By Seraphina Lotkhamnga There is no doubt that L.A. bands had a fruitful 2012. Not only did Buzz Bands LA taste-test more than 140 local albums [our list is coming Friday], we had more than plenty to choose from when it came to EPs. Normally, I would stick to top albums and top songs for […]
Just in time to celebrate their self-titled EP (out today), members Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross offer two brand new Benjamin Millepied-directed clips for “Eye Father” and “Stalemate,” two track off of their current full-length “Ministry of Love.” Millepied, choreographer of film “Black Swan” and husband to actress Natalie Portman, combines Japanese theater and urban […]
Hot night in the city, to dredge up a line: ‣ The Sunset Strip Music Festival goes all-out on the eve of the fifth annual event’s big street festival: X, doing their album “Los Angeles” headlines the Roxy Theatre (Ray Manzarek is X’s special guest, and the Stripminers support). Hank III holds forth at the […]
The Little Tokyo-adjacent setting for the Play MOCA series proved perfect on Friday night for L.A. rockers IO Echo. The brainchild of Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross, the quintet brought their dark, dreamy, Far East-influenced sound to a stage erected in the plaza of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. It was the first of three […]
Your Friday fun: ‣ Salem and IO Echo do the first of the Play MOCA music/art series at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in downtown L.A. ‣ Pop harmonies for lunch? If you work downtown, you can catch Lady Danville at noon as part of the Grand Performances series at California Plaza. ‣ Z-Trip holds […]
Lord Huron, the local indie-rock band fronted by Michigan native Ben Schneider, has signed to L.A.-based IAMSOUND Records. Lord Huron’s debut album “Lonesome Dreams” will be out Oct. 9. No music is available yet, but the record figures to surprise (in a very good way) fans of the band’s first two EPs. Along with that […]
The video for IO Echo’s single “When the Lillies Die” is a trippy affair that nods to the Far East influences on the L.A. duo’s debut album “Ministry of Love” (due Sept. 11 on IAMSOUND Records). Yes, beneath all the reverb-y guitar and vocals are kotos and Chinese violins, because, well, IO Echo are all […]
IO Echo – the long-incubating project of Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross, who first burst onto the L.A. scene in 2007 – will release its debut album “Ministry of Love” on Sept. 11 via L.A.-based IAMSOUND Records. Long known for their mesmerizing mix of ’90s shoegazing and Gothic post-punk (they were first embraced by Indie […]
So as rich as 2011 proved to be for local music, 2012 promises even more. Following is Buzz Bands LA’s list of “Bands to Watch” for 2012 – 33 newbies who have not yet released a full-length album and are on our radar to do so in the coming year. Whom did I miss? Leave […]
What has it been – more than two years since IO Echo began mesmerizing L.A. audiences with its haunting, Goth-tinged shoegaze? The duo of Leopold Ross and Ioanna Gika took their act on the road before it was really fully formed, but they’ve spent the past year supporting the likes of Florence + the Machine, […]
