Premiere: Yellow Red Sparks, ‘Seven Seas’
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Now a duo, Joshua Hanson and Sara Lynn Nishikawa return Oct. 16 with a new EP, “New Fangs Old Pangs.” The single “Seven Seas” gallops through a dicey relationship.
Now a duo, Joshua Hanson and Sara Lynn Nishikawa return Oct. 16 with a new EP, “New Fangs Old Pangs.” The single “Seven Seas” gallops through a dicey relationship.
Here’s your Saturday: ‣ Gregg Allman (of the Allman Brohers Band) and Sturgil Simpson kick off the summer’s concert series at the Annenberg Space for Photography to accompany their “Country in the City” exhibit.KCRW DJ Anne Litt will be providing tune in between sets. More details here. ‣ Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band rock the Greek Theatre. His band […]
‣ The kickoff party for Echo Park Rising brings to the Echoplex an eclectic lineup that features Them Jeans, Dirty Dave, HOTT MT and Raw Geronimo. That’s Raw Geronimo’s video for “Magnetic Love,” above. ‣ No Age headlines “Generationalpictomusicapolis,” a night of music and art at the Hammer Museum. ‣ Ocha La Rocha celebrates the […]
For all its promotional heft, the reinvented, relocated Jubilee Music & Arts Festival on Friday felt like Introduction to Concert-Going. That owed mostly to the crowd, which was not only alarmingly sparse but very young. Rosy-cheeked fans moved in gaggles, bouncing to music from peers such as teenaged quartet Cherry Glazerr, moshing to rough-and-tumble rockers […]
Yellow Red Sparks’ self-titled debut, which came out in January, is not what you’d call dark. In fact, it’s kind of a ray of sunshine in an arena populated by floppy-hatted faux folkies – an album built on meticulous songcraft and orchestration that make music’s well-worn melancholic-to-hopeful mood swings seem fresh. Director Claire Marie Vogel […]
The Jubilee Music & Arts Festival made it official tonight: The Drums, Black Lips, Free Energy and Kitten top the bill for the two-day event June 7-8. Promoters have extended the availability of pre-sale weekend passes, at $35, until Thursday. Formerly known as the Silver Lake Jubilee, the festival this year has moved from the […]
Perfect weather? Check. Great Austin vibe? Check. Stellar music? Check. The elements at the South by Southwest Music Festival on Wednesday conspired to make Buzz Bands LA’s annual “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” day party at Opal Divine’s Freehouse a memorable one. Cayucas, the Lonely Wild, the Dead Ships, Hindu Pirates, Beach Party, Pageants, Criminal Hygiene, […]
Buzz Bands LA’s annual “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” showcase and day party goes off from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th Street in Austin. If you’re in Texas for South by Southwest, stop by – it’s free, no RSVP necessary. After the jump, the rundown on who’s playing […]
Buzz Bands LA returns to Austin this year for another “Dear Austin, Love L.A.” day party on Wednesday, March 13, at Opal Divine’s Freehouse, 700 W. 6th St. It’s free, no RSVP required, and runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. More info on our special page here. Above, a mixtape with a song each […]
Hey Austin, L.A. is coming for you again this year. “Dear Austin, Love L.A,” the annual party thrown by Buzz Bands LA, returns to Opal Divine’s Freehouse on Wednesday, March 13, for a day of music from nine emerging bands. The showcase runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is free and all-ages (no […]