Best New Bands » Rob Getzschman 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 Henry Clay People at the Echoplex http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/henry-clay-people-at-the-echoplex/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/henry-clay-people-at-the-echoplex/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:00:00 +0000 It’s not technically accurate to say the Henry Clay People’s 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus “came to town” Friday night, since most of the acts on the bill are from around these parts, but the event was a spectacle nonetheless. The night featured electric sets at the Echoplex by a bunch of HCP friends

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  1. Q&A: Joey Siara of The Henry Clay People It has been a busy year for The Henry Clay People. Like the great compromiser, the Los Angeles-based outfit has seen years of hard work pay off in 2010. With the release of its album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast,...
  2. Matt and Kim to Play the Henry Fonda on 10/2 When you open any legitimate dictionary and flip to the word “fun,” one of the examples will almost certainly be “seeing Matt and Kim perform live.” The reason that they have earned that spot in Webster’s, and in the hearts...
  3. Photos: These United States @ Echoplex Just because you can’t ever get too much media from any one event, here are some photos from These United States at the Echoplex: Click through to see more or click on a photo to see the hi-res versions on...
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  1. Fembots: My Hands are a City I can’t get enough of this retro-futurist video by the Fembots. {flv}192{/flv}...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/fembots/feed/ 0 The Happy Hollows http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:44:46 +0000 The Happy Hollows are a raucous three piece indie-rock band from Los Angeles that plays fast and irreverent noise-pop. The group is fronted by Sarah Negahdari (vocals/guitar) and held together by the rhythm section of Charlie Mahoney (bass/vocals) and Chris Hernandez (drums/vocals). The L.A. Times has described their sound as a “pugilistic mix of stinging

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  1. The Happy Hollows make girls want to be her Last night, at the urging of Eliza, I made it to a residency show of The Happy Hollows at Spaceland, and I must say, they were a titillating onslaught of she-rock. Not that their rock is she-centric, but rather, that...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/feed/ 0 The Henry Clay People http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-henry-clay-people/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-henry-clay-people/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:44:04 +0000 The Henry Clay People formed in 2002 as Vallejo by Knife. After some lineup changes they officially changed their name to The Henry Clay People in 2005, after which they’ve played hundreds of shows, have toured the United States multiple times, and have performed at Lollapalooza, SXSW, Austin City Limits Festival, and Sasquatch Music Festival.

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  1. On the fence about Friday night, LA? Here’s an easy fix for your Friday night social woes: some guy who you’ve never met’s birthday party! But don’t be weirded out, because The Dance Party will be there playing their relentlessly radio-ready pop rock. Have you not seen...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/bob-lefsetz-called-me-baby-all-night-long/feed/ 0 Tonight: The Dance Party, chicks in bikinis http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tonight-the-dance-party-chicks-in-bikinis/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tonight-the-dance-party-chicks-in-bikinis/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:05:00 +0000 For those that haven’t sampled the ’00′s response to the ’80s, tonight is the night for you, because The Dance Party is playing another show at Crazy Girls, which is something of a strip club, but it can hardly be called a strip club since all the girls wear bikinis, so it’s more like a

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  1. There is a password for a free show tonight by The Dance Party In case you missed their recent strip-club show, our darling gents The Dance Party are playing a show at the Viper Room tonight, and there’s a password to get in for the low-low price of free. This gives the event...
  2. On the fence about Friday night, LA? Here’s an easy fix for your Friday night social woes: some guy who you’ve never met’s birthday party! But don’t be weirded out, because The Dance Party will be there playing their relentlessly radio-ready pop rock. Have you not seen...
  3. Leona cops out; cops to it. Tonight I attended (part) of the final show on the “Perez Hilton Presents” tour at the Avalon in Hollywood. I got the tickets about a month ago when I was in a frenzy of attending concerts. I hadn’t been at...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tonight-the-dance-party-chicks-in-bikinis/feed/ 0 Smooth jazz Beck video: Saxx Laws http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/smooth-jazz-beck-video-saxx-laws/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/smooth-jazz-beck-video-saxx-laws/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:07:00 +0000 I’m not sure why this smooth jazz cover of Beck’s Sexx Laws never took off. It seems like a perfectly quiet-storm way to start your day, with a cameo from Jack Black to boot. via Beck.com s=”50″ class=”textarea”>

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  1. Modest Mouse video is creatively disturbing There’s a lot of talky writing about this Modest Mouse vid over at BoingBoing, including a link to the making-of, but I’d just say watch it and appreciate all the very creative and very disturbing things happening here. I, for...
  2. caught here in our lab coats, but without a science: If you guys know me in real life, or have even maybe encountered me on a street corner, you’ve without a doubt heard me extoll the virtues of WHY?. This band is so good, sometimes I’ll think about that simple fact...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/smooth-jazz-beck-video-saxx-laws/feed/ 0 Michael Jackson accompanies himself on guitar http://www.bestnewbands.com/videos/michael-jackson-accompanies-himself-on-guitar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/videos/michael-jackson-accompanies-himself-on-guitar/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 Okay, the title is probably false. But I know when I first saw the cover to MJ’s “Music and Me“, I thought, “holy crap, Michael Jackson actually plays guitar?” Because we all hear about Prince being a 400-instrument virtuoso who’s mastered everything from electric bass to soprano piccolo, but I’ve never seen Michael hold anything

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/videos/michael-jackson-accompanies-himself-on-guitar/feed/ 0 Condoleezza Rice on getting to Carnegie Hall http://www.bestnewbands.com/videos/condoleezza-rice-on-getting-to-carnegie-hall/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/videos/condoleezza-rice-on-getting-to-carnegie-hall/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 As a self-respecting man, I can’t stand watching the View. But sometimes I’m bound and gagged and forced to watch it, and occasionally there’s someone interesting. A few months ago I heard Condoleezza Rice touch on her expectations as a growing musician: “I thought I was going to play Carnegie Hall. I mean, I was a

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