Photos: Chinatown Summer Nights, with HAWAI, the Federal Empire and more
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Chinatown Summer Nights rocked sets from HAWAI, the Federal Empire, Wait. Think. Fast., Isle & Fever, Chris Price, Lucy & La Mer and MetronOhm.
Premiere: Wait. Think. Fast., ‘Count No Count’
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“Count No Count” is the lead track on “Dale Tiempo,” Wait. Think. Fast.’s first album since 2010. A lot of life happened between then and now.
Chinatown Summer Nights, Aug. 5: HAWAI, Chris Price, the Federal Empire and more
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Chinatown Summer Nights continues Aug. 5, with HAWAI, Chris Price, the Federal Empire, Isle & Fever, Wait. Think. Fast., Lucy & La Mer and MetronOhm on the Live Music Stage.
Download: Doom & Gloom, ‘Jenny’
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If the stars would have aligned, Castledoor would be touring on its second album about now, building on the momentum they had back in 2007. Instead the band bade farewell early last year, its members scattering and its songs echoing (still lovingly, it should be pointed out) in the iPods of veteran Silver Lakers. As […]
Tonight in L.A.: Moses Campbell, Whispering Pines
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[Thanks to everyone who helped/offered help with this blogger’s tech problems yesterday. Back to our regularly unscheduled programming:] Top things to consider after checking out Ima Robot this morning (11:15) on Morning Becomes Eclectic: ‣ Color me interested in hearing new music from Moses Campbell, who are playing the Smell tonight along with Peter and […]
Popular With Me 2010: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year
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The favorite 40 local albums of 2010 as rendered by a listener who tries be open to sounds from every niche in our fair region, who tries not be swayed by hype, and who makes no apologies for liking his meat and potatoes. 1. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor” (Frenchkiss) This was more of a 2009 […]
Wait. Think. Fast. added to Buzz Bands bill Saturday; Dananananaykroyd forced to cancel due to visa woes
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Scottish rockers Dananananaykroyd, who were scheduled to arrive in the U.S. this week, have been forced cancel their appearance Saturday night at Spaceland because of visa problems. L.A. indie-rockers Wait. Think. Fast. – whose sophomore album “Luces Del Sur” came out earlier this fall, much to our delight – have agreed to join the bill […]
Tonight in L.A.: James, Ed Harcourt, Frightened Rabbit, Corin Tucker Band, Bettie Serveert, more
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Top 7 shows on a criminally overbooked night on which Buzz Bands could hit any of 10 shows and have a very good time: ‣ Tim Booth and James, whose music occupied a special place in our soundtrack to the ’90s, is back with a good new album “The Morning After the Night Before.” They […]
Tonight in L.A.: Wait. Think. Fast., Funeral Party
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[Birthday greetings go out today to Owen Pallett …] Tonight’s top 3 hangs: ‣ Funeral Party – the young East L.A. rockers who recently made NME’s list of the year’s top new bands – kick off a residency at the Bootleg Theater. They’re signed to RCA, which has pushed back the release of their debut […]
Wait. Think. Fast. finds a special sonic union
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The restlessness of indie rock and the ethereality of Latin pop. Spanish and English. Jacqueline Santillan and Matthew Beighley. They are marriages that work on “Luces Del Sur,” the second album from L.A. quartet Wait. Think. Fast. Now about that pesky punctuation in the band’s name … “It’s not wait-think-fast,” says Santillan, explaining the derivation, […]
