Best New Bands » Katie Booth 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 Live Review: The Peach Kings At The Bootleg Bar http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-the-peach-kings-at-the-bootleg-bar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-the-peach-kings-at-the-bootleg-bar/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:22:19 +0000 Los Angeles – The Peach Kings’ Paige Wood and Steven Dies have some kind of onstage love affair. They face each other, he kisses her forehead, and she wipes sweat from his brow.  She eyes him for most of the show, singing to the crowd but watching his closed eyes and his crumpled face, playing

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  1. Brazos – Live Review New York – Tuesday night at the Mercury Lounge in Brooklyn was an intimate affair. Following a dynamic set by Ski Lodge, the energy at the venue was ready to boil over as Brazos took the stage around 10:45 PM....
  2. Live Review: Bleached At The Glass House Los Angeles – The Glass House on Saturday felt like a high school dance.  Between the gymnasium floor, the Christmas trees on stage, the red and green spotlights and the floating, twirling mirror ball hanging from the ceiling rafters… It...
  3. Here We Go Magic – Live Review New York – It was past 10:40 on Monday night when Here We Go Magic took the stage at the Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right, beers in every hand like a troop of champs. Broken-off bottoms of colored bottles makeup...
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  1. Album Review: Bleached – Ride Yor Heart Los Angeles – Bleached is somewhere between Hole and The Donnas, with a hint of carousel. The name sounds like what it is: dirty, beach, rock.  It could be the album art that completes the vibe (a blue-stained picture of...
  2. Featured Artist: Bleached   Today’s styling of punk music is harder to find than before. This can be attributed to the watered down version of pop punk that nearly destroyed the genre and turned punk from a lifestyle and attitude into just another...
  3. Delta Rae – Live At Soho House Los Angeles – Delta Rae is named after a fictional little girl who awakens the Greek gods to save the world.  The character is from a novel by siblings Eric, Brittany and Ian Holljes’s mother, and oddly enough, it is...
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  1. Cate Le Bon Brings Barboza Back To The 1960s Seattle – There’s Holiday music (which I do unabashedly adore) and then there’s music that just fits for the holiday season. It might not be themed, but its sound is at home with “the season.” Cate le Bon is one...
  2. Interview: Peter Michel of Hibou Portland – While touring in support of his impressive new effort (Dunes EP), Hibou mastermind Peter Michel took some time to do a quick interview with BestNewBands.com, touching on his recent split from Craft Spells, jamming with baby owls and...
  3. Charli XCX – Life is Beautiful Interview Las Vegas – In a discount music bin in her hometown of Stevenage, a town and borough of Hertfordshire, England, a young Charlotte Aitchison nabs a punk rock mixtape. A Vibrators song, “Feel Alright,” immediately grabs a hold of her....
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  1. Grouplove Gets Intimate at Soho House Los Angeles, the City of Angels, can also be considered the city of exclusive parties. Wednesday night, L.A.-based folk rockers Grouplove played one such party to an intimate crowd at West Hollywood’s iconic Members Only club, Soho House. One of...
  2. Beach House Comes to Soho in Santa Barbara The Baltimore-based dream pop duo Beach House made a much-appreciated stop at Santa Barbara’s Soho Music Club on Friday, April 16, before heading into the desert heat for their Coachella appearance. The crowd was desperate to see the sold out...
  3. Artist of the Week: Delta Spirit San Diego-born, Brooklyn-based Delta Spirit have enjoyed steady degree of success since their formation, but this could be the year that the band becomes less of journeyman outfit into an outfit that cements itself into the psyche of music fans....
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  1. Active Child’s ‘Hymntronic’ Heaven There was a distinctly reverent vibe in the audience at Echoplex last night. Though the crowd applauded as much as is deemed polite, Active Child’s performance was less like like a concert-going experience and more like watching a man plumb...
  2. Live In Austin: Twenty One Pilots At Emo’s Austin – Twenty One Pilots has cultivated a reputation for putting on enthralling live shows, and on Saturday, this reputation was put to the test. Consisting of vocalist/pianist Tyler Joseph and drummer/keyboardist Josh Dun, the young duo managed to sell out their...
  3. WILD FLAG Open for Superchunk and Bright Eyes at Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall is really a breathtaking venue. Not one that is necessarily recommended for dirty rock shows, but the interior, the bandshell, the incredibly spacious bathrooms that are instead referred to as “lounges” are quite stunning. However, this...
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  1. The White Buffalo Stampedes The Great American Music Hall What can I say about the magnificent White Buffalo that I haven’t said before? Watching him in action for the first time last night was a sight to behold. His massive frame ambled up to the stage around 9:30 pm and...
  2. Tennis Dazzles The Satellite Tennis sold out The Satellite in Los Angeles on Wednesday. I’ve been to the mid-sized venue plenty of times—and I’ve seen them crowded plenty of times—but never completely sold out.  As soon as the trio began to play, it was...
  3. NO Plays FREE Show at LA’s The Satellite When I interviewed Bradley Carter and Sean Stentz of NO back in December, the band was still getting its bearings. The quintet had just released its debut EP, Don’t Worry, You’ll be Here Forever, and had admitted that not many...
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  1. Live Review: Yuck, Eagulls and Courtney Barnett At CMJ New York – After the victorious rush of the first night, the following night was highlighted by a super late set from the reconfigured Yuck.  Their headlining set at Glasslands for the NME/Hate Hate Hate/Sunday Management CMJ party didn’t begin until...
  2. Featured Artist – Hiatus Kaiyote Nashville – Fire dancing isn’t the typical back-up career of fledgling musicians. But then, nothing is typical about Naomi Saalfield. This former fire-dancer, who goes by the all-too-appropriate stage name Nai Palm, is the lead singer/songwriter of Hiatus Kaiyote, a...
  3. Featured Artist: Ghost Wave Seattle – New Zealand’s Ghost Wave describes itself as “somewhere between the Flying Nun bands of the 80s, the British explosion of the 1960s and the wayfaring dubs of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry” which is simultaneously very comical and surprisingly accurate (although...
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  1. Knox Delivers Another Killer Night At Hotel Cafe When BestNewBands.com favorite Will Knox is in town, you can be sure that we’ll be there. Knox kicked off his five-week tour with fellow troubadour Ari Herstand at the  Hotel Café in Hollywood. Throughout his 45-minute set, Knox sprinkled in...
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  3. The Pierces Share A Secret At The Hotel Cafe Finishing up a successful stint in the City of Angels, The Pierces brought their show to the Hotel Café last night. Usually, a late night Tuesday gig may as well be the graveyard shift, but the alt-folk outfit nailed it...
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  3. Album Review: The Living Sisters, Run For Cover EP Generally when people think of supergroups, they think of mega rock bands along the lines of, but not limited to, Derek and the Dominos, Velvet Revolver, Monsters of Folk and as of last month, Sirvana (Paul McCartney and the surviving...
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  1. Randomness and Fun with Skaters at Bowery Ballroom Skaters are those kids that crotchety old men like to shake their fist at and yell, “You PUNKS!” Or at least that’s how they look on stage. They sound like it too sometimes, but their version of punk is a...
  2. Interview: Skaters Los Angeles – The new band Skaters, from New York City, actually doesn’t skate. “We’re musicians first and we don’t [want] to break our wrists,” lead singer Michael Ian Cummings told a Boston music blog earlier this year. “We chose...
  3. Live Review: The Cave Singers Bring Pacific Northwest Folk to Los Angeles The Cave Singers could not have chosen a better venue to host its backwoods-inspired folk than the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood.  Astounding history aside, the Los Angeles club’s atmosphere is small and intimate, which is perfect for a band...
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