Best New Bands » Josh Calixto 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 Derek Rogers Brings Ambient Drone to Life in Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/derek-rogers-brings-ambient-drone-to-life-in-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/derek-rogers-brings-ambient-drone-to-life-in-los-angeles/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:26:37 +0000 Consisting of minimalist noise and intermittent snippets of discernible “music,” ambient drone can feel overwhelming or serene, psychedelic or horrifying, focused or completely scattered. In a live setting, that broad range of sounds can result in a lively, bustling audience, or a meditative, intensely focused one. Los Angeles’ tiny, intimate Pehrspace venue hosted all of

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  1. Talent at the Troubadour: The Hush with The Modern Drone, Bethpage Black, People by the Sea, thatwasthen, and Satellite Thieves 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...
  2. Emily Simonian Dazzles Bar Lubitsch In Los Angeles It’s been a quiet year thus far for Orange County-based singer/songwriter Emily Simonian. Having released her Pale Green EP last year to acclaim, she’s been busy recording her follow-up full-length, which has left little time for live shows. That being...
  3. Widowspeak Brings Mellow Vibes to Troubadour Tuesday night, Widowspeak won over the hearts of Angelinos at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, as the opening act for the British shoegazing girlie duo, 2:54. Led by vocalist/guitarist Molly Hamilton, the indie rock quartet swooned the audience during its...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/derek-rogers-brings-ambient-drone-to-life-in-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Jagwar Ma http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-jaguar-ma/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-jaguar-ma/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:57:47 +0000 In the late ’80s, “Madchester” took its hold on the city of Manchester, England, capturing the ecstasy-laden hearts of Brits everywhere with its groove-focused, psychedelic strain of dance rock. The scene produced such acts as The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and now–two decades later–an upstart Aussie outfit called Jagwar Ma.    Formed in late 2011,

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  1. Featured Artist: Cayucas Over the past few years, along with electronic music, indie pop bands have found themselves in the unfamiliar position of becoming fixtures on alt rock stations, but also pop radio. Groups like Grouplove, fun. and Passion Pit, have redefined what...
  2. Featured Artist: The Black Angels Many will spend this week sifting through the rubble that was South-by-Southwest to see who survived and who was left behind, perhaps losing themselves in a similar way that Alan Garner lost himself in Vegas during the first Hangover. As...
  3. Featured Artist: Laura Marling If you were to tell someone in, oh let’s say 1995, that Britpop would be kaput and West End British folk would be on top of the world nearly 20 years later, many people would have laugh and likely think...
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  1. Metz Burns Bright at The Troubadour Even though Canadian punk band METZ has just one studio album to their name, Wednesday night they tore through the Troubadour in West Hollywood like hardened veterans. Having already rocked through the European and East Coast legs of their 2013...
  2. Joseph Arthur Dazzles The Troubadour As always, The Troubadour is the place to be to see a killer gig in Los Angeles. Last night was no different. Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur played the legendary venue to nearly packed house and left the audience clamoring for more....
  3. Grouplove Spreads The Love At The Troubadour In a sign of things to come in 2011, Grouplove absolutely killed it on Friday night at The Troubadour, putting together easily one of the best local shows of the year. The show was completely sold out and there wasn’t...
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  1. Album Review: The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is brilliant.  We all know that, so let’s not bother arguing.  But what made the act so amusing at first was how much it sounded like they didn’t want to be heard.  House of Balloons...
  2. Album Review: Downtown Struts, Victoria Remember the ‘90s? Swing was a thing that people tried bring back and fooled many of us into following. Thanks Swingers! Dave Matthews Band, Spin Doctors and Creed were popular bands. Punk rock was having a revival. Not just a...
  3. Savages Make the Rainy Cities London and Seattle Collide at Neumos London and Seattle might have an unspoken agreement between the drizzly cities that when natives of the two cities meet, presumptions of shallow and surficial friendliness can be cast aside and everyone will know that they’re all having a good...
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  1. Album Review: Sleepy Sun, Spiny Hits Sleepy Sun‘s latest release, Spiny Hits, is the record I want to spend all my hazy summer days jamming to. This is the San Francisco-based quintet’s third album and for a new band, they certainly have the genre of psychedelic...
  2. Album Review: Reptile Youth     Vocalist Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and bassist Esben Valløe started making music under the moniker “Reptile Youth” in 2009, and though it took the duo three years to releases its debut record, it wasn’t because of a lack of...
  3. Album Review: BellaMaine, An Anxious Mind Anacortes, Wash. band BellaMaine released its new EP An Anxious Mind on January 15th and I imagine the band must be pretty jazzed about the attention it’s been getting. University of Washington radio station KEXP has since dubbed the band...
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  1. Thatwasthen and The Hush Rock The Troubadour This past Saturday night, I saw thatwasthen and The Hush take on the Troubadour again.  I arrived to venue under the impression that The Hush was taking the stage after thatwasthen, but as I walked in The Hush’s lead singer,...
  2. Ben Howard Sells Out The Troubadour When a new band or musician tries to win the hearts and minds of the American public, they usually face an uphill battle. When they’re a British band or musician who’s received accolades and fame in their native land, the...
  3. Joseph Arthur Dazzles The Troubadour As always, The Troubadour is the place to be to see a killer gig in Los Angeles. Last night was no different. Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur played the legendary venue to nearly packed house and left the audience clamoring for more....
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