It’s a rather odd pairing – Seattle’s Minus the Bear, with its tongue-in-cheek, sometimes-obtuse prog-pop, touring with L.A. quintet Everest, whose heartfelt Americana is about as earnest as earnest gets. But that’s what’s on tap tonight at the Mayan Theatre. Both bands are touring behind new albums, Minus the Bear’s rather hit-and-miss “Omni” and Everest’s […]
[This week’s Stolen Lyric, Swede as sugar:] ||| Source: Shout Out Louds, “Hard Rain” ||| Live: Shout Out Louds play next Thursday and Friday at the El Rey Theatre.
Happy to report the folks at Merge Records seem to have been struck by same spring fever that’s raised the temperature at Buzz Bands HQ. The label’s new digital sampler offers freebies from 14 bands, Spoon, the Clean, She & Him, Superchunk, the Clientele and L.A.’s own Radar Bros., among others. It’s available through Amazon.com, […]
Your favorite Cure-channeling Swedes, the Shout Out Louds, are on their way back. The Stockholm quintet has released a new digital EP, with a new album, “Works,” the band’s third full-length and first since 2007’s “Our Ill Wills,” to follow on Feb. 23. The new album was produced by Phil Ek (the Shins, Fleet Foxes, […]
