Friday, wow … and there’s a baseball game too: ‣ Kings of Leon hold forth at the Hollywood Bowl, supported by Kongos. ‣ At the Greek Theatre, it’s the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash, doing the first of two nights. ‣ U.K. indie-rockers Bombay Bicycle Club headline the Wiltern, with Milo Greene and Luxley supporting. […]
Incoming: Sam Smith, the Orwells, Sir Sly, Royal Blood Teleman, the Picturebooks, Beach Party, Clean Bandit, King Crimson, Wand, Cibo Matto, Martha Davis, Lenka, the Big & Rich, Trigger Hippy, the Felice Brothers, Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rockettes, Turbogeist, the War on Drugs, Cass McCombs, Wongchilde, Nick Waterhouse, Joel Jerome, Brother Ali, Ben Kweller, […]
SXSW 2014 was busier than ever and the Buzz Bands LA staff was once again running around covering as many bands as we could – as usual, leaving the A-list party-crashers to outlets in favor of the spirit of discovery we think the festival is all about. With the help of guest blogger Trina Green, […]
[Foot rubs for our guest blogger?] Trina Green (@dharma69) on Thursday at SXSW: It took a little extra effort to get up and out and into the spirit of doing something as frivolous as enjoying music the morning after the tragedy that occurred on Red River, but it didn’t look like I was the only […]
‣ Back in August, Athens, Ga., trio the Whigs did a little KCSN / Buzz Bands LA-presented show at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood and rocked the joint in a way that befitted the title of their new, fourth album, “Enjoy the Company.” Tonight they pay L.A. another visit, playing the Bootleg Bar supported […]
Incoming: Xavier Rudd, Ellie Goulding, Freelance Whales, First Aid Kit, Carrie Underwood, Bombay Bicycle Club, Neil Young, Lupe Fiasco, Don Felder, Stars, Los Campesinos!, the Whigs, Twin Shadow, Woods, ZZ Ward, Leon Russell, Paul Weller, Allen Stone, Frightened Rabbit, the Growlers, Maroon 5, Crocodiles, Crystal Castles, the Soft Pack, the Jealous Sound, Dan Deacon, Peaches, […]
Guitar, bass and drums, seared by the flame of urgent vocals. Athens, Ga., trio the Whigs haven’t changed the formula much over seven years and three albums, nor have they needed to. Now subscribers to the straight-up rock ’n’ roll tenets of guitarist Parker Gispert, bassist Timothy Deaux and drummer Julian Dorio have another chapter […]
The Whigs satiated plenty of rockist appetites when the Athens, Ga., trio released their third album “In the Dark” early last year. If they haven’t shown up on the radar lately, it’s because they’ve been busy promoting and touring behind the European release of the album. So if you’ll pardon the interruption, here’s some midday […]
[Sources say that Stephen Chen of the Airborne Toxic Event celebrates a birthday today. Meanwhile, Buzz Bands stumbles toward a busy weekend, completely in the mood for this DIY video from Sea of Bees’ Julie Baenziger for her songs “Gnomes”:] Top 5 reasons to solstice your summer a bit early this weekend: ‣ It’s a […]
Black leather never goes out of fashion. And to a certain population – represented by the giddy crowd that packed the Echoplex on Thursday night – neither does the music of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Revivalists when they first roared into our consciousness early last decade, Peter Hayes and Robert Levon Been have now become […]
