It’s a full-up Friday: ‣ U2. The scrappy band from Ireland. Angel Stadium. ‣ The Wooden Birds, the latest project from American Analog Set’s Andrew Kenny, bring something of an all-star lineup to the Echo for a show in support of their new album “Two Matchsticks.” Kenny’s lineup is populated by three members of Matt […]
[Some Internet demons are confounding us at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, so this post is a bit late-arriving. Please remind me to update my 2006 technology.] Lots and lots to consume tonight. Be voracious, my friends: ‣ Friendly Fires, their new album “Pala” just out on XL Recordings, play to a sold-out Music Box. […]
[Happy weekend. Just a reminder that today is the day tickets go on sale for the Hollywood Bowl season. Yeah, including the National’s show on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11.] I don’t wanna say that if you aren’t out tonight you aren’t breathing, but it is the busiest Saturday night in recent memory: ‣ Their […]
A short list of local show touts for L.A. tonight, while we are still away in Austin: ‣ Roots-rockers Truth & Salvage Co. headline the Troubadour. ‣ Torches In Trees and Marvelous Toy team up at the Echo. ‣ And the 88 holds forth at the Hotel Cafe. For more listings, visit You Set the […]
Top 5 embarrassments of musical riches on a Monday: ‣ The title of the new album by the Greenhornes’ is “★★★★.” That’s moxie. the Cincinnati garage rockers, fronted by Craig Fox and including Jack Lawrence (Dead Weather, Raconteurs) and Patrick Keeler (Raconteurs), hit the Troubadour tonight. ‣ The killer residency lined up by IAMSOUND Records […]
[Raising a glass today to birthday guy Bob Mould …] Top 4 shows tonight if you’re not an Alice in Chains fan: ‣ L.A. quartet the 88 celebrates the release of its new, self-titled album at the Troubadour, and there’s plenty to celebrate on this one – Keith Slettedahl, Adam Merrin, Todd O’Keefe and Anthony […]
The new album by Los Angeles quartet the 88 – the band’s fifth – is titled, simply “The 88.” No gimmicks, nothing fancy, and entirely appropriate for four guys who the past eight years have been clawing their way toward the power-pop pantheon with timeless songwriting, deliriously catchy melodies and crackling arrangements. “As you get […]
The debut EP from Boyz Sküle and the Precious Medals sure does sound like the music’s architect, Brett Farkas, is having fun – maybe even as much fun as the Detroit native had (ahem) coming up with the obtuse band name. Farkas, who’s played with soul legend Solomon Burke, pop guys the 88 and highly […]
[Happy birthday, Elton John. Meanwhile, in L.A., my head’s going to explode from the overwhelming selection of good-to-great shows tonight:] First, two indie bands with new albums I highly recommend: The Morning Benders (with Miniature Tigers and We Barbarians supporting, play the Troubadour; and the Deadly Syndrome [Chris Richard, pictured] celebrating the release of “Nolens […]
Devendra Banhart hits L.A. for his first proper show since the release last fall of his first major-label album, “What Will We Be.” As Devendra Banhart and the Grogs, he’s touring with the same group of musicians who made the album – guitarists Noah Georgeson and Rodrigo Aramante, bassist Lucky Remington and drummer Greg Rogove. […]
