The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion – not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees’ appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee […]
[A bit of everything here: benefit shows, bands with new names and World Cup soccer:] The Airborne Toxic Event returns to the site of their very first show, the Echo, on May 25 for a charity gig for the Neda Project – an Amnesty International-related effort named for Neda Agha-Soltan, the Iranian woman who was […]
As sure as the seasons change, L.A. quintet Seasons has a new EP, it seems. The latest from the scrappy Highland Park band is the forthcoming “Winter” – named for when it was made, not when it will be released (June 22). Recorded at Raymond Richards’ Red Rockets Glare studio and mastered by Mark Chalecki, […]
[Holy Thanksgiving leftovers, it’s almost December. And happy birthday, Steve Aoki …] The fun folks at Buddyhead are throwing a party at the Hotel Cafe, and the loaded lineup looks like this: Imaad Wasif, Dios, Olin and the Moon and Mini Mansions, among others. … Seasons, whose song “The Weight” will be somewhere near the […]
“The Weight,” off Seasons’ “Summer” EP released this year, is a gorgeously shambolic anthem with a chorus that hit me right between the eyes the first time I heard it. This video, done by Ryan Maples and Thrillhouse Productions, is a winner too – the heart sometimes makes time stand still, doesn’t it? ||| Download […]
The Highland Park assemblage known as Seasons are a glorious mess. The seven- or (sometimes) eight-piece makes lovingly off-kilter neo-psychedelia full of palpable energy and exposed nerves, startlingly pretty one moment and earplug-worthy cacophonous the next. Their new “Summer” EP, recorded with Timothy James (the Movies), arrives just in the time for the end of […]
Had the Trashcan Sinatras emerged in the middle of this decade instead of the mid-’80s, I suspect they’d be festival-playing, Pitchfork-approved indie-pop heroes. As it is, the Scottish sextet has had an up-and-down ride – three brilliant albums in the ’90s (and some MTV buzz) followed by record-label woes that caused the band to declare […]
[Stevie Nicks blows out birthday candles today, though the big party with her admirers isn’t until Thursday, when Fleetwood Mac plays Staples Center. Meanwhile, tonight …] With her new album “Jigsaw” finally out, British rapper Lady Sovereign hits the El Rey Theatre tonight. supported by Harvard-bred pop lads Chester French. … Quality country at Spaceland, […]
So much music, so little time. I’ve fallen woefully behind when it comes to acknowledging non-album releases (EPs and singles) from L.A. bands, so this edition of the Buzzsicle will make a dent in that. Buzzsicle 5 is an hour’s worth of music – 16 songs that have caught my ear in the past few […]
[Birthday cheers go out to Art Alexakis (on Sunday) and to brother of Buzz Bands, Aaron (today). Have some fun, guys …] Tonight: It’s another busy Friday for shows big (Leonard Cohen, first of two nights at the Nokia Theatre) and small (Seasons celebrating the release of its “Spring” EP at the Echo, along with […]
