Guitar, bass and drums, seared by the flame of urgent vocals. Athens, Ga., trio the Whigs haven’t changed the formula much over seven years and three albums, nor have they needed to. Now subscribers to the straight-up rock ’n’ roll tenets of guitarist Parker Gispert, bassist Timothy Deaux and drummer Julian Dorio have another chapter […]
Join me at 7 p.m. on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for this week’s installment of the L.A. Buzz Bands Show. Your heaping helping of SoCal music this week includes new tunes from So Many Wizards, the Deadly Syndrome, Lavender Diamond and Abandoned Pools – each of whom have new album either just out or […]
Join me at 7 tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM) for the L.A. Buzz Bands Show, which this week is in large part about happy returns. We’ll hear from Earlimart, who this past week announced their first album in four years; Tsar, who are releasing their first music in seven years; and Redd Kross, whose album […]
Join me at 7 tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for this week’s edition of the L.A. Buzz Bands Show – I’ll have new music from Redd Kross, the New Limb, Allah-Las, York and Youngblood Hawke. I’ll also have tunes from three artists doing Monday night residencies in August (Meg Myers, Wildcat! Wildcat! […]
The Ruby Friedman Orchestra launched the new monthly live music series presented by KCSN and Buzz Bands LA in audacious fashion on Tuesday night, and it wasn’t just her shoes. With her full-throttle vocals soaring, Friedman and her band delivered an hour of exhilarating diva-rock to a big crowd at the Federal Bar in North […]
L.A. quintet Youngblood Hawke emerged from its self-prescribed studio hibernation this week, leaking a new single featuring the West L.A. Children’s Choir. So what better way to start tonight’s sunset serenade on the L.A. Buzz Bands Show than with the sound of young voices? Join me at 7 p.m. on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at […]
Cool off after a steamy weekend by joining me tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for the L.A. Buzz Bands Show. This week’s installment local music will feature new tunes from Lavender Diamond, Voxhau Broadcast, Oren Lyons, Kitten and Western Scene – along with a preview of the July 31 KCSN/Buzz Bands LA […]
Call it the Plague of the Overflowing Mailbox: I have about three hours’ worth of new music to share on tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN, and I have an hour to do it. Figuring that the show would sound lousy if I just played everything at triple-speed, I’ve made some tough choices for […]
Happy sunny Sunday, and happy July. It’s time to celebrate this holiday week with some sparkling new local music, so join me at 7 tonight for the L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org, or on your mobile device via the TuneIn Radio App). Tonight I’ll have new music from Andy […]
Let me put the finishing touches on your weekend with an hour of good local music – this week’s edition of the L.A. Buzz Bands Show kicks off at 7 tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org). Along with recent favorites from two of my favorite capitalized bands, DWNTWN and NO, I’ll have new […]
