Tonight’s lineup at Silverlake Lounge promises to be a melting pot of delicious music. In addition to the quirky, throwback pop of The Parlour Suite and the new folk/alt country sounds of The Quick Hellos, the electro-acoustic duo Thurlow will be performing at 11:00pm, who you might remember from Monica Christoffels’ review of their Spokes
The Goldberg Sisters is the musical pseudonym of actor and director Adam Goldberg, who you probably know best from his roles in Saving Private Ryan, Dazed and Confused, and Friends. As diverse as his acting roles are, he always seems to have this magnetic intensity that’s hard to ignore. His latest project is a diverse
Jim Bianco ‘s online persona is colorful to say the least. On his various social media outlets, he posts darkly humorous observations and hilarious puns, each one as accurate as they are funny. His music contains some of the same sentiments, and his latest album Loudmouth is a little bit of americana, folk, and jazz,
THE FEAR from Lovett on Vimeo. Ben Lovett is one of the hardest working artists I know. In addition to scoring films for the last ten years, he’s also helped produced other artists’ work before releasing his own debut album Highway Collection two weeks ago. But it’s not just about the record: he’s also working
The Ripe is a power pop/classic rock trio who drew quite the home crowd at their South by Southwest performance at Easy Tiger Patio. The venue was awesome if not a little bit out of the way: it was a small makeshift stage nestled against some fake rocks built up around the riverside. It was
You might recognize Matthew and the Arrogant Sea for a number of reasons: not only do they have an unusual name, but they’ve been featured on BestNewBands.com under several concert picks that I’ve made in the last few months. I lived in the same small music mecca of Denton, Texas as the sextet for several
When I spoke to the lead singer of Miniature Tigers last fall (for the full BestNewBands.com article please click here), I didn’t know a whole lot about the quartet. I was charmed by their tracks “Mansion of Misery” and “Bullfighter Jacket” (see video below) but I was further intrigued by how down to earth lead
Fans of Slang Chickens seem to go through a three part process upon discovering the band: first they’re intrigued by the name, then blown away by the crackling energy of their live performance, and then addicted to the way their songs manifest themselves in any number of ways. I find myself humming the chord changes
Some bands’ names are so peculiar that they leave you pondering what genre they could possibly represent. Austin-based Grimy Styles, on the other hand, tells you exactly what they’re all about in two simple words: “grimy” refers to their raw reggae themes, and “styles” refers to their blend of rock, metal, jazz, and roots. The
My dealings with Elizabeth & the Catapult have been exciting but strangely off-kilter: I spoke with lead singer Elizabeth (surprise) last September, and fellow BnB contributor Katrina Nattress even reviewed her sophomore album The Other Side of Zero (for the respective BestNewBands.com exclusive articles please click here and here). I was stoked to see her