With her mesmerizing slow jam “Real Life (Trump Era),” Maria Taylor holds forth on the current state of affairs — and introduces “Friends and Family, Volume 1,” a compilation album arriving in May via her own Flower Moon Records.
Singer-songwriter Louis Schefano comes out from behind the drum kit on “Opposite Side of the World,” coming in February on Maria Taylor’s Flower Moon Records.
From folk to punk to psych-rock to soul to industrial to indie-pop, here are Buzz Bands LA’s favorite albums of the year by Los Angeles artists.
Also on Sunday: Neurosis, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Similar Fashion, Matt Mayhall, Maria Taylor, Ghost Noise
Incoming: Glass Animals, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Shelters, Incan Abraham, Jonathan Richman, the Sounds, Eagles of Death Metal, Yasiin Bey, the Afghan Whigs, Rooney, Metallica, Weyes Blood, the Dandy Warhols, Dios, James Supercave, TV on the Radio
Also on Sunday: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas with Green Day and more, Pylon, 7 Seconds, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Illenium, Hearts Like Lions, Hail the Sun
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Riot Grill Fest, Miike Snow, Rüfüs du Sol, CRX, Waterstrider, Cold War Kids, the Lumineers, Gaby Moreno, Empire of the Sun, La Luz, the Wild Reeds, the Bangles, Stevie Wonder, Jim James, Louis the Child, Conor Oberst, Pere Ubu, Band of Horses, Anderson .Paak, Snoop Dogg, Maria Taylor and many more
“In the Next Life,” Maria Taylor’s sixth solo album, is out Dec. 9. She headlines the Troubadour on Dec. 11.
Wild performances by Kim & the Created and Conway, the vocal prowess of White Sea and an engaging, stripped-down set from Nina Gordon and Louise Post of Veruca Salt highlighted Day 2 of GIRLSCHOOL.
Dead Sara has been added to the lineup for the three-day GIRLSCHOOL event at the Bootleg featuring Kim & the Created, Riothorse Royale, the Bulls, White Sea, Maria Taylor, Miya Folick and more.
