Best New Bands » Direct From The Ether http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 PHOX Premiere Video For “Slow Motion” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/phox-premiere-video-for-slow-motion/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/phox-premiere-video-for-slow-motion/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:07:48 +0000 New York – PHOX are delighted to share their charming new video for “Slow Motion”. Directed by PHOX’s very own Zach Johnston (guitar / banjo), the video was shot in Nashville across from The Stone Fox, a popular venue & restaurant co-owned by William Tyler (Silver Jews, Lambchop). The video is five minutes of pure,

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  1. Races Premiere Lies Video For this video, RACES teamed up with director Edward Chase Masterson, who directed their previous music video for Big Broom. The band is excited to premiere the video for Lies on Noisey / Vice. Click Here To Watch ‘Lies’ Wade Ryff of...
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Premiere “We Almost Lost Detroit” Video Today, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. premiere their brand new video for “We Almost Lost Detroit” via a dual premiere with Stereogum and Vimeo, where the video is featured on the homepage. The video for the Gil Scott-Heron cover, which is...
  3. Behind the Scenes at Lollapalooza with PHOX PHOX is an up and coming indie folk group hailing from Baraboo, Wisconsin, a place they describe on their website as, “where kids often drink poisoned groundwater and become endowed mutants.” Well whatever is in the water up in Baraboo...
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  1. Jamestown Revival Announce December Tour Dates Jamestown Revival have announced a string of tour dates around the west coast this December. The band will be touring beginning on December 8 in San Diego at Lestats, before playing in Los Angeles on December 10 at the Troubadour. The tour continues with...
  2. Jamestown Revival Release Debut Album UTAH Today Los Angeles – Jamestown Revival is proud to announce the release of their debut album UTAH. They are currently touring in support of the album’s release. The tour includes shows in Chicago (Feb 16 at Double Door) and Los Angeles (Mar 05 at...
  3. Interview: Jamestown Revival Los Angeles – Fifteen miles off of a dirt road in the dusty nowheres of Walker County, Texas Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance found their calling. Jamestown Revival was born on a back porch and bred in Austin before relocating...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/jamestown-revival-announce-more-headlining-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Sylvan Esso Releases “Play It Right” Live Video At Sofar London http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/sylvan-esso-releases-play-it-right-live-video-at-sofar-london/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/sylvan-esso-releases-play-it-right-live-video-at-sofar-london/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:17:58 +0000 New York – Sylvan Esso was not meant to be a band.  Rather, Amelia Meath had written a song called “Play It Right” and sung it with her trio Mountain Man.  She’d met Nick Sanborn, an electronic producer working under the name Made of Oak, in passing on a shared bill in a small club

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  1. Sylvan Esso Nashville – Sylvan Esso is a name that has been popping up on tastemaker music blogs with more and more frequency over the past year. Their music is so electric, so sticky that it’s difficult to declare which of the...
  2. The Joy Formidable Prep for U.S. Tour; Releases Music Video for “A Heavy Abacus” Preps for U.S. Tour And Releases A Music Video for Their New Single “A Heavy Abacus” The Joy Formidable are about to embark on their first headlining US Tour of 2012, beginning on March 12 in San Francisco, CA. A...
  3. Live Review: Los Campesinos! At Heaven In London London – After a somewhat turbulent couple of years, Los Campesinos! followed up 2011’s Hello Sadness with the release of the highly anticipated No Blues in late October.  The band’s first album since the departure of founding member Ellen Campesinos!...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/sylvan-esso-releases-play-it-right-live-video-at-sofar-london/feed/ 1 5 New Bands To See At Coachella http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-2/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:25:06 +0000 Los Angeles – It’s time for Coachella. It seems that every year it gets harder and harder to figure out where you want to be and who you want to see. We’ve come up with some recommendations to help you find some new bands to include in the mix. We’ve seen most of these bands

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  1. 5 More New Bands To Check Out At Coachella Over the past week, we’ve showcased the best new bands to check out at Coachella. Like last week, we’ve dedicated our Artist of the Week feature will again take a look at some of our favorite new bands to play...
  2. Six of the Best New Bands At Coachella This Weekend Last weekend’s edition of Coachella featured everything you could hope for in a festival. There was heat, wind, dust and oh yeah, some great music as well. Between the babes and the bros, everyone seemed to have a good time...
  3. 5 Must-See Bands On The Coachella Undercard So you’re going to Coachella! If you’re anything like me, you’re probably stoked as a surfer staring at the perfect swell about seeing Radiohead live, but you’re praying they don’t imitate their latest release, The King of Limbs and leave...
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  1. Artist of the Week: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros It’s been a long strange trip for Alexander Ebert. Before he formed the much buzzed about new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, he was the frontman for Ima Robot. But after the band dissolved, nobody would have thought...
  2. Zeroing in on Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros It all began with a psychedelic story. Edward Sharpe was a character that Alex Ebert developed during his stint in a 12 step addiction program. In an interview with Paste magazine, Ebert explained that the story was about this Jesus-esque...
  3. Album Review: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Here It’s been a momentous three years for Alexander Ebert. In the short amount of time, he has reexamined his life and his musical direction. Coming from the raucous pop of Ima Robot, the musician created a side project based around...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/crash-versatile-vocalist-christopher-richard-is-excited-to-announce-a-handful-of-tour-dates/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com Artist Discovery Program, Powered By ReverbNation http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-artist-discovery-program-powered-by-reverbnation/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-artist-discovery-program-powered-by-reverbnation/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:19:50 +0000 New York – BestNewBands.com is excited to announce the BestNewBands.com Artist Discovery Program, Powered By ReverbNation.  We’re working with indie artist promotional site ReverbNation.com to offer members the opportunity to have a feature written about them on our site. Members should simply go to ReverbNation and provide the requested information.  The BestNewBands.com editorial team will

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-artist-discovery-program-powered-by-reverbnation/feed/ 0 New Music Seminar’s Class Of 2014: Top 100 Artists On The Verge http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000 New York – New Music Seminar today announced this year’s Artist on the Verge “Class of 2014” – a list of 100 trailblazing acts, with the opportunity to perform as part of this year’s event, June 8-10 in New York City.  The organizers call AOV the place to experience tomorrow’s superstars before they break.  (See

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  1. Jamestown Revival Performing On KCRW Tomorrow; Conan Next Monday Los Angeles – Jamestown Revival will be performing tomorrow morning on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, at 11:15 am PST. KCRW is a recognized tastemaker for new music from around the world and Morning Becomes Eclectic is the public radio station’s signature show, hosted...
  2. Jamestown Revival Announce December Tour Dates Jamestown Revival have announced a string of tour dates around the west coast this December. The band will be touring beginning on December 8 in San Diego at Lestats, before playing in Los Angeles on December 10 at the Troubadour. The tour continues with...
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