Incoming: Smokey Robinson, Fort Minor, the Ceremonies, Crash Kings, Tennis System, Pac Div, Jacco Gardner, Paper Pilots, Luke James, the Griswolds, Helmet, Ballerina Black, Elle King, Honeyhoney, LEX, Laudlin Strangers, Scott Bartenhagen, Western Lows, Otep, Wale, Blue Blazer, Aaron Gillespie, Infected Mushroom, Smokey Robinson, Television, Toe, David Serby, Buyepongo, King Chip, Slander, Blackstreet, Radio Moscow, […]
The new album from Honeyhoney is indeed sweetsweet, but also tarttart, hothot and smartsmart. “3,” out this week via Rounder Records from the L.A.-based duo of native Ohioan Suzanne Santo and native Bay Stater Ben Jaffe, is a Southern-fried, made-in-Nashville affair that covers a lot of turf. Santo, the singer/violist/banjo-picker, is adept as both a […]
Despite their saccharine name, roots-rock duo Honeyhoney has never been short on attitude. There are moments on their two albums, 2008’s “First Rodeo” and 2012’s “Billy Jack,” where you sense that singer-fiddler-banjoist Suzanne Santo would just as soon whup you as serenade you; afterward, of course, her foil Ben Jaffe would buy you a drink, […]
A monster post-Halloween Saturday: ‣ The 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos festival takes place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with live performances from Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia, Gaby Moreno, Los Cenzontles and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. ‣ Danny Elfman performs Music from the Films of Tim Burton at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live for […]
Incoming: Ben Howard, Circa Waves, Rachael Yamagata, Faded Paper Figures, Delta Spirit, Ab-Soul, London Richards, Live, Shawn Mullins, the Rural Alberta Advantage, the Wild Feathers, B.o.B., the Soft White Sixties, Marilyn Manson, Betty Who, the Airborne Toxic Event, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Steve Aoki, the Stone Foxes, Nick Jonas, Citizen Cope, the Album Leaf, Queens […]
Your wonderful Wednesday: ‣ The run of club shows leading up to the Sunset Strip Music Festival gets a little folky at the Roxy tonight, where Honeyhoney – that’s Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe wreaking havoc in their “Angel of Death” video, above – and harmony-toting ensemble Monsters Calling Home performing. ‣ Athens, Ga.’s twangy […]
Incoming: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Rock the Bells, Grandaddy, the Kills, Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, Dead Can Dance, Regina Spektor, Peter Murphy, Neil Diamond, Amadou & Miriam, HoneyHoney, the Henry Clay People, Zola Jesus, Fun., Filter and more. Above: Peter Murphy, the 55-year-old “Godfather of Goth,” recently told the Sunset Strip Music Festival blog that […]
Who: Honeyhoney in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Off your butts.
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 […]
Sunday’s selections: ‣ The rootsy raconteurs known as HoneyHoney visit the Troubadour for a hometown date – the duo of Suzanna Santos and Ben Jaffe released their second album, “Billy Jack,” in October on Lost Highway Records. [Get a taste of “Ohio” and “Turn That Finger Around,” and check out KCRW’s post on “LA River.”] […]
