Rock on, gamers. While we at Buzz Bands LA HQ won’t pretend to be conversant in Borderlands, we do like our Crystal Method, especially when Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland team up with U.K. indie-funk band the Heavy. “Play for Real,” featuring singer Kelvin Swaby and guitarist Dan Taylor from the Heavy (and some other […]
Tonight’s top dueling parties: ‣ Franki Chan’s “Check Yo Ponytail” is back, bringing Aussie electro-rockers Midnight Juggernauts, New Zealand’s the Naked and Famous (who, reports have it, were great Monday night at Bardot) and Toronto’s Diamond Rings to the Echoplex. Of course, Ponytail is going head-to-head with Chan’s old partner, Steve Aoki – it’s the […]
[Birthday greetings go out to Kristin Hersh, long may she rock …] Today: Color me curious about this weekend’s shows by Elefant, the New York City quartet who made a modest splash with their tamed-for-radio dance-punk back in 2003-04. “Misfit” was pretty irrestistible, and the band’s male model-type frontman Diego Garcia did a great job […]
