Artist: Daniel Ahearn

Tuesday's touts for live tunes: ► Grammy Museum's spotlight tonight features Ryan Raddon aka pioneer DJ Kaskade . Guests will hear tracks from his latest album "Fire and Ice," and will also get some behind-the-scene takes on a few of the tracks. ► Punk-dance outfit Professor Possessor headlines the Bootleg Bar. Brett (formerly the Dance Party ) and 100% Silk open. ► Daniel Ahearn & the Jones [check out "Make It Right" ] and Auditorium get together at Los Globos. ►The Echo features [...]

On last year's "It's Not You, It's Us" EP, Daniel Ahearn & the Jones revealed the ability the capture a moment and crystallize emotions in a single verse. Ahearn and co-conspirator Mindy Jones deal in finely crafted Americana with harmonies pretty as a painting; their love-obsessed folk-pop is at once wry and open-hearted. The duo's new album "Sirens," made with producer Mocky (Feist, Jamie Lidell) and due this spring, promises some more explosive moments — Ahearn's old alt-country band Ill Lit could certainly rock out — so it'll be nice to one of the Eastside's finest songwriters turn [...]

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Daniel Ahearn has one of those voices that commands attention — genteel but earnest, lyrical but lacking the extravagant affections that bog down many folk singers. In singer/multi-insrumentalist Mindy Jones, Ahearn has found the perfect foil for his frank meditations. And as Daniel Ahearn & the Jones , they make sweet songs that are reality checks in disguise. Well, maybe not even not even disguised very well. As Ahearn told us back in 2011 , he's the kind of writer who lives for that moment "of total truth," and you're liable to hear some of that on the [...]

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For those in LA looking to satiate their hearts (with or without that special somebody) with the sound of song this Vday, then A Very Special Valentine's Day at The Mint is your special... something . The night of song features sets from Daniel Ahearn & The Jones, The Sweet Hurt, Correatown, and Monsters Calling Home. Interested? B3SCI has you covered! Drop us a line and we'll enter you in our drawing for a pair of tickets to the evening. Because we choo-choo-choose you. Correatown - All The [...]

Continuing with our one-night stand we had with Daniel Ahearn & The Jones a few weeks back, here's part dos of our conversation about their life as a band in Los Angeles. For this portion, we listen in on their discussion of the local scene and their place in it coming from the perspective of ones that have been around longer than a majority of the bands around town. We had to cut a ton of great footage and commentary out just to get it into something A.D.D. video watchers could sit through but you still should get [...]

We set up a coffee date with the sexy duo of Daniel Ahearn & The Jones last week in Echo Park but because Stories closed early we ended up chatting at the world famous Laundromat next door. So what was supposed to be a chance to get to first base ended up being a deep discussion about their music, the Los Angeles music scene, and basically how they're surviving in this economy as indie musicians

► If it's the first Sunday of the month, that means Daniel Ahearn and the Sunday Night Jones will be playing at the Satellite. L.A. band Taylor Locke & the Roughs and Canadian alternative folk-rock band Deep Dark Woods [See "West Side Street" ] also join in on the fun. ► Judson McKinney celebrates the release of his album "Drink the Wine" with Count Fleet , the Lonely Wild and Fort King at Bootleg Theater. ► Local '90s punk rockers Wax headline [...]

► It promises to feel like a night at the movies at the Satellite, where A Winged Victory for the Sullen performs. It's a collaboration pairing Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie ( Stars of the Lid ) and pianist Dustin O'Halloran (once upon a time of the fine L.A. duo Devics ), and their ambient tunes will be abetted by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble and video projections Christina Vantzou. ► Kiev continues its residency at the Central SAPC in Santa Monica with a good lineup that includes Monte Mar, the New Limb and Facts on [...]

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Plenty of Sunday fun: ► If it's the first Sunday of the month, then it must be time for the Sunday Night Jones at the Satellite . Hosted by Daniel Ahearn and the Jones (and co-presented by Buzz Bands LA), tonight's installment is headlined by Liz Clark , the Denver-born singer-songwriter cultivated her craft in the New York scene before settling in Ireland. Her fourth album "Lonely and the Moose" is due early next year. Above, the video for "Who's Your Angel?" And below: Check out and download "Feet on the Ground" [...]

