Emory University isn’t known as a hotbed for music. Many of the students are bookworms focusing on their graduate school plans or attend business school in order to try to take over Corporate America or to become the next major hedge fund manager. Wil May is refreshingly unlike any of his peers. Born in Michigan,
Sometimes a name can be an accurate way to describe a band. But with White Denim, it is not. Something as simple as, well, white denim, doesn’t do the band’s eclectic combination of garage rock, dub soul, alt-rock, country and blues justice. Since its beginnings in 2006, the Austin-based outfit has been dazzling crowds with
Having been together since 2009, The Ross Sea Party has been dazzling crowds in the City of Angels with their infectious brand of indie-rock. The quintent has recently been in the studio gearing up for the release of a full-length. In between writing and recording, Bestnewbands.com caught up with singer Brady Erickson to talk
It has been a busy year for The Henry Clay People. Like the great compromiser, the Los Angeles-based outfit has seen years of hard work pay off in 2010. With the release of its album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast, in addition to touring with Silversun Pickups, Against Me! and Drive-By Truckers, the band is
For Orange County singer/piano vixen Emily Simonian, music has been driving force in her life. Though she was forced into playing, Simonian eventually came to grips with music and became something she loves. Recently, Bestnewbands.com caught up with her to talk about how her musical influences, what she learned from her brief time at Berklee
San Francisco isn’t known as fertile ground for an up-and-coming electronica act. Spiro Agnew is trying to change that perception. Formed as the creative brainchild of Alex Musto, the band recently released its first LP, OH What Model Citizens We Be in August. Best described as a fusion between the fuzz guitar of The
. This will be the first article in a series of pieces on Lucy Walsh. Bestnewbands.com will be tracking her progress as she records her debut in Los Angeles over the coming month. For the children of famous musicians, following in your parent’s footsteps can be the kiss of death. With endless comparisons, it can
For many, the end of summer means the party is over and it’s once again time to face reality. The vacation days have ended and unless you live in tropical destinations, the weather is about to take a sharp turn (unless global warming keeps up, but that’s for another time). That being said, I decided
2010 has been a successful year for School of Seven Bells. The band released its sophomore effort, Disconnect From Desire, on July 13 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International in the U.S. The band consists of Benjamin Curtis and identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. With a sound that has been described by some as dreamy and
Los Angeles-based, but Midland, TX born Amy Wallace has a busy 2010 thusfar. With her group the Music Dept., a collaborative work between her, veteran producer Chris Franz and Jonathan Korszyk, they have had songs licscened to One Tree Hill and MTV’s Teen Mom. Also, her solo career has been on an upward trajectory, which