I'm hoping the band's name isn't a prelude to how things might go this year, but if the year goes as rocking as the music it should be just fine. I've been in a sort of blog flux lately, when I have time to blog I have no desire to and when I've had the desire the time's not been there. Same story, just monster busy at work and also have an equally monster personal to-do list. The backlog of music sent in is getting quite ominous-some stuff came in last November -so I'll effort to post as much [...]
Vampire Weekend Album Release Show At Henry Fonda Theatre Tues. Jan. 12th Happy Monday everyone! This first week back after the holidays certainly was a productive one! So many great shows so little time. I did manage to catch 60-Watt Kid and Glasser at Spaceland on Saturday. 60-Watt Kid BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND . Their lush spacey songs are will know doubt draw comparison [...]
Stellar songstresses back-to-back tonight at the Hotel Cafe — first it's Azure Ray's Maria Taylor [pictured], abetted by Brandon Walters, followed by Jesca Hoop . ... There's a full plate of residencies — Year Long Disaster (with It's Casual) at Spaceland, the Northstar Session (with David George) at the Bootleg Theater, the French Semester (with the Monolators, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Asbury) at the Echo, the Steelwells (with the Romany Rye) at the Silverlake Lounge and Semi Sweet at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. ... Also: [...]
YEAR LONG DISASTER'S 2007 self-titled debut landed them tours with The Cult, Velvet Revolver, and the Foo Fighters, as well as praise from critics and fans alike, including Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister (with whom they also toured), who told Kerrang! Magazine that "YEAR LONG DISASTER plays rock and roll music like rock and roll should be [...]
YEAR LONG DISASTER'S 2007 self-titled debut landed them tours with The Cult, Velvet Revolver, and the Foo Fighters, as well as praise from critics and fans alike, including Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister (with whom they also toured), who told Kerrang! Magazine that "YEAR LONG DISASTER plays rock and roll music like rock and roll should be [...]
Sonic Youth Play the Wiltern on Saturday Lots of January residencies begin this week (not a lot of touring bands in town).... Monday 1/4/10 [Pick of the Night] The French Semester / Letting Up Despite Great Faults / The Spires / The Health Club @ The Echo (Free) – The French Semester are doing the free Monday night residency in January. Get there to see LUDGF. [Recommended] Year Long Disaster / Open Hand [...]
[Happy new year, everybody. Buzz Bands was away on some vocab rehab for a couple of weeks, but now we return to help you lurch — did I say lurch? I meant ease — into a new decade. I hope to have some changes in the coming weeks; for now, get your year off to a good start by supporting some local folks:] News item: Few people on the Eastside would admit it, but the best lineup of shows this week comes at the Viper Room, which is [...]
In their early days, the 88 used to get compared a lot to the Kinks. Now, as they showed on last year's "Not Only ... But Also," they've come into their own, and three albums into their career they can flex their musical muscles any which way. Tonight at the Key Club, the L.A. outfit will play two sets at the Key Club — at 9:15 they will cover Bob Dylan's 44-year-old masterpieece "Highway 61 Revisited" and follow with a set of their own material. ... The Manchester Orchestra hits the Troubadour behind their [...]
Monday 1/26 * Andrew Bird, Christina Courtin @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( MP3: "Tenuousness" by Andrew Bird) * Lady Sovereign @ Pianos (show cancelled ) Tuesday 1/27 * Black Swan Green, The Morning After Girls, My Best Fiend @ Mercury Lounge [EF Pick of the Week] ( MP3: "Darker Self" by Black Swan Green) * [...]
The Sword is rapier-like. (Jack Thompson) Back when we previewed Ozzfest for August 6 issue, I wrote the following about Austin's The Sword: J.D. Cronise's lead vocals give the band's brutal, impre... Continue reading "Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To See The Sword Tonight " >
A whole bunch of you emailed us yesterday following my review of Northern Ireland's meat n' potatoes rockers The Answer; seems you all really like this kind of stuff. So hows about we take a trip in the not-so-waybackmachine to explore some jams from the likes of Year Long Disaster, Karma to Burn and The [...]
The Misfits , who were set to join Motörhead , Valient Thorr , and Year Long Disaster on the Volcom 2008 tour, have had a change of heart. Frontman Jerry Only comments: For the sake of our loyalty and dedication to all our fiends, the Misfits have chosen to withdraw from the lineup of Volcom 2008 tour. The Misfits have always held an incredibly high standard of performance and quality in everything we do. Our fans expect this and deserve it. I will not compromise their [...]
You already know the Foo Fighters are playing this Saturday, July 19, at Kemper Arena. And we've already told you lots about openers Supergrass . Oh, Supergrass ... love them . But another band worth loving a little, too, is going on first: Year Long Disaster . Photo by Paul Harries More on the band, plus audio/visuals, after the jump. [...]
If the recognizable names in Year Long Disaster don't get your attention, the familiarity of the L.A. trio's riffage will — tight, bluesy metal that sounds as if they swaggered into the middle of a Led Zeppelin-ZZ Top bar fight. "I like the old stuff," singer-guitarist Daniel Davies says. "You always want to know where things come from. You hear the Stones talk about Muddy Waters and you say, 'What is that?' When I was 12 and Nirvana did a David Bowie cover, I knew I had to check that out." There's plenty [...]
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