► Ari Shine brings his new power-pop to the Sunday Night Jones series at the Satellite tonight. That's his video for "Ship in a Bottle" above. [Make sure to grab "It's A Go." ] Also, Daniel Ahearn and the Jones play in addition to Americana-folk collective Eagle Rock Gospel Singers who round out the bill for one eclectic evening. ► It's a loud and heavy night at the Troubadour. Rockers Torche headline with Big Business and Thrones playing as support. ► The Preservation [...]

[No tantrums today — it's Fitz's birthday. Cheers to Michael Fitzpatrick on the eve of his band's big homecoming show at the Music Box:] Tonight's flurry of activity: ► This week's installment of the free Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum will sizzle with a little joie de pop — headlining are Grouplove , the L.A. quintet whose debut album "Never Trust a Happy Song" arrives Sept. 13 via Canvasback/Atlantic. The fivesome has [...]

It's a full-up Friday: ► U2 . The scrappy band from Ireland. Angel Stadium. ► The Wooden Birds , the latest project from American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny, bring something of an all-star lineup to the Echo for a show in support of their new album "Two Matchsticks." Kenny's lineup is populated by three members of Matt Pond PA (Pond himself, Leslie Sisson and Chris Haskins), along with drummer Sean Haskins. The early show also has two great L.A. support acts, A House For Lions and Daniel Ahearn . [...]

Sunday's touts: ► Buffalo Springfield goes for round two at The Wiltern. ► Twee pop fanatics get a special Part-Time Punks at the Echo's later show tonight. Aberdeen will be playing their first L.A. show in eight years [see our interview with Beth Arzy ] along with fellow Sarah Records labelmates 14 Iced Bears in addition to Phil Wilson of the June Brides. ► British band Stornowa y brings their alternative indie folk-flavored pop to the Troubadour. Go early and catch Sacramento's charming [...]

Top music picks on a night everyone will be curious who comes out on top at the "Air Sex Championships" at the Satellite: ► The Echo and the Echoplex will be going off thanks to Dub Club's Japan Benefit, with the Chris Murray Combo and  Queen P and the Apologies performing. ► South African quartet the Parlotones rocks the Viper Room, supported by the Hundred Days . The Parlotones have been touring the U.S. for the first time, and drummer Neil Pauw put together a video (above) for their song [...]

MARCUS VERY ORDINARY, DANIEL AHEARN, AND CAREFUL ON WEDNESDAY MAR. 30TH AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER, 2220 BEVERLY BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM/ $8/ 21+

[With your humble Buzz Bands LA squad off to Austin for SXSW, these daily posts will be mighty brief in the coming week. There's still good music to support, and you should ...] Top choices for Tuesday: ► Noah & the Whale's third album, "Last Night on Earth," comes out today, and the orchestral pop band plays to a sold-out Troubadour tonight. Above, their video for "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." Luke Rathborne opens. ► Noise-pop duo Alpine Decline headlines the Echo, supported by [...]

The initial installment of Buzz Bands LA's SecondTuesday series at Lot 1 Cafe was all about the warm vibe. In the intimate Echo Park room, Omaha expatriate Jake Bellows (top photo) debuted new solo material, teamed up with Morgan Nagler of Whispertown 2000 for a few songs and performed music from the catalog of his band Neva Dinova . L.A.'s Daniel Ahearn , profiled here last week, brought a full band to engage the crowd with songs from his new album "Long Way Home." And Judson McKinney of Judson & Mary [...]

Portraits by Laurie Scavo Downloads and videos appear below There is a felicity to Los Angeles about which I never want to become cynical. The waitress who hands you pancakes at Millie's might be in a big movie two years later. The kid at the Apple store is working on animation that'll knock your socks off. The nerdy clerk who types listings at the newspaper has the makings of an electro-pop star. The barista is making progress on a novel. The other barista has a gallery show [...]

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