Final Monday of the month, here goes: ‣ Tapes ’n Tapes, the Minneapolis quartet who early this year released their third and best album, “Outside,” visit the Satellite to do a makeup show for the scotched Sunset Junction. It’s also the final night of Stone Darling residency, and while the show isn’t free (it’s a […]
Top 5 shows on a very good night for local music: ‣ It’s officially the release date for Olin & the Moon’s new album “Footsteps” – the L.A. quintet (augmented by string players) is celebrating with a Tuesday residency this month at the Echo, where tonight Coyol and Paulie Pesh support. ‣ Willoughby, with Henry […]
Gus Seyffert is one of those magical players that seems to matriculate to the good stuff. He’s made a fine album as Willoughby, played alongside excellent local artists such as the Bird and the Bee, Mike Andrews, Charlie Wadhams and the Sweet Hurt, produced a slew of others and has an imprint of his own, […]
International Tennis Champions slipped me a cassette of their music after I happened upon their very first show last fall, which reminded me that my car has a cassette player, which reminded me of bygone days when I delivered newspapers out of my car in the wee hours and wore out tape after tape, which […]
[Apologies for the radio silence yesterday; I think Buzz Bands’ server problems have been fixed. Here are some delectable options for tonight:] That band with Jack White in it is getting all the attention, but there are several other newsbies filling my ears with hot-licked blues-rock. Band of Skulls, playing L.A. for the umpteenth time […]
[Welcome to June. We’ll celebrate by kicking off some new residencies – and by wishing the Broken West’s Ross Flournoy a happy birthday …] Oliver Future takes another big step in its morphosis by launching a residency at the Echo, and the first night will offer Useless Keys as main support. … At Spaceland, Castledoor […]
[I’m extending my hand; you’re unclenching your fist; maybe now we can raise a glass to the real new year:] The Walkmen [pictured], whose tour de force “You & Me” was one of the best albums of 2008, have had a whirlwind two days – they kicked off a West Coast tour with a visit […]
Like a lot of guys, Bram Inscore has relationship issues, and to listen to the first album he has made as B.R.A.M., plenty of those woes stem from breakdowns in communications. But like a like of songwriters, Inscore, curiously, has little problem communicating those miscommunications. Written and recorded over a three-year period during which the […]
