New York – Well, CMJ 2013 was another whirlwind of music and networking and music and late nights more music. It was a full five days of the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan teaming with band members, racing from gig to gig and grabbing a quick slice or shot of espresso in between. Just watching
New York – Jangly rock garage kraut trio TRAAMS recently released their debut album, Grin, on Fat Cat, and I’ve been bouncing around to it ever since. This full length is full of the result of vocalist/guitarist Stu Hopkins, bassist Leigh Padley, and drummer Adam Stock coming together as a means of escape from their small
New York – We’re gearing up big time for the CMJ 2013 Music Marathon, and this playlist serves as both a look at some new music and recent coverage on BestNewBands.com, along with a preview of music to check out during the festival. First up though, James reviewed Lorde’s highly impressive debut, Pure Heroine, citing that it “lives
New York – When the bass is literally the base of a band, what everything else gets written around, you know those grooves are going to be good. Russ Manning is a formally trained jazz musician, has played bass in Twin Shadow, and is now making some serious moves with his solo project Rush Midnight.
New York – When I first heard ZZ Ward, she was touted as a bluesy songwriter and vocal talent with a hip hop background, with a big emphasis on her collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Fitz & the Tantrums and Freddie Gibbs. My actual first impression was a vocal talent that could have easily been a
New York – I’ve spent the past few weeks completely indulging myself in all things Grouplove, and after interviewing Ryan and Hannah and reviewing the new album “Spreading Rumours”, I spent the last two nights at back-to-back shows of theirs. Now, I can really say I know what all the hoopla is about. Conclusion: it’s
New York – More fresh tunes cropped up, plus new engaging pieces from a couple of our most recent additions to the BestNewBands.com family. On the ground in London we now have James Somerside, who contributed a preview for what is the most hyped and anticipated albums out this week – CHVRCHES The Bones of
In our last interview with Hannah of Grouplove, she briefly spoke about the new album as being one that the band was asking a lot of deep questions on. They’ve been together constantly for the past couple years, getting to know each other as friends and bandmates, and they are still working toward finding
The Brooklyn based quintet Lucius is a rare thing. You don’t often find a band that is both genuinely talented and comprised of genuinely nice people. It comes through in their songs and the atmosphere of their live shows. If you check out their videos on YouTube, you’ll see that most of them are live
We’ve done quite a bit of coverage on Grouplove the past couple years, and by now the story of the band’s magical beginnings has been marveled at everywhere someone has come across this lovable and energetic group of people that seem to have met so serendipitously. Hannah Hooper, Christian Zucconi, Ryan Rabin, Andrew Wessen, and