It’s been a hot minute since Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, put out his last album, 2013’s “Apocalypse,” but the genius bassist-singer-songwriter has kept busy, contributing heavily to Flying Lotus’ jazzy “You’re Dead,” Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece “To Pimp a Butterfly” and Kamasi Washington’s epic “The Epic.” Now he’s back with a batch of solo material in […]
Heading to Indio for Weekend 2 of Coachella? Buzz Bands LA covered 58 sets during the first weekend of the festival, and below are the links to all of them. We had three writers on the ground trying to cover as much as possible (and, yes, we still missed a lot). Our favorites? We picked […]
Who: Flying Lotus in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Are we dead? Memorable Because: Steven Ellison, who performs under the moniker Flying Lotus, brought a cerebral experience to the Mojave Tent. Wearing a mask that had two circles of light (actually making look like a fly in the dark), Flying Lotus performed within a cubed […]
The Wiltern was very much alive on Friday night during Flying Lotus’ performance behind his fifth studio album “You’re Dead!” (released Oct. 7 on Warp Records). FlyLo, born Steven Ellision, gave a show that was like falling into the black hole of a beatsmith’s bizarre subconscious. He took the stage wearing a mask with glowing […]
It’s Friday, it’s supposed to be like this: ‣ Flying Lotus visits the Wiltern behind his new album “You’re Dead!,” bringing with him a visual show created by Strangeloop and Timeboy. ‣ Foster the People do a big hometown show at the Shrine Auditorium behind their latest album “Supermodel.” Sylvan Esso supports. ‣ Their new […]
Incoming: Mac DeMarco, Shakey Graves, Dorothy, Judas Priest, PPL MVR, Jamie Scott, Scott Stapp, Dustin Lovelis, First Aid Kit, Lights, Irontom, Henry Wolfe, the Beta Machines, Dads, TJ Doyle, Twin Peaks, Blonde Redhead, Tame Impala, SoKo, Generationals, Springtime Carnivore, Wovenhand, Relient K, Flying Lotus, Run the Jewels, RAC, Field Report, Hiss Golden Messenger, Nils Frahm, […]
Flying Lotus’ forthcoming album has a morbid title (“You’re Dead!”), but there’s a resurrection going on the Hiro Murai’s video for the song “Never Catch Me.” The tune features the speed limit-bustin’ rhymes of Kendrick Lamar, making for, as we pointed out last week, “two master chefs in the kitchen.” In the context of today’s […]
Following a rousing performance at FYF last month, Los Angeles’ Flying Lotus, née Steven Ellison, is gearing up to release his fifth studio album, “You’re Dead!” on Oct. 7 via Warp Records. It is set to feature appearances by Angel Deradoorian, Snoop Dogg, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat, as well as FlyLo’s rap alter […]
Reviews: Flying Lotus, Built to Spill, Thundercat, Ryan Hemsworth, Benjamin Booker
Because there’s not enough happening around the USC campus today, there’s a yoga show at the Shrine Expo Center, in case you want to skip FYF: ‣ Day 2 of this year’s FYF Fest goes off at the L.A. Sports Arena & Exposition Park, featuring the Strokes [above], Haim, the Blood Brothers, Flying Lotus, Blood […]
