Sonny Boy Thorn makes festival-ready classic rock with big grooves and modern influences — and just enough of the latter that the band doesn’t sound like it’s aping anybody from the ’90s or before. SBT is a newly uncloseted collaboration between guitarist-songwriter-producer Christopher Thorn (of Blind Melon) and singer-songwriter David “Davie” Dennis of the dearly […]
* Updated March 11, 2015: PARIS is now going by Paris Radio and has “re-debuted” the song “My Flesh” (new stream below). The Eighties sure are fun. Especially as they are being reshaped by bands who bring more than computers and synthesizers to the table. The music of the new band PARIS (stylized P A […]
Buzz Bands LA celebrated its fourth birthday as an independent blog on Tuesday, and Voxhaul Broadcast, Gliss and the Breakups provided the musical icing on the cake. The show at the Federal Bar kicked off with the classic pop of the Breakups, who played material off their new album “Running Jumping Falling Shouting.” Then Gliss […]
Your Tuesday show selections: ‣ Selfishly, we’ll start out here: Buzz Bands LA celebrates its 4-Year Anniversary at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood, with Voxhaul Broadcast, Gliss and the Breakups performing. Doors at 7:30, music at 8. ‣ Bob Mould headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Silver Age” – and it’ll […]
Incoming: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Family of the Year, Voxhaul Broadcast, Bob Mould, Miike Snow, Daughter, Lamb of God, All Time Low, Kid Koala, the Donkeys, Alanis Morissette, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, R. Kelly, Mariachi El Bronx, Lord Huron, Husky, Other Lives, Woodkid, Saint Etienne, the All-American Rejects, Electric Guest, Joan Osborne, HARD Day […]
Buzz Bands LA turns 4 this month, and what better way to celebrate than throw a party with three of our favorite L.A. bands? Voxhaul Broadcast, the explosive quartet whose music first came onto the Buzz Bands radar back in our L.A. Times days, will headline the Buzz Bands LA 4-Year Anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. […]
Random encounters of the festival kind from the second evening of Filter magazine’s Culture Collide in Echo Park: Highlight of the night It was hard to find a tigher, more exuberant band than New Orleans’ Royal Teeth. The six-member crew enveloped the Echoplex in its bright indie rock with boy/girl vocals, triple percussion, anthemic pop […]
Post-holiday fun: ‣ Gotye continues touting songs off his album “Making Mirrors” at the Greek Theatre. New York’s Chairlift and fellow Aussie electronic artist Jonti support. ‣Divine Fits play another L.A. show in support of their album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” at the Echo, and Daughn Gibson supports. ‣ The Tallest Man On Earth […]
Voxhaul Broadcast has been added to the Echo Park Rising lineup to anchor the Echo stage, and Hands, Calvin Love, Oh Boy Les Mecs and the Dead Ships have been slotted to play the Echoplex as plans are finalized for the free, one-day neighborhood festival on Saturday. Fool’s Gold (previously announced) highlights a big lineup […]
Your Wednesday show selections: ‣ L.A. quartet Voxhaul Broadcast [pictured], its new EP “Frozen Beach” out this week, heads up a strong local lineup at the Troubadour that features Mini Mansions and LA Font. ‣ NYC quartet the Dig winds up a month-long stay in L.A. – its free Wednesday residency at the Silverlake Lounge […]