Your very busy and very steamy Friday night: ‣ Milo Greene returns to L.A. for a sold-out hometown show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ‣ It’s a free night of music downtown at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, with Allah Las, Brooklyn’s Prince Rama and Gothic Tropic. ‣ Baths headline the El Rey […]
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 […]
By Seraphina Lotkhamnga It’s been a great year of music. My ears have had such a good year that the task of selecting my top albums has never been harder. Perhaps it’s because I’ve whittled down my usual list of 25 albums to 20 this year. Some artists on this list made their L.A. debuts […]
Milo Greene’s homecoming show on Nov. 17 at the El Rey Theatre was awash in grace and graciousness. The L.A. quintet whose debut album landed in July gave the capacity crowd more than an hour swoon-worthy folk-rock. And, coming off six weeks on tour, they graciously and profusely thanked the home audience for the support. […]
Heaping helping of good things tonight: ‣ Milo Greene, you’ve grown up so fast. The L.A. quintet who released their debut album in July headline the El Rey Theatre tonight, supported by Toronto’s Bahamas. ‣ Grouplove [pictured], its tour engine back up and running after having to scotch some tour dates because Christian Zucconi had […]
Incoming: Gary Clark Jr., Jack’s Mannequin, Richie Sambora, AC Newman, Wiz Khalifa, Ben Gibbard, Generationals, El Ten Eleven, Walk the Moon, Tame Impala, Joshua Radin, Jennifer Warnes, Steve Winwood, Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cold Specks, Felix Cartal, Jackson Browne, the Faint, Everclear Above: Austin’s pride and joy, Gary Clark Jr., returns to L.A. in support of […]
Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
On a Tuesday a couple of hotly anticipated albums come out, here’s what’s up: ‣ With his already acclaimed album “Channel Orange” out today, soul man Frank Ocean holds forth at the Wiltern. ‣ Austin-based psych-rock quartet the Young headlines the Echo behind their new album on Matador Records, “Dub Egg.” ‣ Excellent local bill […]
Milo Greene’s song “1957” has been with us since last spring, and there’s something in the sweep and the harmonies that doesn’t get old. The rustic setting of Chad Huff’s video for the song is nice too, but the real magic is in the manual typewriter, pecking along to the beat. Used to know a […]
