The music of South Carolina-bred folk singer Judson McKinney goes down easy, like sun-brewed iced tea in a world of canned caffeine drinks. McKinney, who for a while made music with his wife as Judson & Mary and now has gone the eponymous route, keeps it earnest with a touch of bittersweet on his ‘People […]
Where to find the Wednesday warriors: ‣ Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Pete Yorn debuted with “Musicforthemorningafter.” The 36-year-old songwriter, who bounced back last year with a sharp self-titled album produced by Frank Black, hits Wiltern Theatre tonight and will mark the anniversary of his first album by playing it in its […]
The initial installment of Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday series at Lot 1 Cafe was all about the warm vibe. In the intimate Echo Park room, Omaha expatriate Jake Bellows (top photo) debuted new solo material, teamed up with Morgan Nagler of Whispertown 2000 for a few songs and performed music from the catalog of his […]
Jake Bellows, Daniel Ahearn and Judson & Mary kick off SecondTuesday, a monthly songwriter series hosted by Buzz Bands LA at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. The show, at 9 p.m. on Feb. 8, launches a monthly songwriter series Feb. 1 at cozy Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Admission will be $5 at […]
[Bronson is lost in the desert somewhere this week. We’re picking up some slack, so these posts might look a little different than usual:] Top 3 shows tonight: ‣ Deerhunter (above, the video for Diplo and Lunice remix of “Helicopter”) at the Music Box ‣ Apples in Stereo and Fol Chen at the Echoplex ‣ […]
Few community festivals outside of Silver Lake can boast a better music lineup that this weekend’s edition of Lobsterfest at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. Oh, the waterfront affair still has a family-friendly vibe – it’s just that thanks to music curator Mark Sovel, the former music director of the sorely missed […]
This just in: The music lineup for the 2010 Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival – Lobsterfest to everybody who got buttery fingers in past years – is its most impressive yet, featuring John Doe & Exene Cervenka anchoring a roster of some of SoCal’s most promising up-and-comers and genre-diverse indie artists. The three-day shindig […]
My top 3 shows to hit if you’re not going to the Hollywood Bowl for Smokey Robinson: ‣ The Californian [background] and Judson & Mary [ditto] play Spaceland, but late additions to the bill will make tonight pretty special – singer-songwriter Charlie Wadhams plays late, and L.A. newcomer (via Austin) Billy Harvey [whom I wrote […]
So as a means of introducing you to Judson & Mary – whom you’ve probably met, if you’ve been to a show in Silver Lake or Echo Park recently – I thought I’d share the postscript from the June 15 Buzz Bands LA show at Spaceland. I’d initially planned to have a “special guest” play […]
Even with frontman Tommy Walter [pictured at top] a bit under the weather, Abandoned Pools’ comeback show on Tuesday night at Spaceland was strong. The L.A. quartet, playing live for the first time in five years, sprinkled in some new material with songs from their 2001 and 2005 albums, highlighting a Buzz Bands LA-hosted evening […]
