Ten Years Ago: Our 2006
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Buzzbands.LA revisits 2006 through a playlist, a good year for local flavor.
Afternoons simply say yes when everything at their album-release show seemed to shout ‘no, no, no’
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If you’ve followed the trials and tribulations of L.A. sextet Afternoons for the better part of a decade, what befell them at their album-release show Friday night at El Cid absolutely, positively certified the band as star-crossed. Midway through Afternoons’ set celebrating the long-awaited release of “Say Yes,” drummer Brent Turner’s kick pedal busted beyond […]
Gallery: Kan Wakan, the Little Ones, Body Parts, Avid Dancer, Black Hi-Lighter, Northern American and Victory at the Chinatown Moon Festival
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The 75th annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday night could hardly have been more spectacular. Kan Wakan serenading the moonrise with their orchestral epics … The Little Ones spreading their feel-good indie jams … Body Parts wowing everybody with their complex, harmony-laden art-pop … Avid Dancer laying down its catchy, propulsive guitar pop … […]
Black Hi-Lighter added to lineup for Chinatown Moon Festival, headlined by Kan Wakan on Sept. 21
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Glammy rockers Black Hi-Lighter have been added to the lineup for the 75th annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21. (Spirit Vine had to bow out of the event, but you can catch them at their Satellite residency in October.) The free, all-ages event will be headlined by Kan Wakan and also boasts […]
Kan Wakan to headline Chinatown Moon Festival on Sept. 21, joined by the Little Ones, Body Parts, Spirit Vine, Avid Dancer, Northern American and Victory
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Kan Wakan, the septet whose cinematic fusion of rock, soul, classical, Americana and psychedelia immediately won fans in its home base of Los Angeles and beyond, will headline the 75th annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, in downtown L.A. Signed to Verve Music Group, Kan Wakan is expected to announce the release […]
SXSW 2013: Frighteningly good Scotsmen, the colors of RDGLDGRN, Pumpkins at midnight and Peace out
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[And so the last of our five days at South by Southwest came to a close – getting wowed by baby bands, plowed by the crowds and, at the end, sipping a colored drink on a rooftop watching Smashing Pumpkins rage through a free show while Prince and Justin Timberlake played free shows only blocks […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Little Ones, Trombone Shorty, Nick Waterhouse/Fool’s Gold, Chelsea Wolfe
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Friday fun: ‣ The Little Ones celebrate their new album “The Dawn Sang Along,” their first release since 2008, with a show at the Echo, with the Lonely Wild and Saint Sea Hat supporting. ‣ Trombone Shorty brings the rip-raoring sound of New Orleans to the El Rey Theatre, with Orleans Avenue and the Stone […]
The Week Ahead: Feb. 4-10
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Incoming: Matt Costa, Dirty Projectors, Silverstein, Kris Allen, the Pharcyde, Emeli Sandé, Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Kan Wakan, Gliss, M. Ward, Solange, OFF!, Trombone Shorty, the Little Ones, Nick Waterhouse, Chelsea Wolfe, the B-52’s, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Wayne Shorter, Ellie Goulding, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Emmylou Harris, Deadmau5 Above: The video for Dirty Projectors’ […]
Video: The Little Ones, ‘Argonauts’
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Splash. The Little Ones wrestle with waves in the fun new video for “Argonauts,” one of many highlights on the sextet’s first album since 2008. “The Dawn Sang Along” (out Feb. 12) sounds triumphant in about every possible way, from the brotherly harmonies of Ed and Brian Reyes to the sunny guitars and beats from […]
Download: The Little Ones, ‘Forro’
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At this stage of their career, the Little Ones couldn’t be blamed for being grumpy old men – well, at least middle-aged ones, by indie-rock standards. They’ve been signed to two labels and dropped by two labels and watched while bands with similar aesthetics (and lesser songs, in some opinions) became indie darlings. But damned […]
