Best New Bands » Sherene Hilal 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 Captain Ahab, Meet Freelance Whales http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/captain-ahab-meet-freelance-whales/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/captain-ahab-meet-freelance-whales/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Instrumental segments are bittersweet. A lot of new bands don’t have the skill-set or the patience to rely on their instruments. They are over-zealous is making a name for themselves to the point where they think a catchy lyric is all the need to rest on their laurels. Although an infectious chorus is. . .well

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  1. Freelance Whales Make the Detroit Bar Bounce     Last night, Freelance Whales played for all the wide-eyed locals at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Opening for them were Miniature Tigers with a little help from The New Limb, an up-and-coming band from the Detroit Bar’s home....
  2. Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales When people hear Craigslist experiences, they only think of the gloom and doom that could occur from these chance meetings. But fortunately for Queens, New York-based Freelance Whales, the results couldn’t have gone more swimmingly. The band’s name is derived...
  3. 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With Freelance Whales Freelance Whales is an emerging indie-rock band hailing from Queens, New York. The band formed in 2008 and has just released their first full-length LP, Weathervanes, this year. Most of the band members are multi-instrumentalists and the band has created...
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  1. Fiction Plane: Non-Fiction Take-Off Fiction Plane played last night, November 15th 2010, at the Mercury Lounge in NYC and it was beautiful. They have a sound reminiscent of Stereophonics but imagine Sting taking over for band front-man Kelly Jones. That’s both a compliment and...
  2. The Morning Benders: The Draw of the Quartet I love The Beatles. Of course, I’m echoing a sentiment that is literally regurgitated by everyone and anyone. However, rather than chew on the already chewed beauty of a timeless sound, how do you take something ageless and make it...
  3. Weekend Playlist: November 19, 2010 photo credit: Liz Livengood Here are some tracks to relive a few of BNB’s musical happenings this week. “Fake Out (Glass Ghost Remix)” – Bear in Heaven“When We’re Dancing” – Twin Shadow On Monday, we released our weekly list of...
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  1. 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With California Wives The Chicago band California Wives combines indie rock with melodic pop undertones and touch of 80s style synth haze, resulting in mellow but catchy tunes that have garnered comparisons to 80s supergroup The Police and modern pop purveyors Phoenix. Their...
  2. 9 questions and One Embarrassing Story With A B & The Sea San Francisco residents (by way of Wisconsin) A B & The Sea have a fresh sound that will be an instant hit for anyone who is a fan of both retro pop/rock and modern indie rock. Their songs, like the...
  3. 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With Freelance Whales Freelance Whales is an emerging indie-rock band hailing from Queens, New York. The band formed in 2008 and has just released their first full-length LP, Weathervanes, this year. Most of the band members are multi-instrumentalists and the band has created...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/atomic-tom-reads-like-a-story/feed/ 0 The Art of Shooting: “I won’t apologize for my art” http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-art-of-shooting-i-wont-apologize-for-my-art/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-art-of-shooting-i-wont-apologize-for-my-art/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The process of turning something into an art-form is tiered; there’s a deliberation and a dedication to preserving the integrity of a sounds and an  idea. Lead vocalist of The Art of Shooting, Kelly Irene Corson, said it best on stage when she playfully added before the intro to the third song in the set, “I

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  1. Shooting The Breeze In The Shade With Lower Dens An hour into FYF- meaning two and some odd hours in or around the festival itself and Laurel and I are on our way to meet up with Will and Abe from Lower Dens (Jana Hunter, Geoff Graham, Abram Sanders,...
  2. MeTalkPretty: Powerful and Ready to Rock MeTalkPretty has a hard-edged sound and a powerhouse female vocalist to rival any rock band I know. Their debut EP “We Are Strangers” is now available on iTunes and the band will release their first full-length album this fall. Vocalist...
  3. Arcade Fire is back with “The Suburbs” Loyal and obsessive Arcade Fire fans will have a reason to rejoice come August 3rd, when the indie heavyweights will release their first full-length album since 2007′s critically-adored Neon Bible. The new album is called The Suburbs, and it is...
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  1. Q&A With Kristy Lee, Folk Soul Trailblazer All musicians must pay their dues before hitting it big, and sometimes it’ll be years before they see a tour or record deal. Mobile, Alabama’s Kristy Lee had a different story, however: she released an album at a very early...
  2. Blue Scholars Will Teach You a Lesson in 21st Century Musicianship Competitive artists know that you can’t just play music anymore – you need to tweet 24/7 and/or push your self-promoting products like crazy. (Since when did being a musician also entail selling perfumes and energy drinks?) Such is the case,...
  3. Fiction Plane: Non-Fiction Take-Off Fiction Plane played last night, November 15th 2010, at the Mercury Lounge in NYC and it was beautiful. They have a sound reminiscent of Stereophonics but imagine Sting taking over for band front-man Kelly Jones. That’s both a compliment and...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/kristy-lee-a-lesson-on-how-to-feel-a-thought/feed/ 0 The Greenhornes: What is a Boy Band? http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-greenhornes-what-is-a-boy-band/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-greenhornes-what-is-a-boy-band/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 The Greenhornes played last night at the Bowery Ballroom with their classic mix of power garage sublimated through a doo-wop channel. Opened for by The Ettes and Fergus and Geronimo (sadly only a poor-man’s Greenhornes) the soulful trio, made up of Craig Fox, Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence, took the stage around 9:15pm to a

