Weekend Playlist – June 17, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Nanana” – The Californian Laurel Kathleen interviewed four of the five members of this band – check out the video to see what they talked about!

Weekend Playlist – June 10, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Morning Thought” & “Vocal Chords” – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Dan Cordie caught the band’s show at the Rickshaw Shop Saturday night.

Weekend Playlist – June 3, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “The Heron and the Fox” – Little Scream Kelly Knapp interviewed Laurel Sprengelmeyer aka Little Scream – here’s some of their conversation:

Sasquatch! in Review: Part One

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photo credit: Kyle Johnson (official Sasquatch! Flickr page) The tenth anniversary of the Pacific Northwest’s Sasquatch! Music Festival 2011 had its ups and downs: riots broke out at the festival entrance, bipolar weather had people burning one minute and freezing the next, and many concertgoers’ tents, including my friends’, were literally ripped apart and looted

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Sasquatch! Watch: Young the Giant

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Young the Giant is no stranger to BestNewBands.com: both Claire Gallagher and Lauren Novik interviewed the band last fall (check out Claire’s post here and Lauren’s post here). They are, however, newcomers to the Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge this weekend, but with their unending energy and rockin’ rhythms, I’m sure they’ll fit right

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Weekend Playlist – May 27, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Through the Valley” – Fan Modine Liz Livengood reviewed the latest album from the band she described as “dreamy indie pop goodness.”

Sasquatch! Watch: Typhoon

BestNewBands.com’s Portland correspondent Liz Livengood raved about local act Typhoon back in April, saying the 12-person band “can only be described as epic,” and that “seeing them live was a treat.” (Check out Liz’s review here.) After hearing such high praise, as well as kind words from NPR and The Chicago Tribune, I’m that much

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