Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
The rundown for tonight, as accompanied by Nellie McKay’s rendition of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” by the late Broadway composer Frank Loesser (“Guys and Dolls”): ‣ The Henry Clay People, LA Font and Races party at the Satellite, with Buzz Bands LA DJing and Paulie Pesh and Joe Napolitano/Jillinda Palmer doing sets […]
The last time I witnessed the Henry Clay People play a New Year’s Eve show: The Satellite was known as Spaceland; the Henry Clays covered “Sometime Around Midnight” at, well, about midnight; there was an onstage marriage proposal; the band played 90-plus minutes of classic rock covers in addition to an hour of their own […]
So as rich as 2011 proved to be for local music, 2012 promises even more. Following is Buzz Bands LA’s list of “Bands to Watch” for 2012 – 33 newbies who have not yet released a full-length album and are on our radar to do so in the coming year. Whom did I miss? Leave […]
Big stuff, small stuff, and Buzz Bands LA’s stuff: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night goes off at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park with a eclectic quartet of acts – the Quick Hellos, 7Horse, Frankel and Jack Burnside. Get all the details here. ‣ Jay-Z & Kanye West do another installment of the […]
Your sizable song-filled Saturday touts: ‣ Aimee Mann [pictured above] returns with her traditional Christmas show over at the Wiltern with friends such as Paul F Tompkins, Michael Penn, Tim Heidecker, and many more. ‣ NYC’s Cavemen plays another SoCal show at Orange County’s Detroit Bar with support from L.A.’s Races. [Check out their video […]
[Recent remixes that have tickled our ears … ] The Big Pink, “Stay Gold (araabMUZIK remix)” – The single “Stay Gold” from the U.K. duo’s forthcoming album “Future This” (out January 2012 via 4AD) packs in an extra noteworthy punch by way of producer AraabMuzik. Even with the hip hop influences, this remix reminds shoegazers […]
Races started innocently enough. Frontman Wade Ryff, who’d been playing in the Janks, was asked by a friend to do a set of solo material he had in the works. “I thought, ‘My dream band – who would it be?’” the singer-guitarist says. “So I got on the phone and called the people I wanted. […]
It’s just not fair that there’s this much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yelle make up the Thursday show the French dance-pop trio postponed (they were delayed by visa problems) by holding forth at the Wiltern tonight. ‣ Races celebrate the release of their “Big Broom” EP tonight, playing the support slot for Chain […]
Hey. It’s Wednesday. ‣The project Papa (fronted by the handsome dudes above, Girls drummer Darren Weiss and pal Daniel Presant) bring their indie rock grooviness to The Bootleg Theater for an EP release show of “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find” [Check their video for “I Am The Lion King.” ] Also on board […]
