Ten years after: Ten things I remember about 2008 (and a flashback playlist)
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Ten years later, 2008 sounds pretty good. The memories, though, are a mixed bag. Here’s Buzz Bands LA’s annual flashback.
Salute to Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ runs long, yields deep rewards
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The legacy of “Pet Sounds” brought together bands of all shapes and sizes at the Echo on May 15, paying tribute to Brian Wilson’s great masterpiece.
Tonight in L.A.: 'Pet Sounds' Tribute, Andrew Bird, Modern English
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Also on Sunday: Cross Record, Syd Straw, Go Betty Go, Miike Snow, Young Thug, Colleen Green, Iron Butterfly
Tonight in L.A.: Mumford & Sons, the Vaccines, Lindsey Stirling
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Also: Fucked Up, Fakers/the Henry Clay People, the Bulls/Gothic Tropic, Hunny, Los Angelics, Low Volts.
This Week’s Shows: Aug. 17-23
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Upcoming L.A. concerts: FYF Fest, Chinatown Summer Nights, Mumford & Sons, Fucked Up, Tinariwen, Ghostface Killah, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Bloc Party, Motorhead, Ariel Pink, Colbie Caillat, Heart and more.
Stream: Fakers, ‘Gold Room’
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“Who knows, we just might do the residency and then break up,” a member of Fakers told me after a June show. Whether he was joking is anyone’s guess.
Premiere: Fakers, ‘$600’
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Post-millenial malaise, working-class poverty, creative frustrations — all those grievances are aired in “$600,” the first song to emerge from the new band Fakers, comprised of well-known agitators on L.A.’s indie scene. They are Travis Shettel of Piebald, Cameron Dmytryk of Vanaprasta/Sun Drug, Benjamin Heywood of Summer Darling and brothers Joey and Andy Siara of […]
Gallery: Replacements Tribute at the Satellite, featuring the Henry Clay People
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The Henry Clay People broke their promise. And all it took was some beer and the Replacements. When the scene favorites played Echo Park Rising last year, ending a decade-or-so run highlighted by two great albums (2008’s “For Cheap or for Free” and 2012’s “Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives”), they vowed it would […]
Tonight in L.A.: Tribute to the Replacements (with the Henry Clay People), High on Fire, Frankmusic, SOJA, Hobart W Fink, Tiffany Gouché, Myron & E, Among Savages/Aaron Embry, Horse Thief
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Why, hello there, Tuesday: ‣ Nothing like a Tribute to the Replacements to bring the late, great Henry Clay People back together for a one-off. The Satellite’s monthly cover night, this one saluting the ’Mats and featuring a band that can do them justice, also boasts the Bixby Knolls, Geronimo Getty, the Breakups, Magic Mirror, […]
Gallery: A super Saturday around Echo Park Rising
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Sunset what? Echo Park Rising, the upstart neighborhood celebration of music that emerged when the long-running Sunset Junction festival went bust, expanded to two days this year, and early returns were that the festival was a smash hit. From the outdoor stage at Taix to the Echo and Echoplex to smaller rooms all over the […]
