Video: The Black Watch, ‘Crying All the Time’
Despite the inference from the title of the the Black Watch’s 2019 album “Magic Johnson,” songwriter John Andrew Fredrick is known to favor the sport of tennis. Which is an apt metaphor for his music...
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Popular With Us 2019: Buzz Bands LA’s Albums of the Year
The mere existence of 100 Gecs excepted, 2019 was a fantastic year for music, worldwide and locally. Following is “Popular With Us 2019: Buzz Bands LA’s Albums of the Year,” an unwieldy list of L.A....
View ArticleVideo: The Black Watch, ‘Brilliant Failures’
What’s one more album between friends? “Brilliant Failures” is the title track to the Black Watch’s 18th long-player and sixth in the past six years (not counting two compilations). Like its...
View ArticleVideo premiere: The Black Watch, ‘Drip, Drip, Drip’
“Fromthing Somethat” is not a mere tongue-twister, or one of those NPR word puzzles. It’s the title of the new album from the Black Watch, their 19th overall and second full-length this year. Like its...
View ArticleStream: Albums from Fawns of Love, the Black Watch and Sugarplum Fairies
Unfinished business from 2021: Sample late-in-the-year album releases from Fawns of Love, the Black Watch and Sugarplum Fairies … FAWNS OF LOVE, “Innocence of Protection” Eighties indie torchbearers...
View ArticleStream: The Black Watch, ‘More Lies From the Government’
The Black Watch haven’t had many protest songs over their long career — and by long, we mean 35 years and 21 albums — but here one is, or something close to it, the new single “More Lies From the...
View ArticleStream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 282)
Today’s big ol’ genre-fluid playlist covers a lot of bases. Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 282) boasts some of the shoegaze/dream-pop we favor, along with some solid rockers, pop songs, assorted indie...
View ArticleStream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 286)
Even with that one festival starting today, there was a lot on our plate for Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 286). Check out songs from Janelane, Lawrence Rothman, Talker, Ariella, Launder, David...
View ArticleStream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 287)
OK, deep breath. Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 287), Buzz Bands LA’s latest compendium of things we feel compelled to share, starts off with a bang — the new single from garage-rock prodigies...
View ArticleStream: Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 295)
Songs for a full-up Friday in June: Here’s Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 295), featuring new songs from Jensen McRae, Gallant, Benjamin Carter, Mondo Cozmo, Orion Sun, Remi Wolf, Liily, Milly,...
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