Best New Bands » Triston Brewer 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 The Magic, Music and Might of Manchester http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/music-manchester/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/music-manchester/#comments Mon, 08 May 2017 15:19:25 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34354 Manchester U.K. – The magic of Manchester is, in a single word…inescapable. There is a reason why this city has been touted as the original playground for art. You’ve more than likely heard about all of the powerhouse artists that hail from this Holy Grail of artistry: The Bee Gees, Oasis, The Smiths, New Order,

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  1. Featured Artist: MAGIC GIANT Chicago – Imagine packing your bags with the bare minimum and spending three months road-tripping across North America with some of your best friends. Now imagine yourself documenting your adventures and experiences through art. Sounds pretty darn amazing, right? Well,...
  2. Miike Snow Holds a Kind of Magic that Can’t Be Disputed San Francisco – A man once sang, “Every man wears a symbol.” It’s a loaded statement, and one that can be interpreted in any number of ways. That symbol could be some kind of badge, a mask, or even a projected image...
  3. The Magic of Gold Star Chicago – Marlon Rabenreither is a magical man of many talents. The Los Angeles painter and mixed media artist turned musician first drew attention to himself with his persona Johnny Ruby, the founding member of Sister Ruby Band. Now he’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/music-manchester/feed/ 0 Cult Called Man: Stranger Than Fiction http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32965 Berlin - Cult Called Man has been racking up an impressive CV since crashing the music scene in 2013, and only a few years later, the new band has amassed a following, in and around Dublin, with a unique style that is just the right mix of brash, brains, Bowie, and bravado. With the release of Cult

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  1. Cult of Youth Continue to Cultivate Their Sound With ‘Final Days’ Los Angeles – Cult of Youth have just released their third full-length release for Sacred Bones this week.  Ominously titled Final Days, the record sees the five-piece band from Brooklyn reaching a full-realization of their evolving blend of post-punk and neo-folk. ...
  2. Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label...
  3. Stranger Cat to Have Their LP Release Party at Rough Trade on Friday New York – Stranger Cat, comprised of Cat Martino and accompanied by Sven Britt, released their debut LP aptly named Into The Wilderness, reviewed by BestNewBands as “an electronic wonderland of sound”, on April 14th via Joyful Noise Records.  Martino,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/feed/ 0 DREAMERS Dishes on Living the Dream http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/dreamers-dishes-living-dream/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/dreamers-dishes-living-dream/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:28:21 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32635 Berlin – DREAMERS is a new band that is clearly on the rise, with a touring schedule that would make even the most seasoned groups blush. With the recent release of the trio’s first full-length album, This Album Does Not Exist (Fairfax Records), the writing is on the wall and the guys are inviting everyone to read the fine print:

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  1. DREAMERS Weaves an Energetic Debut London – Since forming in 2014, Brooklyn NYC and more recently LA-based trio DREAMERS has harvested a healthy fan following and critical approval off the back of constant touring and a run of popular singles, all three of which feature on this...
  2. Greta Morgan Dishes On Springtime Carnivore Chicago – Greta Morgan Salpeter, better known as Greta Morgan, first made a name for herself as a singer with The Hush Sound. After the band signed with Fueled by Ramen, the Chicagoans moved to L.A. When not soaking up...
  3. Arc Iris’ Jocie Adams Orchestrates Her Dream Life London – Arc Iris, the new band formed by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jocie Adams after her departure from The Low Anthem, presents an escapist vision in a world heading, however reluctantly, towards serial uniformity. Currently operating as a trio, complete with keyboardist...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/dreamers-dishes-living-dream/feed/ 1 Selah Sue: The ‘Reason’ To Follow Her http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/selah-sue-reason-follow/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/selah-sue-reason-follow/#comments Thu, 12 May 2016 16:20:36 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30750 Berlin – There’s definitely no sophomore slump in the cards for Selah Sue, a Belgian superstar in the making. With Reason, Selah Sue has elevated her artistry a notch or two and as she asserts herself even more as a singer-songwriter, it is only a matter of when – not if – she becomes an artist written about in the

