Over three-plus years of fine-tuning their steamy blues-rock, Red Cortez must’ve played more than a dozen slots supporting residency headliners. Now the L.A. quartet is getting their first residency – in February at the Satellite – and just in time. The foursome of Harley Prechtel-Cortez, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Calvin J. Love and Diego Guerrero is putting […]
Favorite shows on a huge weekend: ‣ Dr. Dog, Here We Go Magic and Good Old War tonight at the Wiltern ‣ Cold War Kids tonight at the Glass House in Pomona and Saturday at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown ‣ Small Black and Class Actress tonight at the Echo ‣ Colour Revolt and the […]
Dig this: New York City four-piece the Dig – not to be confused with old ’90s faves Dig – named their band in honor of the movie “Dig,” the Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols documentary. (I know, that’s a lot of Digs in one sentence.) The Dig’s sometimes-atmospheric, always-hooky indie-rock only has a little bit in […]
Top 1 show for a special occasion if were in charge of the special occasion: ‣ Teenage Fanclub and this blogger go way back. Not quite to when I was teenage, but I got “Bandwagonesque” early and never hopped off. Tonight, the Scottish quintet visits the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Shadows,” supported […]
[Happy birthday to ex-Drop Nineteens frontwoman, former Beantowner and current L.A. songstress Paula Kelley … Now, on to the weekend’s festivities:] Check out LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound for my roundup of weekend outings. Here’s a handful of my favorites in a jam-packed weekend: ‣ The Watson Twins, back from 15 dates last month supporting […]
[It’s Friday the 13th, but here at Buzz Bands HQ we only believe in the luck of the set times:] Going somewhere this weekend? Some picks … ‣ The Dollyrots and their spitfire singer-bassist Kelly Ogden keep the pop-punk flame alive on their new album, “A Little Messed Up.” They celebrate the the release, their […]
[I swelter, therefore I am. … Oh, and happy birthday, Jeremy Enigk. Come back soon.] Top 5 reasons to be outdoors this weekend: ‣ The Swell Season, She & Him and the Bird and the Bee team up for a hand-holder of a concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night. ‣ MGMT gives you […]
Why was the plug really pulled on HARD L.A. this weekend? The Times’ initial blog post cited security reasons, possibly stemming from the public outcry over the death of a 15-year-old festival-goer at the recent Electric Daisy Carnival. Now promoter Gary Richards has come clean (after initially declining comment), acknowledging extra costs forced the cancellation. […]
[Brandon Flowers, 29 years old today. In an amazing coincidence, “Crossfire,” the first single from his forthcoming solo album, was released to iTunes today.] Top 3 ways to mark your official start of summer: ‣ London quartet Athlete (latest album “Black Swan,”) brings its lovely Britpop to the Troubadour. ‣ The lineup for tonight’s Week […]
Low-keying it this weekend? With big sold-out shows in abundance, it might be the way to go. Here are a handful of below-the-radar options: Benefits: Red Cortez, the VLA and the Bixby Knolls [pictured] – and art from musician types like Matt Maust (Cold War Kids), Joel Graves (Everest) and Nathan Warkentin (We Barbarians) – […]
