Download: 2 Hearts and Chemicals, ‘Froid’ (featuring Guylaine Vivarat)
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The electro-shoegaze of bi-coastal collaborators 2 Hearts and Chemicals is growing tentacles. Guitarist Eli Lhymn – the L.A. half of the band – recently rekindled a friendship with singer-bassist Guylaine Vivarat, known for her work in local bands such as Detective, Useless Keys and Tennis System. Their sweeping one-off “Froid” suggests a epic movie narrated […]
Tonight in L.A.: Youngblood Hawke/Lady Danville, LA Font, the Mae Shi, Incan Abraham/Hands, Electric Guest, Judson McKinney, the Fling
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First Monday of a new month, and you know what that means: new residencies. But first: ‣ Youngblood Hawke, Lady Danville, Useless Keys and Yellow Red Sparks team up for a Pablove Foundation benefit at the Satellite, whose February residents, Milo Greene, don’t get started until next Monday. Above is the video for Youngblood Hawke’s […]
BTW (Bands to Watch), 2012: 33 Los Angeles bands who figure to make our new year happy
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So as rich as 2011 proved to be for local music, 2012 promises even more. Following is Buzz Bands LA’s list of “Bands to Watch” for 2012 – 33 newbies who have not yet released a full-length album and are on our radar to do so in the coming year. Whom did I miss? Leave […]
Gallery: Dangerbird Records’ eight-band day party raises $2,500 for the Pablove Foundation
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Sunset Junction, who needs ya? That seemed to be the attitude on Saturday as Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown sprang to life on Saturday, with music venues and other businesses opening their doors to bands displaced by the cancellation of the annual street fair. Fans shuttled to and from locales hosting day- and nighttime […]
Sunset Junction fallout: Gigs for Art Brut, Butthole Surfers, Clap Your Hands, Charles Bradley, Peaches, more; plus, lineup for Dangerbird day party
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Bands who were all dressed up for Sunset Junction and now have nowhere to go scrambled to find other gigs this week in the wake of the festival’s cancellation. Talent buyers with holes in their weekend schedules suddenly have myriad options. Here’s what’s on our radar (Thursday morning updates in red, Thursday afternoon updates in […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dave Alvin, Death Cab for Cutie, Nico Vega/Eastern Conference Champions, Useless Keys, Run Run Run, the Happy Hollows
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[So it’s “Mötley Crüe Day” in West Hollywood today as the Sunset Strip Music Festival begins in earnest tonight with a tribute to the hard rockers at the House of Blues. Don’t know whether to bring an autograph book to the red carpet or a taser.] It’s a too-many-damn-shows Thursday. Top recommendations: ‣ L.A. roots-rock […]
Tonight in L.A.: Also I Like to Rock at the Hammer Museum (with Graffiti 6 and Eastern Conference Champions), Foster the People, Saint Motel
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Tonight’s fare (hope to see you in Westwood): ‣ The seventh annual Also I Like to Rock series kicks off at the Hammer Museum, featuring up-and-coming U.K. electro-folk sensations Graffiti6 (that’s their video for “Stone in My Heart,” above) and L.A. indie-rock trio Eastern Conference Champions. The free show in the museum’s courtyard kicks off […]
Tonight in L.A.: Asobi Seksu, Prince, My Chemical Romance, Black Dub, War, Allo Darlin’, Topanga Days Festival
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‣ Prince continues to take over the Forum. ‣ Shoegaze dream-poppers, Asobi Seksu headline the Satellite tonight with Scattered Trees and Useless Keys opening. ||| Download: Asobi Seksu, “Perfectly Crystal (Beach Fossils/Spirit Animal Remix)” ‣ Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub, featuring drummer extraordinaire Brian Blade and soulful singer Trixie Whitley, plays the Music Box tonight with […]
Tonight in L.A.: Trashcan Sinatras, the Baseball Project, Low End Theory’s Japan benefit, Ringside
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[Just in time for the beginning of baseball season – and the arrival of the Baseball Project – your humble blogger returns from some time in a distant land, away from the noise. That one mixtape I made for driving through the Midwest was pretty killer, though …] Already, my most difficult show-going decision of […]