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  1. Låpsley Brings Her Remarkable Voice and Humor to San Fran San Francisco – Young talent always amazes me. To see an artist as young as the U.K.’s newest wunderkind Holly Fletcher – who operates under the moniker Låpsley (her middle name stylized with an accented “å” for aesthetic reasons, also a nod...
  2. METZ Release Their Follow-Up: II Los Angeles – On one hand, the rise of METZ in the modern underground music scene is perplexing; the influence of electronic and pop music has slowly whittled down the number of acts that flaunt angular guitar riffs and liberal use...
  3. The Lone Bellow ‘Stunning’ Follow-up, ‘Then Came The Morning’ Seattle – A second album – particularly following a critically acclaimed debut – can perhaps be one of the hardest aspects of an artist’s career. Many consider it a make-or-break point. As The Lone Bellow’s frontman Zach Williams told Best...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/selah-sue-reason-follow/feed/ 0 Suuns Returns with ‘Hold/Still’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/suuns-returns-holdstill/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/suuns-returns-holdstill/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2016 04:31:08 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30189 Berlin – Canadian psych-rock band Suuns – pronounced “soons,” which translates to “zeroes” in Thai – just released its third studio album, Hold/Still.  This follows 2013′s Images du Futur and the band’s 2015 collaboration with Jerusalem in My Heart, led by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh. Hold/Still officially hit shelves on April 15th, through Secret City in Canada and Secretly Canadian in the U.S. Suuns‘ new material was recorded with

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  1. Yuck Returns With Stranger Things Los Angeles – In 2013, London based rock band Yuck lost their lead vocalist and guitar player, Daniel Blumberg. Instead of letting this setback derail their future as a band, the remaining three members trudged on. Max Bloom (guitar), Mariko Doi (bass),...
  2. Geographer Returns With Haunting ‘Ghost Modern’   Los Angeles – Ghost Modern is the third album from San Francisco electro-pop act Geographer. The record marks Geographer’s first new material since 2012’s Myth. In January, Best New Bands caught them on their brief tour introducing several new...
  3. Lower Dens ‘Escape From Evil’ – Their Best Yet? Los Angeles – As we enter what is known as “festival season,” there are always a few bands that make an enormous impression on the audiences, their songs going on to be considered the “songs of the summer” for the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/suuns-returns-holdstill/feed/ 1 La Boum Fatale Releases “No Tongue In Cheek” http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/la-boum-fatale/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/la-boum-fatale/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:08:36 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29334 Berlin – With the release of his debut album, Holygram, set for release April 8th on Sinnbus, La Boum Fatale has released a single that seeks to satiate the appetites of a fanbase that eagerly awaits his full-length project. La Boum Fatale is the alter-ego of German producer and musician Antonio de Spirt, and since the release of his first

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  1. Taster Peter Releases “Pelikans” EP Berlin – In a continuing partnership with the label TRAPEZ, Italian producer and DJ, Taster Peter has produced another electronica EP that will have the dance floors throughout Europe soaking in this sonic revelry. With a June 1st release date...
  2. Panic is Perfect Releases Remix, Announces Tour Los Angeles – San Francisco based band Panic Is Perfect are excited to release the Evan Gartner Remix to their song “Go Go Go”. The original song rocketed to #12 on HypeMachine and was named one of the Ten Best...
  3. Vladimir Releases ‘In My Head’ Berlin – When one thinks of bands that spark their interest, usually the bands are those that have made an impact over years and years, spanning countless albums, singles, and tours across the globe. Although exceptionally young, Vladimir is a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/la-boum-fatale/feed/ 0 Little Death Machine: The Q&A http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/little-death-machine-qa/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/little-death-machine-qa/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:05:59 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29389 Berlin – Their groove is good, measure for measure, and now with their debut EP Dreaming in Monochrome out on Glasstone Records, the members of Little Death Machine are helping with the survival of electro-punk rock. Last month, in anticipation of Dreaming in Monochrome being released, London band Little Death Machine – a Best New Bands Featured Artist - shared the single “Healthy,”

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  2. Noise Pop: Evans The Death LP ‘Expect Delays’ Los Angeles – Evans The Death’s sound is an amalgam of influences from the past few decades, and the resulting product is a poppy, noisy set of tracks that are a logical addition to the seminal Slumberland Records’ discography.  Led...
  3. Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/little-death-machine-qa/feed/ 0 Little Death Machine: A ‘Healthy’ Dose of Rock http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/little-death-machine-healthy-dose-rock/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/little-death-machine-healthy-dose-rock/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:40:50 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28742 Berlin – For those that were on the fence on the survival of electro-punk rock, fret not. The music industry – and many of its genres – is always subject to peaks and valleys. For fans of a certain sound, there have been questions as to who would arrive on the scene to save rock – specifically the

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  3. Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label...
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