Tonight in LA: Crystal Castles, The Orwells, The Names
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Also on Sunday: Andrea Gibson, Pure Bathing Culture, Bronze Radio Return, Pouya, Kahdja Bonet, Syd Straw, Melissa Sullivan
Also on Sunday: Andrea Gibson, Pure Bathing Culture, Bronze Radio Return, Pouya, Kahdja Bonet, Syd Straw, Melissa Sullivan
How about those leggings? How about that underwear? Frontman Mario Cuomo and the Chicago quintet returned to L.A. for a typically frenetic performance.
Also on Tuesday night: Matthew Logan Vasquez, Houndmouth, Kiesza, Tops, the Briefs, the Controversy, LP
Heading to Indio for Weekend 2 of Coachella? Buzz Bands LA covered 58 sets during the first weekend of the festival, and below are the links to all of them. We had three writers on the ground trying to cover as much as possible (and, yes, we still missed a lot). Our favorites? We picked […]
Who: The Orwells on the Main Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Ignorance is strength! Memorable Because: When Orwells frontman Mario Cuomo lurched on stage looking confused, I wondered if someone had wandered in from the vendor loading area by accident. The posture held fast through the Orwells’ self-destructive set of proud-to-be-loud, too-cool-to-care garage-rock. All […]
Thursday’s slate of shows: â–º The Replacements do the second L.A. night of their “Back by Unpopular Demand Tour” at the Hollywood Palladium. â–º Interpol and Perfume Genius team up at the Shrine Expo Hall — one of a handful of shows featuring Coachella artists sandwiching club shows in between festival weekend. The others: The […]
Incoming: Coachella (Weekend 2), Brokechella, Stone Temple Pilots, Royal Blood, Father John Misty, Chet Faker, Luna, Odessa, Dorothy, Dreamers, Desaparecidos, Plain White T’s, Squarepusher, Stromae, Jenny Lewis, Swans, Glass Animals, FKA Twigs, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, Cloud Nothings, the Bad Romantics, MØ, Neil & Liam Finn, SomeKindaWonderful, Ride, Benjamin Booker, Alt-J, Florence + the Machine, […]
Review and photos by Michelle Shiers “My parents just don’t get it,†said a 17-year-old fan from her front-row-center perch for the Orwells. She and her squealing friends writhed with anticipation for Chicago’s garage-rock five-piece just before they invaded the stage at the Fonda Theatre on Monday night. At a glance, the entire front row […]
Here’s your final Monday of September: ‣ U.K. crooner Sam Smith holds forth at the Greek Theatre behind his album “The Lonely Hour.” New Zealand’s Broods open. ‣ Hide the breakables – the Orwells are back in town, rocking the Fonda Theatre along with the almost equally audacious Skaters. ‣ Sir Sly visits the El […]
Incoming: Sam Smith, the Orwells, Sir Sly, Royal Blood Teleman, the Picturebooks, Beach Party, Clean Bandit, King Crimson, Wand, Cibo Matto, Martha Davis, Lenka, the Big & Rich, Trigger Hippy, the Felice Brothers, Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rockettes, Turbogeist, the War on Drugs, Cass McCombs, Wongchilde, Nick Waterhouse, Joel Jerome, Brother Ali, Ben Kweller, […]