CORRECTION: The interview I had posted before this was with a band called THE Sunshine Factory, not Sunshine Factory–totally different. They will get their time in the BNBTV Spotlight. My bad, readers! But, until then, enjoy this rad band. BestNewBands.com In this video, we get a little taste of sunshine from the fusion of sounds
Last night, I made the quick jaunt up to the Covel Grand Ballroom on “The Hill” at UCLA (essentially, the heart of on-campus housing/dorm life/pajama-clad kids sipping coffee at 10 pm and giggling loudly) to see a concert held by student organizations. This charity event concert, called Acoustic Coffee House 2011, featured a bunch of
The gentlemen of Bethpage Black know the drama that comes with being in a heavy rock band. Just glancing at the emo aesthetics of My Chemical Romance or The Used, you will soon pick up on the themes of exorbitance, emotiveness, and melodrama (and often the use of the colors white, black and red) in
BestNewBands.com This week we have before us a video that has long been in the queue for recognition. I have talked to the band Ill a little and, in true rock star fashion, they deferred from consistence responses. I have not heard from them since. So, I figured why not give them a little credit
The word of the evening, ladies and gentlemen, is talent. Last night at the Troubadour, raw talent was apparent in every band that graced the tiny stage, making for an awesomely accurate portrayal of today’s local rock scene. Six groups came and went, each bringing a different and individual sound, thus creating a more than
BestNewBands.com I have a really big crush on Minneapolis right now. I get butterflies in my stomach thinking of Twin Cities acts such as Atmosphere, The Goondas (check them out on bestnewbands.com), Zoo Animal, and, now, up-and-comers Phantom Tails. Phantom Tails’ influences cover basically the entire spectrum of music and then some—from Chopin to
BestNewBands.com In my opinion, it is a pretty unanimous sentiment that every audiophile’s favorite pastime is the good ol’, all-American car concert. What sense of pride cometh when you finally get the hang of driving with your knee, enabling you to air guitar like your freaking Jimmy Page or beat the nonexistent crap out of
BestNewBands.com Roman Holiday is at it again in all their Kings-of-Leon-y-pop-rock glory. With their newest single “The Long Way Home”, this Seattle band gives an all-star effort, but unfortunately doesn’t hit a home run (wah wah wahh). The song is generic and somewhat bland—the only pickup comes with the guitar solo—and the song structure varies
With the entire West Coast basically a victim to dark, angry, furrowed-browed storm clouds, the release of Foxes in Fiction’s new EP, Alberto couldn’t have been better timed. Dropping this week in the wake of Warren Hildebrand’s (the brain behind Foxes in Fiction) first full-length album, Swung From The Branches, this 7-track EP translated better
BestNewBands.com In the wake of featuring The Goondas on BNBTV Spotlight, I stumbled easily from link to link on to a ton of bands playing on the Minneapolis/Minnesota music scene. One of these bands was the glowing Gold Motel (actually from Chicago), who in this video prove their knowledge and mastery of a perfect pop