Blog: Buzz Bands

Your fantastic Friday night: ► GV30 — the Goldenvoice/Gary Tovar celebration of 30 years of Los Angeles punk — kicks off three big night at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with Social Distortion, X and the Adolsecents. ► Guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter (pictured), on tour with drummer Scott Amendola, starts a two-night stand at the Mint behind his new release "Public Domain," a collection of his interpretation of classics dating back to the 1930s and beyond. ► Two L.A. indie-rock bands that figure to show up prominently on the 2012 radar, [...]