Best New Bands » Jack Butcher 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 Twerps Deliver Back-To-Basics Rock With ‘Range Anxiety’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twerps-deliver-back-basics-rock-range-anxiety/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twerps-deliver-back-basics-rock-range-anxiety/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:33:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21579 Portland – Often in rock music, the adage “less is more” holds true. Range Anxiety, the new album from Melbourne-based Twerps (out this week on Merge Records in the U.S.), is a prime example of how accurate that statement is. With two guitars, bass, drums, and vocals shared by every member, the four-piece act has

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twerps-deliver-back-basics-rock-range-anxiety/feed/ 0 You Blew It! Familiar Yet Fresh With ‘Pioneer Of Nothing’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/blew-familiar-yet-fresh-pioneer-nothing/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/blew-familiar-yet-fresh-pioneer-nothing/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:33:30 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21519 Portland – Author and music aficionado Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity”) wrote that musicians often have two options while crafting their songs. One way is to create something so weird that nobody has ever done it before, but does not warrant a second listen. Alternatively, “You (can) think, write, play, and sing as though you have

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/blew-familiar-yet-fresh-pioneer-nothing/feed/ 1 Kat Dahlia’s Honest And Powerful ‘My Garden’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/kat-dahlias-honest-powerful-garden/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/kat-dahlias-honest-powerful-garden/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:07:40 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21205 Portland – When Best New Bands spoke with Kat Dahlia last month, she was very eager to share her debut album with the world. Though it has been a while since her first single off the record, “Gangsta,” was released in 2013, My Garden (out this week on Epic subsidiary Vested In Culture) is well

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