Best New Bands » Ruth Griffin 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 Glass Animals Shatter Their Own Audience Record At Emo’s http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glass-animals-shatter-audience-record-emos/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glass-animals-shatter-audience-record-emos/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:23:10 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21015 Austin – One of the bands to watch in the upcoming year, Glass Animals is a force to be reckoned with. Outstanding on both their recorded album and in their live performance in Austin this past Wednesday, the group is certainly set for stardom. Rising fast, the band initially was set to play at the

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  1. England’s Glass Animals Release Self-Titled Debut EP Oxford, England-based Glass Animals have just released a self-titled EP–their first–on Harvest Records in the U.S.  Vocalist-producer Dave Bayley’s hypnotic sound is immediately apparent on lead track, “Psylla.”  (That’s a word we don’t recognize but a quick online search identified...
  2. UK’s Glass Animals Slink Through The Shadows In San Francisco San Francisco – While the rest of the country was preparing for our annual celebration of independence from Great Britain, the City by the Bay was preparing for the UK’s own Glass Animals to invade and showcase their talents as...
  3. Glass Animals Rework Kanye West’s ‘Love Lockdown’ Bristol, UK - Glass Animals are pleased to unveil their reworking of Kanye West’s ‘Love Lockdown’. Having premiered the track live on Australia’s Triple J earlier this year, the band received an ecstatic reaction to it during their Glastonbury performance last month,...
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  1. Sarah Jaffe: On future plans and living in a town where she will never be cool It used to be that one couldn’t live in the relatively small town of Denton, Texas without having heard of local singer/songwriter Sarah Jaffe. But now, it’s difficult to find a person in the indie music world who hasn’t run...
  2. Poliça Brings Dark Side of Electronica to The Parish in Austin Austin—Another weekend of ACL brings another weekend of Late Night sets. This time I wound up on 6th Street west of I-35 to see Poliça, the Minneapolis electronic group that has been releasing music for two years, starting with 2012’s...
  3. Said The Whale, BRITE LINES And Western Haunts Captivate Seattle Seattle – “Sunday night!” artists kept shouting onstage at Chop Suey on a recent weekend. It was the running joke all night long and those who made it to the Capitol Hill venue on a brisk Sunday evening were fortunate...
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  1. Robert Delong At Empire Control Room Austin – After seeing headlines like “David Guetta Cancels World Tour After Losing USB Containing His Entire Set”, it’s hard to not become skeptical about the artistic integrity of today’s well known EDM performers. Someone spending $50 on a ticket...
  2. Baths Flood the Dance Floor at Slims On Thursday evening, L.A. based producer Will Wiesenfeld – bette known as  Baths – made a return stop to San Francisco to perform at all ages venue Slims. Throughout this year, Will has been out on the road in support...
  3. Dinosaur Bones Live At Austin’s, Empire Control Room Austin – “The first thing I saw was a mirage”. So goes the opening line of the enveloping tune, “Dreamer’s Song”, by the alt-rock quartet, Dinosaur Bones. Accordingly, these were the first words sung by frontman Ben Fox as he...
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  1. Washed Out Gets Down at The Fonda Theatre While the majority of Angelinos spent their Cinco de Mayo drinking strong margaritas at unnecessarily busy Mexican restaurants, I spent mine at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood with Ernest Greene and his band, Washed Out. I’ve been a fan of...
  2. Music City Gets Washed Out Nashville – Washed Out’s set at Exit/In began with “Entrance,” the first track off the new album, Paracosm. Ernest Greene walked on to the stage about a minute into the song, just as it sounds like the gates of heaven...
  3. The Great American Music Hall Gets Washed Out Washed Out On Saturday night, I made my way to the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco to take in a night of music at The Great American Music Hall (GAMH). This is an intimate space with amazing acoustics that has...
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  1. Sylvan Esso Nashville – Sylvan Esso is a name that has been popping up on tastemaker music blogs with more and more frequency over the past year. Their music is so electric, so sticky that it’s difficult to declare which of the...
  2. Sylvan Esso At The Westway New York – Nestled on a deserted stretch of The West Side Highway, it would be palpably improbable to happen on The Westway by chance. Yet, Manhattan’s Lower West Side venue called forth a cadre of Sylvan Esso supporters on Thursday night....
