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Ears Wide Open: Oh Boy Les Mecs

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Oh Boy Les Mecs – the post-Twilight Sleep adventures of collaborators Tracy Marcellino and Hanford Pittman – sets its sights on altitudes the duo’s dark electro-pop never reached. Beat-laden synths and arching (and for Marcellino, stronger) vocals conspire with rich lyrics to give Oh Boy Les Mecs – French slang for “oh boy you guys” […]

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Tonight in L.A.: MNDR, Helen Stellar, White Arrows

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[Happy birthday, Julian Casablancas, who, the archives tell me, was born in 1978 on the day Keith Moon died.] Top 4 detours from the Hollywood Bowl traffic jam for the Dave Matthews Band concert there: ‣ MNDR (pronounced Mander), the nom de dance music of Amanda Warner (pictured) and Peter Wade, play the RSVP-only It’s […]

Tonight in L.A.: Alice Russell, Nneka, Fol Chen, more

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[If you root through the archives, you find that Aug. 16 is a pretty momentous day in music history. Robert Johnson (1938) and Elvis Presley (1977) died on this day. Madonna (1958) and LL Cool J (1968) were born. Any headlines so far today?] Top 3 reasons to open your ears (and possibly wallet) tonight: […]

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Tonight in L.A.: Serena-Maneesh, Oliver Future

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The post -SXSW onslaught of great shows begins tonight, when Norwegian rockers Serena-Maneesh hit the Troubadour. Their new album “S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor” comes out Tuesday. Supporting will be Brooklyn’s the Depreciation Guild [pictured], which has a new album “Spirit Youth” coming May 18. … Speaking of new album, L.A. trio Oliver Future […]

Tonight in L.A.: Builders and Butchers, Alberta Cross

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[Birthday holler goes out to Dave Grohl today. Meanwhile, here’s your rather skimpy show slate for tonight:] The music of Portland quintet the Builders and the Butchers [pictured] has been described as “punkgrass,” and whatever the label says, the band’s album “Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well” is fiery and twangy and intense like whack […]

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Tonight in L.A.: Kissing Cousins, Fair to Midland

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[Happy 24th birthday today to Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys. In L.A., meanwhile, the new year is starting to get busy …] Does the warm weather (it was 75 today at Buzz Bands HQ) have you longing for winter? Might be a good night to take in Spaceland on Ice at Pershing Square downtown. […]

Tonight in L.A.: Imaad Wasif, Dios, Seasons

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[Holy Thanksgiving leftovers, it’s almost December. And happy birthday, Steve Aoki …] The fun folks at Buddyhead are throwing a party at the Hotel Cafe, and the loaded lineup looks like this: Imaad Wasif, Dios, Olin and the Moon and Mini Mansions, among others. … Seasons, whose song “The Weight” will be somewhere near the […]

Hugs and kisses as we plunge into 2009

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Not to get all People magazine on you, but the early part of 2009 seemed to be all about the love, and not just the Benjamin Gibbard-Zooey Deschanel variety. First there was the Henry Clay People’s headlining set on New Year’s Eve at Spaceland. After leading up to the 12 o’clock countdown by covering the […]

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