[Saturday notebook ...] ► Orange County-bred folk-rock quintet Mississippi Man [pictured], who put out their debut album "A-OK" this summer, is calling it quits. The band's final show will be Sunday at the Bootleg Theater. Said David Knight via e-mail: "We felt like we went as far as we could with MM." ► Grouplove , the indie-pop quintet who went from zero to opening for Florence + the Machine in a matter of a few months, are signed to Atlantic [...]
[It's Friday the 13th, but here at Buzz Bands HQ we only believe in the luck of the set times:] Going somewhere this weekend? Some picks ... ☛ The Dollyrots and their spitfire singer-bassist Kelly Ogden keep the pop-punk flame alive on their new album, "A Little Messed Up." They celebrate the the release, their third full-length, with a show tonight at the Bootleg Theater. ☛ British quartet Wild Beasts bring [...]
[Happy new week, and happy birthday to Iron & Wine's Samuel Beam.] Top 3 reasons tonight is like Friday: ☛ Local dance-punks Funeral Party razorlight-020309 [...]
Last year Mississippi Man busted out of Fullerton with a truckload of sweet melodies, endearing harmonies and a twangy EP, "The Snake Oil Salesman" that earned them immediate comparisons to indie folk/blues merchants Delta Spirit and Cold War Kids. Since, they've had a flirtation with an indie record label, played a mess of shows and slowly worked on a full-length — all the while trying to keep smiles planted on their faces. "The cool thing is, we've taken a lot of time," says David Knight, who with Luke Messimer is one of two singer-guitarist-lyricists in the [...]
Yes, this video's a year old now, but I'll use it to reinforce a familiar Buzz Bands mantra: early arrival recommended. If you are subjecting yourself to the overwrought strains of Kings of Leon tonight at the Hollywood Bowl (or if you're there for indie-rock veterans Built to Spill ), get to the amphitheater early for Nashville quartet the Features , whose 2009 album "Some Kind of Salvation" remains a house favorite at Buzz Bands HQ. Top 5 other ways to service your World Cup hangover: ☛ [...]
[This belated Monday missive is brought to you by my holiday weekend hangover:] Top 5 reasons to mumble "Hawl-uh-day, what hawl-uh-day?" and venture out tonight: Four promising residencies kick off: Folk-rockers Mississippi Man at the Echo ( Rumspringa opens); Summer Darling (whose debut is coming out digitally Tuesday on Origami) at Spaceland ( Twilight Sleep supports); the Outline (new EP, "Who You Love") at the Bootleg Theater ( Superhumanoids close the evening); and O.C.'s Yellow Red Sparks [...]
Here is our regular monthly round up of 25 of the best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel in the past month, and three new gems too. That's a more than decent mixtape sorted even if we were crap in the World Cup! The Futurebirds – Battle For Rome mp3 Glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem that recalls Neil Young at his finest Puro Instinct – California Shakedown mp3 Dreamily seductive slice of icy pop Burnt Ones – [...]
Mississippi Man are a Californian five piece who go by the names Mumbles, Grumbles, Stumbles, Fumbles and you guessed it Crumbles. That aside they play a superb blend of Americana and country-folk that had us hooked from the first moment we heard it. Wonderful harmonies, rhythms and instrumentation with an edge make this one of our finds of 2010 so far. They released the wonderfully titled The Snakeoil Salesman EP last year, and are now prepping their debut long-player A-OK for a summer release. Taster track The Mountain is a corker [...]
This weekend the SILVER LAKE JUBILEE takes place from 10am-1am all weekend and has something for everyone - food, music, arts, children's villages, and vendors all for $5. Many of our friends and former Future Sounds/Rumble family members will be performing, here are some of the highlights ( see the full schedule here ): SATURDAY MAY 22 SUNSET STAGE [...]
There is some solid music happening this weekend at the Silver Lake Jubilee . The festival is a two-day event that takes place this Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23, from 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Some of the acts scheduled to appear include The Growlers, Foreign Born, Blue Jungle, Mississippi Man, The Living Sisters, Dios, Radar Brothers, and The Entrance Band. For the full lineup and schedule of events (click here) . General admission tickets are just $5 . The Entrance Band [...]
The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion — not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees' appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee organizers to co-present the indoor stage at El Cid on Saturday and Sunday night. Eastern Conference Champions — supported by Mississippi Man, Francisco the Man and Polls — headline on Saturday; Useless Keys [...]
Two bands we've had the recent pleasure of watching perform on our RUMBLE parties in recent months - MISSISSIPPI MAN and PEPPER RABBIT play tonight at The Echo for a show put on by LA Record. The boys in Mississippi Man have all the makings of rock legends in the makings, after having a friend hustle us for money one night and the next partaking in scandalous van activities, and then stepping on stage to deliver an amazing live set. They surprised us with a much larger sound than [...]
Mississippi Man plays tonight at the Echo with Pepper Rabbit, White Arrows, and The Fling. Here's a taste of the band's favorite jams featuring music from Entrance, Avi Buffalo, The Growlers, Grandaddy, The Kinks, Dark Dark Dark, The Seeds, The Strange Boys and more.
[Smile, break into song and wish the man born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, whom you know as Stevie Wonder, a happy 60th birthday. As icing on the cake, I offer tonight's music desserts:] Massive shows, mini shows, tonight has it all — just for grins, I'll start out small: The lineup of local bands at the Echo is good and deep. A cheap ticket gets you Mississippi Man , Pepper Rabbit , White Arrows and the Fling . ... At the Silverlake Lounge, See Green plays [...]
The new music from SoCal quintet Mississippi Man pulls the heartstrings into the penumbra between giddy folk/blues and vintage pop, and that is A-OK. Actually, "A-OK" is the title of the debut album singer-guitarists Luke Messimer and David Knight and their bandmates plan to release this summer. They've been recording since earlier this spring in an old warehouse, using an old tape machine, trying to realize that old adage that everything old is new again. ||| Download: "Mountain" (Mix 1) ||| Live: Mississippi Man, joined by [...]
TONIGHT @ 3 Clubs in Hollywood it's the May version of THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES with three more acts performing that should be on your radar. Headlining the show will be the LA based act - MISSISSIPPI MAN - we recently got turned onto them and their song " Hell's Oven " has us hooked. Check them out and download this song - " Ricochet [...]
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