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  1. A Special New Band: Pavement So, okay, they aren’t exactly new, but it is hard to argue that Pavement isn’t special. Sure, as a 22- year-old I can’t claim I’d been there or participated when they first came around. I’d never heard of Pavement until...
  2. Lost in the Trees: A Different Sound From A New Band “I’m just really drawn to the sound of big orchestra and different instruments, which has been around for a really long time,” says Ari Picker, the creative force behind Chapel Hill, NC based Lost in the Trees. “That’s the instrumentation...
  3. Josh Tatum Band Shakes the House of Blues Foundation Room Josh Tatum and his band of merry band mates had no problem packing the ornately decorated Foundation Room at House of Blues in Los Angeles last night. The entire show bordered on theatrical, or perhaps that was due to the...
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  1. BackStory Bonus!: Earl Greyhound’s “Shotgun” In this bonus installment of BackStory, Kamara of New York’s Earl Greyhound tell us the story behind their song “Shotgun.” Shotgun is about arriving at those passages in life where you have to let go of everything you’ve known up...
  2. Anna Rose in Bloom Since her formative years, Anna Rose has a strong passion for music. At time when many of us were learning our ABC’s and enjoying our coloring books, the New York native was learning how to play piano. She started when...
  3. Artist Profile: The Tallest Man On Earth There’s a comforting nostalgia in the songs of The Tallest Man On Earth, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, almost like sipping a warm cup of tea in your favorite old sweater. The plucking of his guitar and crackly wail of his...
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  1. Hop Off the Bandwagon Onto: “Some Awful Bridge” We have been coddled. Our ears are used to the watered-down sounds of so-called hard rock, and our minds have been lulled by the apologetic lyrics. Some Awful Bridge, composed of Mark Reynolds, Michael Galante, Ari Rothland, Eric Filth, and...
  2. Pegasus Bridge Takes Electro Pop Rock To New Heights! Pegasus Bridge is ripping through UK music charts- and it’s no secret why.  Their pop-rock infused with a little electro elements are keeping crowds on their toes- and most definitely unable to hold still during their onstage serenades. As with...
  3. Weekend Playlist: November 19, 2010 photo credit: Liz Livengood Here are some tracks to relive a few of BNB’s musical happenings this week. “Fake Out (Glass Ghost Remix)” – Bear in Heaven“When We’re Dancing” – Twin Shadow On Monday, we released our weekly list of...
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  1. The Morning Benders play Big Echo at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge San Francisco four-piece The Morning Benders played with Cults and Twin Sister at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge on Tuesday night in support of their recent breakthrough release, Big Echo. The two openers played lively sets that seemed to intrigue the...
  2. Fresh Tracks for September 10th! Hand-selected by Kelly Montgomery S. Carey – In The Dirt A beautifully expansive tune from Bon Iver member Sean Carey’s solo album All We Grow. Layered vocals and wandering piano give this song a peaceful, intimate sound. Catch S. Carey on tour this fall...
  3. Fresh Tracks, hand-selected for you by Kelly Montgomery Arcade Fire – Half Light II (No Celebration) This song is both a highlight of and a perfect introduction to The Suburbs. Disguised by the musically epic sounds (it is Arcade Fire, after all) are lyrics that tell of wasted...
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  1. Florence and the Machine take on The Wiltern in LA Get dressed.  Get your stuff–keys, phone, wallet, ticket. Get in your car. Drive. Roll the windows down and smell the air. It’s Saturday night and L.A.’s alive.  Cruise down Wilshire until you see that aqua, neon-lit sign that reads The...
  2. There’s A New Buzz In Town and It’s Called Nico Vega and Saint Motel One of the most anticipated tours for indie-lovers on the west coast is the upcoming buzzband tour featuring Nico Vega and Saint Motel. The tour, which started off last night at San Diego’s Casbah, will be traveling up the coast...
  3. ArpLine: Genre-less. . .In the Best Possible Way ArpLine, composed of Sam Tyndall, Oliver Edsforth, Nate Lithgow, Adam De Rosa, and Michael Chap Resnick, is one of my greatest findings to date. Stumbled upon after a late-night exploration of the MySpace music maze, I was flattened by this...
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