Nothing mundane about this Monday: ‣ If this isn’t the most helter-skelter It’s a School Night ever, you can slap my hand with a ruler. On the bill (chronologically) for the RSVP-only night at Bardot are Malibu-bred beach-vibe duo Brandon & Leah; followed by Bobby Woods’ horn- and string-laden Les Deux Love Orchestra featuring special […]
Here’s your Tuesday: ‣ Canadian songstress Kathleen Edwards visits the El Rey Theatre behind her fourth album (and finest yet), “Voyageur,” which was co-produced by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). That’s her video for “Change the Sheets,” above. ‣ White Arrows, their new EP “Fireworks of the Sea” out earlier this month, headline the Roxy on […]
[Our look at the week ahead, starting with Nicolas Jaar, playing Monday, and his video for “Mi Mujer”:] Incoming: Nicolas Jaar, NO, Voxhaul Broadcast, the Henry Clay People, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Harriet, White Arrows, White Rabbits, Matthew Dear, Races, Kathleen Edwards, the Wedding Present and more. Our staff picks of the week: […]
The stage at Opal Divine’s Freehouse in Austin is like a treehouse stationed at the end of a picnic area. For almost seven hours Wednesday at Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” day party, nine Los Angeles bands used it as their plaything, dispensing crisp sets as if they were all on a family […]
BUZZBANDS.LA, brings nine of the southern California’s best emerging bands to Austin today for “DEAR AUSTIN: LOVE, L.A.” – a kickoff party concurrent with the first day of the 2012 SXSW Music Festival. The free showcase runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th Street, Austin. No RSVP is necessary. […]
Nine SoCal bands are playing Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin: Love, L.A.” day party next Wednesday on the first day of the South by Southwest Music Festival. It seems like 999 SoCal bands are actually headed to Austin. When we started culling music from those artists, our uploader begged for for mercy. So we called […]
Hello, first weekend in March, so nice to see you: ‣ Garage-rocker Ty Segall (his trio is pictured) – he of the raucously good “Goodbye Bread” album released last summer – announced last week that he would be doing a collaborative album with White Fence, the latest project from Darker My Love’s Tim Presley. That […]
Harriet arrived with a bang in November with the kiss-off song-cum-playground taunt “I Slept With All Your Mothers,” the centerpiece of the quartet’s “Tell the Right Story” EP. Frontman Alex Casnoff, who’d played keyboards in the bands Dawes and PAPA, sounded as if he had relationships issues, but it turns out that, like any good […]
Buzz Bands LA is partying next month at the South by Southwest Music Festival. “DEAR AUSTIN: LOVE, L.A.” brings nine southern California bands to Austin for a kickoff party on Wednesday, March 14, at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th Street. The showcase (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) is free, no RSVP in necessary and […]
Your Superbowl Sunday spread: ‣ Vas Dafrans, Harriet, Rimpau and the Peach Kings play the Bootleg as part of a mini festival that will benefit the 20-year-old skateboarder/snowboarder Xander Mozejewski, who was recently in a motorcycle accident. The acoustic room will also feature the Weekend Pilots, Red Robot w/ Strings, Sophia Louise and Deux Sons. […]
