie bands with new albums I highly recommend: The Morning Benders (with Miniature Tigers and We Barbarians supporting, play the Troubadour; and the Deadly Syndrome [Chris Richard, pictured] celebrating the release of “Nolens […]
Kavin Sandhu’s music might be all volleys and daggers, booze and swagger, but take him out of his native England and station him in Los Angeles for a year, and he’s more than a little bit wonder-struck. “It really does inspire me on a day-to-day basis,” the singer-guitarist and architect of the rock band KAV […]
[Sorry this is a little late today – tech problems in Buzz Bands land …] Brooklyn three-piece the Antlers, riding a wave of critical love from Pitchfork (among others) for their album “Hospice,” are about to embark on a big tour supporting Minus the Bear (including a Tuesday date at the Glass House in Pomona). […]
[I’m a little biased about tonight’s proceedings.] Eastern Conference Champions and Voxhaul Broadcast co-headline Buzz Bands LA’s One-Year Anniversary [details here] at the Echo. It’s an EP release party for both bands, and the bill is augmented by Samuel Stewart and Radio Freq. … Plenty else going on – the big stuff includes Pearl Jam […]
Follow the synth lines, they will lead you to the Promised Land. Or at least a great warehouse party. That’s what you get with Radio Freq, the L.A. electro trio that just released its debut EP “Alive” (on iTunes and on Coming Home Records). The new project from longtime pals Ben Adams and Cliff Magreta, […]
[Birthday greetings go out to Jeff Tweedy today. In L.A. tonight, I’m not sure many music fans will be staying at home …] You probably already know about all the big deals –Green Day and Franz Ferdinand at the Forum; the Dead Weather at the Wiltern;” Steely Dan’s all-request night at the Gibson Amphitheatre; Tom Jones […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to songbird Nanci Griffith – now on to ways you can work off the holiday weekend hangover …] July’s free residencies bring some new flavors to the Eastside clubs: Australian transplant Andy Clockwise unleashes his biting, boisterous bar rock at Spaceland, where his track “Everybody’s in a Band” ought to […]
[It’s Kanye West’s birthday, and I wonder what you’d get a guy who has his own line of limited-edition glow-in-the-dark sneakers.] Can’t think of another album from this year that has been a more slam-dunk mood elevator that Metric’s “Fantasies.” The Canadian-bred band, who seem to have had more homes that an Army brat (they […]
[It’s Jesse McCartney’s 22nd birthday today. Is he still a big deal, or is 22 over the hill in that world? In keeping with that theme …] “It’s Spooky to Be Young” is the new album by L.A.’s Meredith Meyer [pictured]. Her sophomore effort, produced by Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Mark Gardener), […]
