Appearances by rising U.K. sensations Graffiti6 and southern California standouts the Soft Pack, Grouplove and the Henry Clay People highlight this year’s seventh installment of the Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum. The free shows in the museum’s courtyard – held at 7 p.m. every Thursday in July – also feature […]
April sure was fun, wasn’t it? No sooner had we dispensed with our SXSW hangover than we were immersed in Coachella goings-on. But outside of the festivals, there were myriad good tunes landing in our inboxes, and Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina Lotkhamnga (that’s @Seraphina_L to many of you) has compiled some of the […]
Milo Greene was actually born several years back at UC Irvine, where Robbie Arnett, Andrew Heringer and Marlana Sheetz were students. “He was a fictional character who used to send out promotional e-mails on our behalf,” Arnett says with a laugh. Later, when a new musical project gelled between the trio, along with Curtis Marrero […]
A couple of Coachella standouts and a swarm of nice local shows on tonight’s slate: ‣ Fresh off a buzz-making performance at Coachella, British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding had a big day in L.A.: She does a quick bit at the Grove at 6 p.m. as part of the Nike-sponsored She Runs LA, then runs off […]
[Austin and SXSW loom in the distance, but for tonight we’re still in Los Angeles, as most of you are. And we’re still in the mood …] Top Monday meanderings: ‣ French pop trio Tahiti 80 visit the Troubadour behind its new self-released album “The Past, the Present & the Possible.” That’s the Daisuke Kitayama-directed […]
