Saturday things:Â ‣Â A Cappella sensation Pentatonix headlines the Orpheum Theatre. That’s a video of their cover of Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s “I Need Your Love” above. ‣Â Lord Huron and Superhumanoids play this weekend’s second sold-out show at the Fonda Theatre. ‣Â Local electro-poppers Capital Cities and Scavenger Hunt team up at the Roxy Theatre. ‣Â Jackie […]
Incoming: Cibo Matto, Sleeper Agent, Kaiser Chiefs, Kins, Lucinda Williams, Lemon Sun, the Last Internationale, Charlie Greene, Mark Mulcahy, Sharon Corr, Decoded, Early Winters, Dr. Dog, Lord Huron, Restavrant, Kodaline, AC Slater, Xemia Rubinos, the Wailers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Record Company, Capital Cities, Morgan Page, Toni Braxton, the Haden Triplets, Okapi Sun, Com […]
It was fitting on Sunday at the Treasure Island Music Festival that U.K. quartet Palma Violets opened their set with a cover of “California Sun,” the song the Rivieras made a hit in 1964. There was sun at the festival, but it wasn’t very warm. The entire crowd had learned Saturday that there was a […]
Your Sunday fun: ‣Â Acoustic rockers Rodrigo y Gabriela head up a big installment of the KCRW World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl that includes DeVotchKa and L.A.’s Lord Huron. ‣Â The Lot Party L.A. – going off at 1637 N. Wilcox in Hollywood – has Dead Sara, Semi Precious Weapons and Blondfire heading up a one-day […]
Who: Lord Huron in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Most cinematic matinee. Memorable Because: Ben Schneider is a good guy, and he has the white hat to prove it. Fronting his not-very-outlaw seven-piece band, though, he a storyteller possessed keen knack for conjuring up the wide-open spaces of the Old West. The […]
Friday night fun: ‣ Lord Huron kicks off 2013’s First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum, with Wildcat! Wildcat! supporting. ‣ Big night of metal at the Fonda Theatre, with Bay Area Neurosis headlining and Savage Republic and Ides of Gemini setting the table. ‣ FOMO – that’s “Fear of Missing Out” – brings […]
Just to get you in the mood for New Year’s Eve – and we’re kinda already there, right? – Lord Huron has recorded a cover of “Auld Lang Syne.” Lord Huron’s debut album “Lonesome Dreams,” which checked in at No. 2 on Buzz Bands LA’s best-of-2012, is notable for its cinematic soundscapes, and Ben Schneider […]
There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists. And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I’d rather have played […]
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk – handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases – and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all […]
