Ever since we first saw him in the young band Simon Dawes, Blake Mills has been a marvel. And the guitarist, songwriter and (now) producer continues to be. He’s the subject of a new mini-documentary that takes a look at his prodigious talents. Mills, 25, has not only played astride myriad L.A. artists (and released […]
‣ Bahamas, the musical vehicle of Toronto singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen, play at KCRW’s “Summer Nights” series at One Colorado in Pasadena. The 7:30 courtyard show is free. ‣ Jackson Browne and Lizz Wright do a big benefit at the Orpheum for the Success Through The Arts Foundation and the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center. ‣ […]
Thursday things: ‣ JD Samson & MEN visit the Echoplex behind this week’s release of their “Time” EP – the second of four EPs the band plans to release this year. L.A.’s Brother and Touché support. That the video for MEN’s “Make Him Pay,” above. ‣ Retro wunderkind Nick Waterhouse celebrates the release of his […]
Jonathan Wilson titled his new album “Gentle Spirit,” but you suspect it’s only because “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” was already taken. Wilson, the North Carolina-bred singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and keeper of the Laurel Canyon flame, has birthed a 78-minute opus that takes deep, long breaths, its lush orchestration and serpentine arrangements rewarding patient […]
You wouldn’t blame me for having an attack of nostalgia, would you? Jackson Browne was my first concert. The show was in the 1970s, in a place built for basketball, but it felt like the shaggy-haired Californian, whose T-shirts I’d bought from the classified ads in the back of Rolling Stone, was singing directly to […]
Iconic southern California songwriter Jackson Browne will be announced as the surprise headliner for a show at the Satellite on Wednesday night. In a commingling of the Laurel Canyon vibe from two generations, Browne will be joined by local quartet Dawes and Jonathan Wilson. Both Dawes and Wilson are listed as supporting acts on a […]
Ever since Dawes planted the seed with its album “North Hills” in 2009, the music of the L.A. quartet has flowered. The band was picked up by ATO; the foursome became in demand for its harmony-laden Americana; and, even during frontman Taylor Goldsmith’s detour to work with Matt Vasquez and John McCauley on Middle Brother, […]
[It’s a ridiculously busy weekend, but I would be remiss not to wish Rob Dickinson a happy birthday today. Now for the rest of this morning’s presentation:] Five shows I want to see tonight alone: ‣ Rage Against the Machine (in a battle of the bands with Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band) rages […]
[Apologies for the server problems that befuddled Buzz Bands all morning. Back to disseminating:] Big doings all over town – under the stars, there is Jackson Browne at the Greek Theatre; Buddy Guy, Dr. John and the Lower 911 and James Cotton at the Hollywood Bowl; and, on a smaller scale but no less enjoyable, […]
