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Tonight in L.A.: Flosstradamus, Kissing Cousins, the Sunset Drifters, the...
Last Monday of the year, so make it good: ‣ The New Year’s Eve celebration starts early – the three-night “OMFG! NYE” shows at the Shrine Expo Hall kick off with Chicago duo Flosstradamus, along with...
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Stream: Buzz Bands LA’s Viva! Pomona Festival mix
The third annual Viva! Pomona festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19, at the Glass House. We’ve compiled a hefty 42-track mixtape of bands performing this weekend. From indie rock to...
View ArticlePhotos: Hinds at the Echoplex
[See image gallery at buzzbands.la] Neither rain nor mud nor a night in Tehachapi could keep Hinds from their appointed rounds Friday night. Which included playing to a giddy crowd at the Echoplex....
View ArticleThis Week’s Shows: March 7-13
Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Mumiy Troll, LP, Fell Runner, Mating Ritual, Pompeya, Third Vision, Shannon & the Clams, Animal Collective, Bishop, High Highs, James Davis, Cannibal Corpse, Eliot...
View ArticleTonight in L.A.: Animal Collective, Eliot Sumner, High Highs, Bishop, James...
Tuesday’s Los Angeles concerts: ► Animal Collective headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Painting With,” with Ratking opening, and later at the Lyric Theatre there’s an Animal Collective...
View ArticleSXSW 2016, Day 4: Lolipop’s sweet spot and post-storm Seattle flair
[See image gallery at buzzbands.la] Tele Novella, Rudy De Anda, TEE, the Parrots, Cullen Omori Friday adventures of a SXSW first-timer: As the old saying goes, “red skies at night, sailor’s delight....
View ArticleThis Week’s Shows: March 21-27
Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Smashing Pumpkins, Coheed & Cambria, Justin Bieber, K’s Choice, LP, Mating Ritual, Fell Runner, Savoir Adore, Sarah Neufeld, At the Drive-In, Lust for Youth, Reverend...
View ArticleStream: Rudy De Anda, ‘Hunger Cloud’
The guitar lines in Rudy De Anda‘s “Hunger Cloud” are so charming and perky, they could make flowers grow or popsicles melt into happy puddles. That’s not say there isn’t any grit or hard edges to the...
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Stream: Deserted at the Palms 2016 festival mixtape
The one-day music festival Deserted at the Palms returns to Wonder Valley on May 21, and if you already have tickets and travel plans, you’ll be happy to learn that Rudy De Anda, Stars at Night and...
View ArticlePhotos: Deserted at The Palms
[See image gallery at buzzbands.la] Someone asked how Deserted At The Palms fits into the landscape of other popular desert music festivals and the short answer is, it doesn’t. Calling it a festival...
View ArticlePremiere: Rudy De Anda, ‘House Of Construction’
Formerly known as Wild Pack Of Canaries’ frontman, Long Beach artist Rudy De Anda makes music under his own name now, releasing the Ikey Owens produced EP, “Ostranenie,” last year, as an appetizer to...
View ArticleThis Week’s Shows: March 6-12
Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Spoon, Korn, Tashaki Miyaki, Vallis Alps, La Bouquet, Helado Negro, Midnight Sister, Geordie Kieffer, the Diamond Light, Benjamin Booker, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dr....
View ArticlePhotos: Chicano Batman at the Fonda Theatre
[See image gallery at buzzbands.la] Playing in front of a huge backdrop of their “Freedom Is Free” album cover, L.A. quartet Chicano Batman turned the sold-out Fonda Theatre into a sea of hopping,...
View ArticleTonight in L.A.: Elton John, Hippo Campus, De Lux, Olafur Arnalds, Turkuaz,...
L.A. shows for Friday: ► Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour continues at the Forum. ► Brooklyn funksters Turkuaz headline the Teragram Ballroom. ► Hippo Campus headlines the Novo, with Now...
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This Week’s Shows: Aug. 5-11
Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Elvis Costello, FKJ, Lionel Richie, Backstreet Boys, Talk Time, Automatic, A.O. Gerber, Love Nothing, Nyles Lannon, Rudy De Anda, Bush, the Shelters, Ashrr, LANDED, Donny...
View ArticleStream: Rudy de Anda, ‘Espume’
Genre-melding maverick Rudy de Anda will release his new album “Tender Epoch” on Sept. 18 via Karma Chief Records, an imprint of Colemine Records. De Anda’s music has always been an affecting collision...
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Notes From a Pandemic: Taylor Swift, Junior Mesa, San Cha, Serpentwithfeet,...
ONLINE FINDS ■ The Broad Museum’s new series, “L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement,” debuts today, featuring performances by San Cha feat. Mx. Matías and Serpentwithfeet, poetry by Shonda...
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