Have yourself a wonderful Wednesday: ► Honeyhoney [see “You and I”] headlines the El Rey Theatre, where the duo of Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe [pictured] are joined by Zero Dezire and Wheeler Walker Jr. ► Scott Bartenhagen [check out his “Black Dane” EP, if you haven’t already] holds forth at the Satellite. Jr. and […]
Incoming: Smokey Robinson, Fort Minor, the Ceremonies, Crash Kings, Tennis System, Pac Div, Jacco Gardner, Paper Pilots, Luke James, the Griswolds, Helmet, Ballerina Black, Elle King, Honeyhoney, LEX, Laudlin Strangers, Scott Bartenhagen, Western Lows, Otep, Wale, Blue Blazer, Aaron Gillespie, Infected Mushroom, Smokey Robinson, Television, Toe, David Serby, Buyepongo, King Chip, Slander, Blackstreet, Radio Moscow, […]
Preface: More than 200 Los Angeles-sired albums landed on Buzz Bands LA’s doorstep this year, and they came in all sounds and styles. There is something to recommend in a startling number of them. But to avert writing the same introduction I did last year, I will simply say, in dispensing with the notion of […]
Get in the spirit: ‣ Bust out your most hideous holiday knitwork, the Christmas Sweater Festival is back. Blues-rock duo Deap Vally [pictured] headlines the benefit for the Pablove Foundation, going off at the Bootleg Theater, supported by Western Lows, Boardwalk, Heaven and Crash. Ugliest Christmas sweater wins. ‣ Instrumental rock marvels El Ten Eleven […]
Quick notes about some important upcoming benefit shows: ‣ Sasha Vallely is well-known in L.A. music circles as a promoter and singer/multi-instrumentalist (with such bands as the Silver Chords, Spindrift and the Warlocks). Last March, Vallely was in an accident that required neck and spinal surgery, the aftermath of which has left her unable to […]
Eastern Conference Champions closed out the Buzz Bands LA / White Iris Records stage at Echo Park Rising on Sunday night with a signature blast of guitar-driven ecstasy. But that we expected. What surprised was the soulful, rather show-stealing turn from Rachel Fannan and her band Only You. It was but one reason the Taix […]
Thought we were going to end our first night of Echo Park Rising on a nice note? Think again. Buzz Bands LA is happy to announce the Icarus Line as the latest addition to the Taix Champagne Room stage co-presented by White Iris Records. As our closing act for Saturday night, Joe Cardamone and crew will […]
As with the Mezzanine Owls and other previous projects, singer-guitarist Jack Burnside mines a curious duality on “Glacial,” the debut from his new trio Western Lows. In the fore is a wash of noisy guitar and beneath, only occasionally surfacing, is the soft-spoken Burnside, a shoegazing bard if there ever was one. In the genteel […]
Echo Parking Rising, the free, two-day neighborhood festival is happening on Saturday, Aug. 17 and Sunday, Aug. 18, and Buzz Bands LA is once again privileged to be curating one stage during the festival, in the Champagne Room at Taix Lounge. This year, we team up with White Iris Records to present 16 local bands […]
Have a great Tuesday: ‣ Western Lows celebrate today’s release of their debut album “Glacial” at the Echo, supported by Francisco the Man and LA Font. And Buzz Bands LA DJs will on hand for the party. [Check out some dreamy songs from “Glacial” here.] ‣ Just a tick past his 65th birthday, Todd Rundgren […]
