Cozy shows, crazy shows – we’ll start small and work our way big: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe features Luz Elena (pictured), Chris Accardo and Mark Lane. Luz Elena is the frontwoman of the Portland indie-folk Y La Bamba, and she’s in town working on material for a solo […]
[My overall Top 20 albums in a year informed by a mountain of good music and an avalanche of trying times, based purely on how much they resonated with me. I was lucky this year to have seen all but 4 of these artists live. With my 4-word reviews:] 1. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs.” Sonically […]
Of Montreal’s concert on Saturday night at the Palladium was a spectacle worthy of Halloween weekend. The long-running Athens, Ga., band, touring in support of their recent album “False Priest,” played costumed crazies to a room full of costumed crazies. Opening in typically splendid fashion was Janelle Monae. Photographer Laurie Scavo captured the action.
If I were to review Sunday’s concert at the Greek Theatre the way Erykah Badu played it, I’d disappoint my loyal readers by waiting two weeks to publish it, I’d start it agonizingly slow, I’d forget some of the important parts and I’d pepper it with non sequiturs. (Commenters, feel free to have a field […]
[Sources say that Stephen Chen of the Airborne Toxic Event celebrates a birthday today. Meanwhile, Buzz Bands stumbles toward a busy weekend, completely in the mood for this DIY video from Sea of Bees’ Julie Baenziger for her songs “Gnomes”:] Top 5 reasons to solstice your summer a bit early this weekend: ‣ It’s a […]
Patrick Park’s third album “Come What Will” arrives in April, and the L.A. singer-songwriter previews some of it tonight; he’ll be backed by a full band at the Hotel Cafe, where Spring Summer opens. … San Francisco quartet Lovelikefire, which has played a lot in L.A. the past few years, visits the Silverlake Lounge behind […]
