If you’re seeing the Biebs or Aerosmith tonight, you could be on the wrong blog: ‣ Montreal’s Islands are doing a Hurricane Sandy benefit (proceeds to the World Cares Center and the Rockaway Action Center, $20 at the door) at the Virgil. Comedy guests include Tim Heidecker, Rob Delaney and more. ‣ The Henry Clay […]
Incoming: Aerosmith, Justin Bieber, Islands, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, No Doubt, Carole King, ZZ Top, Flogging Molly, Monsters Calling Home, How to Dress Well, the Starvations, Shuggie Otis, Paul Banks, Tom Morello, Seven Saturdays, Streetlight Manifesto, Donnie and Marie Osmond, the Polyphonic Spree, the Lonely Wild, Bloc Party, David Bazan, Kopecky Family […]
[Welcome to Buzz Bands LA’s new feature “The Week Ahead.” Compiled by our new intern Claudine V., it’ll give you a snapshot of what’s ahead for the next seven days. We’ll be adding features to it as we progress.] Incoming: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Raincoats, the Joy Formidable, Memoryhouse, Islands, Drive-By Truckers, […]
Although many of us still miss the Unicorns, supporting Nicholas Thorburn in Islands isn’t such a bad thing. The Montreal-based band recently released “A Sleep & A Forgetting,” and the follow-up to 2009’s highly regarded “Vapors” has been worth the wait. Thorburn’s modern pop has always been a bit adventurous, but his new break-up record […]
♥: (click on the heart to get a download of a song by one of my favorite Paul Epworth-produced bands): ‣ These guys know how to do special occasions: L.A. quartet Saint Motel does a night called “Heartbreaker’s Hideaway” at downtown’s Belasco Ballroom. Races also performs at the KCRW-sponsored event that features burlesque dancers, DJs, […]
That annual collision of people, pavement and pop music known as Sunset Junction is upon us. The two-day street fair may very well be on its last legs – I frankly don’t know what to make of all the political wrasslin’ – so I vote that we just enjoy it while we can. At 20 […]
[One sentence or so, over and out …] The roster at Anti- Records gets even more eclectic with today’s news of the signing of Dead Man’s Bones, the project of Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling and fellow actor Zach Shields, whose debut album (produced by Ima Robot’s Tim Anderson) will come out Oct. 6. (Click on image […]
