BUZZ BANDS

7 is their lucky number

The new album by L.A. pop eccentric group the Sugarplastic will be a long time coming. About two years, actually. And two songs at a time. In what its label is calling the “7x7x7 project,” the band will release seven 7-inch vinyl records every three months, with accompanying artwork adhering to the theme -- local songwriter Celeste Moreno, who works in Harley-Davidson’s art department, renders the seven deadly sins on the first cover. “It’s songwriting in progress,” says band member Ben Eshbach. The Sugarplastic’s partner in the venture is bedroom label TallBoy Records, which plans to issue the numbered, colored-vinyl discs (limited to 300) via subscription for $50. The band will play a release show April 30 at the Bigfoot Lodge in Los Feliz.

On exhibit

No matter what anybody thinks of its melodic rock, Downtown Popular knows when to kick it into gear. How else to explain the Southland quintet turning up at a mid-sized venue (the Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana on April 4, opening for Berlin), at a rock club (Saturday at the Coconut Teaszer in Hollywood) and at art exhibitions

Fast forward

Rhyme-master Aceyalone, who has a release, “Love and Hate,” scheduled for this summer, is one of some 70 Southland acts traveling to Austin for the South by Southwest music festival. He performs Friday ....Chanteuse Kim Fox starts a five-week tour Monday at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood with a release party for her new album, “Return to Planet Earth.” As part of that tour, Fox will play a March 28 date with Jon Brion at Largo.

-- Kevin Bronson

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