Blog: Buzz Bands

[One in a series on new music from L.A. environs:] Mellowdrone has spent the past couple of years picking up the pieces — after its promising 2006 debut "Box," the band was dropped by Columbia and a couple of members fell by the wayside, leaving the core duo of Jonathan Bates [pictured] and Tony DeMatteo to plot a new musical course. What emerged was the new album "Angry Bear," out today on local indie Coming Home Records. The home-recorded collection reveals Bates and [...]

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