Welcome to Flannel Fest 2011. Thrift-store plaid, you’re over here in Line 1. Everybody in the long-sleeved Henleys, weathered denim and Urban Outfitters ruffles, you’re there in Line 2. You in your dad’s vintage C.P.O., you’re up front with me. Oh, and are those a few Old Navy flannel hoodies I spot? You must be […]
KCRW’s “Are Friends Eclectic?” holiday benefit, originally planned as a two-night event, will go off as a one-night affair featuring headliners Jimmy Cliff and Iron & Wine (pictured). Tickets for the show Dec. 3 at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre start at $60. The rest of the formidable lineup lineup includes Other Lives, the Belle Brigade, Anna […]
[Happy August – where is this summer going? – and happy birthday to Dhani Harrison. Good shows tonight? We’ve got a few …] Monday madness: ‣ Singer-songwriter Robert Francis, largely out of the L.A. eye (but big in Europe) since releasing “Before Nightfall” in 2009, is back with a new batch of songs and this […]
[In response to the inevitable questions I am asked at shows – What have you heard? What are you listening to? What’s new? – today I embark on something called Random Dispatches … the contents of my notebook, spilt.] ‣ Lavender Diamond’s recent show at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts was a revelation, […]
[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. […]
The rain will stop, the shows won’t: ‣ Nineties faves Buffalo Tom headline the Troubadour behind their new album, “Skins,” and the Heavenly States open. ‣ Thao Nguyen, who recently collaborated with Mirah on an album, brings her band Thao With the Get Down Stay Down to UCLA’s Royce Hall. Morning Teleportation opens. ‣ The […]
‣ Sunset Junction’s website teased a music lineup announcement today, but there’s no word yet. There are plenty of great names floating around on the rumor mill for the Aug. 27-28 street fair. How would you feel about another blast from the Melvins (who did a Silver Lake residency in January)? Yeah, that’d be nice. […]
Beware, dog lovers. The Belle Brigade (who we profiled about a month ago) just released a video that takes their anthem “Losers” to another personal level. The optimistic doctrine, via soft harmonies building up to a crash of drums and a triumphant chorus, has become the favorite closing number for fans at live shows with […]
Nothing moribund about this Monday: ‣ Hanni El Khatib opens the second week of the Rumspringa residency at the Bootleg Theater, which also features Moses Campbell. ‣ Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits supports at this week’s Walking Sleep residency at the Satellite. ‣ Leslie Stevens (of the Badgers’ fame) plays ahead of resident Amanda Jo Williams at […]
Saturday’s notable shows: ‣ G. Love headlines the House of Blues behind his new Avett Brothers-assisted album “Fixin’ to Die,” and the Belle Brigade opens. G. Love also does an acoustic matinee performance at the Grammy Museum. ‣ Danielson visits the Satellite behind the February release of their first album in five years, “Best of […]
