Party with Morrissey, Royal Machines, Hunter Hunted, Glady Knights, Rancid, X, Saint Motel, STRFKR, Bryson Tiller, A Place to Bury Strangers, Dick Dale, Jesse Hughes and more.
Heading to Indio for Weekend 2 of Coachella? Buzz Bands LA covered 58 sets during the first weekend of the festival, and below are the links to all of them. We had three writers on the ground trying to cover as much as possible (and, yes, we still missed a lot). Our favorites? We picked […]
Who: Saint Motel on the Main Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Showtime. Memorable Because: The lesson here is: If you’re a recently signed band and the Fates (or your savvy label/booking agent) land you a slot on the Coachella Main Stage, do it up right. Even if it’s at 1:20 on a Sunday afternoon. […]
Was it the insanely catchy songs? Was it the familiarity of having seen Saint Motel grow their theatrical rock around Los Angeles for better than six years now? Was it that “My Type” video, which has amassed more than 2.5 million plays now on YouTube? Probably all of the above, but Elektra Records today announced […]
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. […]
Incoming: La Santa Cecilia, Doja Cat, te Hold Steady, Boston, Ruben Blades, Xiu Xiu, Deluka, Shabazz Palaces, Aerosmith, Aan, Dub Thompson, the Dustbowl Revival, Echo & the Bunnymen, Lifehouse, Omar Souleyman, Foxy Shazam, Hundred Waters, Hamilton Leithauser, the Budos Band, White Arrows, International Pop Overthrow, Arcade Fire, Las Cafeteras, Chicago, Kevin Barnes, Miniature Tigers, the […]
In Saint Motel‘s new music video for “My Type,” love triangles spin out of control. No matter whether the characters in the retro-themed video have a hidden agenda, the glamorous cuts prove yet again that lead vocalist AJ Jackson and the crew know how to flaunt their film and theater past when it comes to […]
Make Music Pasadena takes over the Crown City on Saturday, featuring music at more than 25 locales and including the likes of Surfer Blood, Yuna, Tennis, Finish Ticket, the Record Company, Sylvan Esso, Saint Motel, Moses Sumney, Andy Allo, Shelby Earl, the Janks and Slow Graffiti. It’s free, but organizers are asking than fans make […]
Florida-bred indie-rockers Surfer Blood, Malaysian songstress Yuna, Bay Area quintet Finish Ticket and Colorado indie-pop duo Tennis join L.A. standouts such as the Record Company, Saint Motel and Moses Sumney in the first batch of artists announced to play Make Music Pasadena on June 7. The all-ages, all-day festival brings free concerts to multiple venues […]
Is that Hall & Oates whom Saint Motel name-checks in their new single “Ace in the Hole?” Sure enough. The L.A. quartet of A/J Jackson, Aaron Sharp, Greg Erwin and Dax are at it again, churning out a brassy and somewhat sassy slice of R&B-flavored pop. The new song, along with the foursome’s summertime release […]