  3. Sylvan Esso Releases “Play It Right” Live Video At Sofar London New York – Sylvan Esso was not meant to be a band.  Rather, Amelia Meath had written a song called “Play It Right” and sung it with her trio Mountain Man.  She’d met Nick Sanborn, an electronic producer working under...
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  1. Dinosaur Bones Live At Austin’s, Empire Control Room Austin – “The first thing I saw was a mirage”. So goes the opening line of the enveloping tune, “Dreamer’s Song”, by the alt-rock quartet, Dinosaur Bones. Accordingly, these were the first words sung by frontman Ben Fox as he...
  2. Half Moon Run Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire London – Half Moon Run travelled to London for the opening night of their hotly anticipated UK and Ireland tour.  After an explosive year for the band which saw some high profile festival appearances (SXSW, Glastonbury, Reading + Leeds) and...
  3. Crazy Awesome Empire of the Sun at Chicago’s Congress Theater Dance party? Check. Crazy awesome theatrical costumes? Check. Empire of the Sun taking Chicago’s Congress Theater this past Wednesday evening? Double check. Having missed my last opportunity to see Empire of the Sun at last year’s Lollapalooza there was no...
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  1. Shakey Graves at the Parish Austin – “I love you, but please stop yelling my name.” The bashful words of one-man act Shakey Graves were uttered with the unmistakable tint of a blush and an awkward grasp on the microphone stand, as a young (and...
  2. Live Review: Tennis At The Parish Austin – It was a chilly and wet night in Austin, TX when the husband and wife duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley (a.k.a. Tennis) took the stage at the Parish. Already having been an unremarkable day in an...
  3. Caveman Kills It At The Parish In Austin Even in the weeks following SXSW, Austin is continuing to crank out music. Good music, live music, music on 6th street on weekday afternoons to crowds of plenty. New York City’s Caveman braces the stage at The Parish on Monday...
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  1. Manchester Orchestra, Grouplove And Frightened Rabbit Team Up For Record Store Day Canvasback/Atlantic recording artists Grouplove and Frightened Rabbit have both teamed up with Manchester Orchestra to release a very special 12-inch single for Record Store Day. The release, which features the Manchester Orchestra/Grouplove collaboration “Make It To Me” and the Manchester...
  2. Mother Falcon Live In Austin Austin – Who is Mother Falcon? An orchestra? A pop ensemble? A rock band? As the members and their array of instruments took the stage at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, their style was hard to place. However, by the...
  3. Dinosaur Bones Live At Austin’s, Empire Control Room Austin – “The first thing I saw was a mirage”. So goes the opening line of the enveloping tune, “Dreamer’s Song”, by the alt-rock quartet, Dinosaur Bones. Accordingly, these were the first words sung by frontman Ben Fox as he...
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  1. Cage the Elephant At Emo’s East, Austin, TX Austin – There is something kind of off-putting about a performance that is too practiced. But in Austin last Saturday, the rock band Cage the Elephant revealed that being prepared doesn’t mean you cannot also be exciting. An obviously well...
  2. Ben Howard Sells Out The Troubadour When a new band or musician tries to win the hearts and minds of the American public, they usually face an uphill battle. When they’re a British band or musician who’s received accolades and fame in their native land, the...
  3. Chappo at Stubb’s In Austin Austin – The band CHAPPO is undoubtedly one of the most unjustly overlooked bands of the past two years. After seeing the band’s live performance at the indoor stage of Stubb’s BBQ in Austin, I found myself wondering why there...
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  1. Album Review: Augustines Self-titled LP Austin – The Brooklyn indie-alternative band Augustines (formerly known as We Are Augustines) has come a long way since their short-lived career under the name of Pela. In their self-titled sophomore LP, the earnest trio of musicians has created something...
  2. Dent May at Holy Mountain Austin – When I first saw the slender and plaidly decorated Dent May materialize out of the shadows on that dimly lit stage of the Holy Mountain, I immediately knew I had found a kindred spirit. But the odd thing...
  3. Live Review: Tennis At The Parish Austin – It was a chilly and wet night in Austin, TX when the husband and wife duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley (a.k.a. Tennis) took the stage at the Parish. Already having been an unremarkable day in an...
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