Tonight in L.A.: Coachella (Jack White, Belle & Sebastian, Alt-J, more), Nochella, the Hush Sound, Wake Up Lucid, the Young Romans, Balance & Composure, Sixx: A.M., Bright Light Bright Light, the Janks
It’s a Saturday kind of Saturday: â–º Day 2 of Coachella features the likes of Jack White, the Weeknd, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, Alt-J, Belle & Sebastian, Ratatat, Hozier, Flosstradamus, Bad Religion, SBTRKT, FKA Twigs, Tyler the Creator, Father John Misty, Run the Jewels and more. [Set times at bottom of post.] â–º Nochella — with […]
Incoming: Coachella, System of a Down, Maroon 5, Odessa, Francisco the Man, Dorothy, Winter, Magna, Civil Twilight, Andrew McMahon, Jenny Lewis, the Fontaines, Jim Lauderdale, Great Caesar, the Used, Dutch Party, Jessie Ware, Ride, Tame Impala, Earl Sweatshirt, the Preatures, Lieutenant, Ariana Grande, Drive Like Jehu, Kimbra, Benjamin Booker, Caribou, the Warlocks, the Underachievers, Odesza, […]
There’s visceral and then there’s Wake Up Lucid. The L.A.-based trio of cousins — Ryan, Ian and Jamie Baca — have been making not-so-nice for about five years now, with two EPs and the 2012 full-length “Feel It” outlining their agenda to make heavy blues so dangerous it should be on a do-not-fly list. Live, […]
The best thing about Wake Up Lucid is that the L.A. trio doesn’t clean up well. Oh, don’t take that literally; besides, the trio of cousins – Ryan, Ian and Jamie Baca – generally play their loud, sweaty sets on stages so dark you couldn’t tell if they were wearing peacock feathers. No, it’s more […]
Your supermassive Saturday: ‣ The everlasting Depeche Mode headlines a big night at the Staples Center  and fellow electro band Crystal Castles supports. ‣ The Lumineers headline their second night in SoCal this week. This time they’re at the Greek Theatre, where Dr. Dog serves as direct support again and Nathaniel Rateliff opens. ‣ Vampire […]
First as a duo and now as a three-piece, the Dead Ships have been busting eardrums and busting up the blues for more than two years now. Their debut album of garage-rock, “Electric Ahab,” sounded like a mission statement – press the accelerator all the way to the floor and don’t let up – and […]
[Note: Because of Buzz Bands LA’s tech woes last week, we’re a bit tardy in posting our coverage of last weekend’s events. So now we play catch-up:] The decade-plus exploits of the Icarus Line are the stuff of legends: Bad-boy antics, disintegrating relationships, self-immolating habits, lineup changes, record-industry misadventures, utter and public contempt for anything […]
Here’s your super Saturday: ‣ Jack White does a second night at the Shrine Auditorium in support of his album “Blunderbuss.” ‣ Austin’s psychedelic rockers White Denim headline the Troubadour with L.A. band Seasons as support. ‣ ’80s pop legends Duran Duran continue touring and stop by the the Pacific Amphitheatre. ‣ Red Hot Chili […]
Wake Up Lucid doesn’t make nice. Not musically, anyway. The band of cousins – Ryan, Ian and Jamie Baca – mete out scuzzy blues you imagine sprung from gear that barely works, seething with emotion and crackling with defiance toward those who would water down rock ’n’ roll for the digital age. After thundering onto […]
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 […]
