Goldroom, the nom de tune of electro whiz Josh Legg, has been added to the bill for the Ranch Party, the one-day festival Saturday in Topanga Canyon that features 20-plus artists. The Internet, Kisses, Mansions on the Moon and Races are some of the other acts at the top of the bill for the event, […]
The Ranch – a local music festival to be held on a 20-acre property in the Santa Monica Mountains near Topanga Canyon – will debut Saturday, March 2, with Kisses and RACES heading up a 15-band bill. Also in the lineup for the all-day party: Goodnight Keaton (of Miami Horror), Terraplane Sun, Gavin, Jeffertitti’s Nile, […]
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk – handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases – and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all […]
By Seraphina Lotkhamnga It’s been a great year of music. My ears have had such a good year that the task of selecting my top albums has never been harder. Perhaps it’s because I’ve whittled down my usual list of 25 albums to 20 this year. Some artists on this list made their L.A. debuts […]
Your Thursday show menu: ‣ Public Enemy – just announced this week as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – visits Club Nokia, performing along with X-Clan, Monie Love, Schoolly D and Leaders of the New School. ‣ Gee, does anybody like Social Distortion? The veteran punk band’s string of sold-out southern California […]
The weekend of Lobsterfest was hot. And, as it turns out, buttery and delicious. The annual carnival-meets-feeding frenzy-meets-musical festival drew thousands to Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro, and the tasty crustaceans were just a side dish for music fans. The lineup of local bands, again curated by Mark Sovel, proved heat was no […]
Friday night: ‣ Swedish rockers the Hives roar into the Wiltern for a close-up – and speaking of close-ups, that’s their video for “Wait a Minute,” above – with L.A. quartet FIDLAR in tow. “Cheap Beer” all around. ‣ Her fans’ hearts still atwitter from July’s show at the Palladium, Fiona Apple comes back around for […]
Youngblood Hawke, along with Great Northern, Lili Haydn, Sara Radle and Davis Fetter, have been added to the lineup for Lobsterfest the weekend of Sept. 14-16 at Ports O’Call Village in San Pedro. They join previously announced bands the Blasters,  Dum Dum Girls, Saint Motel, NO, Races, JJAMZ and Jail Weddings at the annual waterfront […]
A great Friday lineup to send you into your weekend: ‣ L.A. sextet Races headlines the Troubadour behind its new album “Year of the Witch,” with Gliss and Lili Haydn supporting. ‣ Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, whose solo album “Sun Midnight Sun” came out in May, visits the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena for one in […]
