Incoming: Everest, The xx, the Lumineers, Sheryl Crow, Mia Doi Todd, Voxhaul Broadcast, Alan Jackson, Nosaj Thing, Jackie Greene, Z-Trip, Barenaked Ladies, Dirty Projectors, Nick Waterhouse, Salem, Fiona Apple and more. Above: Fiona Apple’s video for “Every Single Night.” She plays the Palladium on Sunday. Our staff picks of the week: @KRBronson recommends: Nosaj Thing […]
Voxhaul Broadcast’s propulsive single “Turn the Knife” used to be called “Broken Nerve,” when we heard it last October. But as has been the case with the L.A. quartet’s material over its four-year run, David Dennis, Anthony Aguiar, Phillip Munsey II and Kurt Allen sent it back to the shop for a few tweaks, sharpening […]
Monday holiday offerings: ‣ L.A. quartet Voxhaul Broadcast (pictured), hard at work on new music following up last year’s album “Timing Is Everything,” heads up a big local lineup at the Viper Room. Also on board: Wildcat! Wildcat!, LA Font and the Mowgli’s. ‣ May’s free residencies take a bow in fine fashion: Baron Von […]
Soaking it up on the final Monday in March: ‣ Twenty-two-year-old electro whiz Nicolas Jaar plays his first official L.A. show at the Echoplex behind his 2011 album “Space Is Only Noise.” ‣ The Henry Clay People rock the Viper Room, supported by TS & the Past Haunts and the Mowgli’s. ‣ NO’s residency at […]
[Our look at the week ahead, starting with Nicolas Jaar, playing Monday, and his video for “Mi Mujer”:] Incoming: Nicolas Jaar, NO, Voxhaul Broadcast, the Henry Clay People, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Harriet, White Arrows, White Rabbits, Matthew Dear, Races, Kathleen Edwards, the Wedding Present and more. Our staff picks of the week: […]
The Buzz Bands LA crew is still in Austin due to a late flight out, but the excellent post-SXSW shows in L.A. start tonight: ‣ The Temper Trap‘s first post-SXSW show happens at the El Rey Theatre tonight as they continue to tour in support of their forthcoming self-titled album (out June 5 on Glassnote […]
@KRBronson on Saturday’s final fling at SXSW: “How You Like Me Now?” – the title of the Heavy’s ubiquitous 2009 single – seemed like a relevant question Saturday at SXSW. The improbable emergence of the funk- and fire-breathing sextet from the hinterlands of England is a true underdog story: They nailed the Curtis Mayfield-meets-indie-rock formula […]
Big start to the week: ‣ One more night of Guns N’ Roses, this time at the House of Blues. ‣ Berlin-based Sascha Ring (pictured), whose latest album as Apparat “The Devil’s Walk” was lauded as one of the best electronic releases of the 2011, plays a full-band show at the El Rey Theatre. Apparat’s […]
Nine SoCal bands are playing Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin: Love, L.A.” day party next Wednesday on the first day of the South by Southwest Music Festival. It seems like 999 SoCal bands are actually headed to Austin. When we started culling music from those artists, our uploader begged for for mercy. So we called […]
A manic Monday, starting with four fine free residencies: ‣ Voxhaul Broadcast, the release of their debut album and a follow-up EP in 2011’s rear-view mirror, roar into 2012 with some new songs and the Satellite residency. Opening night features support from Eastern Conference Champions, sibling duo Blondfire and the Little Richard tribute band Big […]
