When we last looked in on Jagged Baptist Club, the noise-rock quartet was making ears bleed and purists’ hearts pound with their uncompromising assault. In today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA interview/artist playlist series QUARANTUNES, Blake Stokes talks about Reddit feuds and rediscovering his love for Hershey’s chocolate syrup. A sweet spot? Who knew?
In today’s QUARANTUNES, Cartalk’s Chuck Moore talks about catching up on reading, revisiting some beloved albums and having an apt song for the moment. That tune, “Sayings You Keep,” appears on the charity compilation “Demos From Quarantine, Vol. 2.”
With their 2019 debut album still simmering, L.A. quartet HUNNY saw their first major headlining tour fall victim to the COVID-19 shutdown. In today’s edition of QUARANTUNES, frontman Jason Yarger talks about cabin fever, bingeing on TV and video games and getting busy writing as he stays at home.
From his quarantine headquarters in a cottage on the Central Coast, Paper Idol checks in with Buzz Bands LA for today’s edition of QUARANTUNES., talking about his new single “Money for Flowers,” his peppy playlist and Facetiming with his mom.
Lily Kershaw is doing her best to stay grounded during this challenging time — although she admits that simply going out for coffee would be a blessing. In today’s edition of Buzz Bands LA’s QUARANTUNES, she shares a mix that’s “good for a cry, a cathartic bedroom dance-it-out or a brisk walk around your neighborhood.”
In today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA interview/artist playlist series QUARANTUNES, Sego’s Spencer Petersen talks about avoiding “woe-is-me,” how the coronavirus crisis might change us all and how he’s “working on my studio tan” while writing a new album. His playlist? File under: “Vacillating wildly between moods and outlooks.”
Singer-songwriter and multi-tasker Inara George recognizes that she’s luckier than most during this difficult time. And, she points out, “it’s hard to imagine how anything could reveal the disparity in this country even more, but this pandemic is really taking things to a new level.” Here is today’s edition of the Buzz Bands LA series QUARANTUNES.
Local Natives bassist Nik Ewing joins Buzz Bands LA for today’s edition of the interview/artist playlist series QUARANTUNES, talking about how much he misses shows, museums and basketball and sharing a playlist that brings him some comfort.
With a new single out and their second album on the way, Long Beach’s Wargirl was in the middle of a European tour when the COVID-19 lockdown marooned them. In today’s QUARANTUNES, they talk about getting home and picking up the pieces: “Financially, we got our asses handed to us.”
Follow Buzz Bands LA’s Instagram channel this week for online sets from Thom Sawyr, Alicia Blue, Mini Trees and SAÍGO.
