A deliriously busy Tuesday: ‣ Wilco plays to a sold-out Palladium behind last September’s release of the band’s eighth album, “The Whole Love.” White Denim opens. ‣ Few purveyors of guitar-driven pop and heavenly jangle are as adept at plastering smiles on the faces of fans as Tommy Keene. The veteran songwriter released a highly […]
’Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through the scene … ‣ Moby does an acoustic set at Bardot for the weekly RSVP-only It’s a School Night event, and young songstress Lucy Schwartz and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones also perform. ‣ The third installment of Manhattan Murder Mystery’s residency at the Satellite features Judson […]
There’s free, and not free, on this soggy Monday: ‣ Not free: The second night of the “Watch The Throne” spectacle, with Jay-Z & Kanye West, at Staples Center. ‣ Also: Dinosaur Jr. performs its album “Bug” and chats with Henry Rollins in a big night at O.C.’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa […]
A night in Hollywood to spin you around: ‣ The RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot is starting the new month off strong – Daniel Lanois & Rocco DeLuca, great at the Satellite a few weeks ago, headline, and L.A.’s Bleached will rock it too. Deluca, it was just announced today, has signed to 429 […]
[It’s a little bit like our Austin showcase, all over again …] Monday night’s tunes: ‣ Hanni El Khatib (pictured at the Buzz Bands LA party in Austin in March) celebrates the release of his debut album “Will the Guns Comes Out” at the Echo, leading into the final performing of Kissing Cousins’ residency. ‣ […]
Heard on the street, jotted in my notebook: ‣ Word on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake is that L.A.-based Evan Voytas, whose fuzzy pop is equal parts synth, soul and space, will be releasing an EP in October on Dovecote Records, home to Hooray for Earth and Wise Blood, among others. Voytas recently returned from […]
The summer concert fun is never over until you’ve wiped the butter from your chin. Which is to say that the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is approaching – the three day event is Sept. 16, 17 and 18, and the lineup, again curated by ex-Indie 103.1 music director Mark Sovel, offers some of […]
[Happy birthday to Mettalica’s James Hetfield – here’s your midweek show menu:] ‣ Lykke Li, with her sophomore album “Wounded Rhymes” winning new fans and with gigs on “The Tonight Show” (Thursday) and Lollapalooza (Saturday) on the horizon, headlines the Greek Theater tonight, topping a bill that includes L.A.’s Best Coast and Fool’s Gold. ‣ […]
Every once in a while, I get a blast from Buzz Bands’ past. So it was when I checked out the Remainers, a new (and not-so-new) quartet trading in polished, straight-head pop-rock that’s gotten some love on KROQ. Turns out the Remainers are three-quarters of Big City Rock, who arrived from the Midwest with a […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Portland rockers Portugal. The Man are doing it right on the day their new album “In the Mountain in the Cloud” is released. They’re on KCRW this morning, and do two shows later, a 4:30 p.m. acoustic set and a cozy show at El Cid (both of which will be webcast on […]
