Ears Wide Open: Kid Nobody
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L.A. duo Kid Nobody — Michael Wilson and Jesse Carmichael, who were bandmates in ex-Wildcat! Wildcat! — debut their first single, the lush, airy “Ms. Stress.”
Stream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 22)
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Tunes from the Black Windmill, MUNA, Sure Sure, the Lone Kodiak, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Charming Liars and more on Buzz Bands LA’s weekly mix.
Stream: Wildcat! Wildcat!, ‘Relentless’ (feat. Wynne)
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Wildcat! Wildcat! returns with the massive electronic track “Relentless,” which features teenager Wynne’s rapid-fire rapping. This is not the Wildcat! Wildcat! of 2014.
Stream: Wildcat! Wildcat!, ‘Straight to the Top’
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Now a duo, indie-poppers Wildcat! Wildcat! return with their first new music since 2014. “Straight to the Top” is as infectious as their past singles.
Popular With Us 2014: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite Los Angeles albums of the year
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Los Angeles, you were mighty good to us in 2014. Albums came from every nook and cranny, from the bedrooms of the DIYers to the scrappy studios that keep the engine running to the hallowed halls of the city’s pervasive Industry. We could have listened to a new local album per day and not run […]
Tonight in L.A.: Chrissie Hynde, Fleetwood Mac, Dr. John, the Living Sisters, Wildcat! Wildcat!, the Wild Reeds, Bela Fleck, Blue October, the Girls
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Saturday’s fare: ‣ Chrissie Hynde [pictured] visit the Pantages Theatre behind her solo album “Stockholm,” performing new material along with songs from her career with the Pretnders. The Rails open. ‣ Fleetwood Mac returns for another date at the Forum. ‣ The legendary Dr. John brings his Nite Trippers to UCLA’s Royce Hall. ‣ The […]
Photos: Wildcat! Wildcat! at the El Rey Theatre
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If ever there were a show worthy of exclamation points, it was Wildcat! Wildcat!’s homecoming gig Tuesday night at the El Rey Theatre. The band had done a slew of touring since the August release of their debut full-length “No Moon At All,” and with longer road trips on the horizon, the trio of Jesse […]
The Week Ahead: Oct. 20-26
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Incoming: Alt-J, Pentatonix, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Metronomy, White Denim, Banks, Dry the River, Hanni El Khatib, Olin & the Moon, Hobart W Fink, TV on the Radio, Nas, Eastern Conference Champions, Fever the Ghost, the Acid, Matt Ellis, the Brave Ones, Ceci Bastida, Matisyahu, Jessie Ware, the Melvins, Le Butcherettes, Kimbra, Sloan, Tom Vek, Movement, Colin […]
Artist Playlist: Wildcat! Wildcat!, making a ‘B’ list of A-list songs
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[We’re always looking for sound advice here at Buzz Bands LA, and today we launch a new series, “Artist Playlist,” in which some of the folks we’ve featured here tell US what they’ve been putting in their earholes.] Leave it to a band with two Jesses and slew of pretty keyboard melodies to turn into […]
Stream: Wildcat! Wildcat!, ‘Holloway (Hey Love)’
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The latest tease from Wildcat! Wildcat!’s forthcoming debut album is something that’d work great in a planetarium. “Holloway (Hey Love)” is a constellation of twinkling synths backing a meteor shower of falsetto harmonies, all propelled by a marching beat. The results are lush and almost choral – ever since their early singles, the L.A. outfit […]
