Hello, Echo Park Rising, we had a feeling it’d be like this: The Icarus Line closed out the proceedings Saturday on the Buzz Bands LA / White Iris Records stage inside Taix restaurant with a chandelier-rattling performance of songs from their new album “Slave Vows.” They were preceded by an eight-pack of stellar performances from […]
Thought we were going to end our first night of Echo Park Rising on a nice note? Think again. Buzz Bands LA is happy to announce the Icarus Line as the latest addition to the Taix Champagne Room stage co-presented by White Iris Records. As our closing act for Saturday night, Joe Cardamone and crew will […]
Echo Parking Rising, the free, two-day neighborhood festival is happening on Saturday, Aug. 17 and Sunday, Aug. 18, and Buzz Bands LA is once again privileged to be curating one stage during the festival, in the Champagne Room at Taix Lounge. This year, we team up with White Iris Records to present 16 local bands […]
We’ve been waiting a long time for Echo Park-based Spirit Vine to release their full-length, but we’ve also gotten some nice brooding tunes along the way. The pysch-rock quartet will release “Ascender” via Manimal Vinyl in August, and the latest teaser single “City Daze” is yet again another enticing hypnotic nugget to keep fans in […]
Co-ed psych-rock quartet Spirit Vine keeps whetting appetites for a full-length album later this year, and if last fall’s “Lake of Fire” single wasn’t enough, the new song “Pluto Why” will leave the band’s fans ravenous. Over almost six woozy minutes, singer Jaquelinne Cingolani keeps things dreamy and languid – a mood that director Karri […]
Thousands flocked to Chinatown on Saturday for L.A.’s Year of the Snake Lunar New Year Festival, which featured a huge, slow-moving parade, cultural entertainment of all manner and performances by six bands – Eastern Conference Champions, Troup, Mind the Gap, Spirit Vine, Western Scene and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones – on the local music […]
Eastern Conference Champions, Y LUV, Troup, Drive He Said and Western Scene are among the bands rocking the Local Music Stage on Feb. 16 and 17 as Chinatown plays host to the Year of the Snake Lunar New Year Festival. In all, 11 emerging local bands will play the outdoor stage (located steps away from […]
Tunes for your sunny Saturday: ‣Â Punk icons Pennywise continue celebrating 25 years with their second sold-out show at the Palladium this weekend. ‣Â Social Distortion plays another House of Blues show. This time, they’re in Hollywood. ‣Â He’s My Brother She’s My Sister [pictured above] celebrates the release of their forthcoming album “Nobody Dances in This Town” […]
It’s a wicked good Wednesday: ‣ L.A. quintet Youngblood Hawke heads up a big local lineup at the Roxy Theatre that features Terraplane Sun and Fire In the Hamptons. ‣ No Doubt continues its run at the Gibson Amphitheatre, with Grouplove and Blacq Audio opening. ‣ Lawrence Arabia – the nom de tune of New […]
Echo Park quartet Spirit Vine delves into the darker corners of psych-rock, where songs cast shadows, if not spells, and there’s danger in every drone. They turned heads with two EPs – “Golden” in 2010 and “Blue Star” last year – and this week’s news is that the foursome of singer-keyboardist Jaquelinne Cingolani, guitarist Gabe […]