Your pre-Carmageddon options: ‣ Talk to the animals? How about singing to them? Hands (pictured) and Abe Vigoda head up an eight-band lineup tonight for Music in the Zoo: Local Scene Night at the L.A. Zoo. The show is something of an open house-meets-picnic at the zoo, with the evening featuring two bands apiece on […]
[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. […]
‣ Hands (pictured) have come a long way since January – tonight the L.A. quartet plays the Satellite, joined by Oberhofer (whose songs you should really check out here). ‣ The Check Yo Ponytail party at the Echoplex features Stereo Total and Giant Drag. ‣ Lykke Li plays to a sold-out Wiltern Theatre, with Grimes […]
Another busy Monday … ‣ Tift Merritt won plenty of acclaim for last year’s “See You on the Moon,” her fourth album, and her recent turn in the star-studded Big Star tribute in New York City only polished her resumé. The 36-year-old singer-songwriter nears the end of a long tour with roots rocker Stephen Kellogg […]
Your fabulous Friday fare … ‣ Eastern Conference Champions’ new album “Speak-Ahh,” its first full-length of new material in four years, is due out on Tuesday, and the L.A. trio celebrates with a show tonight at the Echo with Hands and Hot As Sun supporting. ‣ The Railroad Revival Tour – which features three bands […]
[Third of a 5-part series previewing Los Angeles acts headed to Austin to play SXSW:] HANDS If you like: Tough-to-Google band names, nifty use of samples, drama. What’s up with them: It’s no accident Hands have scored some prime gigs opening for big acts – the latest being Saturday night with DeVotchKa. Their sweeping,
Of great shows big and small: ‣ With a new album “Wit’s End” on the way in April, singer-songwriter Cass McCombs plays the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock, joined by Big Search and Frank Fairfield. ‣ Har Mar Superstar and Marijuana Deathsquads wind up their residency at the Satellite – and it’s been […]
Best stuff from tonight’s embarrassment of show riches: ‣ The legendary Gang of Four wind up a 13-date U.S. tour tonight at the Music Box behind their new album “C O N T E N T.” Opening are energetic Canadian pop-rockers Hollerado – their one-take video for “Americanarama,” above, has gotten them a bunch of […]
Things to consider to quell those surprise-show anxiety attacks: ‣ Shadow Shadow Shade continues its residency at the Satellite – I’m fresh out of superlatives for how this band can lift your live – and for Week 2 Le Switch, Chasing Kings and the Hundred Days. ‣ Futuresounds’ monthly Rumble event moves from 3 Clubs […]
It is with great trepidation, and perhaps one raised eyebrow, that I share the music of San Diego’s Trung Ngo and Brad Petering, a/k/a TV Girl – and not because chillwave and its assorted low-fi infections have become a pox on the land. On the duo’s first EP, they sample appropriate steal Todd Rundgren’s “Hello […]
