Saturday’s slate: ‣ Maybe it’s time to go back to college? Today’s KXSC Festival (5 p.m.-midnight) brings headliners Nosaj Thing (pictured at Coachella last year) and Belgium’s Starfucker to Founders Park on the USC Campus. The free, all-ages event will also feature White Fence, TRMRS, Only You and Fiore, with Dublab, Downtown Lobby and folks […]
[Recent remixes that have come across our radar. They may help bring the weekend faster…] Active Child, “Johnny Belinda (White Arrows Remix)” – L.A. electro rockers White Arrows give the last track on Active Child’s “You Are All I See” a little boost by dropping a beat and adding shiny synth riffs, slightly changing it […]
So as rich as 2011 proved to be for local music, 2012 promises even more. Following is Buzz Bands LA’s list of “Bands to Watch” for 2012 – 33 newbies who have not yet released a full-length album and are on our radar to do so in the coming year. Whom did I miss? Leave […]
Thursday things: ‣ Black Star, the groundbreaking duo of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, do a makeup gig at Club Nokia for an L.A. date originally scheduled in October. ‣ The first night of the annual Invisible Children benefit concerts at the Troubadour features Jon Foreman (Switchfoot), Matt Pryor (the Get Up Kids), Aaron Gillespie […]
Join me at midnight tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, or streaming at KCSN.org) as my LA Buzz Bands Show begins a three-week celebration of my favorite local music of 2011. My “Fave 40” countdown will feature the local tunes I had in heaviest rotation this year, and there were plenty to choose from. Tonight’s show […]
[Happy 11/11/11 …] ‣ Canadian trio Austra plays a sold-out show at the Echo, with Grimes and Baron Von Luxxury supporting. That’s Austra’s video for “Lose It,” above. And Baron Von Luxxury has remixed Austra’s song “Spellwork” – it’s worth checkout out here. ‣ Brooklyn duo Holy Ghost rocks the Music Box. They’ve just released […]
It’s a fantabulous Friday: ‣ Back in April, Eastern Conference Champions (that Joshua Ostrander, pictured) released one of our favorite albums of the year, “Speak-Ahh.” The trio warms up for a trip overseas with a date at the Satellite, supported by Duniven and Warships. ‣ Surfer Blood, with a new EP “Tarot Classic” on the […]
Tonight’s things: ‣ White Arrows, recently off tour with Those Darlins and warming up for a date Saturday with Weezer (and a tour dates with the Naked and Famous), celebrate the release of their new 7-inch “Get Gone” at the Bootleg Theater, with Gangi, Vanaprasta and Electric Guest supporting. ‣ Deadmau5 kicks off a string […]
The summer concert fun is never over until you’ve wiped the butter from your chin. Which is to say that the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is approaching – the three day event is Sept. 16, 17 and 18, and the lineup, again curated by ex-Indie 103.1 music director Mark Sovel, offers some of […]
Early in their L.A. infancy, White Arrows were slapped with the “electro Strokes” tag, not an entirely inaccurate shorthand for their wiry, synth-addled garage rock. But judging from their new single “Get Gone,” they’re evolving toward something distinctly their own. Here, White Arrows let the synths and beats (rather than the guitars) scratch the itch, […]
