Ears Wide Open: Andy Stavas
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Composer and multi-instrumentalist Andy Stavas (of the band Kiev) brings his vocals into the mix on his transportative new EP, “A Practice In Expanded Awareness.”
Stream: B. Corn, ‘Lemon’
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Working under the name B. Corn, Brandon Corn, drummer for the O.C. experimental rock outfit Kiev, has released his solo album “Lemon.” File under genre-stretching and mind-expanding.
Premiere: Kiev, ‘Willing Eyes’
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Kiev unveil their first new music since their 2013 album: “Willing Eyes” is a 5 1/2-minute stunner steeped in drama. It’s the first in a series of singles the Orange County rockers will release intermittently.
Kiev: The return of the band that went away
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Orange County rockers Kiev haven’t released any music since 2013, but buoyed by recent tour gigs with Foals they might have some soon. In the Buzz Bands LA interview, they talk about the hiatus, needing “space from everything” and keeping the music alive.
Photos: Foals at the Shrine Auditorium
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FOALS incited full bedlam at the Shrine Auditorium, rocking the foundations and declaring this their best LA show, ever.
Video: Kiev, ‘Be Gone Dull Cage’
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Kiev’s genre-transcending full-length “Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth,” released last fall, exudes a powerful otherworldly quality, as if Orange County-based band of sophisticates give in at times to the urge to simply space out. In director Scott Peters, the quintet has found a equally adventurous visual artist. The video for “Be Gone Dull Age” finds the […]
SXSW 2014: Here’s what came up big for us this year (plus, a complete recap of all the bands we covered)
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SXSW 2014 was busier than ever and the Buzz Bands LA staff was once again running around covering as many bands as we could – as usual, leaving the A-list party-crashers to outlets in favor of the spirit of discovery we think the festival is all about. With the help of guest blogger Trina Green, […]
SXSW 2014: Bleachers’ treats, bangin’ twang from T. Hardy Morris and sizzle from Broncho, Bo Ningen
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[SXSW had devolved into Sloppy by Rudewest by Saturday night, when 6th Street was no place to roam if a) you wanted get anywhere in a timely fashion, or b) if you wanted to avoid random confrontational behavior. Speed-walking through the “fragrant” alleys proved a prudent course, and if you kept your eyes on the […]
Popular With Me 2013: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year
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Preface: More than 200 Los Angeles-sired albums landed on Buzz Bands LA’s doorstep this year, and they came in all sounds and styles. There is something to recommend in a startling number of them. But to avert writing the same introduction I did last year, I will simply say, in dispensing with the notion of […]
Stream: Kiev, ‘Falling Bough’
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At its Bootleg Bar residency in August, O.C. quintet Kiev displayed an ambitious, even audacious, feel for creating expansive soundscapes out of seemingly disparate parts. Twitching beats commingle with funky bass lines; psychedelic freakouts give way to jazz interludes; yearning vocals wriggle through arrangements that many prog-rockers might have stripped back. It’s not three-chords-and-a-cloud-of-dust music, […]
