‣ Australian rockers Atlas Genius do it up right at the Wiltern, where they are joined by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Detroit band who last month released their sophomore album “The Speed of Things.” That’s their video for “If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t On The Dancefloor),” above. ‣ Blink-182 bring their […]
Incoming: Desaparecidos, Charli XCX, Deerhoof, Diego Garcia, Geographer, Teen Daze, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Bolts, the Lonely Forest, Destroyer, Meat Puppets, Switchfoot, Atlas Genius, Blink 182, Selena Gomez, the Parson Red Heads, Blitzen Trapper, Crocodiles, Mazzy Star, the Gaslamp Killer, Those Darlins, Tired Pony, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jonathan Wilson, GZA, the Lonely […]
Thursday things: ‣ Black Star, the groundbreaking duo of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, do a makeup gig at Club Nokia for an L.A. date originally scheduled in October. ‣ The first night of the annual Invisible Children benefit concerts at the Troubadour features Jon Foreman (Switchfoot), Matt Pryor (the Get Up Kids), Aaron Gillespie […]
Happy Tuesday: ‣ Radical Face, the nom de tune of Florida’s Ben Cooper, plays the Bootleg Theater behind his rapturous new album “The Family Tree: The Roots.” He’ll be backed by the Easterly Singers Choir, and Walking Sleep will open. [See Radical Face’s “A Pound of Flesh” video.] ‣ The soulful Chris Pierce celebrates the […]
[Note from Buzz Bands HQ: I will be at Lollapalooza and perhaps dropping a few missives from Chicago, then taking a breather for a few days, so I’d like to thank Ali MacLean for minding the store the next week or so:] Top 5 ways to spend your Thursday: ‣ If you really believe in […]
[Birthday greetings today to roots-rock king Dave Alvin, who, by the way, will be playing one of the upcoming West Coast, Left Coast events at Walt Disney Concert Hall – he’s there Dec. 6 with Brian Wilson and the Living Sisters (Inara George, Becky Stark and Eleini Mandell). Here’s what’s up tonight:] Australia-by-way-of-Chicago’s Via Tania […]
