Los Angeles - Lower Dens, the indie rock quartet based out of Baltimore, MD, just released a second track titled, “Ondine,” from their upcoming third record, Escape from Evil. The album is due for U.S. street release on March 31 (March 30 in the rest of the world) via Ribbon Music. Lower Dens are Jana Hunter (lead vocals, guitar),
New York — Handsome Ghost, the hardly definable, “indie prom” band from Massachusetts, has just released their debut EP, Steps via Photo Finish/Republic Records. The six-track project is now available through digital retailers. This follow-up set to 2014′s well received “Blood Stutter” single, takes listeners on a sonic journey along the artistic vantage point of the band’s lead
Meg Myers, a fast-rising musician originally out of Tennessee, (last reported on by Best New Bands senior editor Sarah Hess as having put on a great show at 2014′s Lollapalooza,) is about to depart on a headlining tour that will begin at the end of the month and take her all the way into June and the starting
New York – This past weekend might have felt like any other for most, but, for the hazy punks of Honduras, the marking of their third anniversary as a band came and went, (March 7, 2012) with the Brooklyn band commemorating the occasion with a hometown show at Aviv. Patrick Phillips (vocals, guitar), Tyson Moore (lead
Los Angeles – The self-proclaimed “Hip Pop” duo of Aluna Francis and George Reid, better known as simply AlunaGeorge, have just released word that they plan to travel back to the U.S. in late April, for a pair of bookend-style coastline shows, as well as a set of west coast festivals (Sasquatch and Lightning in
Chicago – Just shy of a full year since the release of the universally lauded Lost In The Dream (March 18, 2014), indie rock band, The War On Drugs, (Best New Bands’ 2014 Newbie Award Winners), have just announced a collection of fresh tour dates right around their performances for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Governor’s Ball, Sasquatch
New York – San Franciscan six-piece band, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, have just given fans a first taste of their upcoming sophomore record. “High Neck Lace,” a soulfully country-tinged, down tempo track, is the first song from the band’s forthcoming album, Love Wild Lost, due out April 21 from Little Sur Records. (Those familiar with the band
New York – French artist, Héloïse Letissier, better known by her musical project, Christine and the Queens, will be making her American live debut at SXSW and follow with a batch of U.S. shows. The indie pop singer-songwriter is getting ready to showcase her highly anticipated, debut U.S. EP, Saint Claude. The extended play features runaway French hits, “Saint Claude” and
Australian rockers, The Preatures, (who were a Best New Bands recommended act to see at last year’s ACL Fest,) are getting ready for a big spring tour across the U.S.! The Sydney-based band is keeping the heat turned up in support of their critically acclaimed debut album Blue Planet Eyes, which was released last fall.
New York – Courtney Barnett, the mold-breaking musician out of Melbourne, Australia (and Best New Bands 2014 Newbie Award Winner), is unleashing a double dose of news for anxious fans: new music and a massive North American tour! The Aussie’s forthcoming debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is set