Sounds for a sticky Sunday: ‣ Tiësto, Disclosure, Nero, Dillon Francis and Rudimental highlight the second day of HARD Summer at Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. ‣ Beyoncé and Jay Z do a second night at the Rose Bowl. ‣ Fresh off her performance at Country in the City at the Annenberg on Saturday, Nikki Lane […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Burger A Go-Go happens at the Observatory with Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Bleached, the Coathangers, Shannon & the Clams, the Muffs, Peach Kelli Pop, Summer Twins, Colleen Green, the Aquadolls, SISU, Slow Paradise, Massenger, Death Valley Girls, the Fly Traps, LA Witch, Raw Geronimo, Meow Twins, Cheryll, Tashaki Miyaki and Teenage Burritos. […]
Live music returns to Century City’s Annenberg Space for Photography this summer when Gregg Allman, Shelby Lynne and Wynonna & the Big Noise headline shows in conjunction with the music’s exhibition “Country: Portraits of an American Sound.” Two years ago, the Annenberg staged wildly popular shows to go along with its exhibition “Who Shot Rock […]
Incoming: Morrissey, Tom Jones, tUnE-yArDs, Air Life, In the Valley Below, the Mercy Beat, Jarell Perry, the Acetates, Rey Pila, Todd Snider, Hamilton Leithauser, Max Collins, the Bad Plus, Ray LaMontagne, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jenny Lewis, Needtobreathe, Dead Sara, Afternoons, Kina Grannis, O.A.R., Tycho, Ingrid Michaelson, Acid Mothers Temple, the Pains of Being Pure at […]
Nikki Lane is not to be trifled with. The Nashville-based singer [one of our highlights this past March at SXSW] is one of the most compelling emerging talents in country music right now – a seductress one minute and an objector with a conscience the next, equally capable of a turning a phrase or wilting […]
SXSW 2014 was busier than ever and the Buzz Bands LA staff was once again running around covering as many bands as we could – as usual, leaving the A-list party-crashers to outlets in favor of the spirit of discovery we think the festival is all about. With the help of guest blogger Trina Green, […]
[SXSW, where legs go to die …] (@krbronson) on Friday at SXSW: The emcee at the British Music Embassy for Friday night’s all-Scotland lineup at SXSW wasn’t kidding when he trumpeted the region’s diverse musical palette. Earlier in the evening, the club Latitude 30 had hosted indie-folk, electro and post-punk bands – and then, as […]
El Sportivo & the Blooz arrived two years ago with a plate of bluesy folk music and one of those outlandish, fictional biographies often employed to obfuscate the fact that new acts are not actually new – or that their principals are known for something other than music and don’t want that notoriety to color […]
Nikki Lane’s album “Walk of Shame” (released last fall on IAMSOUND) is Americana that’s all full of spit and vinegar, stuff that will remind you of a dozen twangy songstresses you love. The video for “Lies,” on the other hand, reminds me of something else. I. Want. That. Car. ||| Live: Nikki Lane opens for […]
[Three feisty female-led tracks that have come across our radar…] Elle King, “Playing For Keeps” – Elle King’s gutsy sound is Brooklyn meets Nashville meets Detroit. Her gritty soulful voice glides and halts as it pleases over rock arrangements boasting banjo and guitar, and she’s currently on tour with big name artists such as Of […]
